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ArchedRoof says:

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EDITING OFFENCES BLOG {blogspot}
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THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EDITING OFFENCES GROUP.
Join now and ask for forgiveness for your sins. Everybody is welcome, you are allowed to ask for forgiveness once a day, the pool is moderated by many disciples of the cause. Come along and wash away your blasphemies in the group pool.

There's a new craze every year or so. Off the top of my head I can think of 5 different travesties in the world of digital photography editing.

1. Framing
The process of putting a few extra pixels and lines around your digital image to add 'impact.'

2. Watermarks
The needless rape of a photograph because the photographer is big headed enough to believe someone will come and steal his/her photo to profit from it.

3. Selective Colouring
The process of converting an image to monochrome, but leaving one element coloured, such as a tram, or lady in a red dress.

4. The Flood Filter
A Photoshop plugin introduced a few years ago that everyone went crazy for. Everything for about a year was submerged in perfectly generated rippled water.

5. Highly Overprocessed HDR
The latest new FAD... HDR techniques have been around for over 100 years (Yes they have.) But overprocessed tone mapping nonsense from the likes of Photomatix users are all the rage right now.

These aren't examples of just bad processing, they are intentional attacks on photographs in an attempt to make them more interesting. I will be the first to admit I have tried it all - but more importantly - I moved on.

Can you help me think of some other obvious ones?

--EDIT with EXTRAS--

6. Fake Polaroid Frame
Can't find any Polaroid film? Doesn't matter... Fake it and pretend you're an instant film master.

7. Out of Focus Macros. (BOKEH)
Many thanks to Arty: "Out of focus macros. (You call it bokeh, I call it bollocks. You're supposed to INCREASE the depth of field with close-ups, not leave half the critter/leaf out of focus)."

8. Tilt and Shift Fakes.
Very simple post processing involving blurring a major part of a photograph (usually one overlooking a street.) The selective blurring appears as a shallow depth of field, to give it the photo the appearance of looking like a minature model village.

9. Fake film frames around Digital photographs (similar to #6)

10. Black and White Street Photography
"It's 2009 ffs."(Thank you Arty.)

11. Being a smug wanker/ Purists and Ludites and intentional attacks on photographers artistic explorations.Thank you Goneforawonder
Guilty!

12. TTV (Through the viewfinder.)
As Macredeye says.. "why?" It is basically a photo of what you see when looking through a camera viewfinder. If you want to do it you'll need a small lens. I find my cameraphone does the trick.

13. Cloning yourself / Multiplicity
Keep your camera on a tripod and take 10 pictures of yourself looking like a twat in different positions. Use each file to clone yourself in layer after layer. That'll make you look cool won't it?

14. The Orton Effect.
The original technique invented by Michael Orton was to overlay two or more images of an identical scene with very different exposures on slide film. One image is sharply focused and the others are very out of focus. Alex.Dram points out that he cannot find a reasonable need for it's existence. (Yes I tried it once too.)

15. Supreme Lack of Subject Matter
thank you Wiseacre for this edition. He states that: my personal peeve with any of these techniques isn't the techniques (or gimmicks), but the supreme lack of subject matter. Bokeh is fine, but of lights, raindrops, a leaf -- anyone with a 50mm and able to set their camera correctly can do that.

16. Attempting to digitally recreate an originally unpredictable effect in a very deliberate way.
You've got a brand new digital camera, it takes 40Mp pictures. You have a £1200 lens... Yet you process your photos to make them look like you took them with a £5 Holga.

17. Light trails.
ahh, how cute. You've learnt long exposures and you've had this great and original thought of going to the local motorway overpass with your tripod and taking a photo of all the red and white lights whizzing passed. Guess what? It's not original.

18. Lens Flare
Now I can't believe I left this off the list. It's perhaps the oldest gimmick on photoshop/psp/corel. Tacky lens flare added to photos creating a little sparkle with faded lines all over the picture. Such beauty!

19. Standard full photo filters
Hmm... My photo looks crap. How about if I press this buttom. *BOOM* It's embossed! Or suddenly looks like an impressionist painting, or has the effect of fur or leather or....

20. Planetoids
Ooh look at this lovely landscape. Best turn it into a planet. Oh not just here though. I'm going to do one EVERYWHERE I GO. Planet, planet planet all day long. Click here to see, but beware, you may end up carving out your own eyes with a spoon.

21. View On Black
"Oh god, yeah. That's probably worse than putting a black frame round a photo. If I want to view something on black, I'll print it out and shove it up my arse." Thank you.

22. Photographers who think they are poets
All thanks to Jamalrob for suggesting this travesty. Such titles on photographs as "True beauty lies within" or "I stopped, I stared, I wondered, as I walked through my placid life" .... on a LANDSCAPE photograph. Grow up you pretentious....

23. Listening to Jazz While Editing Your Photos
A serious offence. May lead to any of the above being reproduced.

24. Cutting the corners off
Why? Have I missed some health and safety b*ll*cks? Do I need to put on a Hi-Viz vest before I go into photoshop. Will I take "someones eye out wi that"?

25. Out of Frame
OMFG WTF LOOK! I'm stepping OUT-OF-THE-FRAME. Man, I am SO awesome.

26. Panoramic stitch togethers
ANYTHING... and I mean anything, that ends up as a gimmick that can be used with a mobile phone is a dreadful offence.

27. Immaculate skin
"...portraits with the skin blurred softened into oblivion. Like seeing pores will kill you. instantly." Thank you.

28. Oversharpening
Anyone who goes to a camera club will understand the fact that since digital photography started popping up... so did oversharpening. It's the sick practise of taking an out of focus photo and jacking up every sharpening filter to FIX it. This offence comes with a 3 year ban on digital cameras.

29. Dropshadow/Buttonise
...Or ANYTHING that makes your photo look like it's jumping off the screen. Creating the illusion that your photo is a 3D work of art is a processing crime. If it's a good photo, it won't need it!

30. Texture Layers
Why must you insist on taking another photo of crumbly plaster and using it to take a dump on another photo? Layers of any type of texture are big and not clever. A bit like stupid dwarfs.

31. Infrared Conversion
Crappy landscape? Convert to B+W... still looks crap? Convert to infrared... oooh... look... it glows.... pretty

32. Cropping
Just because you've got a camera that shoots @ 30Megapixel does not mean you can get lazy about filling up the full frame. Get it right first time and remember "crop is crap."

33. ATTEMPTING TO BE CLEVER
This is ABSOLUTELY unacceptable. There is to be no freedom of thought allowed in any photo editing. Here at Flickrschwitz we like minimal curve adjustment and colour correction ONLY. Anything else and vee shall av u tekkin owt zide and zhot!

34. Fractalius
More like syphilis. Take any boring old picture and turn it into some kind of light drawing that will make you want to scratch out your own eyes with a rusty fork. Needless vandalism on your photos.

35. Drink/Drugs While Editing
As demonstrated by many of the thread posters including www.flickr.com/photos/alexdram/, JAMALROB, BLUEBOY & GONEFORAWANDER this may lead to any of the above offences being commited or even worse, topic posts that you may regret in the morning.

36. Straight from my mobile phone and I'm proud of it.
Grow up. Nobody cares.

37. BHL Gimmicks
The never ending camel ride that is BIG HUGE LABS. This is not easy to approach. Everything and anything is available here. It's where View on Black (#21) comes from... Turn your photo into a billboard or a jigsaw. Create instant works of art. This site is photography's version of the Garden of Eden. Please... PLEASE... DO NOT EAT THE FUCKING APPLE.

38. Warholizer
So you think you're Andy Warhol do you? Think that you'd look cool/retro/kitsch/chic if you were multiplied and changed into psychodelic colours? You don't. You look like a prat. Just one of you in the correct colour is enough.

39. Portrait Dumping Grounds
Take your boring portraits and jazz them up using a vile uploading process online. Yersinia alerted us to these ever growing ghastly websites of photo destruction. Such sites as DUMPR or PHOTOFUNIA are trainwrecks and need to be cleaned up.

40. Vignetting
Why? You bought a digital camera to get rid of this common film problem. Don't fake it and pretend you're an artist. You little cheat, you.

41. NOT Cropping
Throwing away or leaving as suboptimal a potentially good shot just because you've confused Cartier-Bresson with God.

42. Abnormally Large Moon
Layering a telephoto, way-out-of-proportion moon into a wide angle night landscape. This isn't science fiction. This isn't a Disney film. This is photography, stop messing about, before I confiscate ur 300mm that rattles.

43. Retitle your photo to "Untitled"
This one struck a nerve in our new GROUP. Not bothering to retitle your picture from the camera file name ie. DSC_0272.jpg is one thing, but actually being so self absorbed that you retiltle your crappy little picture of an abandoned bike in the snow "UNTITLED" is pure blasphemy. A sure sign that the world is coming to an end.

44. Amazing Circles
I've just been holding my head in my hands thinking about what to write about these. I started crying actually. This role of documenting these offences is getting a little too much. Just... Erm... Just... Take a look for yourself....

45. Making a David Hockney
Taking many photographs of one person and arranging them in a neo-Cubist manner like David Hockney. You twit. Take a look at these dumb attempts named Picasso Portraits.

46. Triptych
This gross act of indecency is indulged only by the slightly more pretentious artist/photographers out there... Who want to tell a story with their photos. This is usually the result of all 3 photos being crap.

47. Mosaic
I seem to remember, sometime around eight years ago there was a star wars poster, made up of thousands of time movie stills from star wars in a kind of mosaic. THAT WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO. IT'S TACKY AND OVER DONE. MOVE ON LOSER.

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The original G20 travesty image ... by ļαŝ τοητεŗιαš

EXPLoRED! EXPLoRED! EXPLoRED! EXPLoRED! EXPLoRED!

I am afraid I do not understand the logic of the magic otter, but I will pray to him and ask that he delve into his wet pocket and find this photo! If you are any kind of Flickrite then you will do the same because this is sure as hell as interesting!

UPDATE! iT MADE EXPLORE! The adopted flag of the Photographic Editing Offences is flying high!

YOU CALL IT BOKEH. I CALL IT...
Someone who has been watching this thread has made something suggested early on!

THE PEO MUSIC VIDEO. Click bottom left to play
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Originally posted at 6:07PM, 21 February 2009 PDT (permalink)
ArchedRoof edited this topic 38 months ago.

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	goneforawander says: Best stay that way. I think there are plenty of forums on the web where that topic is better discussed. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Rhys Davies Photography says: I confess my guilt with a few of these (particularly # 5 & 21) however I gots to agree that the majority of these should be capital crimes! Also, in my defence I would like to say that my HDR efforts are an attempt to create images that DO NOT look like HDR. I like to think I'm getting better ;-) Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Schrodingers Cat [deleted] says: ...? O_O I should have knocked first Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) Schrodingers Cat edited this topic 39 months ago.
	~ fernando [deleted] says: But surely, not with your fist! Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	sami k (the k stands for potassium!) says: ha! Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	goneforawander says: You would need a door knocker for that. You can find one at a knocking shop if you don't have one. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	sami k (the k stands for potassium!) says: why, that was my knocking shop of choice when i was in the south. i sure ate a lot of waffles when i was down there! Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	goneforawander says: We all do things we may not necessarily be proud of in later years ... maybe eating a lot of waffles is something to be proud of ... Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	sami k (the k stands for potassium!) says: i have a very old picture of myself around here someplace in a maid's costume in the parking lot of a waffle house at three in the morning. i'm not sure whether or not i should be proud. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ShadowsandLightNW says: we'll be the judge of that! ;-) Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) ShadowsandLightNW edited this topic 39 months ago.
	goneforawander says: "in a maid's costume in the parking lot of a waffle house at three in the morning" Say no more ... raises eyebrow nods knowingly Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	sami k (the k stands for potassium!) says: nudge nudge wink wink Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	goneforawander says: "your wife interested in photography? photographs? ... he asked him knowingly ... snap snap grin grin nudge nudge say no more squire" still, a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	AngMoo says: I just woke up and sneaked on ... seems I missed the best conversation of the night! (I don't need any summeries to know what you lot are now up to either!) :D Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Jelltex says: Waffles? Syrup?? Fist??? What were you guys on last night?? There was even a couple of posts on topic; stop it right now! Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Jelltex says: HDR has to be the worst crime of the processing age. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Jelltex says: Or Bokeh. Can't decide. I have two attempted bokeh shots on my photostream. Kill me now. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	fred weyman says: Layering a telephoto, way-out-of-proportion moon into a wide angle night landscape . Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	goneforawander says: I wonder if a Belgian waffle is anything like a Cuban breakfast? Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	goneforawander says: I've seen those. Giant moons photshopped in ... mmm, I think you might have another one for the list there ... edit - mm, that was a bit fingerpointy ... I'll let your imagination do something instead Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) goneforawander edited this topic 39 months ago.
	Schrodinger*s Cat [deleted] says: I was just looking at the full moon and wondering about this.... Give me a few minuets.... Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	jamalrob says: I like those. They're redolent of the golden age of science-fiction. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	goneforawander says: I know what you mean ... at least these are deliberately surreal. I was trying to find some I'd seen like a photo of a pier with a moon half the size of the sky setting on the ocean behind ... Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) goneforawander edited this topic 39 months ago.
	Schrodingers Cat [deleted] says: Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) Schrodingers Cat edited this topic 39 months ago.
	jamalrob says: Maybe I've missed the boat on this one and you've done it already, but don't you guys need a new group: "Photographic Editing Offences," in which every picture must satisfy at least two of the 41 criteria? *Schrodingers Cat** said: I was just looking at the full moon and wondering about this. That's impossible. Full moon is not till tomorrow, 2.41AM GMT. Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) jamalrob edited this topic 39 months ago.
	Schrodinger*s Cat [deleted] says: well.... here is Sydney 10PM... does that make it tomorrow? Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	jamalrob says: Well, it'll be lunchtime in Sydney tomorrow when the full moon happens, so you probably won't see it this month :-p Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	goneforawander says: it's 12.06am so no, 10PM is yesterday why am i still working? Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Schrodinger*s Cat [deleted] says: I don't know what day it is anymore.... Why still working? Me too... because too many people bother me at work so I cant get any work done there! Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: Can you spell check your last post please Ang. Your input is greatly appreciated. It does indeed deserve to go on the sin list. (Layering a telephoto, way-out-of-proportion moon into a wide angle night landscape.) Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: Hmmm... GROUP aye? Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: The write up on your photo is superb. I am praying for Explore for you. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Schrodinger*s Cat [deleted] says: if I feel a warm flutter in my heart, I'll know it's you <3 (just don't think about feathering my boarder!) Group? good call. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Alex Dram says: I love the direction it all went yesterday night. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	goneforawander says: You kinky Ukrainian ... look what you started, I'll never be able to look at a waffle the same way again Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Alex Dram says: But you will be pretty excited seeing your female friends eating them! Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	jamalrob says: Hey Alex, I'm beginning to see that smile of yours as a filthy leer. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Alex Dram says: No, I am good and fluffy and stuff. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	AngMoo says: I checked ... what's wrong with it? And hello everyone again - back for around 30 mins or so. oh - and if there's a group - invite me (even if I can't do all the offenses) Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) AngMoo edited this topic 39 months ago.
	The Blue Boy says: New group!!!!!!!!! New group!!!!!!!!! New group!!!!!!!!! Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	The Blue Boy says: I expect the formation of a New Group by the time I get back from work. This gives you four hours. I may even join such a group. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Alex Dram says: Will it be "post 1, comment 100024324092355"? Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	AngMoo says: Pity if there's a new group that you can't (presumably) transfer this discussion into it ... I say IF - I swear if there isn't then I'll be forced to make one of my own. I don't know how to though, and I suspect it will involve hard work ... I'm not much good with hard work. Today is a good day for me, despite my initial reservations. I'm enjoying my day off no end. Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) AngMoo edited this topic 39 months ago.
	Schrodingers Cat [deleted] says: Imagine the comment you would leave on photos when inviting them to the group pool.... Please add this wretched accident to P....E...O... where you can also find the help and counselling you so despairingly need* Goodnight Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) Schrodingers Cat edited this topic 39 months ago.*
	AngMoo says: seriously - if I knew enough about photography to ridicule everyone elses feeble attempts, then I'd love to make that group, or at least be one of the admins. Think of all the annoying gifs we could post... I suspect someone is already working on the group (I hope) and I'm going out and therefore offline again in about 15 mins, but I hope that one will be made today. Call it a birthday present to me. (not so subtle hint from someone who hates birthdays and yet craves attention! I'm a walking contradiction)! Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) AngMoo edited this topic 39 months ago.
	ShadowsandLightNW says: if there were a new group, i'd have a lot of work to do. despite there currently being 42 offenses, i wouldn't have much to contribute... unless we just let #32 and #41 take care of everything :-) Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Alex Dram says: #32 - #41 = 0 Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	afgsdfgsdfhdsghyrtui78467235 [deleted] says: Will it be "post 1, comment 100024324092355"? I suggest "post 1, comment all." :) Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	AngMoo says: Subtle doesn't seem to work. :( I'm off out to enjoy the rest of my BIRTHDAY... speak to you later. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Alex Dram says: ouch... HAPPYBIRTHDAYANGIE! Should I drink again to celebrate it? Oh noes... Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: Happppppppppy biirrrrthhhhhhdaaaaaaaay ! Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: www.flickr.com/groups/peo/ OK... I loathe creating new things, but there's at least 5 people in support here. Please can someone design an invite? :D PS. Need Moderators. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	afgsdfgsdfhdsghyrtui78467235 [deleted] says: Happy b-day! Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	~ fernando [deleted] says: I like it that the name of the group "peo" is Spanish for "fart." Which is rather poetic about mistakes. The group should play big in Spain, and Latin America. Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) ~ fernando edited this topic 39 months ago.
	ArchedRoof says: You have just proved fate rules over the chaos theory for me. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	jamalrob says: Fernando, that's excellent. I think that's what's called serendipity. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	~ fernando [deleted] says: Please can someone design an invite? I think we know that the best designer is sleeping at the moment. It could be the first NZ-based invite design on flickr! Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	~ fernando [deleted] says: Well, then, the phrase for the invite should include something like... .."your very classy "peo" is invited to.." and the localization to Spanish version of flickr will be grand. Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) ~ fernando edited this topic 39 months ago.
	ArchedRoof says: I woiuldn't say "best designer" so frivolously in front of Alex.Dram. He will be mightily upset. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Alex Dram says: In this context no... not at all. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	sami k (the k stands for potassium!) says: oh my gosh. photofart. GENIUS. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	~ fernando [deleted] says: I think that you are just scared that he may use a certain, slightly modified, portrait making the rounds. But then again, we are all potentially at risk. More so if he is dreaming of eating some waffles; the disappointment when he wakes up will lead to mayhem on a few portraits. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: ============ I SMELL a PEO! ============ you have commited offences #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and we would take great pride in having your vile piece of sh*t in our pool. ============ Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Alex Dram says: I wonder if anyone will actually follow the proposition. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: Actually, I don't think an invite is appropriate. We really need something that says "thank you for repenting your sins, you are forgiven." Along those lines. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	~ fernando [deleted] says: We can create an equivalent "look at the stream above you, and choose your favorite PEO" thread. The self-deprecating() should be a good start. () as if joining the group already isn't. ~ That invite requires a printed sheet next to my computer to be able to modify the invite. Yeah, no invite graphics would be my suggestion. A strongly worded, full of waffle eating references perhaps, would do the trick. Redemption by posting to the group is a good idea. Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) ~ fernando edited this topic 39 months ago.
	jamalrob says: We could transfer these discussions to the group to get things going... Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: Keeping this discussion here creates traffic my young disciple. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	jamalrob says: Sorry master (I thought I was a "deciple" anyway?) Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) jamalrob edited this topic 39 months ago.
	~ fernando [deleted] says: Should not put in bold at the top of the rules, in case anyone is actually reading them? Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: What daft pat would spell it like that? Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Alex Dram says: "deciple" is wut? Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	afgsdfgsdfhdsghyrtui78467235 [deleted] says: Ten iples. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Yersinia says: A speeling misteak. And by the bye, anybody else see "cropping" as "crapping"? No? Just me then. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Alex Dram says: i did it 13438678652 pages earlier. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: #32. Remember, crop is crap. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	atomicules says: I'm very tempted to "rework an old image" so I can add it to the group. By the way, that should be an offence - if you cocked it up the first time round. Tough. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	The Blue Boy says: YES! You fckng did it! Happy Birthday! Yes, you've made my day! Right up untill now I've had a sh*t day. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Flet©h says: A new one for consideration for the list. Slanted Horizons - Whats going on? Do you have one leg longer than the other so you can't hold the camera straight? Surely it's an editing offence not to straighten your horizon before pimping your image all over the internet. Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) Flet©h edited this topic 39 months ago.
	ArchedRoof says: Create an example to show the rest... Go on... The Blue Boy does. Constantly. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	AngMoo says: I'm back in - thanks for the happy birthday greetings, the group invite (not that I'll have anything to add except conversation) and... well, I'm not sure. Not had chance to catch up around here and I'm expected to eat some tea now, so will be gone again in 5 mins for another couple of hours. I need to have a look at the group now if I can, while I can ... hope it does as well as this discussion did...(is doing).. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	~ fernando [deleted] says: As this is flickr and people are doing nudes (so I have heard)... should there not be one offense with regards to nudes? There must be something that happens only in nude photos. We need this on the list. Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) ~ fernando edited this topic 39 months ago.
	The Blue Boy says: Be warned. I've just downloaded Photomatix. Pro. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	‹shin› says: I need a new summary, all I managed to pick up on was Happy Birthday to you Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	The Blue Boy says: Trick photography. Using photoshop to make it *look* as if you've done something hideously clever. Such as throw tomatoes at your camera. I expect this to be added just for the slippers. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	sami k (the k stands for potassium!) says: facepalm Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Yersinia says: Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	The Blue Boy says: Truly, I am not worthy. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Gareth Harper says: 40. Vignetting Why? You bought a digital camera to get rid of this common film problem. Don't fake it and pretend you're an artist. You little cheat, you. It's actually much more of a digital problem and is not a problem at all with film. If you get a vignette when shooting film it's down to the lens, nothing whatsoever to do with the film you are using. However if you experience it on a digital camera it can be a combination of your lens and sensor. Digital sensors require light to hit them at or as near as possible to 90 degrees. As soon as the angle moves away from 90 degrees you get a reduced response from the effected photosites, hence you get a vignette. That's why you often see a vignette on a file straight from the camera particularly if you have used a wide angle lens with the aperture opened up. Film doesn't care a jot what angle the light hits it at as long as it gets the light. Personally vignettes don't bother me. I was applying them in the darkroom by hand before I started scanning film and playing with photoshop. Even with my digital camera I'm more likely to add or emphasize a vignette than I am to remove it. So no vignette is not a sin. Real sins are HDR (it's actually fine as long as nobody can spot it!), 'dropping in a new sky, selective colouring and digital b&w. If you are going to shoot b&w use film, digital b&w is crap. Originally posted 39 months ago. (permalink) Gareth Harper edited this topic 39 months ago.
	Schrodinger*s Cat [deleted] says: Happy Birthday Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	StevenM_61 says: Any gimmick for the purpose of making Explore. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: : BLASPHEMY Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	AngMoo says: thank you! Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Schrodinger*s Cat [deleted] says: WOW.... just added my first pic to the PEO pool. Never been so nervous about having a photo approved. Now I feel like Trout for breakfast??? Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: May I present... HELL. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	Gareth Harper says: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The vignette is nice though. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: Has suggested a lack of suitable editing on subjects. Such as, leaving the horizon wonky. I may merge this with #41 Stated: We've had titling your 'art' with ridiculously pretentious pseudo-poetic wankybollocks. How about its twin - titling it as Untitled? It wasn't until I looked what Yersinia meant until I was truly horrified. Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	jamalrob says: Nice to see that the PEO group pool is beginning to look quite ugly. Except that bokeh shot with flowers - who let that in?! Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	ArchedRoof says: Not me... I assumed it was you? Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)
	jamalrob says: Well I certainly didn't intend to. However, I've been drinking Grand Marnier so... Posted 39 months ago. (permalink)