I'm curious what draws the line between motivated night shots and badmotivs.
For example, this shot of Sam Chui's made it. I'm not complaining... it is an INCREDIBLE shot and I'm very happy it was accepted, as it should have been. Well done Sam!!
Senorcarnival From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (7 years 1 month 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1064 times:
My $0.02: Sam's shot has more in the background to fill, you can tell that it is an airplane taking off, as you can see the runway, lights, etc.
Your shot, while it is of value, just seems like a blur over the ocean, nothing else. For example, if you showed that shot to someone who has no interest in photography or airplanes for that matter, do you think they'd be able to tell that it's an airplane shot set to a long shutter speed?
BIGDEN From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 147 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 month 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 991 times:
Hey Chris!
Motive is motive. Your motive possibly was to capture a night shot and to experiment with time exposures etc.
The result was a shot exhibiting light in the sky over water--period.
We don't get to see the location, background, aircraft or any other interesting feature users of the sight wish to spend time observing.
Again, if you showed it to 10 ppl. I doubt few of them would be able to explain the pic.
Night shots are a tough category to explain, but I think the main motive we should look for, as in any shot, is to provide some INTEREST to the viewer and if you want to create interest you gotta show something.
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