Timeline for Are questions about scientific photography on topic?
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| Jul 25, 2018 at 8:12 | comment | added | mattdm | @Scott Citation is experience with these types of questions on the site already. I'll add some comments on your question to address the specifics there. | |
| Jul 24, 2018 at 21:32 | comment | added | Him | "the more they will either drift away from photography (bad for the site) or away from anything relevant to the asker (also bad!)" {{citation needed}}. | |
| Jul 24, 2018 at 21:29 | comment | added | Him | "which you don't care about" - this is patently untrue. The entire reason for coming here is because I would like to take quality photographs, and am unsure how to do so, or even exactly what "quality" means in terms of a photograph. | |
| Jul 24, 2018 at 21:27 | comment | added | Him | I'm confused. All of the experiment-stuff that I want to do, I understand, and do not need help with. It is strictly the photographic elements which I need assistance with. Possibly my question is poorly worded exactly because I am not a seasoned photographer. What edits would you suggest to make the question more photography-esque? | |
| Jul 24, 2018 at 21:24 | comment | added | mattdm | Your specific question is quite borderline. But instead of editing it to put it squarely on the photographic aspect (which you don't care about), you added some clearly-disengenious fluff. But again, it's not the fluff that matters. | |
| Jul 24, 2018 at 21:21 | comment | added | mattdm | And the fact that scientists are not generally interested in the photograph for its own sake is actually a key reason most of these questions are off topic — because the photographic result isn't of real importance to the asker, the more detailed responses get, the more they will either drift away from photography (bad for the site) or away from anything relevant to the asker (also bad!) | |
| Jul 24, 2018 at 21:16 | comment | added | mattdm | Yeah — and it's the photograph part that's on topic. If there isn't a photograph part, it's not on topic — even if a camera is used. (Similarly, questions on which consumer camera is best for driving nails into wood are off-topic.) | |
| Jul 24, 2018 at 21:06 | comment | added | Him | What do you mean by "the intended result is a scientific photograph"? In general, science is about testing hypotheses via experiments. Part of those experiments may involve taking photographs. However, the intended result of a photograph, from a scientist's perspective, is almost certainly not a photograph. They intend to use that photograph for some other end. For example, a scientist may wish to use high-speed photography to test a hypothesis about the way a horse runs | |
| Jul 24, 2018 at 20:24 | history | answered | mattdm | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
