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New to /p/ James
I'm new to /p/
most of you are retards but just wanted to drop in and say hey.
I have a nikon d200, but prefer my SX-70. Picture taken with the sx-70.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/basdenclark/

I like your style! A+++ fav! <3 Definitely part of your top 30!!
>> James
thanks
>> Anonymous
>>193407
James you seem nice. Il bet you have good networking skillz, right?
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>> Anonymous
>>193437

Oooh, nicely done. Like a pro.
>> Anonymous
>>193407
that bike is M-m-m-monster faggotry
>> Anonymous
These pictures aren't completely terrible but you come off as a pretentious fuckwad.
>> Anonymous
http://www.flickr.com/photos/basdenclark/
at least 80% of your flickr sucks.

Do you feel awesome and superior for being all "against the mainstream"?
>> Anonymous
>>193448
>These pictures aren't completely terrible but are a pretentious fuckwad.

Fix'd
>> Anonymous
At first I thought you had no clue what white balance was, then I realized it was "artistic"
>> Hatefag
1) SX-70s are fucking awesome. I love the camera, and totally agree with the OP's opinions of it.

2) OP is a raging cockfaggot. The photo he posted is a shitty photo of a shitty subject from a shitty angle, and not only that, the scan is horrible.

3) Unless you're a professional bike messenger FIXIES ARE FOR FAGGOTS.
>> Anonymous
>>193570
>Unless you're a professional bike messenger FIXIES ARE FOR FAGGOTS.

Like you fucking know. OP's build is solid, functional. Yes, white Deep-V's and Oury's have long since jumped the shark, but the bike remains respectable.
>> Anonymous
>>193657

Actually I do know.
In 99.9% of cases the average asshole is better off with gears than on a fixie, and the .1% of cases where a fixie is better are people who ride their bike ALL DAY in HEAVY TRAFFIC.

Any faggot with straight bars, slip-in pedals and deep V rims is a casual rider who is just going to hurt himself riding on a fixie.
>> Anonymous
>>193407

I really like your pictures. Maybe that's because you're such a pretentious and arrogant bastard, I don't know, but kudos for you.
>> Hatefag
>>193426

Wow.
Most of your photos are HORRIBLE.
And your drawing is even worse.

PROTIP: Just because an image cost you $1 to capture doesn't mean it's good. You shouldn't upload EVERY Polaroid image you take, just the ones that are, you know, good.

PROTIP 2: Faux-naive drawing jumped the shark when Juno happened. Art is heading back towards skill, complexity, and layering. If you want to keep beating a dead horse with terrible drawing be my guest, but it isn't fashionable any more.
>> Anonymous
>>193663
And you've just proven that you really DON'T know shit about it.
>> Anonymous
I lol'd
>> #fortune Anonymous
Good work with that one !
>> Anonymous
bad photographer is bad
>> Anonymous !EkPIibv7ls
i see
>> Anonymous
Just utter shit.
>> Anonymous
Man, this thread is awesome. Nothing beats seeing no-it-all pretentious hippsters (aka x preppy suburban kiddies) get called out on thier bullshit.
>> Anonymous
So /p/
Which is worse?
Shitty Hipster who beats off to fucked up white balance?
Or an overprocessed HDR fag?
>> Anonymous
>>193951
wannabe hipsters with their toy camera insta-"art"

hdr-fags are bound to stop sooner or later.
>> Anonymous
I'm sick of fuckers with Polaroids thinking anything they shoot is instantly vintage and artistic.
>> Anonymous
>>193951
Some HDR is done well and actually makes the photo look better. This hipster doofus bullshit of making photos grünblau never looks good.
>> Anonymous !QgACNkSwFA
>>193407
OP's picture isn't bad, and OP was right: Most of you are retards.

Anyway, I only looked at the first three pages of your flickr, and only liked DSC_0079 and DSC_0094. DSC_0020 would have made the cut if you hadn't cropped off the top of the tree and had taken about 10 steps backward.

As for many of the rest, they are in a style that I've never much cared for, therefore I would be a poor judge as to whether or not they are good.
>> Anonymous
This era in photography is going to be looked back at with embarrassment because of all these fucking hipster kids trying so hard to be original and old-school when they're really just trying so fucking ridiculously hard to conform to their little 'independent' style. It's fucking pathetic. Fixies are for faggots. So are Holgas, polaroid 600s, and lomofaggotry.
>> Anonymous
Totally agreed,>>193990

But OP's pics are not all bad. In fact, there are some really good ones, but most taken with a Rebel XT and not with the Polaroid.
>> Anonymous
when did /p/ get so mean? did we lose our mod?

pictures are pretty average. most of them just look like snapshots with quirky effects, which sometimes works and does make them more interesting. i dont see what all the fuss is about.
>> Anonymous
The funny thing about this guy is that he looks so proud of not post-processing his pictures.

I wonder of how disappointed he is going to be when he find out that the Canon's engineers and the in-camera softwares are actually doing all the work for him.
>> Anonymous
>>194034
>when did /p/ get so mean?

/p/ has always been meaner than other photography boards.

I think /p/ is being mean in this paticular case because the OP photo is terrible, the OP comes across as an arrogant asshole, and /p/ hates name/tripfags.
>> Anonymous
>>194056
OP's photo is OK.

>OP comes across as an arrogant asshole
this is why. don't come here with that fake-hipster bullshit expecting to get your balls licked like you do in whatever crowd you move around with.
>> Anonymous
>>193407
OPs pics suck.
OPs bike sucks.
OPs suck even sucks.
No brake retard. I really hope you dont wear a helmet too.
Skid into the back of a taxi and ruin all chances of children being born to retards like you.
>> Anonymous
>>194059
>OP's photo is OK.

How can you even say that?
The horrible yellow tone is bad enough, but the composition is just fucking atrocious.

It's not just a snapshot, it almost feels like he was trying to make as bad a photograph as possible.
>> Anonymous
>>194068
>it almost feels like he was trying to make as bad a photograph as possible.

Do you honestly think that the OP actually took that photograph?

This is just another example of someone finding a shitty Flickr user and then trolling /p/ with their photos.

Happens all the time.
>> Depressed Cheesecake !OhwyBE7dgw
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I improved the OP's photo for him.

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>> Anonymous
>>194322
Fuck you Cheesecake. It actually looks better.
>> Anonymous
>>194322
how u do taht
>> Depressed Cheesecake !vEawx7Krcs
>>194328
One part USM, two parts level editing, one part saturation increase.
>> Depressed Cheesecake !xboz2SHkYA
>>194332

Oh and of course a healthy dose of vignetting.
>> Anonymous
>>194332
auto levels and auto color produces the same results
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>> James
yeah, you've all basically proved my point about you being retards. /b/ is bad enough, but that's what you expect. Try to be somewhat professional. Too much bullshit to reply to all of you, but I like what I take and I am not a fucking hipster or whatever the hell you think I am. I like polaroid and 35mm, not because I'm trying to be oldschool - because I fucking like it. Plus, if you look through several years of a teenagers photography it's obvious that some of it will be bullshit. SEVERAL YEARS. God, I swear you people have nothing better to do than look at 100+ pages to come up with some troll comment.
>> Anonymous
I'm probably just feeding the troll but..

>>194673
Your photos are snapshots. They're not art just because they are taken with a polaroid or 35mm film. The OP pic is a pic of a bike with strange colours. The background is too busy and the compostion is boring. There's nothing interesting to it.
>> James
>>194675
I never claimed to be anything here. I said nothing of superiority, I merely said that most of you are retards. I never said that I am an amazing artist of photographer. I like your statement about my photos being snapshots. They definitely are. I like capturing events, places, people etc so I can remember them. Every once in a while I try other things, but that's how I photograph for the most part. I'm 17 and I've had no training whatsoever. I'm self-taught. I'm not claiming to be a fucking God here.
>> The Pentacon !!XucVlAk1mCB
>>194677
Claiming that most of us are retards is inherently excluding yourself from that accusation, while your photographs tell another story all together.
>> James
>>194680
I fail to see your logic there. Also, please post a link to your photos so I can see them. Not to talk shit, like you. I'm just curious.
>> The Pentacon !!XucVlAk1mCB
>>194683
>I fail to see your logic there.
Oh, the ironing.

I don't have a flickr because I'm not a hipster fag, and the best set of photos I've taken in recent history were of my nieces and nephews, and we all know how that goes.
>> James
>>194687
I didn't ask for your flickr now did I?
>> The Pentacon !!XucVlAk1mCB
>>194689
>>194683
>I fail to see your logic there.
You're stupid.
>> James
>>193450
Do you feel awesome and superior for talking shit anonymously?
>> Anonymous
>>194693
Yes
>> James
lol, butthurt namefag is butthurt

amazing no one's impersonating him yet.
>> James
>>194711
Why do you feel the need to mock me?
>> James
>>194711
Actually, I take that back. I just took a second look at my photos and I now understand why you mock me. I should probably go.
>> James
>>194713
>>194716
like i said. Most of you are retards. you just can't appreciate my photos and you have nothing to back up what you say.
>> James !!Xo5WBk8odWU
>>194718
I'm sorry guys, I was just acting out in anger again because of my sub-par photography skills, and small genitalia. I know my photos aren't very good, but I yearn for attention so much that I can't stop myself from making dozens of inflammatory posts at people who want nothing more than to help me.

I'm sorry guys, I really mean it. And just so you know it's me, I've got a tripcode now.
>> Anonymous
>>194673
polaroid = teh gay
polaroid + fixie with micro-stem, straight bars, giant stays, plated chain = teh ultra ghey
35mm = not teh gay
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>>194683
And with that said I will CONTINUE to berate you about your lack of photography skills.
Why would you want to come say hey to a bunch of retards?
This isn't a mental wellness center, we don't need your charity and we certainly don't want your company.
Get the fuck out and take your bad pictures with you.
>> $19.99 !OSYhGye6hY
>>194826
You should tripcode, i really like your stuff.
>> Anonymous
>>194677
Could you be any more butthurt?

You're shit at photography, a disgrace to all that actually to know what they're doing, and just an all around pathetic excuse for human life.

No one will feel any sympathy for you because you're 17. I was selling my shit when I was 16 for good money. Age is no excuse for being shit.
>> sage !i/euDJmWr2
>>194850
/p/ - e-peen waving
>> Anonymous
I hate to rain on everyone's being-an-asshole parade, but what bike is that? In spite of the negative comments it has garnered so far, I kind of like the look of it.
>> Anonymous
Bike shot looks like shit. Looks like a shitty snap shot taken by a dumbass kid with absolutely no skill, or knowledge of photography.
>> Anonymous
>>194844

Agreed. Your site's looking nice too.
>> Anonymous
>>194673

Mr. James,

The amount of flame and hate in this thread could have been avoided had come here with a better attitude in you very first post. Example:

>I'm new to /p/
>I enjoy taking photographs and some of you guys seem to know what you are talking about. I just wanted to drop in and say hey and maybe get a little critique on some of my work.

>Just FYI,
>I have a nikon d200, but prefer my SX-70. Picture taken with the sx-70.

This would have faired you a much better response from /p/ and maybe you would have learned a few ways to improve your craft. But you did not do this. Your first post was condescending and full of ego. So what you got was condescending and full of ego.
You get what you give. If you’d lurked moar you’d know that and probably would have thought out your first post more carefully.

This thread and all the hate is your doing.