Un/original

 RANTING ON

EVERY SINGLE TIME (so in about every 6 months when I work up the courage and I am able to get through my laziness), when it comes to submitting my photos to a certain photo contest and I go through my photographs to pick one or two to send in, I have to realize  (and get frustrated about) how UNORIGINAL my pictures are. Seriously, they could not get any more commercial than this. It's like I was taking the most boring, most cliche-ish photos intentionally, like I was in the run for the most unoriginal amateur photographer ever. Well, congratulations to me, cause' I won the big prize, no doubt about that. 

I just wish that this phase of my photography "career" (*caugh*caugh*) would be over, and I moved on to less cliche-ish compositions already. 

Tonight is the deadline for submitting photos to this contest. Since it's about Budapest and it's both for amateurs and professionals, I thought I would  send in a few, cross my fingers and hope that I get lucky. I have just scanned through my photoblog looking for a photo that shows a new, underground-ish side of Budapest. Obviously, there's no such thing among  my photos. Surprize, surprize. I really really should start digging deeper and shoot more people. (I mean with my camera.)

Until then, I will just have to submit totally unoriginal photos, just for the hell of it.

RANTING OFF.

PS: This is my photoblog. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to share that with me. The deadline is midnight, and I can submit as many as 10 photographs.

PPS: You can look at already submitted photos here. There are some very creative ones. 


UPDATE:
I've just looked through all 1223 (as of now) submitted photos. (Yes, I do like spending hours looking at photos.) Apparently, I am not the only one who takes most of her photos of buildings, landscapes, or totally unoriginal compositions. 


Photographs and/or photographers whose work I like the most (in no particular order)
http://indafoto.hu/Baloghz (these are exceptional. should be in National Geographic Magazine!)
http://indafoto.hu/torobala
http://indafoto.hu/ZoltanPek
http://indafoto.hu/zoliologia
http://indafoto.hu/Bolla_Laszlo
http://indafoto.hu/dismay
http://indafoto.hu/yan
http://indafoto.hu/bigjoe001/image/11768199-98afbedc/gyujtemeny/1005
http://indafoto.hu/zati/image/11115395-93c8fe0b/gyujtemeny/1005
http://indafoto.hu/imolafoto/image/12761589-b0322588/user
http://indafoto.hu/mst/image/12659255-b6c3282b/user
http://indafoto.hu/popcornplayah/image/1490461-9393627e/gyujtemeny/1005


UPDATE #2:
In the end I dedided to submit these photos:
http://indafoto.hu/cziffraandi
Now wish me luck.:)