Never said there was anything "wrong" with such photos, just that they have been done time and time again, and that something different, perhaps outside the realm of more normal or common panorama subjects (or even more common subjects treated differently) might make for an interesting challenge - get some people to think outside the box, look at the things around them differently ...
In part my comment stems from a show I saw, or perhaps it was a magazine story, in which the photographer went to the home of his deceased grandmother and photographed many small items (a hair brush, a doily, items on a dresser, etc.) in close-up, showing lots of detail. It was a stunning compilation, and perhaps showed more about the photographer's grandmother than wider, more inclusive photos could have done. The result was a wonderful portrait of the grandmother that, IMO, could not have been produced with a more conventional approach. Shel > [Original Message] > From: David Savage > I see your point, but what's wrong with photos that just document a > scene? Thanks to Marks, recent shot (as an example) I now know what > Pittsburgh looks like. And I find that kind of thing interesting.
