New Mandates! Get 'em while they're hot!
in [Digital Cameras]
|
Prev: There's an app for that: NNTP news reader for Android
Next: Freeware to trun photo subjects around
From: Robert Coe on 19 Jul 2010 21:26 On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:35:46 +0100, bugbear <bugbear(a)trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> wrote: : Robert Coe wrote: : : > : : > : Those are points of "interest", not random points. I think the point : > : of the mandate is to try to take interesting pictures at uninteresting : > : (random) locations. : > : > A few observations on that: : > : > - Some of those "points of interest" are not, in themselves, particularly : > interesting. The challenge is to go there and find a shot that makes the site : > as interesting as it can be. Whether the site was chosen at random or by some : > other method that's effectively beyond the photographer's control is not that : > relevant, arguably. : : Actually, going to a conventional "interesting location" : is probably limiting, since the "right photograph" : is so clearly defined. : : I've been to beauty spots where there are literally : "take your photo from here" plaques on the ground. : : If you were to do so, your photograph would : be very similar to the postcards on sale nearby. Thank you for taking the trouble to point that out. I submitted three pictures. There are no such markers at any of the locations, nor have I ever seen any of them on a postcard. If any of them resemble an existing postcard, it is coincidence. Bob |