Second Life Pure Photography

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About Second Life Pure Photography

The mission of this group is to raise the bar on Second Life photography, to really push our vision, skills and technique in taking in-world photographs. It is to entice, challenge and celebrate Second Life artistic photography that is "pure", meaning that it has zero post processing beyond cropping for aspect ratio and resizing. We want to raise the bar on Second Life photography.

Inspired by the Best of the Best Second Life photography group, we will be limiting this pool to an as-of-yet undefined number of photographs of the very best, most stunning and realistic photos possible, using The Way of the Purist. Probably 1000, and each will have to compete for it's place.

When you post an image, tell us HOW you did it. Give us the specifics of the implementation of the technique so that we can reproduce your effect. Some people may fear giving away what they consider to be a secret. Consider it otherwise: you are demonstrating your skill and originality and crediting yourself as someone who is learning and moving beyond the common screenshot. Each thing you learn, share and teach raises your status as a photographer.

While we are very impressed by the creativity and technical skill that so many here posess in using image editors to retouch images, none of these images will be accepted. These are better suited to digital art groups. Filters, effects, cloning, blurring or any other technique used to enhance a photograph that was not 100% generated in-word and taken as-is will be disqualified. It if wasn't generated in your client, it doesn't fly, and sadly we will disinclude it from the pool.

This group may have artful nudes, but consider that if you wouldn't want your neighbour to show it to your 5 year old daughter, this is probably not the place for it.

About advertising: In a real world saturated by marketing, and Second Life being equally saturated by marketing, take notice of the following: ANY form of advertising will not only have your images removed, but will also result in a ban of being able to participate in this group. THIS is the only notice you will be given of this.

Let us remember the purpose of this group is to push the limits of our vision, skills and ability to execute feats of imagination given the technological limits. What is imagination, if not the ability to see beyond what is currently understood as possible?

Namaste: The best in me greets the best in you.

FAQ to come.