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"The decisive moment" - Google it and you find loads of references to Henri Cartier-Bresson (
very famous 'tog)
How many times do we look at the images we take and think, "blimey, that's not half bad, even if I say so myself". What was it that made you press the shutter button at that precise moment and, if you had have pressed it a split second before or after, the image captured would not have had the same impact. So, in essence, what I'm looking for is that intuitive impulse that goes towards creating a great photograph.
Monsieur Cartier-Bresson is quoted as saying, "There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative," he said. "Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever".
It doesn't have to be "street photography" and you can dig around in your old files but please keep images to a maximum of 800px wide (as per the rules), I will disregard any that exceed this no matter how fabulously decisive they may be!
I hope you find the subject a little bit challenging and I look forward to seeing your posts.
Remember, the winner receives a CompactFlash 16GB Elite Pro or a SDHC 16GB Class 6 memory card as their prize, courtesy of Kingston
Jo
The closing date is 15.30 (GMT) on 16 November 2009.
Here are them rules:
1) All photographs are to be uploaded to the photo gallery at http://dpnow.com/galleries/, they can be put in members own gallery if they wish. The resulting link generated for the photo will then be pasted into the next available space in the Salon thread. Please keep photos to a maximum of 800 pixels wide so people can see the whole image without scrolling.
2) One entry per user ID only please, which must be the personal work of the entrant.
3) Entries should be "in line" within the thread (not as links to an image held somewhere else.)
4) Comments only on entries are welcome within the salon thread itself.
5) After the close the curator will indicate a winner and a couple of runners up.
6) The curators decision is final.
7) Winners should be offered first refusal to choose the next theme and curate the next salon.
8 ) If the winner is unable to curate the next salon the current curator may offer that "honour" to any willing volunteer, possibly the entrant in second or third place.
9) These rules are to be copied and pasted with the new theme by the curator at the top of the new salon thread with a finish date and time.
10) As with all photos posted on DPNow,copyright remains the photographer and DPNow will not use them without permission.
very famous 'tog)How many times do we look at the images we take and think, "blimey, that's not half bad, even if I say so myself". What was it that made you press the shutter button at that precise moment and, if you had have pressed it a split second before or after, the image captured would not have had the same impact. So, in essence, what I'm looking for is that intuitive impulse that goes towards creating a great photograph.
Monsieur Cartier-Bresson is quoted as saying, "There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative," he said. "Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever".
It doesn't have to be "street photography" and you can dig around in your old files but please keep images to a maximum of 800px wide (as per the rules), I will disregard any that exceed this no matter how fabulously decisive they may be!
I hope you find the subject a little bit challenging and I look forward to seeing your posts.
Remember, the winner receives a CompactFlash 16GB Elite Pro or a SDHC 16GB Class 6 memory card as their prize, courtesy of Kingston
Jo
The closing date is 15.30 (GMT) on 16 November 2009.
Here are them rules:
1) All photographs are to be uploaded to the photo gallery at http://dpnow.com/galleries/, they can be put in members own gallery if they wish. The resulting link generated for the photo will then be pasted into the next available space in the Salon thread. Please keep photos to a maximum of 800 pixels wide so people can see the whole image without scrolling.
2) One entry per user ID only please, which must be the personal work of the entrant.
3) Entries should be "in line" within the thread (not as links to an image held somewhere else.)
4) Comments only on entries are welcome within the salon thread itself.
5) After the close the curator will indicate a winner and a couple of runners up.
6) The curators decision is final.
7) Winners should be offered first refusal to choose the next theme and curate the next salon.
8 ) If the winner is unable to curate the next salon the current curator may offer that "honour" to any willing volunteer, possibly the entrant in second or third place.
9) These rules are to be copied and pasted with the new theme by the curator at the top of the new salon thread with a finish date and time.
10) As with all photos posted on DPNow,copyright remains the photographer and DPNow will not use them without permission.
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