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 chrisfilm
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< on 11/27/2011 6:30 AM >
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KingJalopy
   
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
I love manholes
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<Reply # 1 on 11/27/2011 6:49 AM >
| | | | No, fuck you.
On a thread related note, you could straighten it a little.
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Speed
 
Location: Philly area
Gender: Male
Retired Explorer
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<Reply # 2 on 11/27/2011 8:14 AM >
| | | | this is fucking terrible. its so bad that you should immediately pack up your cameras and lenses and send them to me.
oh and attention the package to "Fuck You!"
on topic: technically good - artistically boring
[last edit 11/27/2011 8:15 AM by Speed - edited 1 times]
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WEKurtz
  
Location: Western MA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 3 on 11/27/2011 11:17 AM >
| | | | Fuck YOU, you fucking fuck fucker.
The picture is pleasant and has potential, but....
eliminate the two distracting minor subjects or add a third. Either way, ditch the red thing.................Kurtz
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Weirdlig
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 4 on 11/27/2011 1:36 PM >
| | | | Fuck.
Just my take on it, which is probably just based on preference...I try not to cut off alot of the things in the immediate foreground. Capturing the entire doorframe at your left and giving more space between the outlet and the frame's end would have been important to me if I were taking it.
Aside from that, it's a good photo.
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Adv.Pack
Location: Connecticut
Adventure Pack
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<Reply # 5 on 11/27/2011 1:41 PM >
| | | | You are tilting the camera down a little. Next time make sure the camera is level with the ground. Also I would:
Make sure to get the bottom of the door by lowering the camera
Clone out the orange spray paint
Lighten the ceiling a little .. maybe
Either crop out the outlet on the right or get more of it
but thats just me.
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swizzler
Location: Ontario
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 6 on 11/27/2011 3:15 PM >
| | | | Overall it's not too bad - the exposure looks good.
Below are a few suggestions that could make it better:
1. Try centering the hallway - it's weighted to the left.
2. There's a little barrel distortion that needs to be corrected.
3. Both the horizontal and vertical perspective could use a minor tweak.
4. Try shooting long narrow hallways in portrait mode next time.
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yokes
 
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
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<Reply # 7 on 11/27/2011 4:06 PM >
| | | | Let's be honest here people... this blows.
Composition is pathetic
Subject matter is shitastic (presuming there is a subject to this photograph at all)
Only redeeming quality whatsoever is that the exposure is adequate. But I imagine that this was a decision the camera made, so all credit for that decision goes to an inanimate object.
You have raped my eyeballs. I will not forget, and I will not forgive.
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BLKMSK
Location: PVD
Gender: Male
If the kids are united.
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<Reply # 8 on 11/29/2011 5:39 PM >
| | | | Posted by yokes
Only redeeming quality whatsoever is that the exposure is adequate. But I imagine that this was a decision the camera made, so all credit for that decision goes to an inanimate object.
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+1, plus the DR isn't that great. I might have pushed it up 1/3EV, it looks like there's a little room in the spectrum to move to the right before you have to worry about blowing out your highlights.
Also, as stated, the door frame on the left is cropped. And I feel like it's visually weighted to the right with that giant empty wall, compounded with the fact that it looks like the hallway was shot off center.
How about, portrait orientation?
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Canadavey
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Location: York Region
Gender: Male
Dehr.
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<Reply # 9 on 12/1/2011 3:43 AM >
| | | | 1. camera lower to fit entire door frame on the left instead of it being cut off. A lower camera angle might pick up the tile lines on the floor which could satisfy those people that favour lines drawing them into the picture
2. red bin thingie needs to go
3. I wouldn't clone out the orange spray paint, just de-saturate it a bit so it doesn't stand out as much.
4. I have no idea what the first grey object is in the hallway, therefore it's annoying and unnecessary as I have no idea how it fits in with the picture
With #4 in mind, had it been a chair or wheelchair or some other over-shot UE artifact that's widely known on this website, I'm sure your picture would have had a much warmer reception. If you take a look at many of the gallery shots here on UER of your typical "abandoned hallway" you will find the majority of them (the ones that receive rave reviews) are either under-exposed or post processed beyond reasonable means. Also, having all the doors open in the hall so your eyes visually trip over each and every one is a necessity that will make your photo that much clearer and so much easier to look at. Ya that's right, simplify your photo by adding visual clutter.
If you're looking for the most negative feedback with absolutely no insight what-so-ever from the World's most re-known Urban Explorations photographers, you're in the right fucking place!
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
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<Reply # 10 on 12/1/2011 4:32 AM >
| | | | And here I thought I was being helpful.
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Harvestman
Location: Somewhere in SORTA/TANK Territory!
Gender: Male
Everything about me has a poker face.
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<Reply # 11 on 12/3/2011 5:22 AM >
| | | | Posted by Canadavey
If you're looking for the most negative feedback with absolutely no insight what-so-ever from the World's most re-known Urban Explorations photographers, you're in the right fucking place!
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And this place is the photography critiques forum. So you're correct.
Oh good, my slow clap processor made it into this thing.
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Therrin
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Location: North of Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 12 on 12/3/2011 12:02 PM >
| | | | I just realized something...
When you guys do all this editting to photos; like adding or removing items, or changing things.. the result isn't "real". It's fake. It never existed as you've created it to be, only exists as a fake picture in the form that you WANT it to be.
I almost think that, if you're gonna take a picture for critique... set it up and take it right the first time, as it is, as it exists.
Finding JUST the right place, just the right shot, just the right angle.
Cuz there are frankly millions of people out there these days with a camera and a computer, who can snap a picture, then edit the shit out of it.
Much fewer who can just take the right picture and leave it as it is. When is enough enough? You're not gonna please everyone all the time anyway. Better off picking who you want to impress, and editting it till they like it. (or not)
(the above was meant for people who put photos up for critique. I already know my photos suck on that level)
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
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<Reply # 13 on 12/3/2011 2:11 PM >
| | | | Photography has always been "fake" and has only represented reality (within the limitations of the medium) to the extent that the photographer wanted it to. Photography has never stopped at the shutter click, film or digital. That has always only been the start of the process. Darkroom manipulations or photoshoppery... it is all the same: An interpretation of the real world.
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Therrin
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Location: North of Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 14 on 12/3/2011 2:55 PM >
| | | | Posted by yokes
Photography has always been "fake" and has only represented reality (within the limitations of the medium) to the extent that the photographer wanted it to. Photography has never stopped at the shutter click, film or digital. That has always only been the start of the process. Darkroom manipulations or photoshoppery... it is all the same: An interpretation of the real world.
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I still think people ignore the skill involved at setting up the right shot in the first place, instead of just going "fuck it, I'll edit the shit out of it later".
I don't even mind lighting changes. But lighting changes don't change what is IN THE PICTURE. Digitally adding and removing objects, does.
It doesn't NEED to be "fake". I suppose there are two schools of thought on it though.
"lets show this as it is" and "lets show this as we think it should ideally be, and present it as how it is"
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Thought I understand why people do that latter with portraits and marketing photography and such.
There shouldn't be anything wrong with scene and location photography showing it as it actually is though, if you're trying to portray something in it's current (at the time) state.
[last edit 12/3/2011 2:57 PM by Therrin - edited 1 times]
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| | | | Re: Fuck You!
<Reply # 15 on 12/3/2011 3:04 PM >
| | | | I agree that "we'll just fix it in post" is pretty common.
Compositing isn't a new technique, though digital has just made it easier to do (as with most editing). I'm not sure what that has to do with this photograph, as I don't see any compositing at play (unless it is really subtle).
There is only one school of thought: Let's show this how I want it to be shown. The key thing to realize is that with photography you're never showing it how it is. Ever. You're making a choice (composition, aperture, focal length, shutter speed, saturation, film stock, viewing height, angle, etc, etc, etc...) on how you interpret the scene. It is never reality.
Posted by Therrin
I still think people ignore the skill involved at setting up the right shot in the first place, instead of just going "fuck it, I'll edit the shit out of it later".
I don't even mind lighting changes. But lighting changes don't change what is IN THE PICTURE. Digitally adding and removing objects, does.
It doesn't NEED to be "fake". I suppose there are two schools of thought on it though.
"lets show this as it is" and "lets show this as we think it should ideally be, and present it as how it is"
**EDIT**
Thought I understand why people do that latter with portraits and marketing photography and such.
There shouldn't be anything wrong with scene and location photography showing it as it actually is though, if you're trying to portray something in it's current (at the time) state.
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"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| | | | Re: Fuck You!
<Reply # 16 on 12/3/2011 3:16 PM >
| | | | Here is my edit of this photograph
-Lens correction to remove barrel distortion
-Cropped to balance out the door on the left edge and minimize the wall on the right
-Slight levels adjustment
-Sharpened a little
2 minutes (if that)
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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Weirdlig
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 18 on 12/3/2011 3:39 PM >
| | | | Quick question, how do you fix the barrel distortion [via Photoshop]? I haven't actually bothered to look into it yet--I'd have to do it for seventy-some-odd photos per trip and for that matter don't seem to notice it much.
Does it really only matter in pictures, like with this thread, where symmetry and lines are the major focus?
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
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<Reply # 19 on 12/3/2011 4:19 PM >
| | | | Filter-> Lens distortion
If you use Lightroom, it has lots of profiles that can autocorrect your shots.
I would say it is less important on photos where there isn't a strong straight line near a photo edge. Looking at the original photo at the top, the distortion isn't obvious on the right side of the photo, as it is on the left side.
[last edit 12/3/2011 4:22 PM by yokes - edited 1 times]
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