bruniroquai Posted November 8, 2012 Share #1 Posted November 8, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Are we serious? What's happened? HDR and really UGLY pictures in there.. Where is the Bresson and Burri spirits? I'm embarrased to see how the people of LFI are choosing those... "pictures". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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niarfe Posted November 8, 2012 Share #2 Posted November 8, 2012 Agree 100% Those pictures can be made whit any point and Shoot digital camera..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguelruizjimenez Posted November 8, 2012 Share #3 Posted November 8, 2012 Is impossible 20 photos mastershots per day. Photos taken with summilux fle or Noctilux=mastershot, wrong way my friend...LFI and flickr are the same web... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangefinders Posted November 8, 2012 Share #4 Posted November 8, 2012 if first masters raise their head!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted November 9, 2012 Share #5 Posted November 9, 2012 not exactly sure what triggered this thread? i re-read the first post but it seems to be a reply rather than a start. as for LFI, I have had a number of photos posted there as master shots and in their categories. the category seems to get populated less frequently. i will let others opine as to the why and whether it means anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
niarfe Posted November 9, 2012 Share #6 Posted November 9, 2012 not exactly sure what triggered this thread? i re-read the first post but it seems to be a reply rather than a start. as for LFI, I have had a number of photos posted there as master shots and in their categories. the category seems to get populated less frequently. i will let others opine as to the why and whether it means anything. It is very simple... What are the criterion to make a master shoot form a bad picture? It seen that use the most expense Leica Lens and Cameras is the first one and most important rule to make a Master Shoot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruniroquai Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share #7 Posted November 9, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) It is very simple...What are the criterion to make a master shoot form a bad picture? It seen that use the most expense Leica Lens and Cameras is the first one and most important rule to make a Master Shoot. That's the point, and the use of HDR and Silver Efex Pro with structure at 100% Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted November 9, 2012 Share #8 Posted November 9, 2012 i've no idea of the criterior, only submit and some are accepted most rejected. i suspect you should ask them. like any people they are prone to tastes more subjective than objective but perhaps if anyone from the magazine is out there reading the post they can post their opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruniroquai Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted November 9, 2012 That will be great! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar Posted November 11, 2012 Share #10 Posted November 11, 2012 I think overall they make good choices for their Master Shots..They seem to encourage quality images and many different styles. I had submitted some and was disappointed they were not put up and forgot about it until I recently checked and found that I had left information out of the images that was requested and they posted 11 of my images. I find if you don't overwhelm them with images you will have a better chance of getting them posted but do feel there is some decent quality control for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeTexas Posted November 12, 2012 Share #11 Posted November 12, 2012 I found their site itself is so unbelievably slow and antiquated that I stopped bothering to visit it altogether long before the HDR crap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maurometallo Posted November 19, 2012 Share #12 Posted November 19, 2012 Are we serious? What's happened? HDR and really UGLY pictures in there.. Where is the Bresson and Burri spirits? I'm embarrased to see how the people of LFI are choosing those... "pictures". I really don't think this is the case with the "M analog master shot" section... There, the true spirit of the Leica images is still retained... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Allsopp Posted November 19, 2012 Share #13 Posted November 19, 2012 I found their site itself is so unbelievably slow and antiquated that I stopped bothering to visit it altogether long before the HDR crap. +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruniroquai Posted November 22, 2012 Author Share #14 Posted November 22, 2012 The analog section is really superb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruniroquai Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share #15 Posted December 4, 2012 I'm humble.. but please: The guys of LFI don't consider my picture as a Mastershots (I Don't mind, really am), http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/street-photography/263858-faces.html#post2251101 but they consider a Mastershot, These Piece of s*** Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguelruizjimenez Posted December 4, 2012 Share #16 Posted December 4, 2012 I'm humble.. but please: The guys of LFI don't consider my picture as a Mastershots (I Don't mind, really am), http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/street-photography/263858-faces.html#post2251101 but they consider a Mastershot, These Piece of s*** +1 no...+3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted December 4, 2012 Share #17 Posted December 4, 2012 I found their site itself is so unbelievably slow and antiquated that I stopped bothering to visit it altogether long before the HDR crap. Agree 100%. The LFI site is absolutely terrible, esp. the galleries section. And while on the topic of LFI more broadly, I consider the redesign of the magazine itself to be a mistake. While the quality of the writing seems to have improved (more outside writers perhaps? At least there are fewer spelling mistakes), find the paper quality and layout to be very poor. Back on topic, I don't care much about the selection of master shots (and I am wondering if the cause of the thread was finally revealed in the OP's last post; if so, fair enough - I agree, the image with the child is rubbish whereas the OP's image is better). Still, I do find the film section to be quite well curated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
niarfe Posted December 4, 2012 Share #18 Posted December 4, 2012 I'm humble.. but please: The guys of LFI don't consider my picture as a Mastershots (I Don't mind, really am), http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/street-photography/263858-faces.html#post2251101 but they consider a Mastershot, These Piece of s*** My GOD, that´s really a MASTER SHOOT? Maybe un ASIA , so, we can see the truth interest for the Leica guys, SELL as much as possible in the Asian market.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted December 4, 2012 Share #19 Posted December 4, 2012 there does seem to be a bias towards shots from asia in their master shot category, and a number of their categories are updated infrequently. otoh, where else does one go for an arbitrary evaluation of your photo? quite a number of photos posted here are wonderful and the comments reflect that, but then there are also a number of shots (like the master shot you are showing, though not the same one) that get praise and i find it difficult to figure. point is, people are people with biases etc. and we are left with that when we post photos for judgement. i would like to think LFI has a bit of a higher standard, your examples go a long way in proving my thoughts incorrect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earful Posted December 4, 2012 Share #20 Posted December 4, 2012 curating the lfi galleries is doubtless an art in itself. i can claim only a small handful of mastershots - spread across the dlux4, x1 and m9. and a few samples in the topical galleries. i think each gallery may be curated using different standards, though i have no way of knowing for sure. that being said, awhile back i was somewhat disappointed that a photo i particularly liked and submitted to lfi (though not for mastershot consideration) didn't make it into one of those topical galleries. it was chosen, however, to be a part of an lfi feature article, which completely stunned me. so i began to think it's possible that in some cases, photos the lfi staff like are deliberately not placed in the public galleries so they can considered later for something else. instant validation is nice, but continuing to take photographs without it is more important. some of the wonderful photos in the lfi galleries are a reminder of what is possible: not every photo impresses me favorably, but i certainly wish i had the talent of those photographers whose work i have found compelling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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