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TheDarkLord

Agree. IMO, it is fine to crop the picture, play around with levels to bring out shadows/highlights, sharpness, etc. But beyond a certain point, one has to ask whether the photo is more CGI than real.

Malkmus

Reminds me of a cross between Ansel Adams and one of the Wyaths. In fact, check out the similarity between his dunes and Adam's dunes.

http://www.anseladams.com/ansel-adams-photography.html

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Malkmus

My two favorite artists.

Willem DeKooning: http://images.google.com/images?hl=...F-8&sa=N&tab=wi


Sidney Goodman:
http://images.google.com/images?q=s...y-revision&cd=1

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Malkmus

My son was watching the Flyers/Penquins game today. Its nice to see Sergei Gontchar bounce back and have a career after cycling.

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Bro Deal

I like Thomas Moran.
http://images.google.com/images?um=...G=Search+Images

And J. M. W. Turner
http://images.google.com/images?um=...G=Search+Images

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Malkmus

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Bro Deal

I also think that when the revolution comes, Thomas Kinkade should be one of the first put against the wall.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

thoughtforfood

I thought that EXACT thing...

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Bro Deal

Holy shit. I don't think Obama will have a problem winning Oregon.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

thoughtforfood

Actually, what he does is EXTREMELY difficult. He takes an image from a large format camera (think of is as a 10,000 megapixil camera that takes years to learn to operate artistically, and has no automatic functions), digitizes them (file sizes that will take up the space on your HD in a couple of photos), and then goes to work in the same manner that a traditional photographer would use other devices to burn and wash certain parts of a picture. After that, he colorizes certain parts of the photo to achieve the desired result. I would not doubt that he has literally hundreds of hours in each photo. On top of that, it is obvious that he knows precisely what he wants from his photo, and how to get it (may seem easy, but get Photoshop CS3 and see if you can understand how to use 10% of what it is capable of). What he does is extremely difficult. It may not seem so, and I can understand why you might think that, but trust me, it is brilliant work. Ad that to the fact that the equipment alone to do what he does probably costs into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, (in fact, I would love to see the computing power in his shop. He could run NORAD if he needed to) and what you have is someone who deserves praise in my opinion. Adams did similar things in the darkroom to his photos. In fact, it was found that he touched up some very famous works. The black sun being one. Nope, that guy is an artist of the finest quality in terms of using modern photographic techniques.

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thoughtforfood

On this subject, you are correct nns.

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Crankyfeet

On this subject, I look to you guys for guidance. Thanks for the explanation of his art/craft TFF. I had no idea.

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Crankyfeet

Sorry. But unless people are allowed to join this forum, it's farked.

One month now. No new members allowed to post.

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coneofsilence

Yes she is... but even shes too smart for me. I need to get learned more.