What is the reasoning behind an open door considered as a "Poor Esthetic Quality" on here?
Sometimes it isn't a matter of reasoning, sometimes it is a matter of preference. RP likes what it likes, doesn't like what it doesn't like, ultimately it is their website.
Open doors don't bother me much, personally, although it does depend on the shot.
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I get really cheesed when someone critiques a photo of mine and says "Auto PEQ Open Door" because A. Its obviously not, and B. Its RAILROADING people not phoney baloney photoshoots!
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I personally have had a problem with those trying to tell us to turn railroad photography into an "art form." It's fine for them to do so, I welcome it in fact, but what I do have a problem with is that the practitioners of the more "arty" shots, I have found, tend to look down their nose's at others who are shooting more "mundane" shots.
Railroad photography is what you make of it, but one way is not "better" than another, IMHO. Unless you have a pole right thought the nose of the engine! -SG
It's a funny thing... I almost never even notice it on standard cabs... it's only when I get home and look at those shots that I go... wow... open door... With wide cabs, it's more obvious of course, and with cab units, it's really distracting... that being said, my personal feeling is that if it's not a straight on roster shot, it doesn't matter.
Wrong. The doors on a steam locomotive are so far back from the photographer it doesn't matter if they are open or not.
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Thanks for playing.
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Hey, open doors on steam engines, a new gallery topic! I can "play" also!!!
That made no sense. Steam engines have doors...umm cool? The reference was to photo shoots where everything is planned and perfect. Sorry you've never been yelled at to "shut the damn door" while working a photo shoot.
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I personally have had a problem with those trying to tell us to turn railroad photography into an "art form." It's fine for them to do so, I welcome it in fact, but what I do have a problem with is that the practitioners of the more "arty" shots, I have found, tend to look down their nose's at others who are shooting more "mundane" shots.
Railroad photography is what you make of it, but one way is not "better" than another, IMHO. Unless you have a pole right thought the nose of the engine! -SG
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Re-read. He says he's a railroader...
It's good advice for wayward youngins, though
I rarely have the problem of open doors here. If you open a door, you get frostbite.
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Open doors on full width noses kill it for me, Standard cabs without air on most of them I can see and don't mind the doors open.
To me, its all a matter of context. As mentioned in the remarks the connie apologized when he saw me taking pictures. IMO it just made it more authentic in this situation.
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