Where we go from here

hot . shooting a 400watt studio strobe through a aluminium cone down to 40 dia every sec , it glows ive had to make and install fans into my lighting. the image i posted i go out and shoot a scene in the perspective i need for the shoot then i print the image on a 28x36 mm peice of transperency material in pigment inks. shoot the scene onto a solid white backdrop with me dressed up in costume ,i have smoke machines and a single flash to replicate the original street light and shoot my self in a single frame 😁😎 its very cool isnt it.

agree its a little sharp. but the lights are not diffused so very hard lines. never noticed it till you mentioned it. white backlight on black.

love this style of photography.

I'm not sure that talking about visual things such as composition is useful. Showing and looking at example images is better.
This is by Shibata_Zeshin.

The voice of reason. Both communities should be welcome here and, indeed, should mix as much (or as little) as they wish

What do you, me, or anyone else, need to post about photography some arbitrary number of times in one 24 hour period? Use your post wisely and spend the rest of your time taking pictures. I'm just tired of the nincompoopery already freely flowing, how it didn't take long to happen, and is of no value to anyone. I'm here to grow as a photographer, not read endless child like bickering and drama about another website, no matter how amusing it might be at times. I've got tons of other options for that.

I know we're human and we can disagree on things passionately but some of you are making me really wonder if you're not three kids in a rain coat.

I agree, I can easily reduce unwanted noise with any number of noise reducing post processing apps (Topaz Photo AI is a marvel), but motion blur is the major killer, normally introduced by too slow a shutter speed. So, I punch up the ISO to get the shutter speed up and go from there.

I'm not sure that talking about visual things such as composition is useful. Showing and looking at example images is better.
This is by Shibata_Zeshin.

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Wonderful artwork. It could generate a fascinating conversation about composition as a forum thread.

I agree that conversation about composition is seldom meaningful without viewing an image and relating the conversation to it. But viewing images without a conversation, while fun and instructive, doesn't need a forum, and doesn't get to benefit from others' ideas. It's a solo endeavor.

One of the most interesting forum activities I ever moderated was a thing called Critique The Masters. Every week I posted an image of an artwork - a photograph, a painting, a sculpture, whatever - and links to more information about the artwork and artist for those who wanted to know more. Members gave their own critique. Some of them posted an image of their own that they thought had some kinship to it or illustrated some principle in its design. There was a lot of lively back and forth discussion that we all learned from. I am convinced that shared discussion about images is one of the most effective ways to grow in appreciating and creating art.

The question I ask myself ... What is it I want out of a photography forum and do I really need one? I don't know the answer. I suppose I have to look back at the 18 yrs. I have spent on DPR in a number of collapsed forums to determine if the things that drew me there will be here. So far I don't see it but it's early. I pretty much spent time in the forums built upon the brand and type gear I possessed,where I did glean tidbits of very useful info.Don't really have an interest in gear I don't own. I also find it fun and useful to view pics that are impressive to me--posted by others ,just to check out the exif info to try to figure out how the hell he got that sky looking like that. Discussions of ultra technical photo science minutiae have no value for me and the times I accidentally clicked on those topics here forced me to pay attention to what I clicked so I don't do it again. It's a bit like choosing a neighborhood bar-( pub fer you ferriners.) Some places are comfortable and some not so much.The people running the show here will ultimately decide what kind of bar this will be along with the clientele and the bouncers.

In my short time lurking, this forum seems like a nice adjunct to DPR. The reviews, technical info, and photography-related news seems to be continuing nicely over there. But, their forums have always been kind of a mess, both in content and design. While this forum could still use some aesthetic improvement in use of color and home page navigation, the actual individual forums are easier to follow than DPR's, and the content is a little easier to swallow, as well.

I hope you continue the site, and look forward to your incremental improvements in content, features, and appearance.

In my case I usually look for background info on various optical devices, occasionally also seeking data for veteran cameras (in his regard I can particulartly recommend "collection-apparails.fr".)

Browsing this forum is easier than the original, since going to the end of threads with one keypress does not bog you down in numerous irrelevant klickbaits or advertisements.

A slight minus is the continuation of the quotation system. Long repetitions may be Ok for those who do not read and remember, but clutter the view and eats datatransfer capacity when on exceedingly slow connections. I expect that only a minority of users here have Alzheimers or an excessive short term attention span. otherwise this site is absolutely satisfactory.

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Alan wrote: That would limit it quote well, in my opinion.

It’s not rocket science.
I've never used the quote function or threaded view, ever, at dpreview.

I offered my branding services to Bob both through DPR and here too, never got a reply back, so the offer expired.