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Amazing Photography Feature!

~Mariko303:iconMariko303: reports, 6h 48m ago
totally amazing photos ^^

THE BIGGEST BOYS FEATURE 5!!

*GamenessPhotography:iconGamenessPhotography: reports, 11h 43m ago
Part 5 of the biggest boys feature :D

Best Of The Best ;; POLAROIDS

~scream-for-silence:iconscream-for-silence: reports, 12h 42m ago
This is the second feature of my "Best Of The Best" series!
These features consist of my absolute favorite photography that i've collected since i've been a member of DeviantArt.

This feature's focus is on POLAROIDS, give them some love! :+favlove:

Disgusting Animal Cruelty or Art?

=diado:icondiado: reports, 17h 3m ago
Disgusting Animal Cruelty or Art? You tell me.

Pull me under water in square#01

~sawjpsart-proj:iconsawjpsart-proj: reports, 1d 1h ago
Water always inspiring photographer to act

PERFECT

~iuliana13:iconiuliana13: reports, 15h 37m ago
:)

NOVEMBER on RoWatch Club

=RoWatch:iconRoWatch: reports, 1d 55m ago
November Artworks

MACRO WORLD

*HeretyczkaA:iconHeretyczkaA: reports, 21h 1m ago
in close

NOVEMBER THEME on RoWatch Club

=RoWatch:iconRoWatch: reports, 1d 54m ago
November Theme on RoWatch Club

Photography News This Week

Nothing to Hope

*scheinbar:iconscheinbar: reports, November 27
There's nothing to hope?
If you see all these wonderful pics from my novembre-features
you will learn: there is a lot of hope

Finest Macro, Nature and Invertebrates in Squares

=rav777:iconrav777: reports, November 27
Finest Macro, Nature and Invertebrates in Squares

I LOVE MY PETS! - 08

`emmil:iconemmil: reports, November 27
Various faces in one name: LOVE! :D

If you like it, another feature in this series will keep coming!! :heart:

- `emmil

Pretty in Pink (VI)

=rav777:iconrav777: reports, November 27
This is the 6th edition of ' Pretty in Pink ' - A huge collection of carefully choosen deviations from the photography/people & portraits-galleries.

Best Of The Best ;; SQUARES

~scream-for-silence:iconscream-for-silence: reports, November 25
This is the first of a series of features I will be doing.
They consist of my absolute favorite photography that i've collected since i've been a member of DeviantArt.
This feature's focus is on SQUARES, give them some love :love:

The sunny side

~6igella:icon6igella: reports, November 28
Sit back and see some pictures about the happiest things of the world. About the sunny side.

Better Digital Photography Magazine-Free online

^kkart:iconkkart: reports, November 26
From the Publishers of "What Digital Camera" and "Amateur Photographer", IPC Media today has announced a new online photography magazine, "Better Digital Photography" that people can read free and fully online, it is also interactive with embedding video tutorials from the magazine and mouse-over tips. Aimed at the entry and intermediate level photographer, it is heavily devoted to equipment and technique-focused photography content.

From the IPC Media website:

Publishing director Alex Robb says: “This is an exciting and innovative new venture for the photo portfolio. The editorial team have worked incredibly hard to create bespoke content, including technique videos and other interactive content. I am delighted that we have secured distribution to around two million photographers to ensure that as many people as possible benefit from the excellent tips and advice. Better Digital Photography is a further indication of how IPC continues to innovate in this competitive sector.”

Editor Mat Gallagher adds: “We wanted to create a product that helps the reader expand their knowledge, while being easy to use. It is thanks to the talents of art editor Steve Crabb that we have managed to produce such a visually stimulating and accessible magazine that surpasses anything else in the market place.”


My thoughts, this is downright awesome and VERY well done, it is like looking at an actual magazine, but the fact that it has videos embedded within for tips, tutorials, and techniques, make this even better! You can also subscribe for free, via email for upcoming issues, make personal notes within the magazine, and download a copy to your hard drive. GO GET IT!

Copyright protection changes for UK photographers!

^l8:iconl8: reports, November 24
Are you a UK photographer?
If so we are asking you to sign this petition that I saw in `dxd's journal. The proposed changes to copyright law means that any non commercial entity could use your work on their website without charge or credit!!!

WE MUST GET EVERYONE TO SIGN UP SO SPREAD THE WORD

If you've signed up please leave us a comment here so we can gauge dA members support.

Thanks
:iconl8:

Vintage and black & white photography

~nataliexcupcake:iconnataliexcupcake: reports, November 26
Most of these photographs have hardly any views and favorites, so please check out their gallery. They deserve it. Well enjoy. :heart:

Photography


Photograhpy vs Photomanipulation Misplacements

=AsliKolcu:iconAsliKolcu: reports, August 10, 2007
Recently the new admins are frequently changing categories with out notification before. Some are right and some are not.

Doing alterations to a photo by the means of color or adding simple drawings is not digital manipulation and some of the decisions make me and others wonder what do the admins know about photography really? This article is not an attack for the admins I do know they have a hard job but I do have my concerns as I keep coming across misplaced deviations that are placed by admins. Lets have a look together...

This piece by *larafairie is just in the photomanipulation category because of the texture overlay. It clearly does not have any other alterations. Anyone who has been in a traditional darkroom knows that using textures and playing with the colors is a simple procedure. If it has been done in darkroom it would not be in the photomanipulation category and therefore it still shouldnt be. If you dont agree with this and think that a simple texture overlay is photomanipulation because it was done in PS lets take a look at another example...

by =loganart is one of the deviations that are replaced by the admins even though he has the explanation and the pic is %95 photography. I want to ask if they have been in a hardworked set recently? Some people including =loganart tend to spend hours building up sets to give the feeling they want. They arrange lights they arange props and it is hard. After all this hard work an admin hinks it is not a photo and changes the category. Maybe it may look like a manip but before taking action the admins have to examine the devaints whole gallery ask for the processes and do their researches. Deviants like him always state their processes and they are pretty honest they put their deviations in the photomanipulation categories when it fits there. It is not like they try to sell all their manipulations as photographs... If you do not agree with me on this one lets take another look at another example...

by *raun Why is it in photomanipulation section? his description is pretty much accurate "*edit: Both 'daydreamer' & 'the enlightened' photos has been relocated to the photomanipulation category by a devART admin. It sickens me how shallow the photographic knowledge is in this particular admin. 95% of all the photos I see on devART has been manipulated to a greater extend than those two images. I wonder if this admin has even heard of 'long exposure' and what it does to water. Or knows how easy it is to texturize a photo in traditional darkroom. Gahhh, devART is going down the toilet...*"

Why is it there because they think that there cant be a ladder in the middle of nowhere? Because he used textures? because he used filters and a long exposure?


directly from DA:"All images submitted to this section should be altered in such way that it is clear you have used techniques other than a filter and/or alteration in the colour of the original."



directly from DA "The Photomanipulation section is dedicated to digital photographs that have undergone post processing and/or editing via the use of a graphical imaging software. The extent of manipulation should be prominent and noticeable in ways where it can be clearly distinguishable from the unaltered photograph.



Please Note: All images submitted to this section should be altered in such way that it is clear you have used techniques other than a filter and/or alteration in the colour of the original. Rather than into the photomanipulation gallery, these pictures should be submitted to Photography or Digital Art>Miscellaneous. Also note that drawing or writing on top of a picture does not constitute as a photomanipulation. These deviations should go into Photography, Digital Art>;Paintings & Airbrushing or the Cartoons & Comics sections for example. Which category is best suited to your deviation depends on what technique dominates in your deviation. If you have used a mixture of techniques, Digital Art>Miscellaneous. Vectorized versions of your pictures belong into Digital Art>Vectors or Vexels respectively. For more information on the nature of the other categories, please read their descriptions!" deviantarts own category descriptions...


I am sure that are far more examples on this subject but if what they do are considered art in photomanipulation/digital art category why do all these deviants taht are doing photomanipulations go under that much work



do they fit in the same category?

I personally think deviantart has to have more gallery directors because the community is getting larger and larger and it is impossible to do the work of a gallery for only one person...

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:iconthenemy:
Interesting article and I agree with your last thought.
:iconaslikolcu:
I wish the admins agreed too...

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:iconmisstoti:
Hmmm, Very intresting indeed :shrug:

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Join us at the Emirates
:iconaslikolcu:
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:iconrotane:
Well I have to say, I agree with dA staff on this one. The 3 examples you give all include the use of a texture. And I bet the texture was not added in a darkroom on a film, but in a prog like Photoshop.

Granted, there can be a fine line between photography and a manip, and these 3 examples clearly are on it. But when I browse for photos and find added textures and such, I think too, this should be in manips (or maybe in digital darkroom).

But I agree with you when you say there are other pieces of photography that have undergone more changes than these but haven't been moved - but don't forget dA staff can't move all the miscats, they simply didn't see them all yet.

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:iconaslikolcu:
Thats why i think there should be more staff darling.. Ofcourse you may think they are manips. And I do agree adding textures maybe manips but the original deviantart gallery descriptions say they are not. Thats all I am saying "used techniques other than a filter and/or alteration in the colour of the original. " and "Also note that drawing or writing on top of a picture does not constitute as a photomanipulation" says deviantart...

I just think they should be moved into darkoom that is right altered photos have to be in darkroom and I really think there should be a seperate category for photos altered like it would be altered in a darkoom that is all.. I am not saying they are only photos but they are not digital art either...

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:iconkechi:
i agree with that, it has a important and right point, darkroom effects are in the chemistry of photograph.


ben katiliyorum, cok hakli bi nokta canim bu. karanlik oda efektleri fotografin kimyasinda var.
:iconaslikolcu:
Besides it being in the chemistry of photography if they really think they should be moved they should be moved into darkoom...

Yani eger o kadar da kararliysalar degistrimek konusunda karanlik oda kategorisini genisletip oraya alsinlar...

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:iconkechi:
evet altinda diger kategoriler gibi alt-kategoriler super olurdu, du bakalim en kotu bundan sonra hepsini oraya aticam ya da ta$icam ben az kaldi =]
 

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