RoelHendrickx

Very good.

Collin,
Trust me : gold plated toilets are very cold to sit on.
;-)
Roel

Well, they are post-processed to a very large extent, and there is a finet line between that and full CG

Required reading: "Light. Science and Magic".
But what baffled me most, was how much photo-processing work was done AFTER the shoot, including the virtual addition of the whole visible screen content.

This was already discussed in a thread from right after the incident:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/51299024
and more specifically:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/51299746
Roel

Frankly, I don't care about the controversy.
When the results look THAT bad, why bother?
It seems almost like the controversy is sought, to make up for lack of inherent interest.
Like the photos from the photographer who installs a trapeze everywhere in the vicinity of landmarks and then shoots while doing a sommersault (I am making this up, but I am sure someone will pick up on the idea).
I would be willing to take (a certain amount of) risks or be provocative for the sake of art, but not for the sake of such boring and random results.

Great idea!!
Now finally I will know what it is I am photographing.
;-)

Great story, and it was pleasant to see that that first frame was apparently shot on stock from Gevaert in Belgium. My late father-in-law used to work there.
A bit of trivia with regard to the second photograph featured here (Hemingway is in the full article): listen to the song "Taro" by Alt-J.

Yes, you are right of course.
Him too.
But NOT ONLY him...

I would NOT want my every move to be recorded.
Seriously.
The Truman Show, anyone?
What amazes me most about all those evolutions, is that it is not some extraneous power (the proverbial Big Brother) that wants to control people 24/7 and annihilate their privacy, but that the lemmings are doing that themselves, and willingly.
Big Brother is watching you? No.
All those Little Brothers are allowing themselves to be watched.

For me, "the best vacation photos possible" would be those that are original and reflect the way I experience a site, NOT a replica of photos made before by other people.

Look here for fisheye shots (not all of them of course) at a wedding:
http://roelh.zenfolio.com/p627552318
In my book, anything goes as long as it supports a creative vision.

My two first Splice-slideshows are here:

Paris Streets:
http://roelh.zenfolio.com/p1046028174/h5854a6ba#h5854a6ba

Volleyball: http://roelh.zenfolio.com/p1046028174/h5854a698#h5854a698

I'm always interested in constructive feedback. Thanks.

I found the above slideshow a bit underwhelming (good music and some, though not all, good images; but the sequencing and transitions were sketchy at best).

Nevertheless, I took a look at the app. Glad I did.

I'm currently in the process of uploading my own very first efforts : a B&W slideshow of Paris images and a colour slideshow of volleyball action shots.

Stay tuned.
They will come in this gallery: http://roelh.zenfolio.com/p1046028174

Roel

Took a look at your video/slideshow.
Pretty cool way of presenting the images.

The most optimistic/inspiring aspect of this story IMHO is that it was pro bono personal work that prompted the photographer to follow his own vision, and that is what made him stand out.

seems like we are almost back to the daguerrotype: photography is coming full circle.
;-)

Ditto

Virtual Reality? Mixed Reality?
Unreal, dude!!!

I can see the potential here:
a remake of "Jaws" from the POV of the monster !