No Traintracks, No Brickwalls

[Overread]

I think we're left with the platypuses and NSFW.

Site rules limits the last so just platypuses

 

[unpopular]

what about NSFW platypus pictures?

 

[Compaq]

To save the board you better do something about those limitations

 

[manaheim]

I don't really understand the railroad track thing. I mean, high school seniors on the railroad tracks, and babies on the railroad tracks etc....the message it sends to me is "negligent parenting", and "teenage suicide."

I've never particularly liked railroad track photos.

I know everyone is having a ball with this thread but my original point was genuine and you've nailed it exactly.

 

[unpopular]

To me it sends the message of wannabe ghetto kids.

 

[sm4him]

I think we're left with the platypuses and NSFW.

Site rules limits the last so just platypuses

And it's only gonna take one or two platypus pictures before we're tired of those too...

 

[sm4him]

what about NSFW platypus pictures?

EEwww...

 

[Overread]

Well based on the current speed of platypus pictures appearing I'd say we've got a good 2 years before we bore of the whole site. At least if we only get one platypus per year. A serious platypusographer might well spam the site to the point of overplatification.

 

[sm4him]

No more smarmy, sweet baby shots either! Yechh! and no Weddings.. seen one, you've seen them all!

(althought cute girls/lovely women are still allowed!)

Or handsome men!

 

[tirediron]

I don't really understand the railroad track thing. I mean, high school seniors on the railroad tracks, and babies on the railroad tracks etc....the message it sends to me is "negligent parenting", and "teenage suicide."

I've never particularly liked railroad track photos.

I know everyone is having a ball with this thread but my original point was genuine and you've nailed it exactly.

Okay, let's be serious. Yes, railroad tracks and brick walls have become cliche, BUT, that doesn't mean that they can't be well done, and unless people experiment, and try, we might never see the world's greatest 'brick wall' shot. A few hundred years ago, painting ladies reclining on fainting couches was considered cliche, now many of those pictures are worth a fortune...

 

[unpopular]

I don't really understand the railroad track thing. I mean, high school seniors on the railroad tracks, and babies on the railroad tracks etc....the message it sends to me is "negligent parenting", and "teenage suicide."

I've never particularly liked railroad track photos.

I know everyone is having a ball with this thread but my original point was genuine and you've nailed it exactly.

Actually... does it send this message because of stereotypes about inner city families? When I see these images I see more of an "urban" or "tough" look trying to be conveyed. It always seems kind of silly to me when it's some sweet looking girl dressed up with designer jeans and a big goofy grin.

I am not sure that it sends a message of teen suicide (I really don't see that one) but perhaps maybe teen runaways and certainly a "wrong side of the tracks" urban atmosphere.

 

[cgipson1]

No more smarmy, sweet baby shots either! Yechh! and no Weddings.. seen one, you've seen them all!

(althought cute girls/lovely women are still allowed!)

Or handsome men!

Those are a myth.. pure fiction! lol!

 

[dakkon76]

I don't really understand the railroad track thing. I mean, high school seniors on the railroad tracks, and babies on the railroad tracks etc....the message it sends to me is "negligent parenting", and "teenage suicide."

I've never particularly liked railroad track photos.

I know everyone is having a ball with this thread but my original point was genuine and you've nailed it exactly.

I wouldn't think a talented photographer would balk at such a request from a client. Surely someone of that caliber would be able to find a way to make such a shot stand out among the countless cliches... I guess that's the counter-argument I was trying to make. I think the majority caught on.

 

[TenaciousTins]

That duck is like "ima bite your FACE"

Oh yeah, he was, too. This was in Australia at a fauna park and my friend spotted him under a bush. It was quite dark in there and he was NOT happy about being found. I only wish that my focus had been a little better.

That's the way TT, get down to the level of your subject.

Holy cow! Er...snake!!! great pic!

 

[Ron Evers]

Thanks TT. Here is another example of getting down to the subject.