Most overphotographed locations?

[AlanW]

Can't remember where I read the article, it was some time ago, but the author suggested that if you were to gather together all the tourist photographs of the Eiffel Tower, the pile would probably be larger and weigh more than the object itself . . . but that shouldn't stop anyone taking another purely for themselves.

Stangely enough, I was flicking through a book (wish I could remember which one) in the library this afternoon and I came across a photograph of a crossroads in Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the background and I though 'what a nice shot' - but then it was taken by Lee Friedlander and looked similar to many of his taken on similar junctions in American towns . . . apart from the the afore mentioned tower. I suppose we all have some photographers whose work we never tire of

End of ramble.

[Dave_Cox]

Wouldn't matter to me - I bet that I could go to any of the aforementioned places and take a totally unrecognisable picture.....

[Norman]

And like David I would like to know where Buachaille Etive Mor is. Although if it's much further than the house opposite I might have to give it a miss.

It's a lot closer to you than me. Even so, Glencoe is my most favourite place in these Great British Isles.

[Zou]

So to take Nick's point further - are the places over photographed, or is it just that we have seen too many pics of the places, through looking at too many galleries/books/magazines?

[OneTen]

So to take Nick's point further - are the places over photographed, or is it just that we have seen too many pics of the places, through looking at too many galleries/books/magazines?

I think this is probably the case, for me anyway. I'll continue to photograph these places for as long as I continue to enjoy it. I don't force anyone to look at the photos though.

[Zou]

Come to think of it, maybe the problem is people who 'push' their pictures too much - posting them all over the place, submitting them to every stock archive they can. I had a look at Alamy the other day, there were loads of very average shots on there I thought. The weak stuff really waters down the good stuff, you have to go through several pages sometimes to find a really good image.

[/slightly off topic moan]

[Rhys]

How soon before HDR photography gets annoying??

[Mr_Geoff]

How soon before HDR photography gets annoying??

Too late!

[Rhys]

How soon before HDR photography gets annoying??

Too late!

Just downloaded Photomatix and the PS plugin... Hmm, Derwentwater eh?

[huwevans]

How soon before HDR photography gets annoying??

Too late!

Way, way, way too late! :-(

[Meredith]

How soon before HDR photography gets annoying??

It's annoying when it is obvious. If it is done well and is not obvious then it is fine.

[Dave_Cox]

How soon before HDR photography gets annoying??

Too late!

Way, way, way too late! :-(

Way, way, way, way, too late

[Brian]

And just to prove a point I made earlier.

[Bawbee]

How soon before HDR photography gets annoying??

Too late!

Way, way, way too late! :-(

Way, way, way, way, too late

What's HDR photography

[Fen]

I was going to suggest Ashness Bridge, but it looks like Huw got there before me

[Fen]

Not that I got any photos of it myself when I was there a few days ago...

[JDCB]

Just wondering which locations you think have been done to death. Even better, if you know of any unique angles or creative variations on the norm, please share.

Interesting. My own photographs are purely intended to give me future pleasure of memory, so I'm not fussed at all how many other people have photographed the scene. Sometimes, I may look at others' images and very often pick out improvements they exhibit over my own photographs at a technical level, and I enjoy learning from that. But I always prefer one of my own pictures - even if it is completely rubbish - to someone else's image of the same scene. The enjoyment comes in recalling other non-visual emotions or feelings that only my photograph can inspire in me.

James

[AGW]

Been there....done that...


Graeme

[Rhys]

Before ploughing through all of the replies so far, I would suggest The Queen's View looking over Loch Tummel.

Funnily enough I've just been to a mates house before they go to Fort Bill for a holl, they were showing us some pics of there last outing on their laptop - guess what the desktop wallpaper was?? And to cap it off, they had a calendar of Scotland in their kitchen - and guess what the picture on that was for this month?? Hmmm.. No pics of Buachaille Etive Mor though

[AlanW]

Thinking again about the Lee Friedlander photo . . . . . I think the reason I like it so much is because it includes the Eiffel Tower rather than being a photograph of the Tower itself and that's what make the difference.

Two of my Eiffel Tower pictures . . . . .