Photo Comp - Chat Thread

some nice pics mate, i was kinda thinking that t tripod would eventually do my head in!!! my tripos is quite small once folded up so will take it with and try both!

i will add some pics next week when i am back, hopefully will come up with some good ones.










i would still rather be in the water on a board tho!!!!! dam broken foot!!!!!

[anna]

I love this months entries, but have to say that there are those "almost" amazing shots in the thread.

Minimorecomb if only the horizons and the crop hadnt cut out the boat that would have been a great shot, and G that was a fantastic shot if only those horizons were straight.

I get how playing with horizontals and verticals are part of the artistic licence in photos but, when you are taking photos of water then you have to make sure those horizon lines are straight. The reason, its water, and water will "run off the page" if not balanced straight. There are many, many rules to photography and many can be known and ignored if the artistic reason behind them applies but, you also have to know and be aware of why the rules are there in the first place.

Im certainly no expert, was just answering the question that others had posted about why it mattered so much.

I agree to a point, water should be straight and level in horizons, however fron time to time there is good reasons for not being straight, for example, i think that kenzie's pic works great at that angle, as you have a point of reference in the car in front of the water.

Originally Posted by Jimmy2Feet

I agree to a point, water should be straight and level in horizons, however fron time to time there is good reasons for not being straight, for example, i think that kenzie's pic works great at that angle, as you have a point of reference in the car in front of the water.

Yup, and it works because you can't really see the horizon. You know it's there, but you can't see it

Yeah that is what i was getting at, needs to be straight in horizons, but water doesn't always need to be straight! i.e. in this example.

[Richie]

i recon this would be a good contender if entered :0)

[DarrenSV650S]

That's a brilliant pic. Why wasn't it entered

Quick, grab the bottle, it's about to fall!

[Richie]

'cos he the one that set the ball rolling :0)

Soooooo are you allowed to vote for yourself?