Scott Murray
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What are your thoughts on this as a photograph? I had no intent and it was spur of the moment.
Who likes my rock?
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cachoeiro brazil
I like the background and sky.
I visited cachoerio do sul in rio grande do sul Brasil a few years ago. Is this the same place?
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Scott Murray
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Scott Murray
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To be honest Scott it does very little to interest me,i think its the first one of yours i would say that about,sure some one will come along and explain what ime missing
Thats good because its a rock
BackdoorArts
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Thats good because its a rock
Actually, it's because it's a rock that has nothing real interesting on it or in it. Were it the only thing in focus that might be OK, but you've also got that black thing in the lower left corner distracting you. Maybe were you to raise the camera a few inches (OK, centimeters
) and get more of that background it might buy you something. Too much good stuff in the background not to do something with it, but this does nothing for me but make me think of what might have been with a little more thought in that spur of the moment.
Scott Murray
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Actually, it's because it's a rock that has nothing real interesting on it or in it. Were it the only thing in focus that might be OK, but you've also got that black thing in the lower left corner distracting you. Maybe were you to raise the camera a few inches (OK, centimeters
That black thing is another rock
and my forethought was the one I posted earlier in my random thread this was a "oh thats nice" "lets shoot that"... Kind of photo.
Horoscope Fish
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Well, I think I'd like it a little better if it wasn't dead-center in the frame.
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Scott Murray
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Nope this is in Kakadu National Park - Australia
That's weird... When I quoted your message, cachoerio Brasil was at the end of the quote. Hmmm... Iphone app must be glitching
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Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
I can't count the number of things I see and think are interesting only to shoot it and when I look at it on the screen I have to try and figure out why I shot it.
Scott Murray
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Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Yeah this was one of those times
I just count those shots as a learning experience.
Scott Murray
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I had to laugh when I read the thread's title. I'm not sure if Australia ever caught the craze, but there was a time here in the US when pet rocks were popular! Seriously...they were advertised on TV like chia pets. I like the lighting on the rock, but as the others have said, the composition needs work. That background looks spectacular. Since there isn't any way to tell how big the rock is, was it something you could get over or around to capture the background without your rock? I can't tell exactly what is in the background--is it sky, a mountain top, or water (the whitish, bluish thing to the left of Rocky)? Or maybe it is fog nestled around something?
Anyway...I commend you for going out and just shooting something. After reading your other post about your lack of motivation, I kind of like your rock, Scott! A spur of the moment shot without getting weighed down with all the technical stuff.
I think you are in a transition phase where you are about to move from concentrating too much on technique to having technique become second nature thus allowing your creativity to blossom. I really do. :encouragement: It has to do with the learning process and the steps to mastery. The more we know, the more we realize we don't know. Take a look at this graphic which shows the learning process:
I like the lighting on the rock, but as the others have said, the composition needs work. That background looks spectacular. Since there isn't any way to tell how big the rock is, was it something you could get over or around to capture the background without your rock? I can't tell exactly what is in the background--is it sky, a mountain top, or water (the whitish, bluish thing to the left of Rocky)? Or maybe it is fog nestled around something? Anyway...I commend you for going out and just shooting something. After reading your other post about your lack of motivation, I kind of like your rock, Scott! A spur of the moment shot without getting weighed down with all the technical stuff.
I think you are in a transition phase where you are about to move from concentrating too much on technique to having technique become second nature thus allowing your creativity to blossom. I really do. :encouragement: It has to do with the learning process and the steps to mastery. The more we know, the more we realize we don't know. Take a look at this graphic which shows the learning process:
Scott Murray
Senior Member
I had to laugh when I read the thread's title. I'm not sure if Australia ever caught the craze, but there was a time here in the US when pet rocks were popular! Seriously...they were advertised on TV like chia pets.
Anyway...I commend you for going out and just shooting something. After reading your other post about your lack of motivation, I kind of like your rock, Scott! A spur of the moment shot without getting weighed down with all the technical stuff.
I think you are in a transition phase where you are about to move from concentrating too much on technique to having technique become second nature thus allowing your creativity to blossom. I really do. :encouragement: It has to do with the learning process and the steps to mastery. The more we know, the more we realize we don't know. Take a look at this graphic which shows the learning process:
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Hark this was taken a few months ago
and I thought what if
Hark this was taken a few months ago
Then get off your keister and go do another what if!
