04-22-2007, 09:59 PM
|
#1 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NH, US
Posts: 73
| Action Photos
I'm looking for some good fencing action photos!!
If anyone has any images that they've either taken, kept, found, saved etc.
I'd love to see them. If you can't post here please notify me that you have a picture here and then e-mail it to me at ringwraithsrideinblack (at) yahoo (dot) com . If it's an image you found online, then I'd love a link to it, or preferably just attach it to your post.
You see, I like to paint and a while back I found that I had way too much fun painting a scene from a fencing bout that I'd found online. (I've attached the shunken image of my painting bit here is a link to the full sized version: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45516329/?qo=14&q=by%3Astranger-in-black&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps).I'm thinking of starting another one but I need a good reference photo first. This one will definetly be better than the first seeing as I've had more experiance with acrylics.
Keep in mind that I've looked in a lot of places.. so I'm really asking for good pictures to represent this amazing sport.
Thanks for your time. -Stranger
Last edited by Stranger In Black; 04-22-2007 at 10:05 PM.
| 
|  | | And now for this message... |
| |
04-23-2007, 12:34 AM
|
#2 | | Scrub
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Miami
Posts: 2,578
| Well there is a little place called fencingphotos.com. | |
| | |
04-23-2007, 12:43 AM
|
#3 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NH, US
Posts: 73
| I've been there, and I don't like haow the site is set up...it's pretty annoying to navigate. I'm also aware that there is a photogallary here at F.net but I thought it would be more interesting to see what pictures other members came up with.
__________________ "They are the Nazgul, Ringwraiths,neither living nor dead
...They will never stop hunting you." J.R.R. Tolkien; The Fellowship of the Ring | |
| | |
04-23-2007, 09:56 AM
|
#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 706
| http://flickershutter.com/
beats all other fencing action pictures combined any day of the week
maybe if you email the guy telling him how much you admire his photos and would like him to shoot your tournament, he'll do more | |
| | |
04-23-2007, 11:17 AM
|
#5 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NH, US
Posts: 73
| Quote:
Originally Posted by eac  http://flickershutter.com/
beats all other fencing action pictures combined any day of the week
maybe if you email the guy telling him how much you admire his photos and would like him to shoot your tournament, he'll do more | Wow, thank you so much, these are great. If not for this painting I'm sure I'll end up using one or two of these.
Anyone else? Keep them coming!
__________________ "They are the Nazgul, Ringwraiths,neither living nor dead
...They will never stop hunting you." J.R.R. Tolkien; The Fellowship of the Ring | |
| | |
04-23-2007, 03:42 PM
|
#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004 Location: Issaquah, Washington
Posts: 372
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Stranger In Black I've been there, and I don't like haow the site is set up...it's pretty annoying to navigate. I'm also aware that there is a photogallary here at F.net but I thought it would be more interesting to see what pictures other members came up with. | What is it about our site that you find annoying to navigate?
We're looking into a redesign over the next month and your suggestions would be welcome (or those from anyone, for that matter). | |
| | |
04-23-2007, 07:05 PM
|
#7 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NH, US
Posts: 73
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Timacheff What is it about our site that you find annoying to navigate? | It's just that in order to find one picture, you have to sift through the slideshow of other pictures to get to it.
__________________ "They are the Nazgul, Ringwraiths,neither living nor dead
...They will never stop hunting you." J.R.R. Tolkien; The Fellowship of the Ring | |
| | |
04-23-2007, 08:31 PM
|
#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004 Location: Issaquah, Washington
Posts: 372
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Stranger In Black It's just that in order to find one picture, you have to sift through the slideshow of other pictures to get to it. | I see ... well, you can always go directly to the main galleries where you have direct access to all the photos without slide shows.
The slide shows are a feature of the "highlight" pages (at least some of them), and we're going to be doing something different with those, in particular. There may be a slide show option on highlight pages, but it won't be the primary feature.
If you go to "view and shop" on the main menu from the home page, and then select the first option, you have access to all the galleries without slide shows. They're categorized by events, etc.
Thanks for the feedback. | |
| | |
04-23-2007, 09:32 PM
|
#9 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NH, US
Posts: 73
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Timacheff
Thanks for the feedback.
|
No really, thank you. I guess I never spent enough time looking at my options at that site. Do you have a favorite photo there?
__________________ "They are the Nazgul, Ringwraiths,neither living nor dead
...They will never stop hunting you." J.R.R. Tolkien; The Fellowship of the Ring | |
| | |
04-24-2007, 01:43 AM
|
#10 | | Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 10,177
| The (Dupree?) jump has got to be one of the coolest pics ever. | 
| | |
04-28-2007, 03:04 PM
|
#11 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NH, US
Posts: 73
| Well, I've done it. I finished the painting. I chose a picture from Flicker Shutter. I referenced the photo that you can find through this link: < http://flickershutter.com/Photo%20To...Gallery/73.htm>
I had some fun with this... You can veiw it below or veiw my complete gallary at stranger-in-black.deviantart.com
I'm still willing to see more photos, I'm always up for another fencing painting.
__________________ "They are the Nazgul, Ringwraiths,neither living nor dead
...They will never stop hunting you." J.R.R. Tolkien; The Fellowship of the Ring | |
| | |
04-28-2007, 03:42 PM
|
#13 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NH, US
Posts: 73
| Thanks, sionnach!
__________________ "They are the Nazgul, Ringwraiths,neither living nor dead
...They will never stop hunting you." J.R.R. Tolkien; The Fellowship of the Ring | |
| | |
04-28-2007, 04:25 PM
|
#14 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsauken, NJ
Posts: 8,951
| While Serge may or may not take issue with the OP painting, do be aware that you appear awfully close to, if not well beyond, the bounds of fair use under US copyright law.
Hard to imagine that recreating a photograph as a painting constitutes a sufficiently transformative work.
-B
__________________
"Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
| |
| | |
04-28-2007, 06:49 PM
|
#15 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 121
| Quote:
Originally Posted by KD5MDK The (Dupree?) jump has got to be one of the coolest pics ever. | It was Jon Tiomkin vs. some Russian in MFT for Bronze. | |
| | |
04-29-2007, 08:50 PM
|
#16 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 436
| Feel free to poke around in here. Most of them are from places in the Northeast division.
__________________
—The situation is hopeless, but not serious. | |
| | |
04-30-2007, 04:20 PM
|
#17 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Indiana, USA
Posts: 23
| Quote:
Originally Posted by oiuyt While Serge may or may not take issue with the OP painting, do be aware that you appear awfully close to, if not well beyond, the bounds of fair use under US copyright law.
Hard to imagine that recreating a photograph as a painting constitutes a sufficiently transformative work.
-B | i agree.
while "art" has some leeway, the easiest way to deal with that issue is to break out a camera of your own. :-) gives source material, plus it's also good for your fencing to watch for tells!
__________________
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. -- Winston Churchill | |
| | |
05-01-2007, 10:59 PM
|
#18 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NH, US
Posts: 73
| I understand all of this, and I do not indend to abuse any material I use, infact, I have never ever sold any art, and I don't even distribute them. I just create them for my own fun and personal pleasure.
And as I do take and have pictures taken at events, I'm not fencing at a level where these impressing poses take place. We're lucky to get a clear action photo.
So.. I hope I didn't step on any one's toes here, I don't mean anyone any harm.
__________________ "They are the Nazgul, Ringwraiths,neither living nor dead
...They will never stop hunting you." J.R.R. Tolkien; The Fellowship of the Ring | |
| | |
05-01-2007, 11:00 PM
|
#19 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NH, US
Posts: 73
| And thank you, mackillian, for the link.
__________________ "They are the Nazgul, Ringwraiths,neither living nor dead
...They will never stop hunting you." J.R.R. Tolkien; The Fellowship of the Ring | |
| | |
05-02-2007, 01:22 AM
|
#20 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsauken, NJ
Posts: 8,951
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Stranger In Black I understand all of this, and I do not indend to abuse any material I use, infact, I have never ever sold any art, and I don't even distribute them. I just create them for my own fun and personal pleasure. | Commerical benefit for you is just one of the dimensions that courts will look at. Not selling the art helps your position, but certainly does not guarantee you "fair use" protection.
Not distributing it helps tremendously. Then again, via your postings in this thread alone, you've already shown it not to be the case.
IANAL, and even if I were YMMV. Consider the above couple of messages more as a friendly reminder that there are laws which draw lines awfully close to where you are treading.
-B
__________________
"Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
| |
| | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:03 AM. |
