Capturing movement

[Dave61]

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In the manner that an art lover is supposed to contemplate a painting I spent a couple of minutes contemplating this one and concluded that I like it a lot and can even see it hanging on a wall. Yes, very, very good indeed (but I suspect few will agree with me )

Cheers,
John

Agree 100% I love it

[the black fox]

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doesnt do it for me unfortunately ,if the dog /bird was reasonably sharp with a blurred bokah then yes it would work .but this might as well have been taken by a 4 year old on a mobile phone

[Nathaniel]

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It needs a special kind of person,an arty type to like this. However, I seem to like both the dog and duck in different ways.

[lunarbo]

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Considering the amount of time, money and effort we put into getting sharpness in our images - and the criticism of others on this forum who have failed to do so with their images- I am surprised at finding such a tolerant and enthusiastic reception for both dog and duck on this thread!

This isn't just marmite time, it's emperor's new clothes time.

I'm all for pushing boundaries, and feeling the mood of the movement and all that.

But somewhere in the image I need something sharp- nose or beak at a minimum- to tell me that you meant it this way.

There, I've had my say. You can call me a boring old **** if you want!

[antoeknee]

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Not my kind of thing. But there are other 'styles' of photography that don't work for me either.

There are parts of these images that are really nice but would still like to see something in focus.

[Enigma]

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It's far too early in the day (for me at least) to get too deeply into analysis - but I think this thread prompts the fundamental question "What is photography?"

For some it's about producing a 100% accurate record of something. These images are usually judged based upon mainly technical merits. I am firmly in this camp.

For others, it's about producing an interpretation and these need more artistic viewing. For me, both the dog and duck are in this category. I actually liked the duck instantly and the dog grows on me more as I view it. I would not want lots of these in a set but as artistic interpretations I think they both work.

[rcarca]

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Just to let you know that I was very dubious about my duck, but I decided, after some comments on here when I first published it in 2014, that I would enter it in a competition in the High Wycombe Photography Society... It won!!!

Hey, I don't mind who likes it and who doesn't. It has a place on my wall and I love it!!!

I guess I have always had a sense that you need to know the rules first, and then you can break them. I admire much of the "record" work here. I love the artistic outbreaks... It is probably me as a creative rather than following someone else's rules.

[bobowen]

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As an Amateur Artist & Photographer I often get asked "what is Art?"
If I'm feeling 'arty' then the answer a quote I learnt some time ago - "The power of suggestion is greater than a statement of reality". If I'm feeling normal then it's "Art is in the eye of the viewer".
Personally I like this type of shot especially where the subject is still recognisable. As Digiman says - you have to push the boundaries otherwise you just end up with 'snaps'.

[ColytonJohn]

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I always liked this one taken with the flash turned off:

IMG_1876 by John Leah, on Flickr

Any other lucky 'art' shots to share?

Cheers,
John

[Red Snapper]

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Posted this last week, Thought I would throw it in the mix here, I like it.

Robin by Peter Guy, on Flickr

Low light and Robin decided to take off as I pressed the shutter release

[Ems]

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This is a photo I took a few years ago which i quite like. I had the camera cradled in my arms and pressed the button on the bottom. I usually take photos of my feet, but it's not as catastrophic as when I was using film and taking pictures at 12 frames a second!


Accidental by Emyr Rhys Williams, on Flickr

[AlexR!]

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Sorry, late to the discussion on this. Before seeing these examples I would have said that my opinion was that in any image something significant needs to be sharp in order to make the point that it was a conscious artistic decision to have the rest blurred. But I really like the spaniel and the duck, I think these work. Perhaps because the subjects are essentially single items against a pleasing background. But I don't think the final three do, I'm sorry, as these all look to me like one of my errors rather than conscious art. But of course, if you as the artist call it art, then it is. It brings to my mind the artist (can't remember who, it could have been Hirst or Emin, when someone said 'that's just a pile of stuff, I could have done that' they answered 'maybe, but you didn't, the difference is that I did').