Article on the process that sucks the life out of your photos

On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:37:58 +1200, Me wrote:

IMO it's just a fad which gets tiresome. Not the only one.

http://www.imagesabound.com/lone-tree-lake-wanaka-new
"Would love to photograph this tree when I head to NZ South Island in
late September. Are you able to tell me the exact location of the lovely
tree please? Lisa "

My answer - find a "photographic guided tour" bus in the general area
and follow it. You'll have the approximate location right when they all
clamour out of the tour bus, most of them carrying about $20k worth of
gear. The precise location is where you'll find dozens of them trying
to set up their tripods, all at the same height, all at the same place,
all at the same time. With luck, there will only be one tour bus there,
however at dusk or dawn, expect several.
As a local, I'd rather photograph the sheep.

I guess that's a very special tree...

On 2015-04-28 04:11:29 +0000, Bill W said:

On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:37:58 +1200, Me wrote:

IMO it's just a fad which gets tiresome. Not the only one.

http://www.imagesabound.com/lone-tree-lake-wanaka-new
"Would love to photograph this tree when I head to NZ South Island in
late September. Are you able to tell me the exact location of the lovely
tree please? Lisa "

My answer - find a "photographic guided tour" bus in the general area
and follow it. You'll have the approximate location right when they all
clamour out of the tour bus, most of them carrying about $20k worth of
gear. The precise location is where you'll find dozens of them trying
to set up their tripods, all at the same height, all at the same place,
all at the same time. With luck, there will only be one tour bus there,
however at dusk or dawn, expect several.
As a local, I'd rather photograph the sheep.

I guess that's a very special tree...

Perhaps, but this is the one which really sucks in the Pebble Beach crowd.
http://www.thisisamericafoundation.org/data/photos/77_1dsc_2511.jpg

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Regards,

Savageduck

On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:33:36 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2015-04-28 04:11:29 +0000, Bill W said:

On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:37:58 +1200, Me wrote:

IMO it's just a fad which gets tiresome. Not the only one.

http://www.imagesabound.com/lone-tree-lake-wanaka-new
"Would love to photograph this tree when I head to NZ South Island in
late September. Are you able to tell me the exact location of the lovely
tree please? Lisa "

My answer - find a "photographic guided tour" bus in the general area
and follow it. You'll have the approximate location right when they all
clamour out of the tour bus, most of them carrying about $20k worth of
gear. The precise location is where you'll find dozens of them trying
to set up their tripods, all at the same height, all at the same place,
all at the same time. With luck, there will only be one tour bus there,
however at dusk or dawn, expect several.
As a local, I'd rather photograph the sheep.

I guess that's a very special tree...

Perhaps, but this is the one which really sucks in the Pebble Beach crowd.
http://www.thisisamericafoundation.org/data/photos/77_1dsc_2511.jpg

For some reason, the word "cliche" keeps coming to mind. Lord knows
I'm as guilty as the next person, but still.

Oh well. I've got a new Asus mobo, Intel 4790K processor, and 16 GB of
memory I need to stuff into my photo/music computer. I'll let everyone
know if that gets rid of the latency in LR, and if it does something
about the pathetic read/write speeds of my SSD. I'll be using the
onboard video, though, so it's hard to say how this will work out. And
I really hope I don't vaporize the whole thing.

On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:03:13 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:37:58 +1200, Me wrote:

On 28/04/2015 2:08 p.m., Bill W wrote:
On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:28:34 -0400, PeterN
wrote:

On 4/27/2015 6:36 PM, Bill W wrote:

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The word is ****, but at the same time, it could be a choice as an
artistic statement. Still ****, of course.


I would not paint all Harry Potter HDRs with the same brush. (pun not
intended.)

Heh. I wasn't familiar with that term. I had to Google it, but I like
it.
I did too. It's a fitting description.

A lot of people like the Harry Potter effect. IMHO that effect is
overused. When done with a suitable image, it can be neat. If used with
a non-suitable image, there may very well be a ****ty effect.


IMO it's just a fad which gets tiresome. Not the only one.

http://www.imagesabound.com/lone-tree-lake-wanaka-new
"Would love to photograph this tree when I head to NZ South Island in
late September. Are you able to tell me the exact location of the lovely
tree please? Lisa "

I will ask my daughter who lives down there part of the time.

.... and she has replied:

"Hi there dad,
The tree in Wanaka has its own hashtag - #thatwanakatree.

If you click on the map below there is a map showing the location
of the tree. You can drive up to the carpark by the lake and see
the tree without getting out of the car even. I have seen it but
have not photographed it yet as there are so many other amazing
places to photograph.

http://www.lakewanaka.co.nz/new-zealand/product/?product=point-2-thatwanakatree"

... which site may also be found at http://tinyurl.com/nefws6o

The map can be found on the web site. It shows that the tree is almost
right in the town.



From humble beginnings over 70 years ago as a wooden fence post charged with keeping stock from wandering, the Wanaka Willow has become the beautiful tree we see today with photographers flocking from around the world, all trying to capture the perfect photo #thatwanakatree.



My answer - find a "photographic guided tour" bus in the general area
and follow it. You'll have the approximate location right when they all
clamour out of the tour bus, most of them carrying about $20k worth of
gear. The precise location is where you'll find dozens of them trying
to set up their tripods, all at the same height, all at the same place,
all at the same time. With luck, there will only be one tour bus there,
however at dusk or dawn, expect several.
As a local, I'd rather photograph the sheep.
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens