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Incredible pictures from the Redbull Photography Contest
- danmaz74 13y agoBeautiful - but I'd like to also see all the pictures before photoshop.
- jwarren 13y agoWhy?
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- jwarren 13y agoI know I've been downvoted for such a short reply, but it was a genuine question - I wanted to know what danmaz was curious about.
- yankcrime 13y agoWhy? It's part of the creative process - a good photographer will consider all tools available to them, including post-processing, in order to achieve the shot they envisage.
- danmaz74 13y agoBecause, when you look at something that looks incredible, it's interesting to know if it is also true.
- adulau 13y agoIt's two different forms of art. You have photography and post-processing. Both are arts and doing both together is even more difficult.
- ijk 13y agoYes...though darkroom manipulation has been around since the very earliest photographs, so it's not a new thing.
- trafficlight 13y agoFor example, Ansel Adams printing notes: http://notesonphotographs.org/index.php?title=Sexton,_John._Moonrise,_Hernandez._Ansel_Adams_Printing_Notes_%E2%80%94%E2%80%9CTranslation%E2%80%9D http://notesonphotographs.org/index.php?title=Sexton,_John._...
- Sharlin 13y agoPost-processing in digital photography usually denotes the process equivalent to developing the film in film photography (which can be a complex process where multiple choices can be made that affect the result). Sharpening, noise reduction, brightness, contrast and so on. These are an integral part of the workflow - nobody would simply publish raw images straight from the camera (turning the raw sensor data into a JPEG involves multiple choices that someone has to make - it's either the photographer or the engineers that wrote the default conversion algorithms built in the camera.)
- adulau 13y agoThere are various movements in photography. You still need to use some techniques while doing some photographies but usually for straight photography, it ends when you press the shutter. But I suppose that Henri Cartier-Bresson expressed it in a better way: "Of all the means of expression, photography is the only one that fixes a precise moment in time. We play with subjects that disappear; and when they’re gone, it’s impossible to bring them back to life. We can’t alter our subject afterward.... Writers can reflect before they put words on paper.... As photographers, we don’t have the luxury of this reflective time....We can’t redo our shoot once we’re back at the hotel. Our job consists of observing reality with help of our camera (which serves as a kind of sketchbook), of fixing reality in a moment, but not manipulating it, neither during the shoot nor in the darkroom later on. These types of manipulation are always noticed by anyone with a good eye." Henri Cartier-Bresson - "American Photo", September/October 1997, page: 76
- venus 13y agoManipulation was only allowed in the "experimental" category - mostly the ones with timelapses. If you have some evidence that entries in the other categories have been 'shopped, I'm sure the organisers would be very interested to hear from you. That one with the satellite dish is masterful.
- danmaz74 13y agoThanks, that's very interesting (and impressive!)
- zokier 13y agoThere is no such thing as unprocessed digital photograph.
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- rorrr2 13y agoRAW is pretty much unprocessed.
- Sharlin 13y agoBut you cannot see a RAW - so it's debatable whether you can call it a photograph. Many choices must be made either implicitly or explicitly when rendering a RAW into an actual image representable on screen or paper.
- rorrr2 13y agoThat's like saying "you can't see light, that's just your brain's interpretation of your retina's interpretation of the lens's interpretation of a narrow band of the spectrum".
- adamlj 13y agoWow the Bouldering is amazing. So much fun and so dangerous!
- marincounty 13y agoRedbull? Pay for injuries at your advertising functions. Yes--even during practice. If you didn't dangle money in front of these kids; they wouldn't be "pushing the envelope ".
- pkananen 13y agoThat's not true. I never got paid and I pushed the envelope all the time.
- coldtea 13y agoHe was talking about "those kids". You might have "pushed the envelope" unpaid, but a lot of those go the extra mile for the Red Bull pay/fame, including trying BS stunts that don't end well.
- notdrunkatall 13y agoAnd that is their choice.
- coldtea 13y agoOnly if you're a hardcore "all is personal choice" type, that denies psychology, fame and money as lures, peer pressure, people with reduced capacity to resist to such things (especially immature early 20-somethings), etc. People don't make choices in a vacuum, and they don't make perfectly rational informed choices either. People make choices influenced by tons of BS input, in which a lot of that input is designed to dupe them and lure them out of their money or use them in some way.
- saosebastiao 13y agoI need to find a good periodic reminder that if I ever find myself in need of inspiration on branding strategy, to look at Red Bull first.
- jakobe 13y agoBut unfortunately it takes lots and lots of money to apply Red Bulls branding strategy.
- snowwrestler 13y agoIt takes a lot less than you might think. It's the same branding strategy that outdoor sports companies follow, and they are generally not rich companies. There's far less money in the outdoor industry than the tech industry (I've worked extensively in both.) Adventures sports are cheap. The athletes don't need much money to be happy, and the main cost of sponsorships are transportation. But, that doesn't mean adventure sports are the right brand strategy for every company. It works for Red Bull because that's their business. It would not work so well for Uber.
- 31reasons 13y ago>It works for Red Bull because that's their business Red Bull sells sugar water. How is it their business?
- jborden13 13y agoBranding is their business. Caffeinated sugar water is their product. Red Bull's target market is presumably males aged 13-26, who respond positively to sports and testosterone-driven imagery. This positive response means more sales of said sugar water.
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- Refefer 13y agoInfocus tip: You can easily scroll through the images with the keys 'j' and 'k'. And seriously consider checking out the other infocus galleries; Alan Taylor curates well.
- erichurkman 13y agoDon't forget The Big Picture from boston.com for similarly awesome content: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ I really wish all news sources provided high resolution photographs with their articles. This is 2013, I should not have to squint at a 250px wide photo.
- dlsym 13y agoI don't want to sound bitchy - but this is the second time today I see content here where my first impression is: This doesn't belong here. Please post this to Reddit. What's comming up next? HN AdviceAnimals?
- jcfrei 13y agomy thoughts exactly. posts like this make me wish for a downvote button. Or are there for users with very high karma, like there are for comments?
- dlsym 13y agoFrom the FAQ: "There are no down arrows on submissions." :-)
- eshvk 13y agoWhen you have such an impression, there is an amazingly simple much less cluttered way for you to express your protest: just fucking click the flag button. If there is a majority who agree with your definition of "This doesn't belong here", tada! No more expression of creativity and more of whatever you think is useful.
- micampe 13y agoHere's a video from that ship wreck BASE jump site: http://youtu.be/YSuo0j2xsj8 http://youtu.be/YSuo0j2xsj8
- wavesounds 13y agoAwesome pictures! But Kelly Slater[1] didn't win the US Open of Surfing this year. Alejo Muniz did[2]. I find it odd that someone from Surfing magazine would get this wrong. Perhaps this pictures from 2011 not 2013? 1. http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/08/winners-of-the-red-bull-illume-photo-contest-2013/100583/#img17 http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/08/winners-of-the-re... 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Open_of_Surfing#U.S._Open_Champions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Open_of_Surfing#U.S._Open_...
- lars 13y agoThe photo contest actually picked photos from the last three years. Some of the snowboarding photos are also from 2011.
- wavesounds 13y agoAhh I missed that, thanks