one of the few photographs displayed herein to date that really communicates something beyond the image itself. excellent work.(posted 8691 days ago)I don't agree with the assesment but don't dispute the author's right to hold that view.
If something you read in here offends you, wait an hour before responding. Chances are, whatever it was that got up your snoot won't matter that much anymore.
One of the reason's I'm feeling less and less compelled to check the online forums is that I'm losing interest in them --- maybe I'm getting jaded, maybe the forums themselves are less interesting because more and more time seems to be spent squabbling over details of personal opinion, amybe a little of both.
Tom -- it shouldn't matter to you if I like this picture or not. In all honesty, I don't like it. The cropping that others like I find rather affected---why chop her off like that? Too "artsy-fartsy" in my book. I'm not going to try to tell you how to do your own work, however or tell you that you should have included more of the figure even if she stayed out of focus(even though I just did while telling you I wouldn't --- sneaky, huh?). The fan, the window, the bed -- those I like.
... communicates something beyond the image itself... Yeah, well, I don't understand why a more straightforward picture wouldn't "communicate" to me as well or better.
All that said, understand that my opinion should mean nothing to you.