Trickery and fake

[cliveh]

At the end of the day it is the image that has the last word, be it digital or film. Digital is still in its infancy, although it has probably already produced more images in its short existence than chemical photography since its inception. I can remember countless great chemical images, but few digital. Time will tell.

 

[blansky]

At the end of the day it is the image that has the last word, be it digital or film. Digital is still in its infancy, although it has probably already produced more images in its short existence than chemical photography since its inception. I can remember countless great chemical images, but few digital. Time will tell.

You're preaching again.

Especially since this statement has nothing to do with this thread.

Didn't you already start a thread about this nonsense once already?

 

[cliveh]

Probably, but you obviously have a problem with this.

 

[Ian David]

Probably, but you obviously have a problem with this.

Probably not just blansky. If the truth be told, I too find one-eyed non sequiturs a bit irritating...

 

[hoffy]

Guys, please take a break - I need to make some more popcorn....this is awesome :munch:

BTW, Blanksy, if you are ever in Adelaide Australia, I want to buy you a beer

 

[blansky]

Guys, please take a break - I need to make some more popcorn....this is awesome :munch:

BTW, Blanksy, if you are ever in Adelaide Australia, I want to buy you a beer

Cool. We gotta make that happen.

Australia is on my list.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Cool. We gotta make that happen.

Australia is on my list.

<*gasp*> Uh-oh...

 

[munz6869]

Without wanting to start a punch-up , you'll probably want to visit Melbourne/Victoria - the beers are better and we have a preponderance of APUG-ers and (as a subset) Wista owners...

Marc!

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Better AFL teams, too...

 

[blansky]

But I hear your hockey sucks.

 

[Klainmeister]

It's just harder for them to compete up here....they're used to the puck spinning the other direction.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

But I hear your hockey sucks.

Probably true. But the majority of people follow the football, not babes or brutes clacking sticks, however engaging it looks.

 

[hoffy]

In this country, hockey is played with a round ball, on grass or astro turf. While we didn't medal at the olympics this time, our national team does pretty well.

Oh, or is there some other form of hockey ?

 

[lxdude]

In this country, hockey is played with a round ball, on grass or astro turf. While we didn't medal at the olympics this time, our national team does pretty well.

Here that's called field hockey.

Oh, or is there some other form of hockey ?

Well, there's tonsil hockey...

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Is there an underwater hockey? I don't know. I must have my lines crossed. Or is that water polo??

 

[CGW]

In this country, hockey is played with a round ball, on grass or astro turf. While we didn't medal at the olympics this time, our national team does pretty well.

Oh, or is there some other form of hockey ?

Pocket hockey? Canadian variant on pocket pool.

 

[hoffy]

OK guys, Christmas day is over - lets get back to the war:

Have you seen this: - http://www.petapixel.com/2012/08/07/large-format-sports-photographer-seen-at-olympic-gymnastics/

Lets see what he does.....

 

[Vaughn]

I like the images done with the paper negatives. Looks like it was fun. And done much better than I could have done. I do not think I could made that many processing errors if I tried!

Vaughn

 

[CGW]

OK guys, Christmas day is over - lets get back to the war:

Have you seen this: - http://www.petapixel.com/2012/08/07/large-format-sports-photographer-seen-at-olympic-gymnastics/

Lets see what he does.....

Big deal. LF gets used for skateboard mags. Next?

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Yes, big deal to LF. A guy I've seen before at Deakin University here in Geelong was yesterday photographing the new medical school there, with staff, with a Linhof. The last time I saw him he was on a cherry picker photographing the Anglesea flyover on the Geelong Ring Road. Maybe digital is dead already? Rejoice.

 

[hoffy]

awww, you guys are playing too nice

 

[Diapositivo]

Good news some people is still using LF and some people is still talking about it. At least all those who read those pages will stop wondering whether the film is still available or not.

What I personally object is the over-sharpening of the web scans which IMO detracts from the result. I liked some pictures quite a lot though.

I see some effects which I don't know (know nothing about LF in general).
If you follow the galleries of David Burnett (linked in post #217), and choose "D-Day: the Men, the Beaches", you find some images with some sort of double edge (John Robinson, Elbert Legg, very evident on Harry Parley). What's that?

 

[Ian David]

If you follow the galleries of David Burnett (linked in post #217), and choose "D-Day: the Men, the Beaches", you find some images with some sort of double edge (John Robinson, Elbert Legg, very evident on Harry Parley). What's that?

Looks like Polaroid 55

 

[Diapositivo]

Thanks

 

[Diapositivo]

This is where the analogue = technically flawed aesthetic is bringing us. It appears that there is people who uses some kind of digital filters that play havoc with colour and sharpness to give a supposedly analogue and old-fashioned look to digital pictures, including the fake black rebate.

Some examples:

http://d.repubblica.it/rubriche/peo...abetta_canalis_twitter-1207629/1/?ref=HRESS-3

(be courageous and browse the entire slide show below)

http://d.repubblica.it/rubriche/peo...ate_middleton_cugina_playboy-1208034/1/#media

I understand everybody is free to write whatever filter they want and people is also free to use it.

I don't think it is entirely legal to use a RVP black rebate that way and I think Fujifilm might have some legitimate objections.

This entire wave contributes to spread the idea that film is for weird effects rather than for quality.

We should be positive and friendly toward anybody asking us questions about film cameras (do we still find film for it, why on earth should we use film etc.) and stress the quality film delivers, besides the other reasons for using it.

If I were Fujifilm I'd be very pissed.