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The ever vibrant Plaza Mayor near sunset.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’m baffled by this photo. It is objectively below average and yet it’s being shared here like it’s some brilliant work of photographic genius.

  • horizon doesn’t match the cropping and doesn’t do anything interesting that would make it seem intentional.

  • random roofs of tents are creeping into frame and again, they don’t seem intentional

  • underexposed and muddy

  • it’s shot at sunset but we don’t even get the hint of extreme contrast that sunset offers. Did you shoot a jpeg in a situation that would have been far better with raw and post-processing? It certain seems like it by the look of the blown out street lights.

I honestly could take a better photo by just waving a camera around and taking massive amounts of photos then selecting one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's art, it's entirely subjective.

And if you really could, please, feel free to post it, I'd like to see it.

Cheers, man!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

I love your spirit. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿
Actually, you probably have seen my work if you watch movies...... but for obvious reasons, I will remain anon.