On 11-09-06 9:15 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote:
A technically great HDR type shot. Truly a bit different& appreciated. But may I add some comments? Please do take it constructively. Flowing water should look like flowing water, the way nature meant it to be. It should not be made to look like gas tumbling down instead of water. Of late I have seen too many good waterfall photos overdone to look quite artificial. Bipin.
With respect Bipin, if we all stuck to portraying images of the world "as nature intended it to be" we'd first of all have to stop framing still pictures, except perhaps of rocks. Nature does not stand still for anyone.
We'd also have to stop showing videos and films, because nature doesn't rewind or replay for anyone.
Are you against all movement-smearing techniques? What about showing airplane propellers as blurred discs? Or must we always stop the props so the engine looks stalled? Same with the wheels on moving cars. Is it ever OK to show a leaping animal with any motion blur?
And what does your own optical system (eyes, optic nerve, brain) have to say about this? They are putting their own interpretive spin on nature. Don't you ever see fast moving things as blurred yourself?
I'm afraid I take exception to "advice" that is just thinly veiled personal preference. For instance, I'd really like to advise all photographers to stop creating HDR's because I personally dislike that over-HDR'ed look. Maybe I could justify telling people not to do it because it creates images that are not as nature intended.
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