thankyou for all the wonderful comments during voting .. xx
I added the texture knowing it might get me some low votes .. but I liked it and felt it added to the 'ambience'..
just noticed the 2x3's and 2x4's ..
love to know the reason..
as a learning experience..
thinking it was the texture .. if so I'd be reluctant to use one again in a challenge ... or the heavy vignette .. which I personally felt added to the impact of the image ..
wish ppl would say why they don't like something .. altho I can sorta understand why they don't ..
it's easier to just give an anonymous low score .. than give an explanation ..
for me I don't give such low scores as i feel ppl deserve at least a 5 for entering a challenge ..
anyway I asked for a critique during voting .. be interesting to see what is said.. bearing in mind it's just an opinion ..
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It's funny. I think there are two schools of artists (probably more). A more classic style of artist; or a more edgy conceptual style. I've pondered it so often myself because I've had some of my photos selected for art gallery exhibits, but sometimes, the juror says, "No thanks", but when I look at what the juror gave thumbs up to, I think, "Whaaaa??????? Really?????" Likely, neither camp is going to appreciate the art of the other... so.... I'm thinking each artist should turn out work they love that makes them feel wonderful about their work... and just know that there will be some that don't appreciate it. That's the danger about entering contests like this... we end up suppressing our own style for a score, and sometimes the real artist inside us gets compromised or worse, silenced, in favor of winning. I have a friend who used to be very active here. She rarely made high scores, but she went on to become quite renown in the art community. She was represented by an art gallery, won tons of international and magazine competitions, and was asked to be a keynote speaker at some conferences. She also was asked to juror a competition at the art gallery that I've had my work shown. So... all that to say, I really think we should be true to ourselves, win or no, or risk losing that edge of excellence in the style we love and were created to turn out. That's my 2-cents worth of thought anyway.
This looks like a simple faux-tintype, but it's quite a bit more than that, isn't it? The extravagant vignette is perfect, but the reflected feet is the magic touch that elevates this photograph. Plus, especially when viewed as a thumbnail, it's an indignant face. Love it. 8. Thank you.
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