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Jun 24, 2019 01:12:33   #
Kuzano
 
We have a great deal of public Art money in our area. Most of it is questionable, but some stands out.

I shot this today with My Fujifilm X-E3, and the Hexanon 57mm f1.4 just sold to a UHH member. (ship tomorrow). Bronze titled Dignity. Shot with focus peaking and mid Aperture.


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Jun 24, 2019 02:36:45   #
Pistnbroke Loc: UK
 
The flagpole wrecks it for me ..could you not photoshop it out

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Jun 24, 2019 02:40:38   #
Kuzano
 
Sorry, but all the people who look at public art from Grants have to deal with the distractions. Why would I modify the image for you? I can't do it for the tourists. Get Real, Please.

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Jun 24, 2019 03:15:59   #
Pistnbroke Loc: UK
 
Ok so its a statue placed in a bad position behind a flagpole /rope still on pole/ impossible to read sign behind..will never take a good photo this girl.

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Jun 24, 2019 06:09:14   #
Doyle Thomas Loc: Vancouver Washington ~ USA
 
we have lots in Vancouver also

http://www.primaryfocusphoto.com/portfolios/urban-art-of-vancouver/

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Jun 24, 2019 08:52:44   #
Kuzano
 
Pistnbroke wrote:
Ok so its a statue placed in a bad position behind a flagpole /rope still on pole/ impossible to read sign behind..will never take a good photo this girl.


One of the major fail points of the Commission for Art in Public Places. Post processing would have been opening a PP can of worms. Remove the pole, have to recreate the signage. Public Art is rarely photogenic, which I why I said questionable. So much relatively good art is wasted in bad settings. Unfortunate. What would it serve, other than for my own desire to have this art improved for only my consumption.

Rather a waste off effort on my part to do as you suggest. This is the significant difficulty with trying to bring art to the "unwashed" massess.

A well thought endeavor, poorly executed. Not to be done by committee and/or on every street corner.

It's the lack of proper execution where "public art" fails.

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Jun 24, 2019 10:22:24   #
artBob Loc: Near Chicago
 
This is fine for public art. Any viewer in the real world who wants to really look at it will easily focus only on it. It is also attractive enough to invite such focusing. Many will get an uplift about the human condition just looking at the statue. A success, I'd say.

As for "will never take a good photo this girl," as Pistnbroke laments, that can be easily done in photoshop if needed.

I'm not seeing any problems here, and am glad to have seen this photo.

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Jun 24, 2019 12:08:16   #
Kuzano
 
artBob wrote:
This is fine for public art. Any viewer in the real world who wants to really look at it will easily focus only on it. It is also attractive enough to invite such focusing. Many will get an uplift about the human condition just looking at the statue. A success, I'd say.

As for "will never take a good photo this girl," as Pistnbroke laments, that can be easily done in photoshop if needed.

I'm not seeing any problems here, and am glad to have seen this photo.


Thank you for the comments you make to the obvious. Frankly the image is not worth the trouble to photoshop, and was intended only to point out, as you say, the existence of the effort to bring artistic endeavors to the fore. Only a portion of it surpasses objective scrutiny.

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Jun 24, 2019 16:47:59   #
artBob Loc: Near Chicago
 
Kuzano wrote:
Thank you for the comments you make to the obvious. Frankly the image is not worth the trouble to photoshop, and was intended only to point out, as you say, the existence of the effort to bring artistic endeavors to the fore. Only a portion of it surpasses objective scrutiny.

I'm not quite sure of your standards for making a good photograph. You wrote, "Only a portion of it surpasses objective scrutiny." I disagree, as there are many interesting points that could be expressed, but am interested in what are your benchmarks for a good photo.

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Jun 25, 2019 07:07:51   #
exakta56 Loc: Orford,New Hampshire
 
what a feisty bunch.....jeez.

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Jun 25, 2019 16:05:21   #
Mr Bill 2011 Loc: southern Indiana
 
Kuzano wrote:
One of the major fail points of the Commission for Art in Public Places. Post processing would have been opening a PP can of worms. Remove the pole, have to recreate the signage. Public Art is rarely photogenic, which I why I said questionable. So much relatively good art is wasted in bad settings. Unfortunate. What would it serve, other than for my own desire to have this art improved for only my consumption.

Rather a waste off effort on my part to do as you suggest. This is the significant difficulty with trying to bring art to the "unwashed" massess.

A well thought endeavor, poorly executed. Not to be done by committee and/or on every street corner.

It's the lack of proper execution where "public art" fails.
One of the major fail points of the Commission for... (show quote)


Other than a poor location, what is wrong with it?

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