Education: How not to do Landscapes

JohnDCJohnDC Registered Users Posts: 379 Major grins
edited July 27, 2013 in Landscapes
There are a number of landscapes posted at the link below. As a learning experience, they would all benefit from the insightful C&C's they could get on a photo forum before going to a gallery. Nearly all these photos violate the Rule of Thirds. Gursky's horizon in the L.A. shot isn't level. His Rhein II shot is soft. Gursky's (L.A.), Steichen's and Prince's images have unacceptable levels of noise--they need to learn more about exposure, ISO, and photo processing. In addition, Prince's composition would have been much better if the cowboy were riding into the frame, not out of it. These images illustrate what happens when unrealistic photographers quit their day jobs thinking they might have a future in photography.

http://freeyork.org/photography/10-most-expensive-photographs-in-the-world


[p.s. One of the problems in written posts is that sarcasm isn't always apparent. My comment is a parody of the dogma in forum reviews and not about the 10 most expensive photos. ]

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,939 moderator
    edited July 24, 2013
    I have to say that none of them appeal to me at all.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,939 moderator
    edited July 24, 2013
    And when Gursky's sold for millions, I was kind of shocked. Didn't understand who in their right mind, would buy that.
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  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited July 25, 2013
    it's all about the name, people. if you have the name, you can shoot crap with a 110 instamatic and people will buy it for a ridiculous sum and call it a bargain. if you don't have the name, it really doesn't matter how good your work is, you won't make the big bucks.
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  • thonsuthonsu Registered Users Posts: 64 Big grins
    edited July 26, 2013
    ian408 wrote: »
    And when Gursky's sold for millions, I was kind of shocked. Didn't understand who in their right mind, would buy that.

    Have you read about it? It was digitally (and probably meticulously) edited to be a clean depiction of the river, and it was printed at a gargantuan size. I'll bet it's very impressive in person. I don't know if it's worth millions - that's up to each individual buyer. But I think a price at least in the tens of thousands is easily justifiable.

    And, IMO, the simplicity is appealing to me.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,939 moderator
    edited July 26, 2013
    thonsu wrote: »
    Have you read about it? It was digitally (and probably meticulously) edited to be a clean depiction of the river, and it was printed at a gargantuan size. I'll bet it's very impressive in person. I don't know if it's worth millions - that's up to each individual buyer. But I think a price at least in the tens of thousands is easily justifiable.

    And, IMO, the simplicity is appealing to me.

    I did read about it. To me, it looks like a snapshot. But that' just me.
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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited July 26, 2013
    ian408 wrote: »
    And when Gursky's sold for millions, I was kind of shocked. Didn't understand who in their right mind, would buy that.

    Gotta agree with this ^^ observation....
    Aside from the appearance that the image has been "digitally edited" to, IMO, utter mediocrity,
    the fact that some (presumed) new-money, artsy-fartsy, neo-hipster dropped the GDP of a small county to probably hang it in his bathroom :D
    shows how thoroughly *subjective* the creation and collection/appreciation of "Art" actually is. ne_nau.gif
    Humans crack me up! rolleyes1.gif
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2013
    Whew.....I was worried it would link to my website.:whew

    I don't know about you guys, I am heading to local super market! Lightning must strike twice!

    I also need to find out how to recover 100s of pictures I deleted. Apparently I threw away 200 trillion dollars in digital trash.:pissed
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