a facebook group i joined

[sexyoldwoman]

i submitted this as a link to the website, but i want to get some other peoples opinions too ….

 

i joined this group on facebook, not all claim to be pros, some are amateur. however, some do claim to be pros, and watermark their stuff accordingly, although their pictures, imo stink. i have never seen so many bad photographers, in one place, complimenting each other and thumbing up each others terrible pictures

 

boring, over processed, cliche, and the comments ….. eurgh it makes me cringe

 

http://www.facebook.com/groups/londonphotowalk/

 

is it just me ?

 

 

[nairbynairb]

Like 8 of the first pics I clicked on had bad selective colouring lol…

And then I came across this on there: http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/226545_10151298138542038_1613216111_n.jpg

[sexyoldwoman]

yeah, hahaha the irony

[Brownie]

The irony makes me ill…ughh…

[fstopper89]

Am I missing something? lol. I’m assuming this is sarcasm, sometimes it doesn’t come across the net well. That group has some awesome photos. A few odd ones but mostly pretty amazing.

[kbee]

I see a lot of great photos (disclaimer: I’ve had like 3 hours of sleep so how much that means, who knows). Though I see some real awful ones, though. Take for example that blurry, dark, random as photo of the pool table. What?

[sexyoldwoman]

not sarcasm at all

please tell me which you think are awesome ?

[fstopper89]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4993842356262&set=oa.10151805280423902&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4988149933955&set=oa.10151805280423902&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf

This one isn’t perfect, I think the composition could have been better, but it’s certainly not a bad photo. Shows action and emotion. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151580305755649&set=oa.10151818047583902&type=1&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151580305425649&set=oa.10151818047583902&type=1&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4780766803483&set=o.191000463901&type=1&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200316771536377&set=o.191000463901&type=1&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151569685600649&set=oa.10151805200638902&type=1&theater

The site is full of several different photographers, and you can tell who is skilled and who’s really not at all. Yeah, I agree the pool table one is not good photography at all. There was a portrait also of a redhead woman with bad lighting and not in great focus.

[cameraclicker]

There are a couple by Joseph Zee that I liked; Graham Kates’ blue lights under the bridge is nice, James Brooks’ deserted platform;  Ingrid Manta’s ship basin (she states she is a total beginner); Ali Jawed’s blue walkway (my wife would not like it because she does not like blue lights, I think it looks cool); James Brooks’ moving train and platform; Fabio Mastrangioli’s clock tower and bus lights is pretty cool; as is Julian Roshan’s photo of the same scene (and perhaps the better of the two).

I agree with kbee and browneyedgirl89.  There are some nice photos there.  It does seem that everyone that goes to London shoots the government buildings and clock tower and I have seen similar photos published.  A similar photo taken during the day with a red bus was the subject of a legal dispute because it appeared on a tin of tea.   So what?  No two light trails photos are exactly the same and landmarks are photographed continuously.

[sexyoldwoman]

well i am stunned anyone would find these images acceptable

 

this ? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200316771536377&set=o.191000463901&type=1&theater

 

its hideously over processed

 

really, quite stunned

[cameraclicker]

I like it. It has a nice palette.  Focus is good.  Framing is nice.  It looks like HDR.  I have seen some really well done HDR that looked like HDR and some hideous HDR..  It looks more painting than photograph due to the HDR tone mapping but does not have the luminosity cranked so high that everything glows.  I think this was pretty well done

This thread is a reason I think it is important to display your own work when providing critiques to others.  They can see where you are coming from.  If someone provides a critique and I like their work, I will give their critique more weight, if I don’t like their work, their critique may get no weight at all.

[sexyoldwoman]

well, im glad i asked, its interesting to hear opinions so different from my own. haha

 

 

[winephoto]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=519383148090304&set=oa.10151494317333902&type=1&theater Love the first comment: “Also, I would have left the person and handbag in colour, with the rest in black and white… Still a nice capture”

[fstopper89]

the image in question is a pretty well-executed HDR image imo. I don’t see funky halos and the colors are not over-saturated. HDR is somewhat ofa surrealistic type of photography, so you have to judge it as a separate art in some ways. the photo itself has nice framing as well.

[kbee]

I can see where some people would dislike the general fare posted to the group if they’re not fans of HDR. HDR is pretty dramatic, and I like it when it’s done properly. I do know some purists who hate it with a passion because it’s ‘unrealistic’. To each their own. The group certainly does have a lot of HDR photos, but I’ve seen a lot worse, and I am someone who likes HDR for the most part.

Pardon the short post, I’ve got company so I’m distracted. Might post some more later for SOW to illustrate what I like (and don’t). 🙂

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