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For goodness sake Ray don't be so literal minded. It's perfectly obvious how I am using the phrase and why. It really does seem that any attempt on this forum to discuss anything other than lenses or, menu systems, or to offer the phrase "great capture" is doomed to crash into a wall of...

What's interesting is that the financial success of this model of monetising has shifted the ground of the argument so far to the capitalistic libertarian position. Thus anyone who suggests the model is flawed or unethical or believes end users should consider themselves as other than passive...

Not true roger, I have over 7000 images on Flickr and the only way to remove the craptags is one by one - a massive task

You're not telling me anything I didn't know already Bill, or indeed anything I haven't already talked about, here and elsewhere. However this is a "new level" of interference which is not just about how the photos are presented visually, but how they are presented verbally. It's a camel's...

Exactly. You were able to add a tag to my photo because I permit that from some of my contacts, but I have (NONE OF US HAVE) any control over what Flickr chooses to add, and there's no means to mass delete these autotags (or "craptags" as they have been dubbed in the flickr help forums) - they...

You'll be unfriended if you do that again LukeyWukey

I've just noticed Flickr is now adding tags without asking to everybody's photos. Apparently their "friendly robots" are using "advanced recognition technology" to decide what extra tags to add to your photos, and there doesn;t seem to be any way of opting out of this. fairly soon, I'll be...

b20150426-1 by _loupe, on Flickr perhaps I shouldn't have used 80-year-old nitrate film and some D23 that's been under the kitchen sink for 6 months? rather heavily digitally post-processed

don't hold your breath, Lukester, I just developed it and it's not looking good.

It looks utterly perfect Luke. And well done for going for it. I didn't prepare at all, and spent a frustrating/annoying hour or so this morning making a hash of making a plateholder for my 76-year-old 6x6 plates. Gave up in the end. Loaded a 6x9 back with 70+ year old nitrate film and...

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day Get your lenscap pierced, and stick it on your digitalien camera Or, make one ... I know it's short notice but if you have some film or photopaper in the back of a drawer closet cupboard cellar attic shed or similar reticule, now's the time to get busy...

There's also Imagekind.com for selling photos. Worth a look

I'm not sure why this is being described as a "curated" site It seems to be a word used quite indiscriminately these days to describe any old collection of stuff. If the images to be shown are self-selected by the photographer, and there is no selectivity enacted by the site owner, it's hard...

So ... You've got the watch with a shutter button on it. ... And the phone in the other hand ... How do you hit the shutter button? Nose? Tongue ? Um ... Something else?

A pc is much more user friendly and efficient for thread closing. If you close a thread using an apple, it'll just crash and remove several thousand dollars from your bank account.

Well, lets get something clear ... If you care to read the interview with me (it's not my blog entry, by the way, it's Olivier's)more carefully, you'll find that I didn't "spend a lot of time" talking about the emotional content of my photos. Furthermore, something which is again clear if you...

Gosh there seem to be an awful lot of rules about what one mustn't do in order to avoid offending the Taste Police ...

Should we listen to Don Gianatti or show him the door?

The $1.7bn Fraud I watched this fascinating documentary film last night - all about the massive fraud perpetrated at the very highest echelons of Olympus that came to light in 2011/2012. I realise that many people outside the UK won't be able to access this directly thanks to the BBC's...

Hmm this isn't exactly "news" except in DailyTelegraph world It's first-term philosophy stuff. bah humbug. kids today etc

This thread sort of crosses paths with the way the discussion went when my image thread "pour" got upgraded to the front page a couple of weeks ago. Can I just note that, while I applaud your intent (or what I think is your intent), you can't have your cake and eat it - the sections of your...

hehe I bet few people who read that remember all his careful caveats about the limitations of the method (and the limitations of any screen used for viewing the results :))

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Oh London's pricy ok, but then it always has been. The big problem has become getting anywhere by train at sensible cost ... But that's a whole thread's worth of moans in itself ;)

Sorry bill but a day out to London from where I am costs the best part of £100 once petrol parking train fare etc are taken into account along with eating and the odd cup of tea ... I don't have that kind of money to spare I'm afraid :(

Luke, your post is important to me and I want to thank you for taking the time to write it. Unfortunately I'm busy right now and can't respond immediately, so in the meantime, here's some music ...

Christ, I'm selling my shares. Last time you came on here complaining about a company they went into liquidation on Xmas Eve. It's Palmer's Curse ...

Wish I could suggest something, but meanwhile I'm toying with the idea of opening a book on how soon someone will come along and tell you that you wouldn't have this problem if only you had a Mac of some sort ;)

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To me it just seems somehow distasteful to be concerned about "gear" in this context, at this time.

I think you should just take pictures, while remembering the experience of a picture is not the same thing as the experience of the scene of the picture, and never can be.

Walked up a small snowy mountain, took some snaps, had a picnic. Later on had rabbit stew and a baked apple.

Perhaps change the title, her name was Jane Bown Very well known as a press and then portrait photographer (mostly of the famous) in the UK,

Unfortunately the UK equivalent of ACLU, Liberty (the National Council for Civil Liberties) doesn't take such an interest as ACLU does on this issue. Perhaps because the UK lacks any formal written constitution guaranteeing the rights of it's citizens, it's rather easier to say what isn't...

It's not the first time he's indulged this drearily reactionary viewpoint, by the way: Flat, soulless and stupid: why photographs don’t work in art galleries I don't join in the general "critics are all idiots/those can do, those who can't ... /I know what I like/My kid could do better/ etc"...

Not to mention that these sorts of arguments ("art v. photography")were beaten to death in the 1880s and 1890s, and it really is time some people moved on

Always rather dangerous to argue from a particular to a universal.

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It does seem that any attempts to discuss technique or aesthetics either expire in a cloud of antagonistic apathy or become diverted into nitpicking about gear. sigh

As so many discussions on photo sites are predicated on this very issue, I wouldn't worry, he'll just be joining a mass delusion shared by so many. as for , I suppose if he has a 1½K to buy toys, any disappointment is his to worry about, not you.

I really don't understand that comment. Am I being taken to task for having an opinion that disagrees with other people? If so, the irony is remarkable! Lets be clear about this: to express disagreement with another person is not to denigrate them. As for "moving on" ... you are free as are...

I'm perfectly steady, thanks, Bill, but I am rather perplexed.

Sue what on earth prompts you to say that? Where in anything I have posted have I said anything to suggest you or indeed anyone else is not entitled to an opinion, or not entitled to disagree with anything I've said?

Well, no, I again rather disagree. If he had 7,447 pictures on Flickr that all used exactly the same technique I'd agree that he'd be overusing it. On the other hand, here we have a photographer that has a point he wants to make and makes it clearly, and with a certain economy. I'd also note...

@Ray - Well ok that's clearer but not how your original comment read to me. Nevertheless, despite the clarification, I still disagree ... And think they bear close and lengthy viewing without loss of interest or value

That's a kind thing to say, but I think there's a difference between preferring someone's photographs and the creativity of the photograph (or photographer). Titarenko seems to me to be putting a technique directly into the service of a particular vision of place(s). There's an idea behind the...

Hmm if you don't like em you don't like em, but its a bit odd to judge them for how well they stand up without the technique and style in which they are shot. Its a bit like saying your b&w street don't stand up if you imagine them as being colour landscapes. Doesn't make sense!

a forum search for Titarenko returned nothing

start here and then have a squint around his stuff. superb Alexey Titarenko