needing advice

[blustocking]

It's 4:10 in the morning and my normal indecisiveness has turned into a drooling monster quietly gnawing on my brain whilst lolling his eyes and saying "duhhhhhrrrrr"....so, which one of the first 9 of these do you think I should submit to this.

And I apologize if you can't see it. I think you might have to have a JPG account.

Comments

Re: thank you

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

Jeez man, is there a landscape rule too?
I don't know. I do what looks right to me. Depends on the situation.

Here's a question...if the horizon isn't in the center, IS it a landscape? Ooooo. Say you were taking a beach shot and the water was 3/4 of the picture. Is that a landscape? Or a waterscape. Bwahaha.

Re: thank you

[i-muad-dib.livejournal.com]

There is a landscape rule that I never paid attention to: Never center it because it divides the image.

-I had a bit of a rigid first year =P
Still, I think about it every time I shoot a fucking landscape.
I mean, what happens when I have 70% sky?
Oh the ho-rror.

Re: thank you

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess I could see that. But that, really, should be second nature. If a straight fucking line of land right through the middle of your picture is pleasing to you, there might be bigger problems.

4 out of 5 professors agree, 70% sky means you're an asshole.

Re: thank you

[i-muad-dib.livejournal.com]

Hey screw you, I like clouds!
One thing I can't stand though: Skies shot in B&W without at least a polarizer or a yellow (if not darker) filter.

do you like puppies too?

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

That, is true. And I currently don't have any filters for the new camera. There's a Hoya set on my wishlist.

Re: do you like puppies too?

[i-muad-dib.livejournal.com]

Not really. I'm a cat person =P
I have both Hoya and Cokin. I have found Cokin to be less of a nuisance since all I need is a few adapter rings and I can use them in any camera while the Hoyas are of a set circumference and therefore less interchangeable. Also, cokins has a wider variety of filters available cheaply on e-bay.
Anyway, what you really really need is a good polarizer.
There is no filter more essential than a polarizer.

Re: do you fondle your polarizer?

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

Well spank my giblets, I just bought a Cokin polarizer for $10 (with shipping). WOOOOOOEEEEEE.

I like how I worry about rent and will soon start donating plasma, but photographic eBay purchases are A-ok.