Author Topic: Confessional (Read 19667 times)

Ed Wenn · « **on:** October 26, 2007, 02:00:22 PM »

Group therapy for those of us trying to kick the habit...and just to show Ailsa that she's not alone. Feel free to post your own examples in this thread. let's purge ourselves, people

Here's one of mine from last May:

kuru · « **Reply #1 on:** October 26, 2007, 02:16:47 PM »

I have never taken a photo of a dinosaur statue in a graveyard...

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #2 on:** October 26, 2007, 02:40:10 PM »

Don't try and sneak out on a technicality

rdbkorn · « **Reply #3 on:** October 26, 2007, 03:55:53 PM »

Guilty as charged...

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moominsean · « **Reply #4 on:** October 26, 2007, 04:01:11 PM »

guilty of all three. in my defense, i do live in the land of dinosaurs. footprints and petrified things and all that. graveyards are actually pretty uncommon here, compared to the midwest where there is one every 2 miles. no excuse for the statue photos, really.

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kuru · « **Reply #5 on:** October 26, 2007, 04:20:16 PM »

a statue in a cemetery (i think my few dinosaur shots are all digital)

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LT · « **Reply #6 on:** October 26, 2007, 04:20:36 PM »

me too - although no statues or dinosaurs .. I wouldnt be so crass

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Andrea. · « **Reply #7 on:** October 26, 2007, 04:42:30 PM »

Ailsa · « **Reply #8 on:** October 26, 2007, 04:43:45 PM »

Shameless - the lot of you.

Sandeha Lynch · « **Reply #9 on:** October 26, 2007, 04:45:52 PM »

I presume this would not be out of place !!

Ailsa · « **Reply #10 on:** October 26, 2007, 04:46:21 PM »

Not forgetting, of course...

Like I needed to humiliate myself even more than I already have been.

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astrobeck · « **Reply #11 on:** October 26, 2007, 05:21:01 PM »

Here's my favorite, albeit tacky statue contribution.

I must also confess the very first Holga photo
I ever made was of the stature of "Nike" The Goddess of Victory.

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Francois · « **Reply #12 on:** October 26, 2007, 10:15:41 PM »

Are modern sculptures counted in?
not quite statue... not quite dinosaur...

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #13 on:** October 26, 2007, 10:53:52 PM »

OK this is one of many! I could fill this forum with grave yard shots.....I will only bother you with one

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Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #14 on:** October 26, 2007, 10:55:27 PM »

My soul feels clean now!

eyecaramba · « **Reply #15 on:** October 26, 2007, 11:40:32 PM »

Nice photo Sandeha! I am very guilty of these particular cliches and, in fact, these above are pretty good. But I feel that pretty good isn't good enough for cliched subjects. Yours, Sandeha is pretty damn nice.

Anyway... let me browse my cemetery & statue & dinosaur folders and see what we have. I will spare you the actual onslaught by posting a couple of the better ones - I hope.

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eyecaramba · « **Reply #16 on:** October 27, 2007, 12:54:33 AM »

Might I add a few other cliches: mannequins, grafitti and placentas.

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Skorj · « **Reply #17 on:** October 27, 2007, 12:58:47 AM »

Once, I was taking a photograph of an active volcano (Asama-yama), and this damn dinosaur walked into the frame and spoiled the shot.

Does that count? Skorj.

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Skorj · « **Reply #18 on:** October 27, 2007, 01:00:13 AM »

Quote from: eyecaramba on October 27, 2007, 12:54:33 AM

... and placentas.

Yeah... I have folders and folders of placenta photographs, I know what you mean! None as good as this one though.

cpierce · « **Reply #19 on:** October 27, 2007, 02:34:58 AM »

Guilty a lot. Not guilty on the placenta deal.....Wow!

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moominsean · « **Reply #20 on:** October 27, 2007, 04:42:16 AM »

ah yes... lets see how many headstones we can fit in one photograph.

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Aline · « **Reply #21 on:** October 27, 2007, 07:50:24 AM »

not a fan of headstone or statue shots, but, boy, Gordon's shot of the placenta gets my vote. why didn't I think of that when I had my kids--I hear they are quite tasty with grilled onions...
one statue shot did slide in there some how....

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Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #22 on:** October 27, 2007, 08:28:37 AM »

Do shrines count? I do have a shrine habit that I have been trying to get rid of for years

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Ed Wenn · « **Reply #23 on:** October 27, 2007, 11:57:25 AM »

Gordon gets that placenta shot out every few years at the drop of a hat. This whole thread was in fact an elaborate ruse cooked up (excuse the pun) by he and I to give him the opportunity - however oblique - to pull it out of the hat again.

Me, I never tire of seeing it, so am always happy to oblige.

gary m · « **Reply #24 on:** October 27, 2007, 02:01:07 PM »

Put me down for the cliche tri-fecta too.

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Ailsa · « **Reply #25 on:** October 27, 2007, 02:45:49 PM »

Quote from: ed.wenn on October 27, 2007, 11:57:25 AM

Gordon gets that placenta shot out every few years at the drop of a hat.

It's a great shot - and it's a long time since I've seen someone quite so happy in their work. I'm obviously in the wrong business.

Francois · « **Reply #26 on:** October 27, 2007, 03:15:16 PM »

Well, for modern sculpture, here's one.

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eyecaramba · « **Reply #27 on:** October 27, 2007, 05:01:20 PM »

Well, Ed, I have been accusing of whipping many things out inappropriately ut never my placenta photograh. Ha!

Gary that is my favorite dinosaur on the page though. Really. And it is also a fair and reminds me that I am sort of tired of seeing those carnivals and fairs also. I know I have shot them a lot but not sure if I have one ready to roll... The fair is still good mind you but a lot of the stuff is pretty redundant and we all have done it.

And actually after two halloween parties and a zombie walk I am sort of tired of people in costumes. I'm sure that will pass though. I still like kids in costumes but do see an abundance of them as well...

But boobs are great! And not overdone at all.

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astrobeck · « **Reply #28 on:** October 27, 2007, 05:09:53 PM »

Gary! Dang man, I've never seen this dino photo!!!
It's a prize!
Totally love the color and angle.

It's my Gary fav now.

This-is-damion · « **Reply #29 on:** October 27, 2007, 06:48:17 PM »

guilty

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Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #30 on:** October 27, 2007, 11:17:01 PM »

I was on the verge of coming clean with a few more but then looked in my archive and saw just how many grave shots I have...frankly I'm embarrassed! In my defence...I have no Dinosaur shots and no placenta shots that I am prepared to admit to in open forum

Aline · « **Reply #31 on:** October 28, 2007, 12:25:53 AM »

another dinosaur doing his "thang"...

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Andrea. · « **Reply #32 on:** October 28, 2007, 12:57:25 AM »

Gosh, this must be the best thread - ever!

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #33 on:** October 28, 2007, 08:05:18 AM »

There's actually some really good work here; some quite wonderful images. Not my intention when I started this off, but I'm really glad you've turned it round and added some serious class to a crass thread.

Maybe we should put out a Blurb book called something like:

"Beyond The Cliche"
"Overcoming The Cliche"
"The Cliche: Defeated"
"Taking The Cliche & Giving it a Serious Kicking"
"The Filmwasters vs The Cliche"
"Confounding The Cliche"
"Laughing in the Face of Cliches"
"Breathing New Life into The Cliche"

.....I could go on.

Skorj · « **Reply #34 on:** October 28, 2007, 11:44:21 AM »

Quote from: ed.wenn on October 28, 2007, 08:05:18 AM

Maybe we should put out a Blurb book called something like:
.....I could go on.

But before you do go on (and on), we could of course invite submissions from all for a Collaboration called `Cliches`, or perhaps another of your marvelous title suggestions?

After `Disposable` finishes of course! Skj.

otto k · « **Reply #35 on:** October 28, 2007, 05:43:19 PM »

Wow, definitely no placenta shots, no dinosaur stuff either. I live next to a cemetery, but I try to keep my explorations in there to a minimum. I did go in there to test out when I got my Yashica Mat 124. Nothing special, but thought I'd contribute my clich?s.

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Aline · « **Reply #36 on:** October 29, 2007, 12:44:45 AM »

great shots, Otto!

al · « **Reply #37 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:17:08 AM »

damn I just posted a statue picture on the vivitar thread and I didn't even know it was a sin

Oh the shame!!!

To make matters worse, the dinosaur shot is still in the camera!

Ailsa · « **Reply #38 on:** October 29, 2007, 09:53:30 AM »

I was going to post this in the Vivitar Wide thread, but I felt it might be more at home here, among the cliches. Now, admit it, how many of you are capable of walking past a really good piece of protest without whipping out a camera?

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eyecaramba · « **Reply #39 on:** October 29, 2007, 10:52:08 AM »

Not me.

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Sandeha Lynch · « **Reply #40 on:** October 29, 2007, 06:06:01 PM »

Nice. Does graffiti count?

seekingfocus · « **Reply #41 on:** October 29, 2007, 07:26:07 PM »

Here's just a couple off the top of my head... Sometimes statues and cemeteries seem to go together. No dinosaurs for me though. I'm not quite that old.

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rolo · « **Reply #42 on:** October 29, 2007, 08:11:40 PM »

I almost forgot about this one. I guess it fits the bill. Shame on me.

I like "Breathing Life Back Into the Cliche."

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eddie · « **Reply #43 on:** October 29, 2007, 11:10:21 PM »

One of the first Holga shots i took in my favourite graveyard,

Yaniv Waissa · « **Reply #44 on:** October 30, 2007, 05:10:38 AM »

rest in peace ?!?!?!?!?

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Susan B. · « **Reply #45 on:** October 30, 2007, 07:23:22 AM »

No Dino's, placentas or graffiti...
Must work on that, but who could possibly do a better placenta than Gordon?
No graveyards per se, but I do have this one of an anti-war memorial in the sand

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LT · « **Reply #46 on:** October 30, 2007, 01:36:35 PM »

more .... bloody druids, they get everywhere dont they? I just had to evict a load from my bathroom - I'm sure they crawl up through the u-bend. Leaving all their mistletoe litter and chanting all night. I contacted the council pest control who have set traps, but the pesky little things breed so quickly they soon develop resistance to the poisons. I'm thinking gas is the next option.

This-is-damion · « **Reply #47 on:** October 30, 2007, 09:19:44 PM »

Quote from: rolo on October 29, 2007, 08:11:40 PM

I almost forgot about this one. I guess it fits the bill. Shame on me.

I like "Breathing Life Back Into the Cliche."

cool!!! this looks like kevin smiths "buddy" jesus from dogma!!!

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #48 on:** October 31, 2007, 01:00:05 AM »

Good spot, Damion

RandomHamster · « **Reply #49 on:** October 31, 2007, 11:08:48 PM »

No No...I refuse to be dragged from spooky places....let me go....give my holga back....nooooooo..!!!!!!!!!

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Author Topic: Confessional (Read 19667 times)

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