What one thing annoys you most in a photograph?
Feb 11, 2018 05:52:08 #
Feb 11, 2018 06:05:48 #
Streets wrote:
My #1 is unlevel horizons. This is an easily corrected problem. I consider it a sign of laziness to post a photo that is definatly askew.
I don't get annoyed, but I may be unimpressed by an image. Getting the horizon level is not as easy as it sounds. Using a tripod and a bubble level can be a big help - and a nuisance.
Feb 11, 2018 06:07:08 #
garygrafic
Loc: South Florida
The #1 thing that annoys me most is...........not being able to readily understand why the photographer shot the picture in first place.
Feb 11, 2018 06:07:43 #
Horizons, especially where water is involved, but tall buildings pretending to be The Leaning Tower of PISA almost as much.
Feb 11, 2018 06:25:19 #
Feb 11, 2018 06:30:35 #
The first thing I notice in my photographs is the background. I get annoyed with myself if it is cluttered, if my eye is drawn to it - and I didn't intend that to happen! And, a non-horizontal background also gets me, because it means I missed it in taking the shot. Oh yes, easily fixed; but that means loss of some of the edges. Don't like that.
I don't like to see oversaturation, or an HDR that appears to unreal.
Just me
I don't like to see oversaturation, or an HDR that appears to unreal.
Just me
Feb 11, 2018 06:34:09 #
I don't give a rip one way or another over someone else images... they did not shoot them for my approval ! I hate it when there are stupid things in my own that I have overlooked; mostly in background, wires, non level horizon etc... Why get annoyed over someone else work ?
Feb 11, 2018 06:38:12 #
Streets wrote:
My #1 is unlevel horizons. This is an easily corrected problem. I consider it a sign of laziness to post a photo that is definatly askew.
...focus and horizon, both my fault.
Feb 11, 2018 06:56:05 #
Feb 11, 2018 07:02:06 #
This is personal and in no way should be considered judgment of other photography than my own. I don't use 'special effects' unless I get really bored, and then I will let it be known that I used an effect. My goal is to take shots as I see them and come as close to what I am viewing as I can. One exception to my method is the occasional B&W when I get in an arty mood. Understand, I do not include corrections to mechanical bloopers with the camera...if they are simple enough. I just delete those, as the best correction for me is to take a lot of photos and pick another. I am an amateur and really enjoy being an amateur....if I accidentally get *much* better I'll probably get all crazy and uppity about my lens and fret endlessly about what ISO I shoulda used..;)
Feb 11, 2018 07:17:47 #
Feb 11, 2018 07:31:25 #
SalvageDiver wrote:
Ugly watermarks. IMO, all a watermark does is denigrate what might otherwise be a beautiful presentation. I've never seen gallery prints or photo contest entries watermarked.
Have you ever had an image that was taken and reproduced to make about 25,000$, after you told the person that the images were copyright protected? I didn't find out what was done till 3-4 years after and couldn't afford to pay a lawyer to pursue the case. IF I had watermarked the images, that one (probably) would not have been used.
Anything I put online that I think can be used for profit has a watermark. You'd be surprised what people you know will do with your photos when they smell possible money.
If a person has a business that sells photographs but wants to display them online, they should watermark them. I know it seems unsightly, but it's protection for them.
Feb 11, 2018 07:34:11 #
Anything I could have corrected before I tripped the shutter. I know the things I think are wrong in others photos have appeared in many of mine.
Feb 11, 2018 07:47:05 #
There Is No One, Anything That Defeats The Image's Effectiveness
Unlevel Horizons. (Guilty myself there at times where its debatable).
Verticals off when it could be helped.
Over Cooked (Too much processing, saturation, HDR, special effects, filters).
Overly busy or too many extraneous things in the image.
Trash or other odd objects that could have been Photoshoped out (Not counting true journalism or such judged competition).
Main subject placed right on Dead Center.
Square Cropped Images (Usually).
Hot Spots (Burnt Pixels) unless the image seems to be an effective and intentional High Key.
Accidental or Intentional Motion Blur (When does not enhance motion feel).
Accidental or Intentional Focus Blur (When does not enhance motion feel).
Pixelated image.
Presented images where the main subject is too tiny in the frame.
Unlevel Horizons. (Guilty myself there at times where its debatable).
Verticals off when it could be helped.
Over Cooked (Too much processing, saturation, HDR, special effects, filters).
Overly busy or too many extraneous things in the image.
Trash or other odd objects that could have been Photoshoped out (Not counting true journalism or such judged competition).
Main subject placed right on Dead Center.
Square Cropped Images (Usually).
Hot Spots (Burnt Pixels) unless the image seems to be an effective and intentional High Key.
Accidental or Intentional Motion Blur (When does not enhance motion feel).
Accidental or Intentional Focus Blur (When does not enhance motion feel).
Pixelated image.
Presented images where the main subject is too tiny in the frame.
Feb 11, 2018 07:48:37 #
The subject right in the middle, and the entire top from the middle of the frame, is either ceiling or sky.
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