Lovely shot Kas.......I just noticed the landing aircraft behind it.TNCB wrote:Not sure if you consider this arty-farty..
Well done.....
Cheers,
Iwan
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Lovely shot Kas.......I just noticed the landing aircraft behind it.TNCB wrote:Not sure if you consider this arty-farty..
Ah, now we're getting somewhere in this discussion ! Great !!evhest wrote:Below is my own little atempt. I'm not even sure i'd call it arty farty. In fact, I think most pics in this thread don't qualify. The pic of the Tornado flying along the mountains - brought by Iwan as an example - is nowhere near arty farty in my mind. It's just a pic of a Tornado in a nice landscape with some nice clouds. Nice pic, but nothing special. The pic certainly doesn't make me say 'How in the hell did he get that shot?' or 'Why can't I think of that?'. In that sense NustyR's shots do qualify as arty farty... along with only a few others.
I do agree with both of you, wich makes it difficult to make a firm point however i will try.Iwan Bogels wrote:Ah, now we're getting somewhere in this discussion ! Great !!evhest wrote:Below is my own little atempt. I'm not even sure i'd call it arty farty. In fact, I think most pics in this thread don't qualify. The pic of the Tornado flying along the mountains - brought by Iwan as an example - is nowhere near arty farty in my mind. It's just a pic of a Tornado in a nice landscape with some nice clouds. Nice pic, but nothing special. The pic certainly doesn't make me say 'How in the hell did he get that shot?' or 'Why can't I think of that?'. In that sense NustyR's shots do qualify as arty farty... along with only a few others.
You are absolutely right that a photo has an Arty-Farty component when it makes you say 'How in the hell did he get that shot?' or 'Why can't I think of that?' My own definition of Arty-Farty is that if I put the photo on the wall, it will make me dream off. It must be inspiring and make you say ohhhh and ahhhh because of it's composition, colours and lighting.
The fact that Rembrand's "Nachtwacht", Jan Wolkers' "Broken Glass" and Barnett Newman's "Who's afraid of red, yellow and blue?" are all considered to be art explains that there is no true definition or one single stream of art. Nevertheless most of us can distinguish arty from regular, average and even failed photos. You don't always have to like what you see, but you know when something is special.
More opinions are very welcome....
Cheers,
Iwan
Oof, no farting here, just plain art. Well done!nustyR wrote:
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