Oh, I'm so thrilled by the quick participation so far. And the tone that the posts are taking. I appreciate the points that people are making on that photo, too. It's not one I'm particularly proud of, but it's interesting nonetheless and really has a lot of talk-about-able elements in it (which is the primary reason that I chose it).
Thoughts on the thread generally:
On this site, we have a brooooooooooooooooooooooooad spectrum of photographers and critique-ers. It runs the gamut from those who point and shoot with the phone to those who really talented enough and practiced enough to be shooting for National Geographic. And piles of folks in the middle.
In order to be incredibly inclusive of all on the spectrum here, I intentionally set the bar pretty low as far as barrier to entry and expectations of both photos and critiques. I want to see what EVERYONE has to offer - and want to hear from everyone on the photos, too - if only, "that one makes me feel <like this or that>".
William knows his stuff for sure. Dirt is getting a monitor-calibrating spider for Christmas as that's our next step. But...given the nature of this site, I don't want anyone to feel like that for the purposes of this thread that you need to me a sage or a magician or technician to participate. Post your phone photos. Post your masterpieces. Let's all practice critique-ing AND receiving (and implementing) critiques.
And let's take the stuff William and the other skilled people point out and implement the suggestions and ideas as we can in our path to making better art - as we can.
Guess what I'm really trying to mumble through here is that I hope the bar to participate in this thread is SO low - yet that the thread is open enough for the skilled to tune us up as they can. So don't be discouraged if some of the stuff is overtechnical - and don't hesitate to post next-level stuff here (whatever that level is for you). Like we say at our house, "incremental progress is a win."
Again, thanks for your comments on that photo. I appreciate them and keep them coming. I so want to reshoot that one...maybe in a couple of months!
