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Would I be outta line in pointing out that the photos of Wentwong, Allen, and Ray Wilson contain zero texture or detail in the shadows? Maybe this was intentional. As long as it's not an oversight. If it is bad manners to comment this way in a W/NW thread please accept my apologies.

Wish I could see the Bodie shot larger, even oversized.

I don't think so Kent, you're polite and all. And Allens photo is cool, i'd like to just see the bottom half though, as i think the top half distracts from a great relection shot!

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Kent: Sorry about that. I always have trouble posting pics here and this time I just over-did the reduction. Sooner or later I?ll figure out the balance.

 

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I bet in the slide there is great texture in those bricks that you could print if you learn Photoshop a little better. The print looks soft but I'm betting the slide is sharp. What say you?

Yes... The scan is a bit soft, but the original slide is tack sharp. One of these days I'll rescan it and sharpen it up a bit. I do have Photoshop, but I don't use it enough to know how to get the full benefit out of it just yet.

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Travis, very cool photo, here's Main St., Santa Monica, CA

 

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Travis: I like the shot very much. The composition is perfect.

Wentwong - would you be willing to say what about the composition in Travis's shot is perfect? To say it's good is a friendly thing to say but, as a reader, I can't follow you because you have given no line of reasoning. "Criticism is about making arguments not pronouncements."

Please help me understand Travis' shot better. What I see (make that almost see) is two unrelated people doing nothing interesting in a print that is so under-exposed that there is zero detail in either figure. I am irritated that I can't even read the sign. There is no story for me to grab onto, no interesting visible body language or even any significant action. What am I missing? What is "cool" about this photo? <BR><BR>

 

I don't want to inflame the page but it seems to me, in relation to photos in this forum, people say either nothing or something equivalent to "great shot." To be told nothing about your photo is kind of a snub. 4973 people visit your photo and 2 people say something. I guess it means the viewer didn't like your shot. But maybe they just didn't want to take the time to feedback or maybe they are a dolt. Or maybe they don't consider you a friend and therefore deserving of your reaction. I want to be loyal to good photographs here not personalities. Possibly their disapproval has as little to back it up as those who rave about it. And just possibly it's a bad shot but you can't tell which it is or why. To be told great shot is also no help even if it is supportive. As a reader or a photographer submitting pictures how can I use this lack of information to improve?

If you'd rather I not raise these issues please tell me and I'll desist. Your silence speaks volumes. The very people I reach out to are silent in return. I don't think I know the regional rules or how to play whatever the game is going on here.