Rannoch Moor....why bother?

GreyMoonRising

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19 Nov 2008 - 1:52 PM

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Is there any point in most of us (myself included) going all the way up there to Rannoch Moor and surrounding areas only to come home with the same, same, same old images that have been done over and over again. I mean I can see the same Photograph of that shrub of a tree on the island by the hundreds on this site alone?

It's little more than copying everyone elses work by those who went there before us. There are times when I could quite happily cut that tree down and throw it in the water (not that I would of course)

I know they are some who will say it's worth the visit at least once but at least try something new once you go there.

Here is the point...Rannoch moor is not worth the effort of going all that way and doing the same old shots, just buy yourself some of postcards of it and save yourself the time you will never get back not to mention messing up our planet with the petrol fumes we use getting there.

(or we can try something original)

strawman (e2 Member)

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19 Nov 2008 - 2:09 PM

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Cary on Peter your self argument is very interesting. But is your post creative, or one that has been gone over so many times it is better to resurrect and old thread and let people argue for ever on a non-resolvable topic?

GreyMoonRising

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19 Nov 2008 - 2:17 PM

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Excuse me I'm just off to get some more petrol for the fire, the clever ones seem to have turned up....

Maddie (e2 Member)

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19 Nov 2008 - 2:17 PM

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Well.... i for one havn't had the weather i would like to get the shots i am happy with, its a beautiful place, so what if others have been there before.

Alot of us go to combine meeting with friends and having a laugh and a drink, which makes the travelling worth the while and as there has just been a meet in Scotland there are bound to be more than the fair share of Rannoch Moor photos on site at the moment.

Good luck with fighting your shadow!

JamesBurns

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19 Nov 2008 - 2:20 PM

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Aaaaah...

A slightly more original take on the "nobody votes for my photo's" thread...

Maddie (e2 Member)

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19 Nov 2008 - 2:24 PM

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shame its not Nikon, i may have been interested

Pete (ePHOTOzine Staff)

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19 Nov 2008 - 2:28 PM

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Well as I'm down as clever one here's a thought...people have mentioned this topic time and time again...maybe not as many as have photographed the tree but plenty all the same. So rather than post the same topic again (read photograph), why not look at the old ones (read buy the postcard), or talk about something different
I've never been to Rannoch Moor I want to and I WILL photograph the same scenes, but I will also travel around and look for other locations. My thinking is that's been done by many too and I'm guessing there are not that many spectacular scenes...I may be wrong, but we have many talented photographers on here and if anyone could have got good pics from different viewpoints they would have by now. Maybe there's a challenge. the most unusual shot from the area?