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Raise the shadows.

But we don't see that one much any more. I just ask them what they want to see in the shadows, and refer them to Ansel Adams' photos. Sometimes a shadow is just a shadow. :D
 
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Oh! I just thought of another. A landscape photo that shows mostly asphalt. :(
 
Mr Giggles said:
I was wondering which errors in photographic technique will most quickly lead to immediate criticism by your peers on line ?

the first one I can think of is having an otherwise wonderful image but missing critical crisp focus of the eyes.

an image like that is immedialty doomed and actually "eye-focus" is a powerful selling point for a camera

can you think of other common errors which are so detrimental ?
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Mentioning:
Tony Northrup

Jared Polin

Ken Rockwell.

sorry, someone had to do it.
 
ThrillaMozilla said:
Mr Giggles said:
landscapes which lack any foreground or mid ground

which then makes the image look boring

you wont be lambasted for that one - but you will be disappointed at the very small number of "likes or at -a-boys " that the image receives which is a sort of silent criticism
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Hmm, I'm looking at some Ansel Adams prints right now. Let's see, a print of the Snake River and Grand Tetons just sold for around $1M. Here's another one with just birch trees, with the whole image at the same distance. I suppose you could say that those have some little bit of middle ground, but then there are those pictures of Yosemite with just the sky and those distant cliffs. And here's one by Clyde Butcher, with just the Sierra Nevada and the moon. I won't be criticizing any of those. :D
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thanks for bring up AA

he himself was more aware of this subject than anyone

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MPrince said:
A tilted horizon is probably number one on the list.
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You beat me to it. That's the main accusation that has been thrown at me. So now I always straighten my images on the computer before I show them to anyone.
 
ThrillaMozilla said:
Mr Giggles wrote:
ThrillaMozilla said:
Mr Giggles said:
landscapes which lack any foreground or mid ground...
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thanks for bring up AA

he himself was more aware of this subject than anyone
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Look up Moon and Half Dome. It's copyrighted, so I won't post it. No foreground there. I won't be throwing stones.
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here is an image by Clyde ...... you are right he knows what he is doing

photoshop out the boats and tell me how good the image looks

Boats-on-Cadaques-Shore-1024x865.jpg
 
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Mr Giggles said:
I was wondering which errors in photographic technique will most quickly lead to immediate criticism by your peers on line ?

the first one I can think of is having an otherwise wonderful image but missing critical crisp focus of the eyes.

an image like that is immedialty doomed and actually "eye-focus" is a powerful selling point for a camera

can you think of other common errors which are so detrimental ?
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Common errors are:

Going to the Sony forum and asking why certain obvious feature is not in the camera, when 150 unneeded secondary, ultra niche ones are.

Asking about the exposure triangle in the open forum or mentioning the word microcontrast anywhere in any post.

Going to the adapted lens forum and showing any concern about a (dangerously) radioactive lens, or worst, for good reason, about breaking an old lens to do some fancy DIY that isn't reversible or responsible to do.

Going into the Leica lens and asking how to move a Summaron M lens besides infinity without having read the manual or having asked a Leica technician, or things related to using any Leitz M/LTM lens in any non-Leica ILCE, for example.

Going to the Medium Format forum and asking about a Long Format lens; but all there are so nice and try to help anyway.

What else am I missing? ...

Oh, in any forum, talking about Zeiss 3D pop will result in endless average examples mostly done with Nikon, Canon and other lesser products, that show no Pop but lots of blurriness. Then, the sarcasm will overflow across sub and sub-threads.

What else?
 
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Posting your photo in the first place.
 
fferreres said:
Mr Giggles said:
I was wondering which errors in photographic technique will most quickly lead to immediate criticism by your peers on line ?

the first one I can think of is having an otherwise wonderful image but missing critical crisp focus of the eyes.

an image like that is immedialty doomed and actually "eye-focus" is a powerful selling point for a camera

can you think of other common errors which are so detrimental ?
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Common errors are:

Going to the Sony forum and asking why certain obvious feature is not in the camera, when 150 unneeded secondary, ultra niche ones are.

Asking about the exposure triangle in the open forum or mentioning the word microcontrast anywhere in any post.

Going to the adapted lens forum and showing any concern about a (dangerously) radioactive lens, or worst, for good reason, about breaking an old lens to do some fancy DIY that isn't reversible or responsible to do.

Going into the Leica lens and asking how to move a Summaron M lens besides infinity without having read the manual or having asked a Leica technician, or things related to using any Leitz M/LTM lens in any non-Leica ILCE, for example.

Going to the Medium Format forum and asking about a Long Format lens; but all there are so nice and try to help anyway.

What else am I missing? ...

Oh, in any forum, talking about Zeiss 3D pop will result in endless average examples mostly done with Nikon, Canon and other lesser products, that show no Pop but lots of blurriness. Then, the sarcasm will overflow across sub and sub-threads.

What else?
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saying you shoot m43 professionally :-)

Don
 
Mr Giggles said:
ThrillaMozilla said:
Mr Giggles wrote:
Mr Giggles said:
Mr Giggles said:
landscapes which lack any foreground or mid ground...
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thanks for bring up AA

he himself was more aware of this subject than anyone
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38702071064_ec1206f787_b.jpg


Look up Moon and Half Dome. It's copyrighted, so I won't post it. No foreground there. I won't be throwing stones.
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here is an image by Clyde ...... you are right he knows what he is doing

photoshop out the boats and tell me how good the image looks

Boats-on-Cadaques-Shore-1024x865.jpg
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But the photograph wouldn't have been taken without the boats. The boats are the subject. Any photograph with the main subject removed would look meh!
 
ThrillaMozilla said:
Raise the shadows.

But we don't see that one much any more. I just ask them what they want to see in the shadows, and refer them to Ansel Adams' photos. Sometimes a shadow is just a shadow. :D
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Where in life do we see shadows so dark that all details are obliterated? "Raising details" in the shadows can raise the depth of an image and make it look more 3D.
 
Compensating for poor subject isolation or boring subjects by using wide angle distortion or too shallow a DOF.
 
So I agree with ones others have mentioned such as tilted horizon, lack of critical focus, poor composition and over sharpening. A little further down the list are excessive noise and halos from poorly executed selective dodging of underexposed elements such as backlit people or buildings.
 
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Great Bustard said:
Mr Giggles said:
I was wondering which errors in photographic technique will most quickly lead to immediate criticism by your peers on line ?

the first one I can think of is having an otherwise wonderful image but missing critical crisp focus of the eyes.

an image like that is immedialty doomed and actually "eye-focus" is a powerful selling point for a camera

can you think of other common errors which are so detrimental ?
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It's rare that anything good comes from criticizing a photo, even constructively, unless the person posting the photo specifically asks for it. I'll offer praise for good photos, on occasion, but not criticism.
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Unless someone asks for comment, I would typically hold my breath - a lop-sided horizon perhaps being an exception. :-) However, when asked, I have no problem offering constructive comments, which include both the good and the bad. To me, critiques are an integral part of photography for those that are serious about their work.
 
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