I don’t know if they are trying to sell this or if it’s just part of their portfolio. Yes, it’s a “pro” advertising services. I just don’t know you would look at this picture and think anything other than tourist snapshot. Delete it!
That image is what I thought of right away too (sorry, I didn’t read your post before I posted). The thing about Gursky’s photo (which I have to admit liking a bit) is that is is blah done well. This picture is bad blah.
Just because they have their name and the word photography after it, does NOT mean they are a ‘pro’ photographer and no pro I know would put that as a profile pick on FB where it clearly originates.. yes it’s a bad snapshot, NO THEY ARE NOT A PRO.
The shot might have been ok if the photo wasn’t precisely split in half, and had something interesting in the background…not to mention exposing the photo correctly. Oh hell, delete it and try again, if they dare!
It is, and that’s sad considering that it’s a pretty commonly available font. But kudos to the “artist” for not using the same font as so many other people.
That’s awful. My attention was drawn to the sole object in the photo, but it turns out to just be a boring old rock. What was the point of this image? To prove that even a “professional” can point a camera at a completely random beach scene and press the shutter button without any planning or effort, like a regular person? Is that the point? To show that even professionals are people, too? Because as admirable as that sentiment is, that’s not the mindset I’d want in someone I was paying for photography.
You know, if any of you happened to run across this photo in a random portfolio, I doubt it would elicit any reaction other than “meh” or “boring” (if it all for that matter)…
But because we’re on this site, the mob mentality takes over, and all of a sudden this becomes one of the worst images to ever grace a monitor.
I’m sure at least someone here will “throw up in his/her respective mouth” due to this horrific seascape. One the vomiting has subsided, his/her respective “eyes will begin to burn” from the shear “awfulness” of this photo.
I really, really want to see the photos of all the critics. I have a hard time imaging that everyone here is so perfect.
Well said. Is it a great photo? Certainly not, it’s just bland and anemic and I don’t care for it. But is it worthy of such staunch criticism? Idk about that. Maybe to them it is serine or peaceful? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Like Gursky – I wouldn’t pay $10 to hang that on my wall, but obviously somebody LOVED it.
I do wish the links would be left intact to view more of the work of the original poster… cuz some of the posts are truly train wrecks and it’s entertaining to sift through really horrid “professional” photography =)
This is the perfect backdrop for the alleged fauxtog to extract their alleged client out of another photo, via magic wand, and composed smack dab in the middle of this image (with no shadow, of couse). You all know it will happen.
At the very least they could have chosen something to focus on, such as a cool rock or the foot prints going towards the sea. Get down low for a better perspective and possibly more interesting picture. When the whole scene isn’t that cool get down and shoot the details.
corri
thats just wrong and yes delete it
Victoria - Washington Anus Photographer
wow, flat, horizon line in the middle of photo, I agree, very blah.
wait, wut
and horizon crooked at that :/
is that a person creeping into frame left? 😛
Aston Photography
Way too much foreground in this image and nothing interesting.
Chrisy
It is crooked, over exposed, has distracting objects intruding and is just – awful!
marcio
OOOOOOO GOD
Mark B.
Ansel Adams died in vain!
Robyn Harold
I love the way the horizon so precisely cuts the photo in half. Maybe they took the photo when they were 7?
snapJim
Not even a good tourist snapshot LOL
Jeroen
One sells a bland pic for 4.3 million, the other gets slagged off for it…
LisaBE
Maybe someday this image will be sold for more than the “stripes” image!
BurninBiomass
That image is what I thought of right away too (sorry, I didn’t read your post before I posted). The thing about Gursky’s photo (which I have to admit liking a bit) is that is is blah done well. This picture is bad blah.
LisaBE
My son has a calendar from Pointless Sites and the images are all pointless and most are blah. This image would qualify for their next calendar!
Jeroen
Where can one get that?
The Charlie Scott
Rule of thirds! Rule of thirds!
Dee
Delete in camera …don’t even think about it. It is a waste of protons, neutrons and electrons…
K. Proulx
The horizon isn’t even straight … pathetic …
Ken
Needs a lighthouse or something….
Anonymous
Breda more cowbell…
Demon Lee
Why obscure the name – give us the link, I want to check this out as I do NOT believe a pro would dare to display this image..
Geekcr
Wow! Nice highlights on the clouds, couldn’t have blown them out better myself!
Demon Lee
Just because they have their name and the word photography after it, does NOT mean they are a ‘pro’ photographer and no pro I know would put that as a profile pick on FB where it clearly originates.. yes it’s a bad snapshot, NO THEY ARE NOT A PRO.
Eric Hatch
Most exciting feature is the uneven horizon line. Yawn.
Eric
The shot might have been ok if the photo wasn’t precisely split in half, and had something interesting in the background…not to mention exposing the photo correctly. Oh hell, delete it and try again, if they dare!
B
I think the font is more apealling than the image!
Ann
It is, and that’s sad considering that it’s a pretty commonly available font. But kudos to the “artist” for not using the same font as so many other people.
JohnLF
Judging by the footprints straddling the object in the foreground, I can’t decide if it’s a beach rock or a giant turd…
Ann
That’s awful. My attention was drawn to the sole object in the photo, but it turns out to just be a boring old rock. What was the point of this image? To prove that even a “professional” can point a camera at a completely random beach scene and press the shutter button without any planning or effort, like a regular person? Is that the point? To show that even professionals are people, too? Because as admirable as that sentiment is, that’s not the mindset I’d want in someone I was paying for photography.
BurninBiomass
You sir, are no Andreas Gursky…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8884829/Why-is-Andreas-Gurskys-Rhine-II-the-most-expensive-photograph.html
… not that I think its worth the 4.3 million it got, but there is something I like about it.
High Horsie
You know, if any of you happened to run across this photo in a random portfolio, I doubt it would elicit any reaction other than “meh” or “boring” (if it all for that matter)…
But because we’re on this site, the mob mentality takes over, and all of a sudden this becomes one of the worst images to ever grace a monitor.
I’m sure at least someone here will “throw up in his/her respective mouth” due to this horrific seascape. One the vomiting has subsided, his/her respective “eyes will begin to burn” from the shear “awfulness” of this photo.
I really, really want to see the photos of all the critics. I have a hard time imaging that everyone here is so perfect.
ditto high horse
Well said. Is it a great photo? Certainly not, it’s just bland and anemic and I don’t care for it. But is it worthy of such staunch criticism? Idk about that. Maybe to them it is serine or peaceful? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Like Gursky – I wouldn’t pay $10 to hang that on my wall, but obviously somebody LOVED it.
I do wish the links would be left intact to view more of the work of the original poster… cuz some of the posts are truly train wrecks and it’s entertaining to sift through really horrid “professional” photography =)
Anonymous
This is the perfect backdrop for the alleged fauxtog to extract their alleged client out of another photo, via magic wand, and composed smack dab in the middle of this image (with no shadow, of couse). You all know it will happen.
art_student13
Rule of thirds and a CPL filter is in dire need.
The white of the clouds and sand just kinda meld together too
photographer123
Love the pro picnicking abilities!
Renee
Oh gee. Very boring shot. Overexposed. Yuck
Lorea
At the very least they could have chosen something to focus on, such as a cool rock or the foot prints going towards the sea. Get down low for a better perspective and possibly more interesting picture. When the whole scene isn’t that cool get down and shoot the details.
Lionel
Jeez. I wouldn’t even shoot it, let alone keep it!
vulture
crop out the odd rocks, level the horizon, and lose the watermark, and youve got an average crappy background for a discount vacations site.