lake_photography Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 too many sunsets? Are there to many books as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin carron Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 There was a strong suggestion a few months ago for banning photos of Paris and Venice too. That prompted additional suggestions for kittems, sunsets, Macro flowers, bugs, etc etc. They are still here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrygilroy Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I notice that none of you guys have mentioned banning nudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Damn, Colin. I didn't even <i>think</i> of shooting the scantily clad, flower-holding, lit-by-sunset puppy <i>in Venice</i>. You're a genius, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Ban nudes...and trolls. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff_foale Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Thinking about this subject; I've only taken a handfull of sunrise/sunset photos that I'm really happy with and I never found any of them easy. Perhaps I'm just a lousy photographer; or maybe I'm aiming for too high a standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will king Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 <i> <b> Younes Bounhar, Feb 18, 2008; 10:30 a.m. I think you should visit some galleries here such as Marc Adamus' and David Clapp's, then you tell me that sunsets are cheap tricks...Sunsets and sunrises just happen to give you dramatic lighting which can turn a good landscape into a great one...taking a good landscape photo at sunset is not easy feat... </i> </b> <br> <br> Precisely. I was going to use those exact same photographers as examples as well. Some people just make some idiotic statements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycler48 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I can't believe this crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.kivekas Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Let's ban all people with no sense of humor. No, come to think of it, let's ban all people with sense of humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank uhlig Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Ban sunsets? You asked. My answer : by all means, ban SUNSETS! Then we would never become tired, never have to go to sleep, and tax day (= April 15th) would never come. GREAT idea. Unintended consequence: No more sunrises and we would miss the chance to photograph these lovely sunrises. Now that is a definite NO! I, we all want to photograph sunrises, definitely. Sorry, Ken, not well thought through, I am afraid. Now go to sleep. the sun will soon set anyway ... And this inglorious post will be deleted after one, two or at most three more glorious sunsets. Lord have mercy, how lucky we will be then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seismiccwave Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Leave the sunsets, ban sunrises. I don't want to wake up early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycler48 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Maybe we should just ban those who want to ban things. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 In printing for the public; Customer #27 thinks their sunset,dog, or whatever is art; and customer #113's sunsets, dog or whatever should be used to line birdcages. BUT Customer #113 says their work is fineart; and #27's is manure. Many folks consider their sunsets as fine art. Like bad BO you think the other chap stuff stinks; not you. Its interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcole Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Let's not forget flowers. Ban them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Ban round-Earthers while you're at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch_tbhotmail.com Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Lets ban landscapes... not the photos, I mean the actual geological formations. Or better yet, just ban cameras... everything except pinhole (cause thats real photography). Oh, and paints and pencils and pens and anything else that can make a pretty picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_m Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 No because every sunset is different. Yuu might as well ban photos of babies, wrinkled old people or pretty landscapes - they have all been done to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 >>> Given that even a 2 year old with a Fisher Price camera can take an terrific picture of a sunset, ... A given? Can you point to a couple? www.citysnaps.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kahn Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Isn't it time for this thread to ride off into the, ah, sunset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Everyone knows the sun sets because photographers are the center of the universe. Their own wee li'l universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemillis Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Just seen a beaut of a sunset out my rear window this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will king Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I'm afraid you're mistaken Pete. It was banned. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinkamd Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Ken You obviously have not the slightest clue what you are talking about. Go take your Fisher-Price and try it. Sunsets are among the most challenging subjects for any photographer. Juha, at least you have some nice photos in your portfolio. It becomes even more disappointing that you make such an ignorant comment! While you are at it, why not ban God, the Creator, the Master Painter who makes each spectacular sunset? You know, sunsets will be here long after you are dead and gone....Maybe we should ban you? Yinka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeph Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Ban the ban, enough said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.kivekas Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Yinka, I wasn't all that serious. It's only half truth what I wrote. The truth is that sunsets are easy to shoot, the truth is they are beautiful and no one is banning them. Personally, having shot sunsets a few times, I find no real challenge in them. They turn out good too easily.<p> Ignorant? I'd like to point out that not all people are religious but base their world on scientific fact rather than subjective belief. Belief is not knowing, it is believing. Mind you, could you tell me which God it is who paints the sunsets in your opinoin - the christian God, the jewish God, the Allah, the Buddha, Zeus, Venus or any of the million ones that the man's creative fearing mind has created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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