Fake or Magic or Art?
Sep 17, 2020 00:23:31 #
These are mundane and so-so photos...
...until we find out that they are not really what they are.
Fake? Magic? Art?
I guess they are just fakes as there is really nothing special about them other than being a good composite photo.
...until we find out that they are not really what they are.
Fake? Magic? Art?
I guess they are just fakes as there is really nothing special about them other than being a good composite photo.
The reality is that these where taken inside a building during a local car show before covid.
and somewhere in my mind it says "No", its not fake... it is hoping... praying... a wish... A dream i wanted to be.
Sep 17, 2020 02:01:28 #
Sep 17, 2020 03:46:53 #
Wallen wrote:
These are mundane and so-so photos...
...until we find out that they are not really what they are.
Fake? Magic? Art?
I guess they are just fakes as there is really nothing special about them other than being a good composite photo.
...until we find out that they are not really what they are.
Fake? Magic? Art?
I guess they are just fakes as there is really nothing special about them other than being a good composite photo.
No Pixel Peeking, small files, how can I tell they were Photoshopped? Though I am sure they were. Seems like a lot of work for nothing. The same guy reading a magazine when he should have been looking at the scenery. That itself was a give away. Definitely NOT ART.
Sep 17, 2020 05:56:34 #
lamiaceae wrote:
No Pixel Peeking, small files, how can I tell they were Photoshopped? Though I am sure they were. Seems like a lot of work for nothing. The same guy reading a magazine when he should have been looking at the scenery. That itself was a give away. Definitely NOT ART.
As mentioned beforehand; "they are just fakes as there is really nothing special about them other than being a good composite photo".
It's just a nobody pretending to live the good life. Owning the best cars and just hanging around with no care in the world....
"and somewhere in my mind it says "No", its not fake... it is hoping... praying... a wish... A dream i wanted to be".
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Sep 17, 2020 06:02:43 #
bwana wrote:
It's magic! You were transported... bwa
Just a dreamer... A pretentious dreamer....Sep 17, 2020 11:27:03 #
Nice work. You did a good job of putting these in more peaceful surroundings!
Sep 17, 2020 12:18:45 #
Pity you did not post larger versions, you seem to have done a nice job of replacing the backgrounds here. If this was done in Photoshop, you did a lot of work to get to the final images. Maybe not so hard if you used other AI-driven software. You pose (sorry, couldn't resist) an interesting question here, which I think we all have to deal with as photo manipulators, including Ansel in his day. How SHOULD we define our work once we start to fundamentally alter the original? My fall-back is that it is art. If we were sitting doing a watercolour by a riverside and there was an electric pylon in the view, I know that I would not include it in the finished product. The finished image is our impression of what we saw, enhanced to make it pleasing to us. If we share it, we show that we are, a: proud enough of what we did to let others view it, b: aware that in a public forum it will not necessarily appeal to everyone (artistically or technically) and c: willing to listen to other peoples point of view (pun not really intended, but I am leaving it in!)
You have opened up a philisophical can of worms, but you are not the first to do so.
Stay well and keep on posting!
You have opened up a philisophical can of worms, but you are not the first to do so.
Stay well and keep on posting!
Sep 17, 2020 14:13:21 #
bwaSep 18, 2020 08:02:02 #
Sep 18, 2020 08:30:47 #
lamiaceae wrote:
No Pixel Peeking, small files, how can I tell they were Photoshopped? Though I am sure they were. Seems like a lot of work for nothing. The same guy reading a magazine when he should have been looking at the scenery. That itself was a give away. Definitely NOT ART.
I disagree, At looking at the first two pictures they look as though they are taken in where they are and only when you scroll down do you realize they have been photpshoped.. The guy in the first picture looks to be enjoying reading his magazine in the sun, There is nothing that says he should have been looking at the scenery. As for a lot of work for nothing Wallen did a great job putting his subjects in different backgrounds and it is the satisfaction of being able to do a composite that looks natural. Don't forget that a lot of advertising pictures are not what they seem but have been photoshoped and some not very well done..
Sep 18, 2020 08:31:33 #
Sep 18, 2020 09:16:06 #
Wallen wrote:
These are mundane and so-so photos...
...until we find out that they are not really what they are.
Fake? Magic? Art?
I guess they are just fakes as there is really nothing special about them other than being a good composite photo.
...until we find out that they are not really what they are.
Fake? Magic? Art?
I guess they are just fakes as there is really nothing special about them other than being a good composite photo.
What is the definition of art?. Photography can be used as an art, documentation or telling stories. If your photos are for photojournalism of course they are fake, but if you intended to tell somenthing changing the background, wellcome, it is part of the photography work. I believe the photography is only a mean to express your feeling about reallity and not to show only the real world. Your technical work is very good.
Sep 18, 2020 11:12:01 #
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