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Anonymous
Sup /p/
Whatcha think?
Keep it constructive please, I just started serious photography about 3 months ago.
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>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
I like it!

Although i think its too minimal, the composition is good. Try a square crop to get rid of the excess sky.
>> Pentard !pjwjmEQ1RM
>>213614

I rather like the sky.
I might crop a tiny bit off the top to make the figure/ground ratio more even, but I think it's quite good.

My only real suggestion would be to fiddle with the colors to get it to pop a little more.
>> Anonymous
what is the image meant to say?im sorry but all it tells me is "grey"....seriously!!!!
>> Anonymous
Thanks guys.

>>213614
I myself really love minimalism, but I get what you mean. I thought there might be a bit too much sky as well. I'll try some crops...

>>213623
There weren't a whole lot of colors in the building... But I'll play a bit in PS to see what I can get out of it.

>>213624
Not every photo needs to tell something. I took it because I really liked the lines of the building, and the antenna at the roof.
>> Anonymous
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I managed to get a little bit more color out of it. Looks better indeed.

I can't really find a crap I like better than the current crop. Anyone wants to try some?

>>213629
>>Not every photo needs to tell something imho.
Fixed.

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>> Pentard !pjwjmEQ1RM
>>213624
>what is the image meant to say?im sorry but all it tells me is "grey"....seriously!!!!

I'm seeing it more as an abstract image playing with line and the figure/ground composition than a story-based image.
It's not what we normally see in /p/, and I normally don't like this kind of image, but I think this is an exception.

I'd really love to see this printed out really big and then matted, framed, and mounted on a brick wall in an urban loft apartment or one of those weird fancy houses you see in J. Crew catalogs.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>213639
afaik im the only other person who posts it which generally results in it being "slated" for no reason other than im posting it <3.

cant really tell the difference between the colours, you might want to tone down the gold in the centre tho, its standing out quite a lot.
>> Anonymous
>>213608
I think it works really well. Nice photo. I'd like to see more.
>> Anonymous
looks like shit to me. The sky is boring, the lines lead your eye right off the picture there is nothing interesting going on. It really just looks like you accidentally hit the shutter as you were walking around one day.
>> Pentard !pjwjmEQ1RM
>>213665
>looks like shit to me

Could you please post what you consider to be a good abstract photograph?
I'm curious about whether you simply dislike *this* abstract photo, this style of abstract photos, or *all* abstract photos?
>> Anonymous
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>>213663
More coming up then :)

All of the same building, on the same day.

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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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And the last one. Same building, same day.
(I've got a few more, but they're more of the same, and a lot less nice imo)

Constructive criticism greatly appreciated!

This was actually the first time for me shooting architecture.

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>> Anonymous
>>213668

photography in general should atleast try to convey some kind of message, feeling - purpose.

these just look like 'oh hay im bored lets take sum photos and try to make it look artsy'
>> Anonymous
>>213608
>>213685

are pretty good

>>213676

would have been better at a different angle or something. Maybe you could have gotten a little further underneath it and taken a picture looking up?
>> Anonymous
>>213699would have been better at a different angle or something. Maybe you could have gotten a little further underneath it and taken a picture looking up?

Yeah, I wanted to. But there was a shitty fence.
This was the closest I could get. I put my lens through the fence.
>> Anonymous
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Not OP, but pic related

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>> Pentard !pjwjmEQ1RM
>>213696
>photography in general should atleast try to convey some kind of message, feeling - purpose.

Really?!?
Where does it say that on the Wikipedia page about photography?
Does that hold true for other art forms as well?
>> Anonymous
>>213715
>Where does it say that on the Wikipedia

i lolled
>> Anonymous
>>213710
RESIZE FAGGOT
>> Anonymous
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not op

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>> Anonymous
>>213727

OP here. Nice stuff.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>213715
>Where does it say that on the Wikipedia

I fucking lold. And I agree btw.
>> Anonymous
THIS JUST IN

IT IS NOT ART IF IT DOES NOT HAVE A PURPOSE OR MESSAGE

SOMEBODY CALL UP PICASSO AND LET HIM KNOW HE IS A MAJOR FAG
>> Anonymous
>>213831

>>NOT HAVE A PURPOSE OR MESSAGE

>>PICASSO

Oh wow.
>> Anonymous
>>213834
LOL
LOL
LOL
LOL
LOL
WOW
PICASSO HAS NO MESSAGE
HAHA WOW
OK
LOL
>> Anonymous
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>>213834
>>213835

ok samefaggot
i will bite

what is the message or purpose in this picture?

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>> Depressed Cheesecake !vtwT5guftY
>>213837

The message is that it needs more vignetting.
>> Anonymous
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>>213837
HEY GUYS THIS PAINTING HAS NO MEANING

THERE'S NO STORY BEHIND IT IT'S STUPID LOLZERZ
>> Anonymous
>>213841

oh yeah one painting real good job you fucking nigger
and i am sure the op's photo is the only fucking foto they have ever taken

what about the painting in>>213837
what is the meaning there you cock sucking dog fucker?
>> Anonymous
>>213843
LOL I R MAD CUZ I WUZ PROVED WRONG SO IZ GONNA SWARE LOTS NOWZ

You said picasso's paintings have no meaning. Guernica is a painting by picasso. It has a lot of meaning. Therefore, you're wrong and need to gtfo immediately.
>> Anonymous
art is what you make it, and unless the artist is present its up to you to interpret what they wanted you to take away from it.

"Whatever you want to call it it’ll piss people off and that at the end of the day is all that really matters."
>> Anonymous
>>213843

go to /ic/ and tell that again. im gonna screencap that :)
>> minimalism noclue !!2yUmAID3520
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so i heard /p/ likes minimalistic stuff now?

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>> Anonymous
>>213849

oh nooooooo, why is the building cut off on bottom left? ;_____;
>> noclue !!2yUmAID3520
>>213852
i got over it and just put that thick border there to make it look like it's intentional ...
>> Anonymous
I like urban and minimalistic shit too. I originally started photographing mainly stuff like this for the purpose of using it in graphic design at later dates. That was its purpose, and it did fine.

My opinion is that the only person OP needs to satisfy is himself, unless he suddenly feels like trying to be understood. A project can be silent and personal, it doesn't need an audience.
>> Anonymous
>>213853

:)
>> noclue !!2yUmAID3520
>>213855
when a photog gets to this point of understanding ones own work they're free.
>> Anonymous
>>213608
im a fan of minimalist stuff but this is just boring, thats not the same thing.
minimalism should still have an interesting subject.
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ok back to some crit on the original pic:
>>213665
1. is right about the pic leading the eye right off the pic.
2. there isn't enough contrast between the roof and the sky
3. the antenna at dead center makes for a static image, either to the left or right would be better.
4. some more texture and sharpness in the brick would help a lot.

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>> Anonymous
>>213882
nice jpeg artifacts!
>> Anonymous
>>213884
uh yeah. jpeg sucks. but i don't see a raw file anywhere, do you?
>> Anonymous
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modernist architecture, in Rome? It's more likely than you think.

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>> Anonymous
>>213891
jpg doesnt look that bad unless youve done something to make it.
>> Anonymous
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Oh hay I have one. Shitsux?

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>> Anonymous
These are all boring as fuck. Please leave and come back when you have learned2picture
>> noclue !!2yUmAID3520
>>213909
the color burn my eyes, but that's exactly sth there is to this shot i find strangely appealing

>>214074
if you don't have anything constructive to say please leave or post in a gear thread instead as you don't seem to have anything to contribute.
>> Anonymous
>>214079
he contributed a fact, they're boring so the poster should ponder that the next time he grabs a camera.
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to op:

i think your first pic and all the others a pretty much crap. but thats okay. from a reguar 36 pic film i get back from development only about 2 are realy good and 4 - 6 are okay. but the other 30 are crap. point is you dont show your crappy pix around. so, but you stated you are new to photography, thats totally ok.
so i took your pic and cut out a angle i liked when i saw it. when you go and take pictures of houses and architecture next time maybee try to take pix of some details, or look for coincidences, or lines. try to look out for the golden ration within the lines and edges of the building, then adjust your camera. also: take as many pictures as you can. only practice will make you get better.

peace