Your first submission ... please please please don't be put off by the majority of voters - this is a place where shiny designer photos do very well, and the intersting stuff tends to get hidden beneath that.
We need more people here with your sensibility of light and composition.
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Thanks so much. I appreciate the encouragement. I'm not put off at all. It's an art form and to each his own set of sensibilities and tastes. I'm pretty stubborn about the way I like to show things - and I am certain I will learn a lot here about the technical aspects of what I want to do without sacrificing, at all, any of my artistic goals. There are some stunningly good photographers in the halls. I'm pretty gratified that a few folks liked it a lot.
Catherine, so this was your picture! IMHO it should have scored a lot higher. It's just beautiful. Pictures like yours tend to score a bit lower at this site, I'm guessing it's because people don't take (or don't have) the time to look slowly, but maybe it's something else. Who knows.
Thanks. Sometimes I find the beauty of things is not so much in their whole but in some of their most unlikely, and sometimes minute, parts and actions. Photography is so cool to me because I can show those parts. Of course, it does leave a lot of people scratching their heads and saying "what the HECK is that?" Those are usually my favorite shots :)
Catherine, so this was your picture! IMHO it should have scored a lot higher. It's just beautiful. Pictures like yours tend to score a bit lower at this site, I'm guessing it's because people don't take (or don't have) the time to look slowly, but maybe it's something else. Who knows.
Your first submission ... please please please don't be put off by the majority of voters - this is a place where siny designer photos do very well, and the intersting stuff tends to get hidden beneath that.
We need more people here with your sensibility of light and composition.
Thoughtfully presented, and intriguing use of DOF to blur wat one would expect to be the real strength of this shot. I like the way it moves from a believable world - the texture of the in focus glass/metal - to the purely abstract over on the left; and the colours are good. The detail of that hook pulls far too much attention I think - oh, it's the edge of the filament, isn't it? - not convinced it should only have been partially shown, not sure what that achieves.
Wow! What is this? Whatever it is, it's beautiful! The red object in front looks like a lightbulb, and if I turn sideways, it looks like it might be inside a lamp. Wonderful picture. ~10
Very abstract. The light bulb, the light coming thru the lightbulb coloring the rough surface... Wish there were less refections in the glass of the bulb, but they aren't very distracting. Beyond the colors and textures I don't get a lot on "meaning." 7
I really like what you've done here. It took me a second or two to figure it out, but it was worth it. Nice color and composition. I also like the texture that's here. 9
Points for the book... Very interesting composition and colours. I'll be interested to know what the background is. I like the little bit of grainyness in the shot. The more I look at this image the more I like it. 9
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