[dcstep]

Originally Posted by rodi

it's crooked.

I could just be you and me rodi. I see lots and lots of crooked shots lately...

[dcstep]

We had a picnic at the side of the reservoire that's surrounded by the nature preserve where I take a lot of my wildlife shots. In this shot the sun has just set, but there's a sail boat race finishing up in front of the dam and some really nice clouds. Shot with the 5D MkII and my EF 24-105mm f/4L IS:


Cherry Creek Reservoire sail boat race by dcstep, on Flickr

[Activ]

Originally Posted by dcstep

I could just be you and me rodi. I see lots and lots of crooked shots lately...

2 of my last 5 images are dutch angle eeek

[rodi]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Nice shot, TL. No Batman, though.

no batman, no bueno.

[rodi]

Originally Posted by Activ

2 of my last 5 images are dutch angle eeek

Dutch angles have a purpose. There's absolutely no need for it in 99.9% of photography. It should serve a purpose to help portray a particular type of subject or the balance of a chosen composition (a car is parked on a 40-degree steep incline and the scene has a lot of parallel and perpendicular elements to COMPLEMENT a dutch angle that puts the car parallel with the edges of a frame, for example).
Tilting the camera to try and make a shot "interesting" is a crutch and used to try to exude some form of creativity that isn't there. It's a gimmick and always misused by the naivety of the novice photographer who has not yet perfected his or her eye for pleasing composition by use of the basic elements of art.

There. I said it.

This is in no way directed at you, Activ. This is just a boiling pot spilling over with rage. Well, not really that much. But it's a problem.

<3 everyone!

[Chewy734]

rodi, what's your opinions on selective coloring?

[rodi]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

rodi, what's your opinions on selective coloring?

[Chewy734]

I was hoping for a tirade than something so... curt

[rodi]

[adrean8j]

Originally Posted by rodi

Dutch angles have a purpose. There's absolutely no need for it in 99.9% of photography. It should serve a purpose to help portray a particular type of subject or the balance of a chosen composition (a car is parked on a 40-degree steep incline and the scene has a lot of parallel and perpendicular elements to COMPLEMENT a dutch angle that puts the car parallel with the edges of a frame, for example).
Tilting the camera to try and make a shot "interesting" is a crutch and used to try to exude some form of creativity that isn't there. It's a gimmick and always misused by the naivety of the novice photographer who has not yet perfected his or her eye for pleasing composition by use of the basic elements of art.

There. I said it.

This is in no way directed at you, Activ. This is just a boiling pot spilling over with rage. Well, not really that much. But it's a problem.

<3 everyone!

This type of problem?


Tommy aka Steve Irwin's 350z by Adrean8j, on Flickr

[Chewy734]

those types of photos annoy and disorient me... no offense

[adrean8j]

None taken...just wanted to know if that was the phenomenon Rodmeister was talkin' about. BTW that was taken before I knew half the stuff I have learned here and elsewhere in the last year.

[M_Six]

Note to self: No tilted pics. No selective coloring. And don't even think about mentioning jewelry.

[Chewy734]

unless it's man jewelry... rodi's all about that

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by adrean8j

This type of problem?

Since you asked...

Is that an image of a car or a portico? To my eye there's way too much foreground showing empty pavement and taking emphasis off the car. If the image had been tight in on the car, with the drive and background not dominating, then the Dutch angles might have been less distracting to my eye.

As Rodi says, you need to be real careful with it. Some people use it as an alternative to oversaturating their colors or doing every landscape in cartoonish HDR.

Dave

[Chewy734]

What do you think of the angle and edit on this product photo? I didn't use any strobes.

[rodi]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Note to self: No tilted pics. No selective coloring. And don't even think about mentioning jewelry.

Originally Posted by Chewy734

unless it's man jewelry... rodi's all about that

lol

"I have strong opinions about things that don't matter."

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

What do you think of the angle and edit on this product photo? I didn't use any strobes.

I can imagine a context where that works, like if you were documenting a work environment. The barrel distortion, Dutch angle and OOF logo are techniques that I notice a lot in advertising, so I can see it in a context like that.

[Chewy734]

Originally Posted by dcstep

I can imagine a context where that works, like if you were documenting a work environment. The barrel distortion, Dutch angle and OOF logo are techniques that I notice a lot in advertising, so I can see it in a context like that.

Ok, I guess I'll keep it this way then.

[Activ]

Now if only I did selective color

But in all seriousness my quirks are tiltshift and selective color. They are over done. I think the dutch angle, if done right looks nice.


S5 by Trevor Thompson, on Flickr

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Activ

Now if only I did selective color


S5 by Trevor Thompson, on Flickr

Nice looking car. The angle is not distracting on that one either. The dumpster in the background draws the eye a bit, though.

[adrean8j]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Since you asked...

Is that an image of a car or a portico? To my eye there's way too much foreground showing empty pavement and taking emphasis off the car. If the image had been tight in on the car, with the drive and background not dominating, then the Dutch angles might have been less distracting to my eye.

As Rodi says, you need to be real careful with it. Some people use it as an alternative to oversaturating their colors or doing every landscape in cartoonish HDR.

Dave

Not really the question I was asking but thats ok. To be honest I took picture a while ago and I wanted the portico(?) AND the car to dominate the photo (which they do IMO). I took a shot without the dutch angle and it just wasn't as compelling...at least with the dutch angle somebody has to notice...even if it does mess with your eyes