Hey, Tim. Based on your "rant" and "semi rant" it would seem that you are totally emotionally attached to this photo and because of that I will not comment further on it or other parts of this series.
To me, as part of offering an image to the public for critique, letting go of your feelings and looking at it objectively is important. I don't get emotionally attached to any of the pictures I request critique on. It makes it soooo much easier to send them to the bit bucket when they don't work and doesn't hurt when someone tells me it's crap (for the record I've never called anyone's images crap but my own). The ONLY pictures I get emotional about are pictures of my kids and family. Of course, I don't offer those for critique unless I think something is artfully done or whatever. But in that case, I'm taking the critique on the artistry, not the subject. I'm not saying being emotional about a subject has no place in this. No, on the contrary, having a passion for a subject, genre, or style is very important in creating good images. I just don't get attached to the images after the shutter is closed. Now, let's answer a questions you posed to me: > I'm a bit curious: Let us say that this was a street photography. Some > guys > lighting a sigarette, at a rainy windy evening. Would you then have > responded saying this is not good photography because it is out fokus? No, and my record will show that I don't think critical focus is neccessary in this genre. Ask frank or godders or ann or Paul (but mostly frank :-) ). I've responded positively to many of their images (and others) that weren't super sharp. Because those pictures didn't need to be in my opinion. In other genres (architecture, landscape and static animals) I expect SOMETHING to be in focus. > I can imagine you saying you don't like it. But that's another thing. Ok... what's that supposed to mean? That I'm a one-dimensional bird guy and can't appreciate other subjects and styles? I personally suck at street photography and don't "get" it sometimes, but I can appreciate these images when I see something that appeals to me. > One more thing. I can't go back to reshoot. At least not until next year. It > is very unlikely I will have similar weather condition and the same birds > there until next march. And if those who wants to "devellop the area" gets > their way. Then the birds will not be there at all. This windy shore will be > history. I'm sorry to hear that. You seem like a nice guy, Tim, and one day I hope to visit the ol' home country again and shoot some birds with you, maybe on that rocky, wind-wept shore. (asbestos suit: check!) :-) -- Christian (mostly Norwegian) http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
