Tired of water motion

betty1704 wrote in post #5836490
Is it me or is anyone else tired of seeing water motion (the silky effect)?
It doesn't appeal to me anymore, maybe because every single photo magazine has 1 or more of those pics.

Go into a good art store where professionally seascapes are sold.

Think you'll find flat sillky water in a good artist's paintings?

Highly unlikely.

I'm old enough to have seen a half century of photography - shallow dof will likely pass as will silky oceans. True, when used in the right context both techniques are good like any other technique, but there is surely a fad going on.

Tripods and f/1.4 weren't invented last year.

EDIT: Fads aren't new in art - impressionism was all the rage about 150 years ago.

Glenn NK wrote in post #5844018
Go into a good art store where professionally seascapes are sold.

Think you'll find flat sillky water in a good artist's paintings?

Highly unlikely.

Possibly because not many artists can do long exposures with their eyes?

Glenn NK wrote in post #5844018
I'm old enough to have seen a half century of photography - shallow dof will likely pass as will silky oceans. True, when used in the right context both techniques are good like any other technique, but there is surely a fad going on.

I'm still new to photography - only got into it about 8 months ago - but two of the main reasons that got me interested were shallow DOF and silky water. Those were two things that, to my eye, really made a photo stand out from your typical snapshot. HDR on the other hand is something that makes me cringe more often than not (but when used well can be nice).

If you're right and they (shallow DOF and silky water) are fads then I'm glad to have been caught up in it.

I have to agree with the over processed shots. The only thing worse is a over-processed duck!!

blackcap wrote in post #5846732
Possibly because not many artists can do long exposures with their eyes?


I'm still new to photography - only got into it about 8 months ago - but two of the main reasons that got me interested were shallow DOF and silky water. Those were two things that, to my eye, really made a photo stand out from your typical snapshot. HDR on the other hand is something that makes me cringe more often than not (but when used well can be nice).

If you're right and they (shallow DOF and silky water) are fads then I'm glad to have been caught up in it.

1. The good artists I know can visualize things quite a bit better than the majority of photographers I know. This isn't to disparage photographers because some of us are superbly creative. However highly technical people that have no creative skills are also able to partake in photography.

2. You will be amazed in forty plus years what you will find interesting - photography like life is not static.

3. If you look at well done HRD, then you'll likely change your mind about the technique. Well done, it is very difficult to tell from a non HDR image unless you can compare them side by side. Some of the HDR posted here is dreadful - it shouldn't be considered the standard.

4. At one time, maximum DOF and water frozen in time were "the thing". Things change - like art styles, hair styles, clothing styles. Good taste doesn't go out of style.

Glenn NK wrote in post #5844018
Go into a good art store where professionally seascapes are sold.

Think you'll find flat sillky water in a good artist's paintings?

Highly unlikely.

Check this out

http://artscenecal.com …zzariMPics/MLaz​zari7.html

Glenn NK wrote in post #5848300
Good taste doesn't go out of style.

I don't know if I understand what you mean here. Can you explain?

Glenn NK wrote in post #5848300
Snip .....

4. At one time, maximum DOF and water frozen in time were "the thing". Things change - like art styles, hair styles, clothing styles. Good taste doesn't go out of style.

Perhaps not, but the definition of it certainly changes.

WaltA wrote in post #5843909
Lets not over sensitize this. The OP was just saying "it seems like everyone wants to make these images from a coffee table magazine. Is anyone else tired of them."

So some of us chimed in with our opinion.

No big rant here - just a conversation about what appeals to people and what doesn't.

+1
When I finally got my camera, I was excited that I was able to capture the cliche images. For me, it was the fact that I was able to do so after seeing those images from when I was younger. Kind of like learning a magic trick.

Glenn NK wrote in post #5848300
However highly technical people that have no creative skills are also able to partake in photography.

That would include me!

Glenn NK wrote in post #5848300
3. If you look at well done HRD, then you'll likely change your mind about the technique. Well done, it is very difficult to tell from a non HDR image unless you can compare them side by side. Some of the HDR posted here is dreadful - it shouldn't be considered the standard.

Which is why I said "...but when done well can be nice..."

Glenn NK wrote in post #5848300
4. At one time, maximum DOF and water frozen in time were "the thing".

Water frozen in time is still popular, like those close-up water splash shots. If these are just a fad too, then it means both water frozen in time and silky water are fads, meaning when they go out of fashion, water will not be cool at all? Or maybe landscapes will revert back to frozen water, and the close-ups will use silky water?

No, when it is done well it is great, case in point below.

http://photo.net …db/photo?photo_​id=6207403
http://photo.net …db/photo?photo_​id=6975358

Wow, those are amazing shots. Silky water is the best fad ever!

Photos that have some point in focus and lack of handshake. Man oh man autofocus and IS have really messed up photography.


I don't think many things that bother me photographically but plastic skinned fashion/glamour shots make me a bit queasy, sometimes people just need to stop processing a photo and give it a break for a couple of days then look at it. But people seem to like them (judging from the G&N section here which I just had to stop looking at) so thats ok with me as long as someone likes it even if it is only the photographer (actually if the photographer does it only because others like it they should stop). I do hold a hope in my dark heart this is a passing fad but I remember the airbrush so I fear not.