French Village

Nice composition and excellent detail,very nice work

Terrific! Great colors. Three "3"s - geesh! I must be missing something!

You're right Tony. This absolutely does not deserve 3's.

Johny, I love the symmetry and bright colors in this shot which help to evoke a pastoral element. Absolutely beautiful flowers along the rail and the old beaten down steps anchor the overall scene quite nicely. I suppose people are put off by the saturation or lack of defined subject but those are both things that I feel help to make this image as good as it is. Keep up the stunning work.

Best regards,

Stan.

Thank you all for the gracious inputs ..... I noticed that I got some very high ratings and some low ones... I think the reason for this is that some people just do not like the oversaturated  photos like this one ... I deliberately did that to bring out the richness of the place... it gives it sort of a painterly look which is what I wanted.... I was not trying to get the REAL documentary look here, but a more sureal feeling ......  as I said it isnt everyones cup of tea but that is the beauty of art - very subjective - makes life interesting...

cheers

johny

Ok so I understand everyone has an opinion and photos are a matter of taste.  However, I really do not understand why this got 2 votes of 3 rating... I notice that no matter how good a photo is.. and I am not talking about just mine.... anyone... most of them end up with 3's ... I have seen photos that got 10 ratings of 6 and 7 and then almost always there is 3 ...

I would love to have some of these people leave a comment as to WHY they rated it a 3.  SO YES I want to learn and improve using constructive criticism.  Rating someone a 3 is not helpful when the over whelming concensus is that they  love the photo.  I really love to hear WHY ... I might go OH I SEE... never thought of that ... as I said my purpose for submitting on this site is TO LEARN.. I want to get better...

I learn more from constructive criticism then from praise... but getting a 3 without telling me why dont help at all.... I sometimes think that there are people out there who vote 3's to boost their photo ratings ... I hope that is not the case....

Hey I have rated some 3 or 4 and I try to give a comment as to why... and some people have thanked up for the help.... that is what this is all about ... to make us all better artists and or photographers

I wish that PHOTONET would let us know WHO voted .. they used to list the name of anyone who was a paying member... that helps me... I have in the past asked that person.. WHY even when they rated me high.. want to know again so I can improve ....