Thread 4447263

Enjoy your stay.

i have a couple of plane shots from 2 months ago might post later

=p

I posted this before but it's one of my favorites and I didn't like the edit I did in hindsight.

IR

>>4447302

don't stare

>>4447289
I'm always scared of taking photos like this and being perceived as what I am: A pervert.

>>4447305
Be confident, and if they see you chances are they might like it. It's a wholesome moment, not sure how you're getting pervert vibes from that.

>>4447305
>I'm afraid of what people I will never see again think
Take advantage of ultra stratified society

>>4447289
stop telling yourself that you’re doing something wrong for taking photos of people
there’s a fucking billion cameras pointed at everyone in public in [current year], one more doesn’t hurt anybody. who knows what real pervs are doing with CCTV footage anyway…

>>4447320 meant for
>>4447305
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I recently got into first amendment auditors on youtube. The amount of ignorant people is pretty funny.
If you are gonna shoot street- at the very least learn how to fight, carry a gun, and/or run fast. Most of the time people don't care, those that do have been mostly positive interactions (exchanging emails, smiles, waves.) the negative ones are people telling me to delete it (No.) or flipping me off (kino)
I've got into a physical altercation after I took a pic of homeless crackheads smoking on the train. Be mindful of your subjects, play at your own risk.

>>4447320
legally and morally right don't matter when chuddie decides that he just doesn't like what you arre doing and comes swinging.

I found a burnt out car and took a few photos as if it was at a car meetup.

>>4447341
just needs a couple of skeletons flexxing on ‘em nearby, some neon lighting and it’s social commentary kino

>>4447342
Cool shots but the smell of fresh burnt car is unbelievably disgusting. Any shots of the whole car as if fr one of the car magazines?
>>4447304
Love your deer but seeing the fence kills the vibe knowing they’re caged. They look great when just with natural elements

>>4447357
>Cool shots but the smell of fresh burnt car is unbelievably disgusting. Any shots of the whole car as if fr one of the car magazines?
Luckily it wasn't just put out and had been there for a few days I think, but I did have to try and avoid all the glass and melted shit spread everywhere. I have a few more angles, so I'll post one or two more once I tweak them just a little.

>>4447357
Not sure how I feel about the full car photos, I think at the tie I focused more on the closeups.

This waterfall was pretty neat

>>4447357
>caged
more of a suggestion.

>>4447342
kino

>>4447362
themeposting? themeposting.
>>4447367
fucking exquisite
good god almighty
just fucking beautiful man

>>4447384
black and white works better for this one

>>4447342
>>4447362
>>4447384
>>4447386
>rust and decay
I like where this is going and want to see more

>>4447388
welcome_to_hell.jpeg

>>4447388
>it's an abstract rust and decay

>down in a hole
>feeling so low

>>4447396
>it's a spiritual rust and decay

Going back here in autumn to get a better composition and light.

>>4447378
This is the best of them all, thanks for sharing.

>>4447299
>>4447302
Really love all the little insects, and the second one has a interesting look

>>4447314
Good colors

>>4447341
Beautiful, and I like how you did third of the road third of the car third of the trees

>>4447366
Reminds me of Mirror

>>4447263 (OP)
managed to line it up quite nicely

>>4447450
man i'd love to live there... looks serene & laidback

>>4447568
Neat shot and I’d struggle to get this since I normally run AF.

>>4447569
Me too but I’d go broke staying here even briefly. I’d need extraordinary amounts of money to live here. Here’s a recent IR from my hometown, resting in the shade of this cliff after miles bushwhacking. Thunder and hail immediately after I took this

>>4447568
capture one+om-5 is a winning combo

>>4447584
are you sure you're replying to the right post?

Copped an old canon power shot from the family. It has been pretty fun to mess around with.

>>4447619
I was just giving doing a quick edit of some fireworks, too. Looks like you have me beat, though. That is some alien shit. Great sense of motion. Look at that dog having the time of his life.

>>4447392

A rare thing around here, a photo with actual good advanced composition.
Nice.

Should we have another car general? There was some good stuff on there.

"He's the black Chicago ninja! He's more Asian than me!"

>>4447629
Mind sharing some details on how you edited this? Looks nice btw. +1 for oldsmobile

>>4447632
S curve in Camera Raw, AI denoiser, crop.
When I open it in shop I use-
thereshold to find the lightest and darkest pixels to set the black and white points in levels.
Hit auto in curves, lift up and raise the blacks.

>>4447619
once in a lifetime shot
>>4447629
desaturate and lift the blacks

Mobile photo editors sound enticing until you have to crop holy shit none of them have figured that out.

>>4447641
tf do you mean nigga just drag the edges

I don't remember taking this photo

>>4447581
Nice shot. The reflections off the buildings help a great deal.

Went up this insane road today, not the best weather for shooting, almost totally socked in with fog and clouds.

>>4447918
This is a really cool angle. You must have been inches off the water.

>>4447926
Thanks

And yes, I get as close to the water as I can.

At anon's recommendation, I went to Walmart and printed off a handful of 4x6 and 5x7 at the kiosk. Overall, I'm satisfied to see my work outside of the context of a screen. It's a good suggestion and I'm going to put some on my wall in my office to continue looking at them critically over time.

That said, there are some minor differences between what I see on my desktop and the physical prints. The prints seem more blue and slightly darker than what I was editing them to be. I'm sure that's to be expected in some capacity. As a novice, what should be my takeaway from this? Should I get my monitors calibrated with a tool? Should I be tweaking edits before a print? Should I simply embrace this slice of chaos? I welcome anecdotes and advice.

>>4447931
The takeaway is that if you want good prints, you need to use an actual lab, not a walmart kiosk

>>4447954
That seems intuitive, but it's hard to beat 4x6 prints for a quarter. At that size, I can overlook some tone and color inaccuracy. For now, anyway.

>>4447968
overcooked

>>4447931
>Should I get my monitors calibrated with a tool?
that, or do final colour work on macbook's screen / ipad air/pro

>>4447367
Fucking fairytale shit. Very nice, anon.

>>4447980
https://www.yarn.co/yarn-clip/d21d5bcf-cc37-428a-b5f0-a40ae292cb15

>>4447613
i prefer this one to the cropped one

>>4447968
That's a lot of ovens.

>>4447971
can you post a photo of their print & your jpg?
for science.

>>4447756
nice thumbnail but a bit ordinary in full size. try abstracting even further. maybe defocus, or frame tighter

>>4447931
make sure you convert to cymk color space before printing

>>4448113
post better photos and I’ll start taking your advice

>>4448147
better how? how's this?

>>4448155
yeah it’s decent, better than your other photo
>>4448113
a lot of subjective opinions incoming
>centre framing the subject
>over-exposure
>low contrast
I think even just cropping out some of the uninteresting stuff makes the over-exposed flowers more interesting to look at and it increases the contrast without even adjusting the luminance because there’s less flat areas overall now.

>>4448193
oh yeah I didn’t mean to make it black-and-white, I just desaturated it to look more closely at the contrast and forgot to change it back but hey it sorta works so whatever.

>>4448109
I like that one a lot. Is that a brick wall behind? It looks very nice like that

>>4448109
it seems like we all operate on the same wavelength here
themeposting

black and white is the end point of photography
if it's not, it's the station I'm stopping off at tonight

>>4448032
I appreciate the feedback. Is the openness?
>>4448060
I suppose I could. I don't have a scanner setup, though. Taking a photo may yet further introduce color inaccuracy. It isn't so terribly inaccurate that it would be especially noticeable.
>>4448144
I just read that in the zine thread. I'll look into that.

>>4448258
also shoot RAW in AdobeRGB for printing (apparently)

>>4448172
so this is the power of wide angle
neat

>>4448051
Nice composition. Didn’t see the hiking sign at first and I liked it more when I saw the full image. Hiking and photography go hand in hand, and it’s the photography that encourages me to hike more/farther/to new spots.

Here’s one from my hike today. The background really makes it feel tilted but I’m fairly sure it’s relatively level.

>>4448294
Lower down on the same trail, in light rain, crouching low

>>4448294
>>4448295

kino

>>4448337
Thanks. Can’t wait to see if any of my IR shots come out well. Hopefully a few are worth all the effort to haul the gear.

>>4448357
This is sweet. Telephoto?

Panorama from today, I can still smell the manure

>>4448358
>This is sweet. Telephoto?
Yep, shot at around 600mm I think

>>4448193
sorry dude it was better the way i had it
the blown out flowers are a focal point but not enough to be a whole subject on their own. the photo depends on the busy-ness of the surrounding leaves to contrast the featurelessness of the flowers and the light falloff toward the edges of the frame to contrast and lead the eye to their blinding brightness. also, the little pieces of ambiently lit background visible behind the plant support the unnatural feeling of the flash. in any case, don't worry about hte quality of my throwaway photos. consider a critique, not just mine but in general, if it suits your goals

>>4448360
Eh, I agree with the edit. The flowers around the edges create too many visual tangents and makes it just look like a lazy snap.

The light falloff is too gradual to really frame anything. If you wanted to do that flash effect you need to lower your exposure so the shadows actually end up closer to black, you're all midtones and barely any actual shadows.

>>4448360
if you don’t like my advice don’t take it
shrimple as dude

water looks pretty crazy sometimes

>>4448461
this is the greenest picture I've ever taken

>>4448461
texturas deliciosas hermano, de verdad

>>4448470
>>4448472
I like these but
>>4448476
is awesome. spooked tf outta that bunny with your flash
try impulse noise reduction to get rid of the black pixels “peppered” throughout, unless you like that

>>4448478
There just aren't enough pixels in general for that, it goes too blurry, the black noise is all that's holding it together. Despite what the file size says, I'm shooting at about 0.3MP

Also, not the anon that did the other two btw.

>>4448481
what camera are you using? or did you set your camera to the lowest-quality JPEGs? not judging, just curious

>>4448483
we need a photoception thread
cool shot btw

>>4448486
Sony DCR-DVD405 at full digital zoom in night vision mode with an IR flashlight taped to it.

>>4448489
giga based
I live for this kind of macgyver shit
I have a long exposure shot I took using my spare camera’s autofocus assist light, just need to make a jpeg of it and I’ll share it

I've done nothing to be proud of

>>4448571
Makes me think of the 9/11 pictures.

>>4448489
>>4448492

>>4448574
neat

>>4448577
Nice long exposure shot

i did no post processing its just right out of the cam, what do you think?

Focus check 700mm

>>4448835
I like it

>>4448863
>>4448864
>>4448865
>>4448866
Reminds me of the film "Brazil"

>>4448863
mega kino. Where did you go for this

>>4448890
I’ll take that
>>4448899
Local oil refinery to walk my dogs. I didn’t have my camera so it’s iPhone snapshittery out of a moving car window
Theres also this one but not as good
I haven’t shot much im kinda proud of in a while these please me even though they’re phone

>>4448936
>walking your dogs in the oil refinery
reality is stranger than fiction

>>4448943
I grew up in gulf coast texas so it seems pretty normal to me. my grandpa and I used to go fishing in a wetlands area along the louisiana border and you could see tankers coming in and out from the various refineries at the boat launch. since it was a small town there were no real big buildings and the various condensing and other towers really dominated the landscape. picrel

>>4448969
I should mention that I'm not the anon you were replying to

>>4448969
neat perspective
great photo
thanks for sharing
love from australia

>>4448564
neat
>>4448367
welp i guess i'm just owned then
>>4448577
rare good statue photo

>>4449004
cool shot desu

>>4449032
>>4449034
both feel very calming and still

>>4448943
i like to go there instead of normie beach for the 90000th time I want the tourists to fuck off now im tired
Also its more interesting the oil refinery is just a vibe man im gonna hang around there all the time idc

>>4449068
>Also its more interesting the oil refinery is just a vibe man im gonna hang around there all the time idc
i get it
i hang out at the water works and graveyards, i just don't have a dog. would love one though.

>>4449433
That's some next level ai slop

>>4449434
its a plastic mask retard

>>4449437
I see. I presume he slipped it on when he saw you point your camera at him.

This thread is absolute garbage. 98% meaningless trash snapshits. Stop leaving your stinky shit in the rpt, learn how to use your camera and do better.

>>4447367
Very nice
>>4447783
This could be a very nice shot, you just need to post process it a little
>>4448358
I find this very compelling, but the hill on the left seems distracting.
>>4449472
the absolute state of /rpt/. also post a photo if you have something to say faggot

>>4449473
I don't post my photographs in the roman style communal shitting room.
Now pass the sponge on a stick I gotta wipe my ass, cunt.

>>4449472
post a photo

>>4449490
I could post an award winning photograph and you would still say it is shit.
My photos are in other threads.

>>4449518
>my girlfriend goes to another school

>>4449519
I know. It is truly unbelievable that someone posted a good photograph on /p/

test

>>4449518
link them

>>4449526
aids

>>4449525
>please let me call your photos shit! Pleeeaasssee!

Nah. I'll write some more detailed critiques. I wasn't being specific when I said this was a really weak rpt, but now I will. If you single someone out and just say it's shit then crying nophoto is at least somewhat warranted. Not so much with a real critique.

>>4449529
shut the fuck up nophoto

>>4447403
>4447406
>4447409
>>4447753
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>4447762
>4447765
>>4448242
>>4449046
>4449048
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>4449061
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>>4449525
>4449526
>4449527
garbage, spam

>>4449531
>Seething badphoto fears the real critiqoor.

You have a really shitty attitude.

>>4449533
shut the fuck up nophoto

>>4449523
Almost something because of the tone and color, but the technical execution misses the mark quite severely. Smaller aperture, more exposure, better light.

>4449525
>4449527
Nothing

>>4449525
Bad framing, tacky grain and edit, no context to create anything more than simply truck

>>4449475
Messy composition, lacks context to become anything more than statue by lake

>>4449473
Could have been okay with better composition, but you're way too far away.

>4449428
>4449426
>4449404
>4449383
Tourist snaps. Too dark and nothing interesting. Just pictures of thing.

>>4449318
Trees on right ruin it for me, but it is kind of funny you're both taking pictures of what seems to be some rocks. I like the meta/irony.

>4449287
Bike spam

>>4449284
Blurry hydrant ruins what could have been a somewhat well executed snapshot. The background could have been aligned better with foreground elements to produce something at least visually satisfying.

>4449285
A picture of nothing ruined by tree on top right.

>>4449073
>4449066
>4449065
>4449061
>4449059
>4449049
>4449048
Blurry mess or too dark

>>4449046
This one is at least interesting in a way.

>>4449067
Decent vibe to this one, but it's not enough.

>4449069
Could have been decent abstract if you just got closer and had a creative composition.

>>4449536
Would you print and frame any of the pictures you posted?

>purposely removing a > symbol to make replies not work properly.
At that point don't even bother commenting. Massive bitch move

>>4449569
>Ive never tried critiquing a bunch of posts or any for that matter

Hey dumbass it doesn't let you put that many replies in your post because of the spam filter and I'm not dividing it into 5 seperate posts when I already wrote the one.

>>4449573
t-thanks Hiroshimoot
we love the cooldown timer over here, we really do!!

>>4449562
Great colours. Wish the treeline wasn't blown out in the reds, but oh well. Comp is pretty decent. Kind of wish the focus was pulled backwards a bit so the last step in the waterfall was in-focus, but I'm guessing you shot this wide open and DoF was fuck all.
Anyway. 7/10 wd.

Pollen

cowposting

>>4447365
Nice spot but why not a longer exposure?
Were you able to get down closer to the water? I really love long exposure shots for water but then again it’s a pain to carry tripod or prop up the camera.

Had only phone camera on this one

>>4449541
no, I’d print and frame my award-winning photos that I posted in another thread

>>4449660
Absolutely seething and absolutely rent free. Lmao. If you provide constructive feedback you don't need to post a photo salty lil snaplet. You think your snaps were really worth posting? Rate them out of 10 for me.

>>4449664
none of your feedback is constructive dickhead, it’s just your opinion
>good
>bad
>could be good but it’s bad
etc
still a nophoto btw

>>4449667
>doesnt want to rate his own photos

LOL

>>4449671
>do as I tell you or I’ll ridicule you
you are a massive fucking faggot and the only reason you’re not posting photos itt is because someone will treat your shit the same way you’ve treated everybody else’s
>let me call your photos shit
you said it yourself faggot

>>4449679
Shoot I was going to post a couple more. Oh well. Next rpt!

>>4449472
>>4449518
>>4449522
>Everyone's photos suck
>No, I won't post or link mine, just take my word for it that they exist
You have accomplished nothing.

>>4449679
Anyone have any thoughts on this Pic?

>>4449742
>Took a picture of a parked bike
>Took a picture of a truck and over edited the image and added fake grain
>Took images that were way way way too dark, blurry, out of focus to the point where I doubt you know how to use a camera
>Took an underexposed picture of a sign
>Getting extremely angry at yesphoto with gentle baby critique.
These are the accomplishments of rpt anons

My accomplishment?
>Being a yes photo
>trying to improve rpt
>helping anon's with their spam tier photography
>being kind and loving to all of /p/

>>4449798
>trying to improve rpt
You aren't though, you are part of the problem making it worse
>Being a yes photo
Then just link / post photos when asked, it's not hard

>>4449821
I was not being rude or mean unlike you. I was simply providing honest critique. There are standards that should be upheld and if you don't then you deserve to get shit on.

Turning rpt into your safe space hugbox is not fixing the problem.

>>4449679
Probably the best picture in the thread. Let's the viewer make a story. I think good pictures either tell you a story in an image or give you a lot of stuff to see to make your own story based on your experience. For me it's the drain and the old man - he's walking past this puddle on the sidewalk and it's drying up, running out, going down the drain. He's turned to it, looking down, and maybe he's relating it to his life. Great lines leading you around the image - sidewalk lines, lines from the power pole taking you back to the drain and the old man.

Maybe push the contrast up? It's a little too flat/grey. Not sure that's good or bad but when you're taking B&Ws you only get to play with value so you really want to nail dark darks and white whites and have just one (maybe two) mid tone areas. All of this is subjective though - might not work in post. Your call.

I really wish people were not so defensive about criticism. Maybe we could all get a little better that way.

>>4449878
Thanks I appreciate your analysis. I like how it kinda looks like the old man is looking at the camera as well. Like a reflection.

>>4449894
>I really wish people were not so defensive about criticism. Maybe we could all get a little better that way.
i think the real irony here is that we all knoww that everyone that posts here generally is varying degrees of shit. that's not necessarily meant as an insult, more as a matter of fact. i'm shit, you're shit. most of the photos in this thread are shit. but it feels like a lot of time people here aren't looking for anything except people to tell them "wow that looks cool", perhaps out of some misguided sense of "well it looked cool to me when i took it". that's not how visual arts work. you can't control what the viewer will think. influence it maybe, but you are decoupled from your work as soon as you put it out. wanting a hugbox of love is what reddit and instagram are for. i like this place because everywhere else would be afraid to remind people that they're shit. yeah, it's not constructive necessarily most of the time, but honestly, i still have gotten good advice and information outt of this place. even in its recent "no more good shooters herre" era.
picrel from last weekend, looked cool in person, not sure if it translates to photo.

>>4449924
>we're all shit to varying degrees

Correct, but that is something we can embrace rather than hate each other over. Providing thoughtful critique can improve your own photography in ways that simply taking pics can't, so can defending your picture!
Crying nophoto and then angrily calling someone a fag because they said your picture was a snapshot then getting btfo will not improve your photography.

Reasonable and honest critique does not require an attached photograph to be valid because the critique is reasonable and honest. Defend your work instead of getting salty about it!

>>4449827
Did you forget to link the photos you posted?

>>4449941
>Reasonable and honest critique does not require an attached photograph to be valid
No, but pretending to be a hasphoto is not honest

>>4449827
Is this the honest and valuable critique?
>garbage, spam
>Nothing
>Tourist snaps
>Bike spam
>Blurry mess or too dark
>Decent vibe to this one, but it's not enough.

Even with something like
>Could have been okay with better composition
You can't even elaborate on what would make it better or give an example of how to make it better?

You aren't offering genuine advice or critique, just variations of "I don't like this"

>>4449993
Yes

Right here >>4449679

>>4449996
Yep because there was zero effort in taking a good photo. Snapshit gets snapshit critique.

>>4449998
Why did you post a snapshot?

>>4449996
And if your photo has severe technical issues that is the very first thing that should be fixed.

>>4450000
You should tell that to whoever posted >>4449679

>>4449999
That was a carefully timed and thoughtfully composed shot that succeeded in producing meaning greater than the image itself.

>>4450003
Nah, it looks like a snapshot to me

>>4450006
Your ego and disgusting attitude prevents you from becoming anything more than a talentless GWAC. I was hoping you would have done better, but you seem to fail at more than just photography.

Truly remarkable behavior you are exhibiting right now. You beg me for a photo, I post a good shot and you turn into exactly what you got so mad at in the first place. Incredible. Like I said with my first posts DO BETTER.

>>4450008
>I was hoping you would have done better
Better at what?
>I post a good shot
You posted the same kind of snapshot that everyone here posts
>DO BETTER.
You too

>>4450011
So this >>4449526 and >>4449426
>>4449287 Is the same exact level as my shot? Explain to me how it is just a snapshot.

>>4450012
All three of those and yours are snapshots, yes.
An upside down reflection in a puddle is like one of the standard beginner "neat" shots. You gave us a small copy, but it doesn't really look the most detailed. None of your lines align with any particular axis, and the cropping seems largely arbitrary. Why not shoot so the pole is perfectly vertical? Or so the lines of the pavement even out on each side? Why not align it so the garbage meets at the top of the pole instead of off to the side and intersecting the the wires? With the the three wires and the two grates, it would cool to use those wires to dissect the two grates and third wire to intersect with the person.
The truck shot, Idk what's going on, and obviously even worse on a technical level, but similar issues of framing and composition.
The sign shot could be more interesting if the cropping were different to show the full sign, and angled a bit (or keystoned) so the building looks like it's staying vertical.
The bike is clearly better, but even the bike has hallmarks of JPG/beginner processing when looking at the details. Also feels arbitrarily cropped and not aligned.

Your shows more thought sure, but it doesn't stand out as any better when looking at the thread as a whole.

>>4450020
So the meaning behind the shot or the clear and obvious considerations into composition mean absolutely nothing? It doesn't matter if the reflection thing is taught in first grade photo school. You know what else is? Pointing your camera and pressing the shutter button. It's what you do with it that counts. The photo of a reflection adds to the whole meaning of the photograph in a very good way.

It's a 35mm film pic scanned with a shit scanner. There are zero technical issues with the shot. In the real world technical issues would mean that it loses value due to image quality issues. The picture would not gain anything from being sharper, and honestly, the lower resolution look of it enhances the overall look of the image IMO.

A better crop would be great as was pointed out in the other thread.

>>4450020
Can you point out the images in the thread that tell a story or have greater meaning to them while remaining compositionally interesting/looking like a good picture?

>>4450027
>So the meaning behind the shot
What is the meaning you are trying to convey?
> clear and obvious considerations into composition
It's not clear and obvious though, even the timing could be better based on the persons location.
>The photo of a reflection adds to the whole meaning of the photograph in a very good way.
What meaning is it adding?

>It's a 35mm film pic scanned with a shit scanner.
So you agree its of poor technical quality (ignoring the sepia tone too).
>There are zero technical issues with the shot.
Why does the texture of the ground look so muddied and undetailed? Why is there nothing that actually looks "sharp"?
>The picture would not gain anything from being sharper, and honestly, the lower resolution look of it enhances the overall look of the image IMO.
So you don't actually care about the technical side then. Did the truck look better too because of all the noise?

>as was pointed out in the other thread.
Yes, by me, with a photo attached.

>>4450027
>the lower resolution look of it enhances the overall look of the image IMO.
i was kinda with you until this gigacope, holy shit man learn to take an L sometimes lmao.

>>4450027
The whole meaning bullshit is just jewish mumbo jumbo they use to justify snapshits, see Mark Cohen's interview where he defends some garbage shot of an ankle.
I think your shot looks cool, and if the worst criticism someone can make of a visual artpiece is "style over substance" then you must be doing something right.

>>4450035
It's a reflection of self. The person appears to be looking at the camera/the viewer, aging, life draining away. The muddled look of the reflection lets the viewer fill in the blanks.
All pictures are interpretive, but I think something along those lines is pretty obvious if you give the image a little thought.

>technical quality
Just because a picture is lower resolution or grainy does not make it worse or poor technical quality. It can actually make the image much better if done right. The image is in focus, properly exposed, and would make a great looking print. The lower resolution/grain adds to a more surreal/dreamy look of the image. Using a 100MP camera would not make it better, and possibly make it worse, and caring about tiny details entirely unrelated to the entire point of the image is not a real problem.

I think the guy added grain to his truck shot. Completely different story.

>>4450037
If you made an 8x10 darkroom print of the image it would be entirely acceptable image quality and the nice grain of real film would not be a detriment to the image. I do not really care if the scan looks like shit because the scan is not the final form of this image. The print is.

>>4450042
We can have fun creating meaning from good images. Nothing wrong with it at all. It's pretty on the nose with my pic if you want it to be there. Thanks.

Holy fuck this is why I stopped coming on p shut the fuck up retards

>>4450044
>It's a reflection of self.
What is the "self" part? I see another person.
>The person appears to be looking at the camera/the viewer
Or they're looking at the pole or looking at the garbage and now the meaning is about picking up trash or telecommunications.

All I see is a low res scan of an inverted puddle reflection in sepia.

>Just because a picture is lower resolution or grainy does not make it worse or poor technical quality
Most of the time it does. It's just resolution and I even acknowledged we are only seeing low res. At a certain point, you are losing texture and detail, which your photo really lacks. If increasing the resolution and/or detail of shot makes it worse, it's probably just a bad shot that you're hiding behind a "lofi" look.

>>4450047
>Nothing wrong with it at all.
The dishonesty of ex-post-facto ad-hoc meanings feels pretty wrong to me.

All of your photos are boring to bad except for these

>>4447968
>>4448172
>>4448357
>>4449404

Which are not perfect (i think buddha could have been lower down for starters) but man do most of you suck. Stop trying to be a photographer, stop photowalking, stop thinking of meaning, have some discretion and shoot something important or cool.

>>4450050
>If increasing the resolution and/or detail of shot makes it worse, it's probably just a bad shot that you're hiding behind a "lofi" look.
Why do gearfags hate art so damn much? The clinical look is often detrimental and even unrealistic, "flaws" can sometimes make a picture more akin to a memory of some past. The "magic" of film is partly how much it resembles a memory. Sometimes photography makes sense as a negative art, by getting rid of the unimportant to focus on what is.

>>4450053
Birds one and rockets one are rad.

>>4450050
Hey man cool. We can all have our own interpretations and opinions! Yours is kinda weird, but it is yours! Im glad you shared.

Sorry you don't like the grainy look of the image. As the artist and photographer I am completely happy with it and do not think it detracts from the image at all! I like it!

>>4450051
Nice! I mean sometimes we feel something is there and then we try to capture it as best we can and then you're like nice there was something there when you look at the image! Part of the fun of photography and making art for me. :D

>>4450050
>Most of the time it does. It's just resolution and I even acknowledged we are only seeing low res. At a certain point, you are losing texture and detail, which your photo really lacks
this is primarily a digital problem

film always has some texture even if the gear is shit

>>4450058
>We can all have our own interpretations and opinions!
Too bad you didn't know this when you were giving your critique and getting feedback

>>4450059
lol no, I mean texture of the content of the photo, not texture of the photo itself

>>4450061
that is literally what i mean. film always retains some hint. digital levels shit into plastic. digital will even flatten out gradients harder than pushed foma.

>>4450053
burtgummer deserves respect

>>4450060
I did and that's exactly why I gave my honest critique. Did they defend their choices like I did? Nope. They just cried and called me a nophoto faggot after posting absolute shitslop in the rpt.

>>4450064
>I did and that's exactly why I gave my honest critique.
No, because you didn't consider their own interpretations and opinions when doing the critique, you simply gave yours
>Did they defend their choices like I did?
Your defense was digital scan cope and "well, to each their own, we're all just different"
> called me a nophoto faggot after posting absolute shitslop
Maybe cause you think all the photos are shitslop and then proceded to post shitslop

>>4450062
Actual skill issue

>>4450071
Lol okay. Big L defending people dumping 0/10 photos on rpt. You are delusional. I am going to continue pointing out shitty photos and harshly critiquing them because effortless spam shit should not be posted here. Looking forward to your cope. Thanks.

>>4450077
Based. Participation trophies ruined a whole generation.

>>4450077
>defending people dumping 0/10 photos on rpt
Why did you post yours then?
>effortless spam shit should not be posted here
Well hopefully your critiques going forward won't be effortless spam shit either, look forward to see you cope again next time

>>4450083
You're entitled to smelling your own farts but other people also have the right to tell you they stink. Don't get offended over it.

>>4450085
Same to you, good advice for you to remember

>>4450092
I'm yet to get offended by people hating on my pictures here lol. And it's not just that they were better (marginally) than some of the ones posted here. It's that I wasn't deluded about them being amazing the way a bunch of you guys are.

>>4450047
>We can have fun creating meaning from [my] images.
Here’s your *massive faggot* award, cunt.
>I am going to continue pointing out [photos I don’t like] and [calling them bad] because [photos I don’t like] should not be posted here.
Wow, you win the *massive faggot* award again! Go you!
>>4450044
>It's a reflection [on decay]. The [truck] appears to be [fading away before] the camera/the viewer, aging, [existence] draining away. The [green tone of the lighting] [gives] the viewer [a feeling like they’re dreaming].
>All pictures are interpretive, but I think something along those lines is pretty obvious if you give the image a little thought.
Play this little masturbatory exercise with any picture that isn’t yours in the thread and you’ll soon realise you’re not as special as you think you are. I doubt that though, given how much space in your mind you’ve dedicated to identifying yourself as “the guy who posts the only good photos on /rpt/.”
It’s real grain, by the way. You hear that? You’re *wrong.*
And you can suck my dick for reporting my photos as snapshots. I put just as much thought into my compositions as you do but you have your head way too far up your own ass to imagine anyone’s photos itt except your own having “meaning.” As I said already, you could play your masturbatory exercise of interpretation you delight in with your own photos with *anyone else’s photos,* you just won’t because “I’m le *only* heckin’ good photographer itt and everyone else SUCKZ.”
>>4449783
No one had any thoughts on it because it was an unremarkable snapshot. >>4449894
>>4449878
>>4449924
>obvious samefagging is obvious
you know you can have your lower ribs removed so you can suck your own cock? fucking faggot

^still absolutely booty blasted beyond belief.

KEK

>>4450072
Nope digital just looks plasticky
>case of the disappearing berries.jpg

>>4450146
>>4449798
is this one of your helpful, kind interactions you pride yourself on having with *all* /p/anons?
>My accomplishment?
>>Being a yes photo
>>trying to improve rpt
>>helping anon's with their spam tier photography
>>being kind and loving to all of /p/
I don’t need your help and my photography isn’t spam tier, faggot. If I ever need help taking photos of reflections in puddles, I’ll talk to myself FIVE YEARS AGO FAGGOT

This >>4449518 has been absolutely proven beyond all reasonable doubt.

I didn't get mad in the face of criticism. I defended my picture in a level headed manner because I have zero insecurities about my photo and my photography. I enjoy talking about photography and debating whether or not a photo has artistic merit is fun and helps me get better at making art.

Stay frosty

>>4450145
did you click on my post by mistake or something? not sure what makes you think i thought the shitty puddle photo was good lol. i even tried to tell puddle anon in a different thread in a nice way here >>4450039 he was getting booty blasted in a separate thread over it. and my opinion of everyone being shit and here to take heat doesn't even align with the cope of puddle guy that 'it has meaning and my meaning makes it better and you just don't get it' or whatever. lol yeah im assmad i'm not such a gigantic faggot as that.

>>4450155
Absolute cope to think I was getting booty blasted.

This is what booty blasted looks like >>4450151, retard.

I imagine this is what its like to be in a care home.

You're bootyblasted!"

"No you're bootyblasted, Maureen!"

Time to have some fun.
>>4447263 (OP)
>It's a reflection of [21st century humanity]. The [plane] appears to be [flying away from] the camera/the viewer, [suggesting uncertainty or a distant future]. The [white to blue gradient of the sky] [places the plane in a position of orbit, suggesting a repetitive, cyclical nature of human existence].
>>4447268
It's a reflection [on aging]. The person appears to be looking [into their own past, away from] the camera/the viewer, [ruminating, pondering]. The [blurred, out-of-focus background suggests distance and haziness, removing clarity from a once-sharp recollection. Darkness, meanwhile, frames the old man, suggesting the void he is only too aware he will soon occupy].
>>4447313
It's a reflection [on youth and growing up]. The [sneakers, a symbol of youth, are tied to a track that does not come near the lofty peaks of tradition]. The [clouds and clear blue sky suggest this is reality, like a story you could see playing out from your bedroom window].
>>4447357
It's a reflection [on the alien and the uncanny in the mundane]. The [landscape] appears to be [from another planet, yet the form of the foliage and the cloudy skyline bring this place “down to earth”]. The [predominant pinks] [make] the viewer [feel like they are a predator stalking their prey through the mountains].
>>4447568
It's a reflection [on confinement and intimacy]. The [cat] appears to be [close to] the camera/the viewer [yet the metal bars add a degree of separation, subtly drawing attention to the aloof feline nature]. The [precise placement of the vertical bar through the cat’s face makes the viewer feel the frustration of failing to give a street cat a good scratch behind the ears].

>>4450170
Wow youre so deep. Good job.

>>4450170
I actually came away from this exercise with a genuinely much deeper appreciation of all of these photos. I encourage every anon itt to try this with some photos that aren’t their own.

>>4450177
>what makes photos good is the sob story you tell after you show it to me
sure is reddit in here.

>>4450177
The tiktok generation cannot look at photos for more than 5 seconds without feeling physical pain. Someone will get mad at you for saying you enjoyed art/photography on a level deeper than the most superficial one possible.

>>4449428
Ok my turn. Its a frame shop. But the shop is built on a frame that's a completely different kind from the one they are selling. One might even say, the frame shop has been framed. The underexposure emphasizes this grim reality.

>>4450012
Yeah this is just a parked bike. Mine has a reflection. I smart.

>>4450179
holy hypocrisy
yeah, just pretend like we don’t have a record of you doing the exact same thing for your own photo itt
shove your sob story up your ass faggot, I’ll keep enjoying other people’s photos, searching for their meaning and describing it in my own words because it’s FUN

Okay my turn

This post >>4450151 is the true reflection of someone who takes shitty photos, but thinks they take world class photos. This post emphasizes the anger and sadness when confronted reality. Musings of cope intertwined with pure sadness and anger subtly hint at the true pain in this text. The real and strong emotions within this post symbolize both the insecurity and snapshitting quality of your average badphoto. You could call it a snapshot without a photograph.

A true artistic masterpiece. 10/10

>>4450203
>ignoring the fact he told a sob story when someone called his photo a snapshit
go back

>>4450202
anon you're starting to hallucinate and think that there's only one person here razzing you. i'm a nophoto i haven't posted any sob story. just like i shitpost on /tv/ and don't watch films or tv. or call people's favorite cars shit on /o/ but don't drive. that's what this website is for boss.

>>4450205
Fucking dammit I meant this post >>4450145. I really should go back.

Hey guys, does posting such badphotos that they get deleted by the mods really saving /p/? Asking for a friend.

>>4450214
The tranny jannies only delete them (and ban the posters) because fagotty ass nophotos keep reporting them as "poor composition". These welfare bums with $20 boomer film cameras wouldn't recognize good composition of it smacked them in the ass. Yeah, jannies playing editors will do wonders for the dwindling visitor count of this dying site.

>>4450227
Is that the new meta? Blame everyone else for you own failings?

>>4447384
This one's sick.

>>4450170
Nobody asked.

>>4447305
You have to be pretty perverted in a good-ish way to be a successful street photographer.
You need to be comfortable staring at people and seeing what they are really "about" or them totally. How that interacts with the environment. How that creates something from nothing. If you are scared to look and really see there is no point.
Now if you're just a sex pest idk but don't do street. Do nude model shit.

>>4447367
a lot of nice stuff here

this could be the obvious best

>>4454677
sensual, in other words