Very helpful, Bob! Exactly the kind of advice I was hoping for!
Thanks! I will look at cropping more.
Tina
On Sunday, May 10, 2015, Bob Benson <bob.benson91@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tina, I read with interest your concern about folks not looking at your
> photos . no . folks not responding to your photos. I always look and
> appreciate but I haven't responded.
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> However, I hope you will consider keeping on with posting, it's so helpful
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> I find two basic reasons to comment/respond. One is technical: focus,
> color balance, all the things we can control/adjust in the photo. I am not
> qualified to do this as I am so far behind everyone on this list in terms
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> technical capabilities.
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> The second, however, is the "art" quality. I look at each from the
> perspective: "would this image look well on the art gallery wall?" . and
> what is it that would make it better for this. In this area, I find that
> this becomes a view of the photographer/artist . every one of us has a
> different ideal image, a set of standards we think about as we do our own
> work, and consequently how we look at others' work.
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> This is of course a two-edged sword. We can look / comment based on our
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> approach, but of course, that would be different from yours.
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> Nevertheless, I'll start doing so in the hopes it is of interest to you.
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> So in this particular recent collection ..
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/cuba
> <http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/cuba&page=30> &page=30 . the "view from
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> malecon" is my candidate . but illustrates the basis for my remark. I want
> simplicity, particularly eliminating background as a distraction to the
> image. So even for my candidate, I would crop significantly, putting the
> fellow on the left. I would crop all these images perhaps to 2/3 of the
> image.
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> But . this is only my perspective. Hope it's helpful.
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