Loading...Images from the Id – George Carlin Once Said….
This week has been a treasure for bloggers- from the idiotic thinly veiled commercialism of Ellen Degeneres at the Academy awards and stretching the Samsung Ads to infinity to, in my case, the unwanted critical assessment of an image on Facebook. In the first case, I leave it to the individual. I found Degeneres’ performance, to say the least, sub-par for a host of a major award presentation. Don’t get me wrong, I still think she should have gotten The Best Actress Award for her performance as Dory. I don’t think anyone was better that year.
Maybe it is a new form of humor which I plainly don’t get. It is shallow and blatantly deifies the pseudo-gods in the audience. Watching her, “Samsunging” herself and the audience was a little like watching reruns of Dancing with the Stars for the fourth time, knowing the outcome. Watch out Apple here comes Ellen. Stuffing Harrison Ford with pizza had about as much interest as frying eggs in a super slick green skillet. I admit this could be a thing of personal taste ( I do like my green skillet) and we do not need to bring Bob Hope back from the grave but this “new” style of comedy lacks depth and loses my interest quickly. I am sure the Good Morning America crew enjoyed giggling their way trough the show because they got a lot of (I was going to say “free” but I am sure it was payed for somehow) promotion but their show is pretty much the same. Remember what George Carlin said,”Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that” and I think I am average.
Awhile back at the fort, I fell into a “Facebook Trap”. A Facebook Trap is one of those things you do on Facebook and know you shouldn’t have. I have “friends” who tell the world their whole life. “I am going out of town for 2 weeks my house will be empty with no one home”. In my case I made the mistake of giving a critical opinion of an image a friend posted and “said” he wanted criticism. Don’t believe anything you read on Facebook, except ”I am going out of town for 2 weeks my house will be empty with no one home.” This guy is/was a friend and a professional photographer. We have had a mutual respect and admiration for each other’s work. Well, I wrecked that by not realizing this is Facebook. He really doesn’t want criticism in front of all of his “friends”. To make it short, I should have kept my “mouth “ shut. It ended up with my using scientific facts to support my stance how the type of light was impossible and he berating my use of science, which he inferred no one understood or believed. The point is don’t offer criticism. unless it is asked for and never on Facebook. Remember what George Carlin said,”Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that” and I think I am average.
This weeks Photos
Croc The title photo is pretty straight forward. It was taken at The Saint Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoo.1/350 sec, EV no override, ISO 200,f 5.6, 300/450 mm, Minimal processing and cropping in Lightroom 5.3
Lieutenant – A 11X14 print of this won First Place this week in the Monochrome Category topic “People”. It was taken at Olustee Florida during the Same reenactment as last week’s photo.The challenge was the shadow of his hat. I used the camera’s flash at 50% as a fill flash to bring out his eyes. Processed in Lightroom 5.3 then Nik Silver Effects Pro 2 Antique Plate 2 for the effect. 1/90 sec, +1 EV, ISO 100, On camera flash 50%, f 8.0, 112/168 mm (Good for portraits), This was over exposed for the shadow and overall expose controlled in Lightroom 5.3 Use RAW files.
