What Makes a Great Picture? - National Geographic

12 years 10 months ago - 11 years 1 month ago #107263 by PhotographyTalk


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12 years 10 months ago #107280 by Johnnie
Excellent video! .. :judge: .. thanks for sharing!!


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12 years 10 months ago #107283 by devils fan
Thank you for sharing. Those were amazing photos. I love how they describe each one.


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12 years 10 months ago #107294 by Stealthy Ninja
Awesome photos. Makes you wonder how much crap they had to wade through to see those. LOL
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12 years 10 months ago #107318 by KevinA65
:goodpost: ......... Thanks for sharing..
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12 years 10 months ago #107468 by Happy Hour

Stealthy Ninja wrote: Awesome photos. Makes you wonder how much crap they had to wade through to see those. LOL



:agree: you know that had to been job in itself!

Good video :judge:


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12 years 10 months ago #107648 by Pettigrew
That was a good video to watch :judge:

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12 years 10 months ago #107655 by Augphoto
:agree: :goodpost: Thanks for sharing this excellent video.

Thought I noticed a couple of my shots there!! Well . . . maybe not.


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12 years 10 months ago #107672 by The Time Capturer
I love the Christmas frog. Reminded me of ET's finger.

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12 years 10 months ago #107810 by Kid Prodigy
So has anyone had their work published by National Geographic?

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12 years 10 months ago #108445 by Prago
:judge: That was good. They make so many good points as to what makes a good photo.

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12 years 8 months ago #131158 by pkelly001
Their analysis of the composition of these shots is absolutely spot on and resonated with me for each one. And Kid Prodigy, don't we all wish that? That would be the ultimate for me........


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12 years 8 months ago #131162 by chasrich
I missed this video last month. Thanks for bumping this up. :judge: :agree:

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12 years 8 months ago - 12 years 8 months ago #131209 by Ol Hippie
Great video, some real good thoughts as well, thanks. B)

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12 years 5 months ago #180901 by nazardhiab
:goodpost: Thanks for the video.

PhotographyTalk wrote: Such a remarkable video to watch and listen as a couple National Geographic editors go through various photos and point out their strengths and what made that photo so special.

Enjoy!


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