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- wvdavis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15And then call it a HRD photo, submit it to digg as "Amazing", sit back and watch it go to the front page.
/sarcasm
BTW, is the second picture a shot of the WTC? - Ndiggnation, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13At first, I could've sworn it said "to enhance your pornography".
- nwhitehill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Great photos and excellent tips!
- Th0Rr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Its not that great, its standard composition techniques used as Digg bait and to promote a few photographer's flickr pages.
- wvdavis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@ duositex - It was an honest question. I did not know for sure, but did think that it look familiar.
- artofwar420, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Converging lines can also be called implied lines, meaning you see and follow a line to the main subject. Can really make a difference. Of course this isn't the ONLY thing you should do to improve your photos.
- macaddct1984, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I was actually just talking to my dad about camera lenses yesterday and the "tilt and shift lens" came up.
It's a lens that allows you to take a photo of a building head on and capture the whole building without getting converging lines an the top. A pretty incredible invention.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_correction_lens
Example: http://www.f-stop.com/bmapc.jpg - Th0Rr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Photoshop CS2 has a lens correction filter that allows you to do the same thing, although doing it optically is pretty badass.
- wvdavis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Probably would of had better converging lines effect if there was no one in the street breaking up the effect.
- Coffeedemon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3To add to wvdavis... it should also be oriented properly relative to the horizon. A slanted horizon will take away a lot of the effects of any lines in the photo because the viewer is going to be drawn straight to the slant.
tip: use the bottoms of any focus point squares you may have in your viewfinder to line up the horizon. It comes out accurate pretty much all the time and no worries about keeping bubble levels around or anything like that. - HaywoodJblome, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Welcome to Digg
Let me help you with the words you are groveling for....
"Replied to wrong comment, please bury" - macaddct1984, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"BTW, is the second picture a shot of the WTC?"
Yup. - HaywoodJblome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ coffeedemon - Key West is always tilting like that when I've been there.
- jmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My photography professor at college would give students an automatic 0 if they took pictures of either Kittens or receding railroad tracks. That ***** has been played to death. Very amateurish.
- TNHitokiri, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yes, converging lines adds an effect of perspective.
This was discovered during the Renaissance in the 1500s. - Humptydank, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1
Well thank you Mr. Eisenstaedt, I'm glad you could dance into the room and enrich us with your musings. If you weren't so charmed with your own prose style I might take the time to see if I agreed with you.
General rule: If you're moved to think "I'm delightful!" when pressing "Submit Comment" then perhaps you should tone things down a bit. - ogmandino, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1thats interesting. I had never heard of these lenses before.
- Helenbo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I agree about the people in the image...
And my hands were extended over my head to get the effect, so I'm satisfied with what little tilt there is on the horizon. - shadstein, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Film cameras with shutter speed settings generally have a 'bulb' setting. When you press the shutter release button, the shutter stays open until you release the button. You would use a tripod for steadiness and a 'cable' release so that you didn't jar the camera. I took some very nice photographs using that technique. You could also set up the camera on a dark night, open the shutter and 'paint' the landscape with light. I'm sure the equivalent function exists in some better digital cameras.
- Livewire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This was from a recent trip:
http://flickr.com/photos/timelight/355409584/in/set-72157594476220101/
I just realized that I took a lot of these kind of pictures throughout the set:
http://flickr.com/photos/timelight/355409584/in/set-72157594476220101/ - gemadouble, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Never knew it exist. The first picture is really great, I can't capture picture with the blurry lights.
Slow shutter or something ? - jdonner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Are we digging basic photography tips now too? Yawn... what kind of people digg this kind of stuff, who just broke out of an egg?
- lysdexia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1A testimonial to mundanity.
First shot - HDR employed to try and lift an otherwise weak shot - it fails. Not least because HDR is like a stick in the eye these days. Faux-drama guising as a decent photograph. Bleurgh.
The second has the shot-killing expanse of nothing to the top, right corner. There was potential there, but the photographer failed to exploit it and that useless expanse of space serves nothing other than to add to an already dull photograph.
I understand the word cliché was invented in anticipation of the third photograph.
Ho hum.... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2If only amateur photographers paid attention. Those really are cool photos.
- Brewin1100, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0I agree with th0rr. Really basic composition and not very noteworthy.
- Helenbo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0Key West Poker Run:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/44136477_a9c956ed8c_o.jpg - re0turin, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1it's always the basics that make good photos
never see the wtc like that again - maseratij, on 10/12/2007, -7/+0Are you kidding? Is that the WTC? Were you born in the 90's?
It is scary that it is even a question. - Duositex, on 10/12/2007, -14/+1Please don't tell me you honestly don't know what the World Trade Center towers looked like? Even after a decade of media coverage following the first attack?
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