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I think the thread title was just manaheim's sense of humour coming through.
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There is an immense amount of complaining about HDR from every possible side of the argument on this forum. I have no idea why so many people care in the slightest.
It's like you all have a personal stake in all photography mimicking reality perfectly. If someone else takes a bad photograph (in your eyes) why do you care? It's even in a segregated forum, so you wouldn't even have to see it unless you came out of your way to complain about it.
Ever read anything about philosophy? People debate the nature and actions of other people. It's been gong on for a while now.
Not that I would hearken the members of TPF to Socrates, but it is human nature to question ourselves and our behaviors... strive for whatever any one of us individually thinks is the better way to do things.
It's really a survival instinct... we want people to bow down to our way of doing things because then we expend less resources in being "right" than we would have to if we changed...
... however, a simpler-minded view on this would be "Most people think they're right and it pisses them off when others are wrong."
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There is an immense amount of complaining about HDR from every possible side of the argument on this forum. I have no idea why so many people care in the slightest.
It's like you all have a personal stake in all photography mimicking reality perfectly. If someone else takes a bad photograph (in your eyes) why do you care? It's even in a segregated forum, so you wouldn't even have to see it unless you came out of your way to complain about it.
Ever read anything about philosophy? People debate the nature and actions of other people. It's been gong on for a while now.
Not that I would hearken the members of TPF to Socrates, but it is human nature to question ourselves and our behaviors... strive for whatever any one of us individually thinks is the better way to do things.
It's really a survival instinct... we want people to bow down to our way of doing things because then we expend less resources in being "right" than we would have to if we changed...
... however, a simpler-minded view on this would be "Most people think they're right and it pisses them off when others are wrong."
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haha
I think we both know that there is a world of difference between any kind of intellectual debate and complaining about an image processing technique on an internet forum.
Also, I would hesitate on making assumptions about other people's education based on a 5 sentence post. It tends to make you look like an ass.
But on the off chance that you were making a genuine inquiry pertaining to my interest in philosophy, My favorite would probably be Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Objectivism is a bit bleak, but it definitly is a lot less dry of a read than most philosophy books. Kierkegaard and Nietzsche are also near and dear to my heart.
Thank you though, for simplifying your post in the end there, so that the rest of us knuckle draggers could follow along.
I think the thread title was just manaheim's sense of humour coming through.
haha
I think we both know that there is a world of difference between any kind of intellectual debate and complaining about an image processing technique on an internet forum.
Also, I would hesitate on making assumptions about other people's education based on a 5 sentence post. It tends to make you look like an ass.
But on the off chance that you were making a genuine inquiry pertaining to my interest in philosophy, My favorite would probably be Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Objectivism is a bit bleak, but it definitly is a lot less dry of a read than most philosophy books. Kierkegaard and Nietzsche are also near and dear to my heart.
Thank you though, for simplifying your post in the end there, so that the rest of us knuckle draggers could follow along.
Philosophy is a farce... and really is not any higher than what happens here. you're correct on one count, there is a world of difference between intellectual debate and complaining about image processing techniques. primarily on the score that true intellectual debate is purely for exercise, and lacking ego (something obviously not lacking around these here parts). that is a far cry from philosophy which is having a warm fuzzy affection for knowledge that gives it's author a feeling of either; A, a sense of superiority over those of more practical mind, or B, a sense of cynical detatched existence, which is in itself a method of setting one's self apart from the "normal folk". philosophy is all about the ego. it's about how one feels about their accumulated knowledge and how that shapes one's wolrd view and actions. that is exactly what is going on here in our rather quaint discussion on the merits of processing techniques; an expounding on our feelings about our accumulated knowledge pertaining to HDR processing, and how those feelings effect our perception of images appearing to have used said process, and as a result how we choose to use that knowledge in our own work.
This post is light on intellectual debate, yet positively pregnant with philosophy.
Philosophy is a farce... and really is not any higher than what happens here. you're correct on one count, there is a world of difference between intellectual debate and complaining about image processing techniques. primarily on the score that true intellectual debate is purely for exercise, and lacking ego (something obviously not lacking around these here parts). that is a far cry from philosophy which is having a warm fuzzy affection for knowledge that gives it's author a feeling of either; A, a sense of superiority over those of more practical mind, or B, a sense of cynical detatched existence, which is in itself a method of setting one's self apart from the "normal folk". philosophy is all about the ego. it's about how one feels about their accumulated knowledge and how that shapes one's wolrd view and actions. that is exactly what is going on here in our rather quaint discussion on the merits of processing techniques; an expounding on our feelings about our accumulated knowledge pertaining to HDR processing, and how those feelings effect our perception of images appearing to have used said process, and as a result how we choose to use that knowledge in our own work.
This post is light on intellectual debate, yet positively pregnant with philosophy.
Ok, 1... thanks for calling me an ass.
2... I wasn't making any assumptions about your level of education.
3... who was the one making assumptions in this thread, exactly?
Ever read anything about philosophy? People debate the nature and actions of other people. It's been gong on for a while now.
Jesus. Get over youself. I was seriously making a light-hearted reference to philosophy because it's kind of funny when you think about it in that way. Is that chip on your shoulder nearly as heavy as it looks? Christ.
Well, I suppose the chip on my shoulder is as heavy as it looks. I took your post as something that was meant to be insulting. If that was not the case, then I apologize. I have no intention of creating some kind of flame war, or discussing the merits of philosophy on a thread about an overused photographic trend. To my defense however, I did come here from 4chan's Photography board so I'm used to seeing the majority of replies being motivated by vehement hostility.
I call it "cancer".I think there just needs to be a new name for the cartoon-like ones people call HDR these days.
I call it "cancer".I think there just needs to be a new name for the cartoon-like ones people call HDR these days.
I mostly agree with manaheim. Most HDR photos fit into the third category of "crappy lighting, crappy composition, crappy everything, but z0mG!1! way-oversaturated colors!!11!"