looking to the future

A wonderful composition.

HI, this is a fun photo/illustration. Nice work.gbs

These are great. Can you give any info on how they were done?

Excellent photo illustration... I agree with previous comment on the how's of this compo.

Luciano, questa è proprio ben costruita, i miei complimenti!

Amazing creation, congratulations. Ciao Anna

The composition is pretty amazing, Luciano... And certainly doesn't lack creativity... I would just suggest 2 minors possible improvements...

1) This horizontal yellow line in front of "the sun" (?) should imo be touch up...

2) What about adding long shadows behind the 2 little people - and maybe find 2 more interesting silhouettes...?

But certainly great digital work, even as it is... Very impressive. regards.

Wow ! Luciano ! What an incredible creation !!! This is a more than amazing digital work ! Bravo !

Alvin and Rorden on the moving ways.

What has this got to do with photography?

"A wonderful composition."

 

Dare I ask... of what?

 

For which part was the alleged camera used?

A fabulous example of digital imagery. I like it a lot. Maybe play around some with the "lighting"?? such as some burning in on the right and left lower corners, to control the movement in the frame, and direct the eye more speficically? Right now, there's so much movement, that it gets a little busy.

I thought this was photo.net, not photoshop.net.

Here's the work of an individual who watched Tron too many times late at night :-) This is really really cool but it's not photography. There's always someone trying to stretch "it". Before you know it, we'll be using camera's without lenses, shutter, and even silicon! But, hopefully after I'm dead.

I think that at some point our community will have to draw the line. A line that is clear for all to see between photography, that is what you get when you press the shutter, and computer modified imagery. We need to draw the line because the confusion is too great to ignore, when rating a picture I dont know anymore if its a formidable shot im looking at or a formidable amount of time spent at a desk keying on photoshop. This image bears its name well, we are looking at the future of photography where people absorbed by the culture of mass entertainment and consumption will not be satisfied anymore with what exists. What to expect of generations raised with mtv and nike adds as visual 'repéres' ? Ultimately, after all the efforts that have been made to popularise it, photography will remain the secret garden of a select few, that see a human genius in the works of Brassai and Cartier Bresson that no 'photoshoper' will ever match.

Perfectly said Nabil, perfect. I'm 22, and there's people older than me who will never "get it" either. The "why be good, when you can fix anything you want" mentality is very irresponsible and short sighted.

Lighten Up!, people, and get a life. Let's have a little fun! And Jeff Clarke, you certianly are a critical kind of person to sport what you might call a portfolio! Where is your imagination, Dude!

 

To address Mister Compton's remark, I for one, do not consider this image to be a display of imagination at all. Photography finds its strenght in composing with the visual strengh of what exist, and by seeing how little is added up to it we can mesure the talent of the photographer. Most would pass in front of great scene and not see it, while a few will stop and take the picture. As for creating a new visual dimension, id rather look at Dali's work... That's imagination.

I think it is fantastic! Imaginitive and beautiful. Love to know how it was done.

 

Bob.

an excellent digital art. bears no resemblance to photography

i wonder, if it was all digital art on a comp, what was the coolpix 950 doing there? Photography is what? putting film, clicking shutter and processing film and prints? or also choosing film/lens, adding filters, studio lights/reflectors, curtains/backdrops, push/pull/cross processing, superimpose, crop, dodge/burn, tone? that would only leave Ansel Adams and Cartier Bresson as photographers, the rest become photo editors.

Rather than ask what is Photography, why not ask what it *isn't*. Eg Poetry, painting, etc. To me, generating an image purely via a computer has little to do with what most people call photography, and if this won a photo contest I would be just a little surprised. Even ignoring that, I am sorry, but this leaves me cold as *any* form of art.

I don't care, the picture is gorgeous. Very very unusual. I'd love to know how Luciano did it.

This is absolutely awesome. Definately the best of the 5 in this folder so far. I like everything about it and I have no nits with it (I look at a lot of pictures and that doesn't happen too often). Very clean and professional with great lines and color. Then there is the title with the 2 people that just sends my imagination soaring into what the title suggests. Congrats on a creative and top notch image. It's great. Please share technique.

Luciano, you are an artist in the way you see, the way you create and, I suspect, the way you live life. I wonder if the people who criticize this work have looked at the rest of your portfolio to see what an accomplished photographer you are. I don't understand why so many people want boundaries on art? Cartier Bresson used a new technology in the 1920s -- the Leica rangefinder -- to redefine the documentary image. Photoshop doesn't negate those accomplishments -- it merely pushes the boundries of visual exploration to another dimension. Lots of Cartier Bresson's photos were crap; lots of digital paintings are crap. The point is we try, we take risks, we invest our time and creative energy in pushing the boundries and trying out new ideas. Otherwise we stagnate. Bravo, Luciano. Please keep taking wonderful photos and making amazing digital masterpieces.

Photography isn't just about capturing what you see. First, why do we have lenses besides 50mm? There's what the eye can see, but we want the camera to be able to see more. We use long/short exposures to create something beyond what we see with the naked eye. A choice of film further enhances this reality. Photography is partly about the use of technology to merge reality with the photographer's artistic vision. The digital age has brought a new incarnation of these familiar tools along with many new ones. Rather than drawing a line, I think we will find it increasingly useful to view work on the spectrum of art-photography. At the pure photography end of the scale, you can punch a hole in the wall of your room and see an image form on the opposite wall. Add other things--lenses, dark room equipment, etc., and you move toward the technology-enhanced, artistic creation end of the spectrum. Certainly, there will always be a place in the art world for the "purer" half of the spectrum. Many photo-artists will never use digital, and they will be respected for it. Others will occupy spots throughout the spectrum, challenging the current norms and fusing media in creative and visionary ways. Why should we view this as weakness? Let's appreciate good art on all levels, or at least accept it and move on if it isn't our style. I'm reserving judgement on this particular work. It is quite creative. Some things asthetically I like, and some things I don't like. But I'm glad to have seen it here.