siddiq@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Oooh, I do quite like that one--unusually, since Moose's style doesn't click
> with me, most of the time. Hope you don't mind my frankness
>
Not in the least. Tastes vary.
If you were to do a correlation of images posted on the list and my
responses, you would find certain types that I seldom ever comment on.
When I do, it will likely be about technical ways to enhance them, where
I see what appears to me to be a way to improve the photographer's
presentation of the subject that he/she has chosen, rather than comment
on content/composition.
I know some of my favorite subjects aren't everyone's cup of tea. I
certainly wonder sometimes why I continue to shot the same things over
and over again. Flowers are an example. I continue to shoot many of the
same ones I shot last year, and the year before and the decade before,
and so on. Yes, overall technical quality has improved over the decades,
mostly with equipment improvements, and a little due to technique.
But the real reason is very simple. I enjoy it. Spending an hour or few
shooting at a garden, then the evening browsing through the images just
makes me feel happy. I can't think of a better reason. Nor do I need to
know why. Endless, to me repetitive, images of flying machines just bore
me. A few, carefully chosen images with interesting color, composition,
etc, where photographic values predominate, nice. A gallery full of d
planes flying or languishing in museums? Nah. But I imagine others find
taking and viewing them as enjoyable as as I do with flowers and other
images of nature.
I imagine those of your shots that are records of social interaction
have a similar appeal to you. I have a perfectly nice time wandering
through all or part of a gallery of them, but don't find they generally
speak to me.
But then some of your found architectural and other set pieces I find
quite engaging.
> (your posts are always good reading, however).
>
Thanks!
Moose
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