fullauto Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 QUESTION ABOUT ETHICS This test only has one question, but it's a very important one. By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally. The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision. Remember that your answer needs to be honest, yet spontaneous. Please scroll down slowly and give due consideration to each line. You are in Florida, Miami to be specific. There is chaos all around you, caused by a hurricane, with severe flooding. This is a flood of biblical proportions. You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster. The situation is nearly hopeless. You're trying to shoot career-making photos. There are houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water. Nature is unleashing all of its destructive fury. Suddenly you see a woman in the water. She is fighting for her life, trying not to be taken down with the debris. You move closer? Somehow the woman looks familiar. You suddenly realize who it is It's Hillary Clinton! At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take her under forever. You have two options--you can save the life of Hillary Clinton, or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the death of one of the world's most powerful women. So here's the question, and please give an honest answer: Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go with the classic simplicity of black and white??? Quote Liberals... Saving the world one semester at a time "I'm not a racist... I'm a realist! And if you don't know the difference, You're an Idiot!" -- Fullauto Present - 1. (Noun) The point that divides disappointment from hope
eisanbt Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 Shooting it in colour would be most prudent. Since you've no time to play with the lighting effects of black and white you may as well just go for broke and take a colour shot because it can always be converted to B&W if you so wish later on. Quote http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html "It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards" -Lewis Carroll
hugo Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 I would probably not be thinking of the future rewards and just go with my gut reaction of jumping in and pushing her head underwater. Quote The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison
manicmonday Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 I would probably not be thinking of the future rewards and just go with my gut reaction of jumping in and pushing her head underwater. This is probabley the funniest things I've seen you write. I would take a color pic. I would want a good angle though, like one in the air where you could see her swirling around. With her hand out for help. Angle is always key. Quote The dick has no conscience and the heart has no rational abilities.
ParasiteGod Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 I would shoot a color photo. I'll even explain why. <noonecares> By taking a color photo, I have the option of switching over to black and white later. This is practical, as there is a time and place for color as well as grayscale. Also, in the event I decided to convert the picture to grayscale, I could use photoshops many tools to choose between grayscales. What if the red channel looks better than the green channel? What if a simple desturation works best? Hell, I could even do a Warholesque piece. Color photos are simply more versatile. </noonecares> Quote I want to report a double murder. If you go one mile east on Columbus Parkway to the public park, you will find kids in a brown car. They were shot with a 9mm Luger. I also killed those kids last year. Good bye Brooks, I like you. Now get out of here. Go home.
RoyalOrleans Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 The classic simplicity of black and white describes death much better than color. Because death is the only certainty. Black and white are the only certain colors on the chart. Life is too much like the other colors; too many variations and not enough clarity. Quote To be the Man, you've got to beat the Man. - Ric Flair Everybody knows I'm known for dropping science.
slip_knot Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 This is probabley the funniest things I've seen you write. It gave me a giggle-fit too. Quote
manicmonday Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 The classic simplicity of black and white describes death much better than color. Because death is the only certainty. Black and white are the only certain colors on the chart. Life is too much like the other colors; too many variations and not enough clarity. Getting a little poetic on us RO. Is there something you need to tell us:cool: Quote The dick has no conscience and the heart has no rational abilities.
TheJenn88 Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 Assuming I had enough time to frame the photo and make it dramatic, black and white. Something about a photo of that magnitiude lacking colour .. shows the lacking of life, it seems. It's a much better depiction of "the end." Quote
OmegaManiac Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 I have found that the true quality of a great moment is often lost by someone trying to catch it on film. To truely absorbe and apreciate the beauty of the scene one must put down the camera and just enjoy the wonders of natural destruction. Then maybe I would paint it from memory later. Quote
Gallytuck Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 If I had any ethics whatsoever I would not have become a photo-journalist. Quote
ParasiteGod Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 Or any kind of journalist, for that matter. Quote I want to report a double murder. If you go one mile east on Columbus Parkway to the public park, you will find kids in a brown car. They were shot with a 9mm Luger. I also killed those kids last year. Good bye Brooks, I like you. Now get out of here. Go home.
jokersarewild Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 Here's what I would do: Wait until Hillary drowns. Find some water about gut-deep and take a picture of myself with my arm under the water like I am drowning someone. Then, I would write a story for my paper titled: Journalist Saves New York By Drowning Witch. Oh, and the photo would be in color. Quote RoyalOrleans is my real dad!
builder Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 Why are you people so antagonistic towards your future President? The diebold machines haven't even voted her in yet. Quote Persevere, it pisses people off.
snafu Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 Reading the question line by line and being a slow reader my first instinct was I was going to save the person. Until I saw it was Hillary. Because this would be a Kodak moment I would take the color film. Quote "You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller NEVER FORGOTTEN
manicmonday Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 Why are you people so antagonistic towards your future President? The diebold machines haven't even voted her in yet. Just a matter of time. She's screwing the right person in Congress, not being too controversial and unfortunetly she won't be the first woman as President. She will just be the first person who wears skirts in public. Hopefully she will wear them long enough to hide her balls. Quote The dick has no conscience and the heart has no rational abilities.
builder Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 Just a matter of time. She's screwing the right person in Congress, not being too controversial and unfortunetly she won't be the first woman as President. She will just be the first person who wears skirts in public. Hopefully she will wear them long enough to hide her balls. Will said skirt be on the auction block, covered in suspicious stains? Quote Persevere, it pisses people off.
manicmonday Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 Will said skirt be on the auction block, covered in suspicious stains? No Billy Bob sleeps with the help, not his wife. Quote The dick has no conscience and the heart has no rational abilities.
builder Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 No Billy Bob sleeps with the help, not his wife. No wonder Hillary has visions of running a country. She hasn't managed to achieve success in any other corner of her vicarious life. Quote Persevere, it pisses people off.
ImWithStupid Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 Color, black and white, digital, and for good measure, if time allows, I'd take a Poloroid just in case.(video would be nice also) Quote
Kryptonite Man Posted April 24, 2006 Posted April 24, 2006 I'd go with color, AFTER I personally drown the Clinton witch. insert evil laughter Quote I'm a liberal's worst nightmare. A black man with a brain!
snafu Posted May 4, 2006 Posted May 4, 2006 I hope the bitch gets a splinter up her ass riding that fence all the time. Quote "You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller NEVER FORGOTTEN
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