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Weekly Photo Contest: Feb 27-Mar 5: Mobile

NeGRit0 said:
What band is this? I think I might have been in that crowd, lol! I know the subject is the drummer, but still I would have liked to see the arms and phone in focus as they are pretty bright, and much closer to the camera. My eyes are drawn to the arms, and them being out of focus bothers me.
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The photo was more of a commentary about the modern concert venue. You are always looking through a sea of cell phones these days. Not the most spectacular image but I had some fun with it.

The band is Cheap Trick. I had media credentials so I was moving between the pit, VIP area and the back of the crowd. This shot was from between the crowd and the barricades at the back.
 
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Well done everyone. Lots of different interpretations on mobile.
Thanks for taking the time to critique for everyone.
I'm not a big fan of drones either @Scepticalscribe. This one just turned up at this windmill I was shooting at sunrise. The guy was polite enough, and when I caught a glimpse of it through the gap beneath the windmill I asked him to hover above the sun.
 
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Apple fanboy said:
Well done everyone. Lots of different interpretations on mobile.
Thanks for taking the time to critique for everyone.
I'm not a big fan of drones either @Scepticalscribe. This one just turned up at this windmill I was shooting at sunrise. The guy was polite enough, and when I caught a glimpse of it through the gap beneath the windmill I asked him to hover above the sun.
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Actually, it is an excellent shot, the stark lines, the lighting and pictorial composition are all excellent, and it captures the slightly sinister aspect of that flying object very well. Had I been in your shoes, I would have photographed it myself. However, speaking personally, I cannot stand them.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Actually, it is an excellent shot, the stark lines, the lighting and pictorial composition are all excellent, and it captures the slightly sinister aspect of that flying object very well. Had I been in your shoes, I would have photographed it myself. However, speaking personally, I cannot stand them.
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Precisely. I think it is a great shot too. Very 1984, thought police!
 
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Laird Knox said:
The photo was more of a commentary about the modern concert venue. You are always looking through a sea of cell phones these days. Not the most spectacular image but I had some fun with it.

The band is Cheap Trick. I had media credentials so I was moving between the pit, VIP area and the back of the crowd. This shot was from between the crowd and the barricades at the back.
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Cell phones, or worse, iPad minis, and worse still, full sized iPads held aloft, blocking views……..it can be very annoying sometimes.
 
Congrats everyone! Great shots this week, and excellent judging.
 
February is over, but I did fetch out the 'real camera' (my M6) yesterday, Mother's Day, and took a few of my mother (elderly and with very advanced dementia) sitting with the light (cold steely light as it was lashing rain) from the window she had been looking out through falling on her and illuminating her.
 
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Laird Knox said:
I think the next time I shoot a concert I should bring my 8x10. :D
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I am short of stature and I wear spectacles so much of the debate of my adult life when attending crowded functions and gatherings - where heaving masses of humanity have congregated - has been about the fantasy of owning a periscope.

But what use is a periscope when faced with a wall of held aloft iPads which serve to obscure my possible field of vision a lot more than ever did a sea of bobbing human heads?
 
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Laird Knox said:
I think the next time I shoot a concert I should bring my 8x10. :D
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Does it do 4k video? :)
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Scepticalscribe said:
I am short of stature and I wear spectacles so much of the debate of my adult life when attending crowded, functions and gatherings where heaving masses of humanity have congregated has been about the fantasy of owning a periscope.

But what use is a periscope when faced with a wall of held aloft iPads which serve to obscure my field of possible vision a lot more than ever did a sea of bobbing human heads?
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You always sound quite poetic the way you choose your words.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
I am short of stature and I wear spectacles so much of the debate of my adult life when attending crowded functions and gatherings - where heaving masses of humanity have congregated - has been about the fantasy of owning a periscope.

But what use is a periscope when faced with a wall of held aloft iPads which serve to obscure my possible field of vision a lot more than ever did a sea of bobbing human heads?
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You and me both! :)


Well done everyone and congrats to the winners! Sorry I missed it.
 
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Laird Knox said:
The photo was more of a commentary about the modern concert venue. You are always looking through a sea of cell phones these days. Not the most spectacular image but I had some fun with it.

The band is Cheap Trick. I had media credentials so I was moving between the pit, VIP area and the back of the crowd. This shot was from between the crowd and the barricades at the back.
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They have a pit and media credentials for the Fremont St concerts? I had no idea. The few times I have been down there it appeared to be a huge free for all. Grabbed a few photos of Deep Purple and Puddle of Mudd during the free summer concert series they have been having down there. Sadly I missed Cheap Trick.
 
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