National Geographic Picture of The Year

[Axtremus]

Great picture!

[taiwan_girl]

That is a great picture!!!

[Horace]

It verges on the clever a little too much. I mean there's no real meaning to the picture, it doesn't tell a story or evoke your mind to create a story, it's just clever.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in National Geographic Picture of The Year:

It verges on the clever a little too much. I mean there's no real meaning to the picture, it doesn't tell a story or evoke your mind to create a story, it's just clever.

Not even that clever. Street photographers have been doing this trick with film cameras for years. But the average viewer doesn't see 'em, so the trick is still novel.

[89th]

Yeah, it reminds me of this one:

[89th]

Oh except the above photo was taken 10 years ago... by a photographer who used a paraglider. Boom.

https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/floating-in-the-desert-air/

[Aqua Letifer]

You don't need a drone or a paraglider.

It's an old trick.

[Horace]

It surprises me that people at NG who should be connoisseurs of photography would consider such pulp a photo of the year winner.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in National Geographic Picture of The Year:

It surprises me that people at NG who should be connoisseurs of photography would consider such pulp a photo of the year winner.

Eh, I think it's because they're legacy media now and people who might've made incredible documentary photographers moved on to video. Look what happened to the Pulitzers.

Also, sadly, what's the minority status of the photographer?

[taiwan_girl]

I still think it is a cool photo.

LOL