• Theme: Imitation• Deadline: From 17 March to 7 AprilTheme:• Submissions have to try replicate a specific work of art (a painting, another photograph)• You have to include the name and author of the original• You are not limited in what works you can replicate. If You'd like you can also replicate other submissionsRules:• Photo must be taken during the timeline. Images taken before this thread was started won't count.• Post images with exif, if possible. If you can't, just state that they were taken during the timeline.• Three entries per photographer max.• A day after the competition ends, all valid images will be posted for voting.Optional:• You're encouraged to post your images that fit the theme even if they're out of competition.• You may name your images if you wish.Other:• Feedback on the themes or the organization of the competition is greatly appreciated.• The example is an imitation of Edward Hopper's "Morning Sun"
>>4295821>just look at photobooks bro>just copy other people's photos broWhat a fucking disease.
>>4295822For a beginner emulation can be invaluable when developing skills and a style of their own. It's a great exercise to try and copy/emulate your favorite artists style or photograph.
>>4295827copying builds the ability to copy. This is unironically why photography is so stagnant, 90% of people are just producing inferior imitations of better photographers
>>4295828Emulation is different than making exact copies.
>>4295828Of better yet overrated ones. Most photographers nowadays are the photographic equivalent of Beatlers, Nirvana and U2 tribute bands.
>>4295838Where do you start if not by emulating works that inspired you in the first place?Were you drawn to creating visual art from an entirely blank slate?
>>4295849You just go out and start taking photos. Something catches your eye and you shoot it. Then come home and see what worked. Why do you need to be told what and how to photograph?
>>4295858Youre missing my point completely.
>>4295822the OP is actually a photo recreation of a painting, clearly it's Hopper's Pensive Lady in Pink.It seems a study in fine art would help you
>>4296103>noooooo you have to participate in the fine art circle jerk! you need to take other peoples opinion as fact because everyone says so! noooooooo
>>4296112Why are you even here?
>>4296172because I take photos instead of copying other peoples
>>4295822you're a homosexual
Have a Basket of Bread by Dalí.Old image, so out of competition, but it's at least a photo, not a wojak, so it's got that going for it.
>>4297331>tfw even "am I a talented photographer today?" guy is a better photographer than dali. holy shit bros, wagmi
was there ever a collage made for the window challenge?
bump. this challenge seems much more involved than usual.
>>4297331How did you get the nice black backgound? I'm conceptualizing a project for some portraits and I want that 'black void' look behind my subjects. I ordered a backdrop hanging system and seamless black paper, but I'm worried my lighting isn't going to work properly for the look I want
>>4301064Not him but flash and if needed flags
>>4301067>flash I have a flash for my camera, I also have two 180w strobes. But the strobes are probably too powerful for the space I'm in. >if needed flagsWhat is a flag?
>>4301070A flag is something you use to block stray light, often black foamboard
>>4301071Oh okay yeah, that makes sense. I'll see what happens. I guess I need to get someone in here to do some test shots and figure out what I need.
>>4301067>nophoto
If nobody else enters do I win by default?I notice there's no voting link for the last one. That's ok, I didn't vote anyway since it wanted some signin bullshit[EXIF data available. Click here to show/hide.]Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeNIKON CORPORATIONCamera ModelNIKON Z 6Camera Softwaredarktable 4.6.0Focal Length (35mm Equiv)70 mmImage-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandImage Created2024:04:04 13:56:57Exposure Time1/15 secF-Numberf/11.0Exposure ProgramAperture PriorityISO Speed Rating200Exposure Bias2 EVMetering ModeOtherLight SourceUnknownFlashNo FlashFocal Length70.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width1999Image Height1598RenderingCustomExposure ModeAutoScene Capture TypeStandardGain ControlNoneContrastNormalSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalSubject Distance RangeUnknownImage QualityRAWWhite BalanceNATURAL AUTOFocus ModeAF-SFlash SettingNORMALFlash Bracket Compensation0.0 EVAE Bracket Compensation0.0 EVLens TypeUnknownLens Range24.0 - 70.0 mm; f/4.0Shooting/Bracketing ModeSingle Frame/OffNoise ReductionOFFCamera Actuations1779
FUCK yeah it's April 8 and no other entries means I WIN and yall nophoto losers can suck my BIG FAT COCKThey said I would never make it. They said my photos were shit and would never win anything. They said I was wasting my money on all this camera equipment that I never leave the house with. Well look at me now all you haters!I want to thank my parents for buying me my first camera and my high school shop teacher for teaching photography and all the gearfags for shitting up the board with distraction threads and most of all OP for making a challenge nobody else wanted to enter in
>>4302285There was also a faggot contest and you won it. Congratulations.
>>4302285nicely done. what is your reference piece?
>still no new challenge
>>4302861Why thank you, what an honor. I just can't stop winning I guess. >>4302956https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_Leaf
ed weston btw, I guess I was supposed to include that with the entry
>STILL no new challengeOP got his foreskin stuck in a deli slicer and didn't survive.RIP.
