Photography contests
I absolutely do not understand how here on Steemit photos that go in tops, are not only not noticeable as a frame, but also have a quality below the average - such parameters as composition, proportions, frame construction, color-tone relations, histogram, perspective plans and many many other aspects that determine the quality of the image are very poor. But what is more, these images often show gross undisguised results of their processing in the editor - oversaturation, oversharpening, rude illiterate use of the shadows / highlights correction options. The fact that such things float to the tops has a very detrimental effect on the general level of the culture of perception of photographs and of course on the culture of making photography - when novice photographers see that that shots have a lot of upvotes and with this such "quality", they will not try to make their pictures better, but will try to do the same as on such examples.
And most of all I do not understand curatorial projects that either turn a blind eye to what I'm talking about here, or simply do not understand such things.
I would like to appeal to people, photographers and curators - take care of those who look at your pictures or those pictures that you promote, think about the fact that they will constitute the cultural fund of this site and in the future gaining a critical mass will serve as a factor for assessment of the actuality and quality of the overall resource.
And this is my question to you:
gear: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III,
Focal lenght 35mm; lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/200sec; f/10; ISO 200
На самом деле на Стимите есть много качественных фотографий! А от, что в топах бывают не совсем хорошие посты, так это вопрос того, что авторы или кураторы имеют большую Силу и пользуют её в своих надобностях.
да, я и не говорю что "все фотки тут - ..." вовсе нет, но количество шлака в топах действительно настораживает :-/ то, ради чего люди это продвигают - не особо важно, важно то во что это выльется в глобальном плане.
С некоторым могу согласиться, но насчет "выльется в глобальном плане." мне кажется, что бОльшая часть людей сидит в Фейсбуке, в Инстаграме,
Про Стимит в России, как мне кажется, совсем малая часть населения знает.
I'm a Steemit newbie and don't quite get how things work here but what I've noticed is that in terms of pictures people treat this platform like an instagram or even snapchat. It's ok to post sh*tty pics on instagram - it's just your daily life, it shouldn't be a masterpiece. What if authors have same attitude to pictures here?
If it was only insta-like behavior - that's ok, but participate in contests that have titles something like "professionalphotocontest" with rewards and when the reward is a real money, even not so small as to take them as a joke. )) I'm getting cognitive dissonance amid all this!
What if they just honestly don't see the difference between right and wrong? ))))