The places make for quantity, but not necessarily quality, of photos. I've always liked Steve McCurry's photo of the Taj Mahal as an example of seeing something new.
http://travel.nationalgeographic.co.uk/wallpaper/travel/traveler-magazine/places-of-a-lifetime-photos/01-places-lifetime-traveler-taj-mahal/ In fact, if you google steve mccurry taj mahal you'll see that he's found many different ways to show the Taj Mahal differently. I guess that's why he's in Magnum and working for National Geographic, and we're not. B > On 28 Dec 2013, at 20:42, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > "It's so crowded nobody goes there anymore" > "The reason it is called a classic is that it's good." > "You never step into the same stream twice" > Shakespeare didn't create his own plots - his greatness lay in his language > > A couple of lines (somewhat paraphrased) that come to mind thinking about > this - you certainly miss a lot if you avoid all the places people have > photographed often - > > It is fun to find a secret place, a place no one knew - but it > isn't going to necessarily make for better photos. > > etc,etc,etc, > > ann > >> On 12/28/2013 13:04, Bob W wrote: >> One of the hotspots is Versailles, from which I have just returned. Photos >> to follow, whether the place is over-photoed or not. >> >> Jostein gave us an example recently of how to go to a place that's been >> photographed to death, and still come back with something good. I don't >> claim to have done the same, but I did try. >> >> B >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker >>> Sent: 28 December 2013 14:58 >>> To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List >>> Subject: OT: most photographed places in the world >>> >>> I interpret this handy heatmap as where _not_ to go ... >>> >>> http://www.sightsmap.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
