Should we expect better?

[ChasG]

I am disappointed in the quality of the photographs used to illustrate the news.
The Daily Mail regularly uses the same photographs over and over again which are in my opinion poor.
I am not sure if I am allowed to post their pictures and point out that this is the copyright of The Daily Mail:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/22/article-2565409-19E90D25000005DC-330_634x455.jpg

Surely they could have straightened this as it is not news merely a stock photo.

Comments invited.

Staff Edit - image broken to link

 

[Pookeyhead]

Why straighten it? Would that not just make it boring? Why a new photo? Westminster Palace has looked like since 1840 or so... it hardly needs updating

 

[Gary Coyle]

It is a pretty poor representation though, i would have thought Getty might invest in a tilt/shift lens

 

[Steve]

We had this debate a few months ago and someone 'corrected' the above photo in PS....looked a million times worse.

Although maybe extreme here, I have a fondness for converging verticals.

 

[simonblue]

This subject come up so many times,in this day and age with so much work done by freelances,if you feel you can do better jump on the boat

 

[Alastair]

if I am allowed to post their pictures and point out that this is the copyright of The Daily Mail:

You could.. or you could spot the AFP/Getty watermark and realise it's not copyright the Daily Fail. Maybe you were distracted by the converging verticals?

 

[Metal God]

I would be a little careful copying Getty's images if I were you. They have a reputation of being extremely litigious when it comes to unauthorised use of their images....

 

[Pookeyhead]

It is a pretty poor representation though, i would have thought Getty might invest in a tilt/shift lens

If you want it straight yes. However.. a tilt shift wouldn't have helped being so close to the buildings. That would be touch and go with 5x4 straightening that from so close.

I think it adds a little dynamism to what would otherwise just be yet another boring tourist shot. It's not a brilliant image though, no. Straightening it would just make it even more boring than it already is IMO.

 

[StephenM]

I think it's an excellent and highly meaningful image. The message leaps out loud and clear to me at least - I read it as saying that Parliament is crooked....

 

[Pookeyhead]

I think it's an excellent and highly meaningful image. The message leaps out loud and clear to me at least - I read it as saying that Parliament is crooked....

He he...

 

[PMN]

Should we expect better? I guess not as I don't really see a problem to start with. News images are just that - news, the Daily Mail isn't an art gallery!

 

[tijuana taxi]

I am disappointed with the Daily Mail being a hateful ultra right wing piece of trash

 

[Pookeyhead]

Well said.

 

[Danger_MouseUK]

Looks to me the type of image you'd get from google street view style car cameras.

 

[Jayst84]

Obviously a deliberate choice by the photographer. More interesting than standing in the same tourist spot and waiting for a red bus to go past too.

See here: http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/has-the-indy-sacked-its-snappers.504978/#post-5801734

 

[ernesto]

I am disappointed with the Daily Mail being a hateful ultra right wing piece of trash

Exactly. The quality of the photos in the Daily Mail is the last thing I would be concerned about with that publication. The only thing more worrying than the Daily Mail itself is the online version and the comments posted from the readers.

 

[Gary Coyle]

To be fair to the Mail, they do pay on time.