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- Wedding Art
- photography as art abstraction
- Newspaper article: Image fatigue
- Art Theory/Art Criticism
- New Exhibition by OPF Member
- Does colour rule in Venice?
- Heart of Stone / Intimate Landscapes
- "What Makes your Photographs So Expensive?"
- An event to share. Critique welcome.
- Classification / compartmentalization - why is it important?
- Evening Coastline of Pembrokeshire
- Creative Challenge: New Art Versions from a Photograph
- Photography and Art
- Accidental Art
- Still Life
- RAWflow (tm:-) Rocks!
- Vernacular Architecture
- Rainer Travel Photography Article Now Online!
- Toilet Art
- B&W RGB Digital: a realized Adams dream or a fix-all.
- Heirloom Photos, Rescued, Whether B/W or Otherwise
- Two totally random shots
- Shadows of The Past
- The Land Of Oz
- An old photo
- What makes us photographers?
- Breaking The Rules: Examples Sought
- Travel Shots - Aigues Mortes
- LensBaby Challenge: your very best two images
- Challenge: Shadows.
- Cross-hatching the right way
- "Dishonest photography: "The Magritte Conundrum".
- Boy on a Bicycle, Can RAW file. Optimize this! :)
- Processing_the_Photograph_as_Art
- Processing_the_Photograph_as_Art
- Instrument as still life
- Sweat Equity and Skill in Photography as Art?
- Art in a Photograph? The subject or the "Art" added by shutter and "darkroom"?
- Photography Art that Monkeys Could Make?
- Let's start with definitions
- Wow! Is this essay on point!
- M8 135mm Leica Photographs: Artistic RAW Challenge On the High Seas!
- Challenge: Balls & Spheres: Mine, Champagne Bubbles, where's yours!
- Feeling a bit artsy tonight...
- Artistry in Photographic Magazine Subscription
- Best Digital Compact for B&W Tonality?
- Challenge: Can you make fine Art from this snapshot from my car?
- Challenge: Bring out Feelings in this Paris Roof Top Scene
- High Speed Liquid Photography
- Experimenting
- Thinking Escher...
- Have I gone mad?
- Desire
- Smoke
- Monet Lily
- Reflections in Water as a Metaphor: Archetypical Landscape Picture!
- Painterly and Abstract Images: What Might They Be?
- Photography as Art - Studying with a Mentor
- Comments requested
- Image From A New Member
- Lenticular / Stereo Photography
- The Truth Paradox: Art Stymied By Revelation!
- Challenge: Bring out Feelings in this snow scene!
- Real Art
- Influence of Painting on Photography
- Reflections in a shop window
- Magic Steam
- Jan Saudek
- Photography's influence on Painting?
- My Pain
- Humble Beginning
- Fear
- Challenge: Something wooden and made with skill!
- The End
- Should shape be sacred?
- Great B&W Image! How we judge with little fact!
- Post your FAVOURITE PHOTO from the poster directly above.. (A Beautiful Selection)
- Challenge: Contemplating change! The culture bridge!
- Challenge: Can you show "the future"?
- Challenge: Great Doorways as frames for pictures
- Imperfection and character: The Camera and lens as drawing instruments!
- Something..
- Nocturnes
- Sands of a feather
- Flamenco
- The Conductor
- Puzzle! Why does this B&W Portrait work so well! Can you have a go at this?
- Armageddon
- Armageddon, take two
- Nothing on fire this time ;-)
- Dangerous Curves
- The Hand that rocks the chair
- Stairs as a Photographic Subject: The Stairs of the Orange Show!
- Stream Abstract
- Victoria Again! How I abstracted what I saw!
- This Bird Has Flown
- My desire !
- Boy at an Art Opening
- Based on last wooden grain elevator in Superior, Wisconsin
- Splash
- Challenge Take Angelica's grabshot and make it impressive: express your own ideas!
- The Path Less Traveled
- Perhaps a dumb question, but...
- Libertad!
- Color changes
- James' Addiction
- Importance of Image Titles
- Photography: Conveying Thoughts Inside One's head: Challenge! Have a try!?
- Challenge: Guns4us: lifesavers, peacemakers or murderers? Do you have images on this?
- An exercise in futility
- Mandolin 1620
- 1st piece on public display
- The Guitar
- La Prima Donna
- How Do We Really Make Photographs? Let's tell the truth!
- Going from "Lurker" to Contributing Photographer with a Vision
- Because
- Juniper abstract
- Shattered II "Reticulated Vase"
- Challenge: A Dog photographed so uniquely, it might be sold in a gallery as Art!
- Is this photo worthy as art? (old boat)
- art photography
- The Mighty Chilli
- Gretel's final trip....
- Sources Needed
- A Growing loneliness (revisiting a lonely bench)
- The Long Iron Bridge
- Not sure about these....
- It's been Swell!
- Challenge: A bridge and a train: First, James Newman a "Texas Train"
- Grebe Dive
- Challenge: "A Door Tie": How might you bring out further expression in this image?
- Buddha and Shadow
- Human Form
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Challenge: Edit "Early morning St Thomas US Virgin Islands" to optimize the beauty!
- Sunset on a Rocky Beach: Cliché alert
- Over the top!?
- enhanced female
- what IS "art" in photography all about?
- Self Portrait of Me!
- Night shots From last summer
- Summer night shot
- A Non-Self Portrait of Charlotte Thompson (edit)
- Dorothy in the field of poppies
- Dorothy in the poppy field-2: Black Hole Sun
- An American home
- A change of pace
- Hot Bridge
- Forgotten Staircase
- Alone in the night
- Correcting or exploiting Lens aberrations/character. What's you insight/experience?
- "But is it Art?" Georg Baumann's Reply "I Can, and why I do it"
- New picture
- Could not decide
- Challenge: Green Plants As Art
- Transillumination of a limited palette
- Into the sea ...
- A postcard from Kauai
- A. Hofmann, IN MEMORIAM
- Rise
- Teeth of the sea
- Despite indifference
- Towards "Terms of Endearment" in Photography! Neologisms: "Factive and "Fictive"
- Continuation of the theme
- moved .............
- Set up vs random
- Ancient
- A palette of the Gods
- Birds on Wires
- One vision of plants
- History of violence
- about.......... another
- The Lunar Realm of Divinity
- Why do you do your fine art ?
- Cross-roads
- Digital Techniques That Call Attention To Themselves
- Hokusai Quote
- 30 Seconds
- Life
- Apprentices
- Samantha
- Horror Series
- Les fleurs du Mal
- Sleeper
- Another late night
- Inner garden
- A Modified Turner Reich for the 8X10
- A stairway to heaven
- Little planet winter scene, Au Jardin Botanique
- Yellow and blue
- 2 men
- Technique vs. Inspiration
- The lesson
- Navaho Sandstone
- A night in Paris
- 2 abstarcts to have a look at
- Trees in the mist
- Stairway to another dimension
- What is B&W ?
- Reflected in a glass
- water water everywhere
- digital fine art photography
- Natures patterns/ abstract?
- The Work of Art in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction
- Meadow Mine Rail
- Red metal
- De-comissioned Cranes
- Facility 10101
- Reaching for the light
- Fenced In
- Electricity Factory
- Choice
- Where am i ?
- Vanity
- Gusher
- Photographing Art
- Book Cover for My Memoir
- This is the hand
- Are these art, or something?
- Crossed fingers
- The holy book
- Under the bridge
- Thunder
- WaterProof Black & White - E3
- broken
- John Chiara's Massive Camera
- Lonely man
- Book and Bracelet
- A Southern Bed
- Hand games
- Trying to cacth autumn feel ...
- Found Painting
- Photographs as Art
- Critique Desired: A Tribute to Mary Colter
- Great Photography Video at New York Public Library
- Simple Things
- Critique Desired: Art with a phone and a reflection?
- 3 Pinkham Smith lenses compared
- A Fine Car
- Accepted Definition of Art
- Critique Desired: Photo from my "Native American Grandmothers" series
- Question: Common Properties of the best Fine Art Photographs
- Question: Who are your favourite photographers?
- Hands up !
- Holy Bible
- Spotlights
- Critique Desired: NYC - The Twin Towers before 9/11
- Bleu-blanc-rouge
- Heart of a book
- Art has no boundaries
- How do you measure up as an artist?
- Critique Desired: Pretty in pink!
- Critique Desired: Treat
- Critique Desired: Inspired by other art...
- Question: Aesthetic impact of photography upon 19th century art world?
- Question: What is the definition of abstract photography/art?
- Critique Desired: tv
- Sacred Heart HDR
- Old and New Tea Kettles
- when the time paasses...
- Question: I need some advice...
- Default one person show for one person only
- Question: Art or not?
- Art or not? A central repository of links to art related discussions in OPF
- Photography and Art in OPF
- Critique Desired: Blooming
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: In memory of Coral Reefs
- Critique Desired: Rock circus/ just starte on going project
- Reine en Cristal
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: Cellar window
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: The door to salvation or to damnation? It's your choice!
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: Accès Interdit
- High Pressure Low Light
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: Dream Gardens...
- Being human
- Critique Desired: Organic network
- Logged in as Imants K Prefix: Title:
- Big foot
- Critique Desired: Caleidoscopes
- Critique Desired: Ivy Window and Chair
- Abandoned places, studies of light and desolation
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: Life inspiration
- Critique Desired: caleidoscope 3
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: E-3 Live View and Textures
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: A dream of nature
- Question: object-photography - beside the convention
- Critique Desired: Mergulho Do Corpo (Diving Body)
- Critique Desired: Old Iron
- Critique Desired: Small man and the City Draft
- Critique Desired: Bricks and Sky
- Critique Desired: Sequence III
- No title I
- No title II
- Critique Desired: Memory
- Being Watched
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: Bois et Femelle
- Critique Desired: Pictures at an exhibition
- Critique Desired: Makeup
- token...... an attitude
- The hypocrisy of "Fine Art Photography"!
- Critique Desired: Sailorman running
- Critique Desired: Lego game
- Critique Desired: The Watch
- Tropical Bird Flower Children
- The Birth of Pestilence*
- Critique Desired: Midwater
- Critique Desired: Boy and a cemetery
- Passage of time
- Lightness of Being
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: Wondering about the Fall
- ah hummnn
- Long exposure
- images
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: An Abstract Series in Progress
- painting with light
- "Of Dreams"
- Critique Desired: Entrails
- Challenge: Go out and shoot: "Lunch with friends"!
- Critique Desired: Hidden Emotions (at the Frontier)
- Merry Christmas To OPF
- New Divergences
- Critique Desired: First post
- Critique Desired: Convex
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: Caged
- Critique Desired: Floating Candles
- Friends in the Sunset (Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India)
- Critique Desired: Snow
- Critique Desired: Stairway to Somewhere
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: Particle Pool
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: tulip fire
- Critique Desired: A quiet crowd
- Critique Desired: A Night Scene
- Critique Desired: Saw
- Critique Desired: Pavement
- Critique Desired: New to the forum.....
- Little House on the Prarie
- Dearborn River B&W
- Critique Desired: Watching the world go by
- Critique Desired: Daylight
- Critique Desired: Strong eyes
- Critique Desired: Lost & Found
- Critique Desired: "Verboden toegang....
- Critique Desired: A rendez-vous...
- Critique Desired: Lavage
- Critique Desired: She and He
- Critique Desired: Urban abstract...
- In Perspective, Fun: Urban Graphics - 'BLEED...'
- Snow White in her Deep Sleep
- Fine Art Photography Top 16
- Cycle of Life
- Another cryptic image
- Funky Fun - E-PL1
- Just Sharing-NSFW-sexually suggestive, NOT "PC" and the like, Theater project - "La tour"
- Critique Desired: Reflections
- C&C Desired, edit & repost O.K.) sand
- Touching the wave
- vehicle.tyres.compressed
- Critique Desired: L.A. Sunset Primitive 01
- Underwater Photography as Art
- Critique Desired: Running boy
- Hidden Sunset
- every.thing.solid
- Critique Desired: Waves & Movement
- Critique Desired: Shapes & Colors
- Critique Desired: A common place (final)
- Recalling Impressionism: To start off, "Lunch in September"
- The sea smiles...
- A day at the beach
- Ginger in Shadow
- Critique Desired: Dots
- Critique Desired: A common place (part 2)
- Untitled 3
- Critique Desired: L.A. Sunset Primitive #02
- Film: Op Art Abstract.
- Film: Turned Path, Mandala.
- In Perspective, Fun: Rasberry Butter?
- C&C Desired, edit & repost O.K.) Carolina Morning
- Passion
- Charlotte's Purse
- Seventies Satin
- Crosses
- Beaux Arts Scenery vs. Landscape Photography
- Untitled VI
- In Perspective, Fun: Gallery Show to SHare
- An Urban Abstract...
- Jakkals trou met Wolf se vrou
- In Perspective, Planet: Women Portraits that
- Some call it a dance..they
- New & Interesting Photography Site
- Photography as appreciation of Nature
- Flower Child
- Dante's warning
- wave.4.8000
- It's a great colour pic but...
- Critique Desired: Identity
- The Madness of Witches
- The Altered Landscape: Collaborative Photography Project
- Artist Al Wildey
- C&C Desired, edit & repost O.K.) Extreme crop "Created" an image
- Critique Desired: Above the tree-tops
- Lianas and Doorways
- Challenge: Opportunity for Gallery Show in Los Angleles
- For Asher: abstract and context
- tooling about
- Critique Desired: Polaroid Reversal Series
- NSFW: Photo LA 2012: The Work of Tricia Lawless Murray: Looking in corners with cobwebs!
- Pebbles
- Distribution
- NSFW: Untitled #1 (some mild nudity)
- Urban Decay
- My World: Looking through a bus window in a storm.
- A Study for a Series on Woman's Choice, "13 LA Women"
- Local Car Show
- the essence of minimalism
- rules of the game
- Groovey 60's Vibe
- Delish - Food
- Backward Lilies
- R: Risqué Openness or Bawdy Language Any advert in a public space is yours
- Favourite Pastime
- Picture frame
- Review: Angel Light
- Light
- "Till the Cows Come Home"
- Free
- Daylight Moon through Tree
- Critique Desired: Convergence
- Ross Creek Cedars
- Photo_21
- Soft Pastels
- New Cesures
- Early Morning London Skyline with Moon
- Critique Desired: Oblique
- Critique Desired: The Milk
- Religion is getting to me.
- Fortification
- NSFW: Continuing Homage Journey
- PIFFLE or not?
- Just for Fun No C&C will be given: Stagnant Pool Piffle
- Art with intent.
- Critique Desired: Shadow Tripychs
- Critique Desired: Nobody's Business
- Tin Drum; Train Spotting, Starry Night; Never Mind the Bollocks; Piffle
- A new series: And I
- A Muse Visits! NSFW: Evening Muse #1
- Sequence I, II
- Two studies of abandoned automobiles
- Critique Desired: Broken Dreams
- Critique Desired: Michaelangelo Muscovy, Artist Extraodinaire
- Critique Desired: Night Moves
- Different....
- Critique Desired: In a Golden Bowl
- Question: Can A Space be a Subject
- "Exhibition" Pictures for Discussion and Questions Paris Photo Show at Los Angeles: Tal Shochat
- "Exhibition" Pictures for Discussion and Questions Paris Photo Show at Los Angeles: James Welling
- What to Leave Out, What to accentuate, etc. etc.
- Vision
- Constructive Criticism