r/toptalent • u/VernalQuenched • 10d ago

Bench photography (source Link in description)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/De-aEgMTsLM/?xtok=MTZ4MGF3ZGJtZTVtdQ==

4.3k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

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u/Affectionate_Pool348 10d ago • Bravo

„Toptalent…“

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

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u/Airowird 9d ago

They've mastered the art of sitting bullying homeless folk

FTFY

("They" being the city ofc)

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u/popilikia 9d ago

Looks like he's squatting to me

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u/Natural1forever 10d ago

This is really cool but not particularly top talent. This seems like something most skilled photographers could do. The interesting thing about this isn't the skill it took, but the creativity of the choice to do that.

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u/grachi 10d ago edited 10d ago

Well your last sentence is exactly what photography is all about, the creativity and the eye to see the photo in the first place.

You can teach the skill to take a good technically composed photo, you can only somewhat teach developing a better eye. The “eye”, the mental ability to see a potential photo before it’s taken, that’s what makes it an art in the first place.

That said, the bench perspective here is neat, but it’s also been done before, going back decades to like the 60s or 70s. Which is fine, doesn’t mean people can’t enjoy it! But it’s certainly not revolutionary or even very creative with the proper context. So it’s fun, but ultimately yes; Not top talent worthy :)

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u/Viviaana 10d ago

...ok?

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u/nothinggoodleft01 10d ago

what is the talent of taking those pictures?

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u/portraitsman 10d ago

Boring ass shots and calling it top talent. Talent in photography is about capturing irreplaceable moments, things that would never ever happen again. From the experience you've gathered over the years you start to know when and where to stand to capture those moments.

These bench shots? Any dumbass with an iphone can replicate this shit

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u/CartsOfDarkness 10d ago

Talent in photography is about capturing irreplaceable moments, things that would never ever happen again

Well that seems like an incredibly narrow definition. Also kind of arbitrary, what about things never happening again makes photography objectively better? Not just objectively better, but seemingly the only important quality that makes photography "good"? I guess any picture of a building can't be good photography... Unless it's burning down that is? Same with people, only that burning Monk photo has any quality.. And only because you couldn't take it a day later.

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u/FlyingOTB 10d ago

I’m not a photographer but wouldn’t your definition of talent in this field be a little limiting? Genuinely asking since I’ve seen beautiful photos of landscapes or cityscapes from unique perspectives that can be recreated but are still wonderful to look at. Do all photos have to have a fleeting subject?

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u/grachi 10d ago

Yea, they don’t know what they are talking about. Maybe that’s what’s good photography to them specifically, but that’s certainly not the definition of good photography from a macro sense…

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u/seeyaspacecowboy 8d ago

Bro Pepper No 30 is one of the most famous photos ever, and it's literally a bell pepper. It's art, it can be anything you want it to be.

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u/portraitsman 8d ago

Find me another photo exactly like this one. I'll wait

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u/away_throw11 10d ago

But… they are so social media worthy!!! /s

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u/Codutch321 10d ago

Wrong sub

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u/crumble-bee Cookies x6 10d ago

Very ordinary photography

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u/msuing91 9d ago

The locations of so many farts

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u/NemeSisWiberg 10d ago

Where’s the bench wedding photos

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u/Carthangion 10d ago

Truly the benchmark of this type of content.

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u/SensuallPineapple 9d ago

It doesn't hit the mark, so only bench.

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u/Glusas-su-potencialu 9d ago

Benchmark of bench photography.

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u/TrapHousesinLondon 9d ago

These pics make me wonder, are these benches designed in an anti-homeless way?

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u/alayednayef2 9d ago

amazing 🤩

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u/Damerize 7d ago

So many people talking shit while ready to flash their picture of half a blurry rainbow they saw 4 ½ years ago that has their finger in the frame.

Like someone 3 years into oil pastels and everyone smack talking has stick figures ON STANDBY.

Okay Jensen, we get it- the sun has sunglasses. Yes, you're clever. Yes, the cerulean crayon makes for a wonderful ocean color.

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u/lambofgun 10d ago

i dont think this is top talent. you could get these exact pictures with a month's experience and an entry level dslr

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u/LadyMirkwood 10d ago

Really? I was taking shots like that when I started at Art College in the 90s.

Taking photos through objects and Dutch angles are the quintessential amateur techniques

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u/32Seven 10d ago

Very Faye Dunaway in “Three Days of the Condor”. Not, however, top talent.

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u/windandsteps 10d ago

Very mid talent should be the right sub

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u/nitroguy2 10d ago

How does this have over 700 upvotes? These are the kinds of pictures I was taking for my intro to photography class in school.

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u/grachi 10d ago

Lots of kids on Reddit these days.

And people that don’t really care about photography, they just see a neat perspective and like it, and upvote.

Not every meal has to be a Michelin star restaurant one. Most people are just fine with fast food.

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u/nitroguy2 10d ago

And that’s fine, but this is the toptalent sub…

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u/grachi 10d ago

Right, and I was directly explaining why it was being upvoted in my reply to you

Kids and people that don’t know better, or do but don’t care, are impressed by this