I'm finding the wording of the new challenge a bit challenging to decipher: Compose and photograph something "miniature" in such a way that it conveys to the viewer that the subject of your photo is a tinier version of something that is normally larger.
Wha?
How about: Take a photograph of something in "miniature." Compose your photo in such a way that it makes the subject appear smaller than it is in real life.
Is this what others are understanding this to mean?
Well, some ideas I had according to the miniature contest would be a ship in a bottle in the foreground, real ship in the background. Same could go with a car, plane, doll house, or any other model. I also thought about finding something extrodinarily big with something normal-size in the foreground, eg. quarry truck in background, compact car in foreground or something to that nature.
I found the wording confusing but I assumed it to mean a miniature version of something large. Otherwise, wouldn't the challenge be "forced perspective"?
If the word 'miniature' was actually taken out of the description, I think it would be more clearly understandable. It's already there in the challenge title, no?
How about: Take a photograph of something in "miniature." Compose your photo in such a way that it makes the subject appear smaller than it is in real life.
I would expect "that it makes the subject appear larger than it is in real life."
Compose and photograph something "miniature" in such a way that it conveys to the viewer that the subject of your photo is a tinier version of something that is normally larger
To my mind this means take a picture of a miniature version of something along with something that shows it should normally be bigger. For example - take a picture of a miniature book along with a normal size pair of reading glasses. Or take a picture of a miniature car along side a normal size set of car keys.
To my mind this seems to be a case where u photograph something in a way it seems to be a miniature model of the actual thing. But then again, english is not my native language.
Hopefully someone figures out this before submission deadline ;D.
To my mind this means take a picture of a miniature version of something along with something that shows it should normally be bigger. For example - take a picture of a miniature book along with a normal size pair of reading glasses. Or take a picture of a miniature car along side a normal size set of car keys.
I agree that this is the correct interpretation.
It is not a "forced perspective" challenge, which would imply shots like this:
This shot is closer to what this challenge requires, but questionable whether the doll house is the "subject" of the photo and not the dog:
Personally, I thought the wording was pretty clear and didn't expect a big "doesn't meet the challenge" interpetative discussion...
Sammie got it right.
A toy towtruck pulling a real set of car keys.
A miniature book with a real pair of glasses beside it.
Miniature dishes beside a real life porkchop.
That type of thing. The size of the complimentary items tell the viewer the size of "something" in the pick is in fact ...miniature!!!!!!!!!!
I think the girl picking up the "miniture" girl is the right way to go about it, the girl is the representation of a tinier version of something that is larger... *confusing*
I guess the "correct" interpretation of the challenge is the majority opinion of the future voters for the challenge... right? =)
My own interpretation was that the word:
miniature
...was placed in quotes to suggest that what we photograph should NOT in fact be miniature... just look like it based on the way the shot is taken. Could be achieved by perspective, but possibly not. This makes the challenge a lot harder in my opinion, but that's a good thing sometimes.
Edit: placed emphasis on the word "not", added word "future", phrase "thread opinions"
what we photograph should NOT in fact be miniature... just look like it based on the way the shot is taken.
I disagree. You forgot that (a) the challenge is called "miniature" and (b) the key part of the details that say:
the subject of your photo is a tinier version of something that is normally larger
It should be fairly clear that you are supposed to photograph something that is miniature. The challenge is to find something small that is normally big, and put it in a context to show the viewer that it is, in fact, miniature. This is much different than just photographing something miniature without any context to use as a size reference, and also much different than using forced perspective to make something look smaller than it actually is.
It should be fairly clear that you are supposed to photograph something that is miniature. The challenge is to find something small that is normally big, and put it in a context to show the viewer that it is, in fact, miniature. This is much different than just photographing something miniature without any context to use as a size reference, and also much different than using forced perspective to make something look smaller than it actually is.
A member of the Site Council speaketh... and so it will be. =)
The clarification is good, and important... thanks!
