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Post by Giar on Feb 29, 2008 10:33:18 GMT -1
not even close guys.....this one is by far the best
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Post by shinny on Feb 29, 2008 10:33:19 GMT -1
I love space
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Post by Neko Bazu on Feb 29, 2008 10:37:59 GMT -1
Thinking of another iconic picture; I can't find the actual image I'm thinking of, but I know there's that one famous picture of the sea of poppies across Flanders Field, which always strikes a chord with me.
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Post by Neko Bazu on Feb 29, 2008 10:38:30 GMT -1
not even close guys.....this one is by far the best Can't see facebook images at work
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Post by Giar on Feb 29, 2008 10:39:14 GMT -1
lol its prob better for you that way mate
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Post by Neko Bazu on Feb 29, 2008 10:40:20 GMT -1
Excellent calls there Eoin!
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Post by Neko Bazu on Feb 29, 2008 10:42:59 GMT -1
Space Shuttle Challenger...
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 29, 2008 10:53:26 GMT -1
Do you think this is a good photograph? (was from the link Neko posted of great photographs) www.worldsfamousphotos.com/bliss-2000.html Because I took a photo just like that very very very similar except there's a little more to mine, a little more to catch the eye. (personally I don't think it's that impressive and it shouldn't be on that website really) I also think mine is slighly better but that is for you to decide.
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Post by jh1980 on Feb 29, 2008 11:06:43 GMT -1
I can't see your one Lucas but I think the reason "Bliss" is not considered that great is that it's too familiar an image and has no essential interest - it's just a rolling landscape and some sky, it's nothing "special" to me...
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 29, 2008 11:09:58 GMT -1
I can't see your one Lucas but I think the reason "Bliss" is not considered that great is that it's too familiar an image and has no essential interest - it's just a rolling landscape and some sky, it's nothing "special" to me... Yeah maybe it's just because it's well know and famous that is the reason it appears on that website.
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Post by Neko Bazu on Feb 29, 2008 11:16:05 GMT -1
I can't see your one Lucas but I think the reason "Bliss" is not considered that great is that it's too familiar an image and has no essential interest - it's just a rolling landscape and some sky, it's nothing "special" to me... Yeah maybe it's just because it's well know and famous that is the reason it appears on that website. That's my thinking - as it says, it's famous pictures. As Jules said, it's nothing particularly special. It's pleasant enough at a glance, but to me it feels kind of cold and empty. There's no sign of any life there whatsoever; no tree, flowers or wildlife in sight - that's a bit too reminiscent of many Auschwitz photos for my liking (the place where flowers don't grow, and birds don't sing...) See what I mean? No flowers, and birds refuse to fly over it...
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Post by jh1980 on Feb 29, 2008 11:16:47 GMT -1
Yeah maybe it's just because it's well know and famous that is the reason it appears on that website. Yeah I think that's definitely it. However it neither has interest or fabulous implementation of the idea. Just as you said - the Tianenmen Square Tank picture is a powerful image, but not a technically superb photograph!
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Post by Neko Bazu on Feb 29, 2008 11:20:33 GMT -1
Yeah maybe it's just because it's well know and famous that is the reason it appears on that website. Yeah I think that's definitely it. However it neither has interest or fabulous implementation of the idea. Just as you said - the Tianenmen Square Tank picture is a powerful image, but not a technically superb photograph! The 'Tank Man' picture captures an iconic moment in history, and - as I noted below it - shows a normal man performing a truly heroic act. His efforts may have been futile, but the act itself was just incredible, and the picture caught it perfectly.
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Post by jh1980 on Feb 29, 2008 11:21:34 GMT -1
As Jules said, it's nothing particularly special. It's pleasant enough at a glance, but to me it feels kind of cold and empty. There's no sign of any life there whatsoever; no tree, flowers or wildlife in sight - that's a bit too reminiscent of many Auschwitz photos for my liking (the place where flowers don't grow, and birds don't sing...) See what I mean? No flowers, and birds refuse to fly over it... "Wherever you go I will be carcass Whatever you see will be rotting flesh Humanity recovered glittering etiquette Answers her crimes with Mausoleum rent Regained your self-control And regained your self-esteem And blind your success inspires And analyse, despise and scrutinise Never knowing what you hoped for And safe and warm but life is so silent For the victims who have no speech In their shapeless guilty remorse Obliterates your meaning Obliterates your meaning Obliterates your meaning Your meaning, your meaning No birds - no birds The sky is swollen black No birds - no birds Holy mass of dead insect"
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Post by Neko Bazu on Feb 29, 2008 11:23:49 GMT -1
As Jules said, it's nothing particularly special. It's pleasant enough at a glance, but to me it feels kind of cold and empty. There's no sign of any life there whatsoever; no tree, flowers or wildlife in sight - that's a bit too reminiscent of many Auschwitz photos for my liking (the place where flowers don't grow, and birds don't sing...) See what I mean? No flowers, and birds refuse to fly over it... "Wherever you go I will be carcass Whatever you see will be rotting flesh Humanity recovered glittering etiquette Answers her crimes with Mausoleum rent Regained your self-control And regained your self-esteem And blind your success inspires And analyse, despise and scrutinise Never knowing what you hoped for And safe and warm but life is so silent For the victims who have no speech In their shapeless guilty remorse Obliterates your meaning Obliterates your meaning Obliterates your meaning Your meaning, your meaning No birds - no birds The sky is swollen black No birds - no birds Holy mass of dead insect" Funny enough, I was thinking of that song as I was typing that entry!
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Post by jh1980 on Feb 29, 2008 11:25:01 GMT -1
The 'Tank Man' picture captures an iconic moment in history, and - as I noted below it - shows a normal man performing a truly heroic act. His efforts may have been futile, but the act itself was just incredible, and the picture caught it perfectly. Of course, but you see what I'm saying there don't you? There is a difference between a photograph as a created image of a moment in time - of historic importance for example and a photograph as an artistic medium for expression, where explicitly the technique and implementation matters. It's like - an amateur painting of the execution of Louis XVI would be important and potentially "great" due to the interest of the subject, but on an artistic level it would have nothing on a vase of flowers by a Dutch master like Brueghel - etc, etc!
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Post by jh1980 on Feb 29, 2008 11:28:26 GMT -1
Funny enough, I was thinking of that song as I was typing that entry! I have actually visited Oswiecim, but I didn't notice the lack of wildlife. I did notice that although most people were respectful, some were having their photos taken in front of the execution wall, and pulling faces. Which I suppose just goes to show there are c*nts literally everywhere! Excellent song though... ver' powerful and rocks!
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Post by Neko Bazu on Feb 29, 2008 12:14:33 GMT -1
The 'Tank Man' picture captures an iconic moment in history, and - as I noted below it - shows a normal man performing a truly heroic act. His efforts may have been futile, but the act itself was just incredible, and the picture caught it perfectly. Of course, but you see what I'm saying there don't you? There is a difference between a photograph as a created image of a moment in time - of historic importance for example and a photograph as an artistic medium for expression, where explicitly the technique and implementation matters. It's like - an amateur painting of the execution of Louis XVI would be important and potentially "great" due to the interest of the subject, but on an artistic level it would have nothing on a vase of flowers by a Dutch master like Brueghel - etc, etc! Agreed entirely - but then that's why I said greatest/most iconic; to make it clear which sense of 'great' I meant. Incidentally, can anyone think of a more iconic picture from this century than those of the Twin Towers being hit/coming down?
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Post by Neko Bazu on Feb 29, 2008 12:16:36 GMT -1
A friend on my journal's raised an interesting one - would you describe this as iconic? And by the same token, this? Their popularity and fame certainly can't be denied...
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 29, 2008 12:20:13 GMT -1
Good boke in that top one. Nice booty too.
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