Come On! Let's Show Pictures

[fotografz]

This forum makes it easy for us to share photos. A picture is

worth a thousand words etc.,etc. ( or in this case, 3 words)

 

Here's one of my "stairs" series that for some perverse reason is

one of my best selling prints, especially to writers. Probably

because it does have words in it.

 

It was a cold and dreary day. My wife and I squeezed through the

tear in the 8' fence to shoot the long abandoned State Asylum for

the Insane. To get to the main building required entering this

underground passage way...which gave us pause to be sure.<div></div>

[steve_wiley2]

<img height=288

width=438 hspace=5 vspace=10

 

src="http://www.photo.net/photodb/image-display?photo_id=847

673&size=md">

<br> <i>High School, Milan, 1998</i>

[squareframe]

it seems more reasonable to use the forum for discussions and archive your images on your personal website repository with links for interested viewers. this way, you can promote and allow viewing of your images without consuming forum resources. win/win?

 

Leica images look the same as Canon and Nikon images, truth be told. and the other hard truth to swallow, is that most of the amazing resolution tests continually battered about here, could be equaled by most any modern lens. without conscious effort to provide useful information for edification, these discussions many times distill to 'damnit, I paid top-dollar for this lens and I want to see a difference and feel better about my wayward investment'. show us why your Noctilux has improved your photography. showcase the benefits of an f1.0 lens, explain why your Summicron contributes to a certain aesthetic. read Gary Voth's contributions.

 

the Leica forum is a wonderful opportunity to share technical information, discuss both positive and negative crticisms of Leica cameras and optics, and evaluate techniques, and aesthetics of images directly influenced through the use of a Leica.

 

just a personal observation ...

[lutz]

Daniel, pix are a great way to know the wo/man behind the words, of which there sometimes are just too many being made... ;o)<P><CENTER><IMG SRC="http://www.konermann.net/gallery/carwash.jpeg"></CENTER>

[Spearhead]

Forum resources are not consumed by photos. Many people link the photographs from outside. However, the preference of photo.net is to have people use the upload feature because it guarantees that there will not later be broken lins. The upload feature would not be provided if there was not an intention of making photographs available on photo.net forums.<p>

 

I say this as a moderator on four photo.net forums.<p>

 

Photographs provide a way to demonstrate and discuss what is most important in photography, images, rather than idle words. It also lets one know if comments come from someone who uses a camera or just puts it on display. <p>

 

<center>

<img src="http://www.spirer.com/images/eddie70.jpg"><br>

<i>Eddie 70, Copyright 1999 Jeff Spirer<br>

From the series, "Historic Forts of the Marin Headlands"</i>

</center>

[jerry_pfile1]

OK Marc. I'll try and see just how easy it is to post an image.

 

Here goes:<div></div>

[fotografz]

Daniel,

recent previous threads are either about the evils of selling here

or a few direct requests by forum members to keep the pictures

coming. So I posted a photo.

 

If the forum doesn't like us to post pictures then it should remove

the direct link which encourages just that. There were many

pictures posted on the old forum, and it seems to have

somewhat deminished since coming here. I'm not a techno

obsessed photographer that just fiddles around with equipment

all day. I use the stuff to make pictures. I like when a piece of

tech info or point of view is accompanied by an example

photograph. I don't have a web site to direct members to, so it's

this or visual silence.

 

And I especially disagree with your observation that all modern

equipment is identical in results. Even my wife's untrained eye

can immediately pick out my Leica shots from all the others for

whatever the reason technical or other wise. They just have a

certain look she can't explain, nor do I want her to.

[kent_phelan]

Hope this works....<div></div>

[kent_phelan]

So how does one insert a picture directly into the message, isntead of just posting a link? Also, how to center the image on teh screen?

[poetprince]

i'd like to take issue with a comment i've seen in a few different threads here on photo.net. this one concerning the comments from members who have not posted pictures being personified as someone who only puts a camera on display and does not use it as a photographer would/should. now jeff, you are by far and wide one of my favourite contributors here and i truly love your work, and many of your comments concerning art in general keep me thinking for days. yes, i would go so far as to say that you are inspirational for me. but the associations people make concerning posting photos here on a website (and posting comments as well) cause me to feel a little defensive in regards to my own works. most of you here are what i call 'single photo makers'. i love the single photo..i just happen to use it differently in my artistic endeavors. i create reather large pieces that are made up of dozens (sometimes hundreds) of 'single photographs'. for my vision comes to me in the form of a zillion snapshots and partial images of the whole whenever i look into a scene. if viewed as individual pictures they will tell you very little and many have no formal composition. i can only express this 'feeling' or 'visual effect' by using whole walls or wandering labyrinths of pony walls to display my work as each image i create is broken up in a method not unlike that of photomontage or the works of david hockney. it is impossible to find a scanner that would portray my finished piece as a whole, thus making it impossible to show here on photo.net's platform. i could step back and take a picture but this would give absolutely no scale whatsoever and thus rob me of my artistic intent. i could submit any number of 'single' photos that are a small part of the whole, but again this would mean very little as it would be completely out of context. my camera is an indispensible tool. i use it daily. i have learned much about the technical aspects of photography and about the unlimited possibilities of art by using it in ways that are not conventional but certainly are effective visually. i would hope that any comments i make not be judged on my inability or reluctance to post a picture here. i am not in search of a critique of any single photo, as i am sure you are not interested in a critique regarding the method in which you hold your own camera. although i can relate to the problems created here by some of the searing and unsubstantiated comments made between members about the 'value' of their photos, i assure you that i weigh my words as carefully as i do my choices for film and aperture settings.<br>

i appreciate you considering my thoughts on this matter as it has been something that has been difficult to formulate and get across without offending someone.<br>

<br>

~poetprince

[charles_mason]

Love the humidity in the Southern air.

[charles_mason]

try again<div></div>

[poetprince]

by the way marc, that is a great image. i often am captivated by the look of words on film and i like the subtle implications created by posting this particular image. i can see why writers would like it. i will concur with your wife on the matter of being able to pick out a leica produced photo out of a batch. i have done this for years and am seldom wrong. in one of my pieces i took over 3000 photos of the front facade of an old grand hotel. i used a canon AE1, a Nikon F2, a Hasselblad and two leicas over a period of 2yrs....yes..two whole years to capture as many changing light situations that the seasons could throw at me. some of the photos are rather mundane and bland as far as imagery goes (repetitve window shapes and bricks, atc.) but i may choose to display photos side by side to create an elongated effect or a make a seasonal statement within the piece. so in essence, there will be one window sill shot with the Nikon, and the exact same one shot with a Leica M3. not only is there a distinct difference between individual photos, but an interesting thing begins to occur visually as i start to mount larger groupings of photos. the Leica ones STAND OUT from the rest. you can stand there and allow your eyes to go out of focus and they will literally jump off the wall and draw your eyes to them in the same way distinct points of light (highlights or actual subjects) will do within any given image.<br>

again, thank you for the post..these are the type that interest me the most as i consider myself to be a visual artist and there is nothing more stimulating than exploring the myriad of views that others have of this world.<br>

<br>

~poetprince

[lutz]

Kent, for inserting a pic directly, the pic has to be stored on a web server in order to have an accessible URL (web address). You may upload your picture to photo, net or a provider of yours. To make the browser go fetch the pic from the server and include it centered, with a paragraph above and below, here's the HTML necessary to include in your post (just make sure to substitute URL with the address line displayed by your browser when opening a window with the (mere!) pic in it:

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="480">

<tr>

<td><P> <CENTER> <IMG SRC="URL"> </CENTER> <P></td>

 

</tr>

</table> Just make sure you classified your post as HTML before submitting - but, anyway, you will be able to check the result before confirming, which is a great service of this forum's software. For further reference check the administration section of the archive. Tony Rowlett has put it all down nicely there. Bests.

[nicholas_rab2]

Hmm, better get that SCSI card installed so I can scan some more, otherwise I will start posting repeats.

 

<p>

<center>

<img src="http://www.photo.net/photodb/image-display?photo_id=801583&size=md">

<br><i>The Last Supper</i><br></center>

[iván]

OK, Marc. I always think that showing photos is a good idea and liked yours. I was also strongly impresed by the baby . . .

 

My 2 cents are attached.

 

Regards, everybody

 

-Iván<div></div>

[andrew_schank]

I have gotten the image to come up automatically by using the photo.net prompt, but ONLY if the image size is relatively small. Otherwise it posts a prompt to it instead.<div></div>

[djphoto]

This is an excellent forum, and there's plenty of room for everyone. If you don't like an opinion or a picture, click or scroll to something else. This is a place where people who may disagree violently about many issues can meet together around a common interest, with courtesy and civility.

[jerry_pfile1]

Folks,

 

Sorry my image came up as undisplayable. Perhaps someday this old dud will figure out all this new fangled computor stuff.

 

Until then maybe I should just keep taking pictures.

 

Jerry

[squareframe]

> It also lets one know if comments come from someone who uses a camera or just puts it on display.

 

I offer my opinions, and gladly listen to the opinions of others. I also apparently don't see the value in contributing one more version of graffito on a brick wall. perhaps I'll dust off my cameras, seek out the ultimate graffitti, and apply for entrance into the club.

[lutz]

Daniel, leave your camera on the shelf, right next to your computer. Helps narrowing your sight....;o) BTW, keep in mind that Leicas are for graffiti ONLY!

[lutz]

Daniel, sorry for taking interest in getting back to you twice. Only while browsing thru your numerous posts I understood that you are a downright Leica-hater. So, what are you doing here, anyway? Love it or leave it.

[furcafe]

My contribution.

[squareframe]

> I understood that you are a downright Leica-hater

 

not so!

 

I recently returned from NYC to view Leica work at ICP, visited the Leica Gallery on Broadway, demoed the M7 at both Eli Kurland's and B&H, and bought a Ralph Gibson print in Tribeca. there are those of us that can value a Leica and yet maintain objectivity, and not feel compelled to join the cheerleading club.

 

it's a simple disagreement of what a forum is to be, and I respect your contrary perspective from mine.

[nesrani]

Actually, although it may not do justice your composites, I'd love to see some of your stuff even as a snapshot of an assembly, Daniel. The work in this vein I've seen - with the exception of Hockney, whom I recall you referring to in an earlier thread - has generally been pretty pedestrian composites of the view outside a big building or something like that. Even Hockney got a bit tired after a while, although I loved his playing with perspective - like early analog VR. 360 pans are also quite interesting, when they're not just landscapes, as John Brownlow's explorations of this area attest. What's the focus of your work?