Any objections before I start?

not from me 🙂

But you “have specifically disclaimed any artistic ability” so perhaps at least considering why a composition works might go some way to improving your own.

no, I prefer to reject the concept and see what happens 🙂

But instead of just shrugging and defensively claiming that anyone who takes good, interesting, compositionally strong pictures is somehow cheating,

I’m not trying to defend myself, and I’m not saying that following the guildelines is cheating, or won’t work, just that all I’m interested in is the impact of the original scene as a gestalt, in an intuitive impulse, not a protracted analysis. I never said different approaches were wrong at all.

while the site was down I was thinking about the comment someone made about my shots lacking composition, which I take as a huge compliment, though in many cases, when I’m firing from a moving vehicle I’m just glad to get a clear shot of the sky without blurred vegetation, signposts and wires in the way 🙂

Nice one Beanum – captures the drummer lost in the moment.

bit of a doublish post, didn’t see it had gone up

I’ve always liked Araki’s b/w pics. Some are right up there. Not quite Ansel Adams but some great shots nevertheless. Fantastic balance of dark and light, both in composition and in subject

garlicR by stuartie_c, on Flickr

not film, but it’s B&W…

edit: sorry guys, that’s a tad large…

Nice ethereal feel to it.

296/365 by stuartie_c, on Flickr

59/365 by stuartie_c, on Flickr

Mine – not on film, but at least I sorted my ftp account out.

HP5, Minolta CLE, Voigtlander 40/1.4

I like it when full colour photos come out monochrome:

poor scans, but here are a few more:

XP2, Pentax LX, Pentax 50/1.4

Delta 400, Pentax LX, Pentax 50/1.4

Ilford PanF, Hasselblad 500C/M, Hasselblad 80mm/2.8

simonfbarnes – Member

I like it when full colour photos come out monochrome:

So do I:

Provia 100F, Leica M6TTL, Voigtlander 35mm/1.4

Great stuff Lorax.

Simon, that first shot is brilliant – thanks for the contribution.

mackerel by stuartie_c, on Flickr

Ruthven Barracks by stuartie_c, on Flickr

oliverd1981 – the contrast and sharpness in that shot is spot on.

207/365 by stuartie_c, on Flickr

great stuff yourself stuartie – especially love the mackerel one 🙂

Film is just better isn’t it

Even when you digitise it to show us lot.

Mmmmm Kodak Tri-X in D76 …..

Sadly still digital – not got round to uploading any film yet…

However, they were all taken with Olympus OM lenses, and have been through a grainifier in GIMP

Llan Ffestiniog by Mark-Farrell, on Flickr

Tal-y-llyn railway by Mark-Farrell, on Flickr

2009_08_16_5232 by Mark-Farrell, on Flickr

2009_08_16_5238 by Mark-Farrell, on Flickr

Mercedes and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church by Mark-Farrell, on Flickr