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And how!

There is actually something intruiging (sp?) about the graphic elements (the lines) that could make a great photo.

But, I think you have to first figure out what that thing is, then you can incorporate that into a theme that would produce an excellent photo.

Yes, that would be an improvement but I encourage you to thing about what that would communicate and then adapt the composition to amplify that.

I know you did and also that you were presenting it as sort of photographic Rorhshock test to see how we would respond.

Yes, but I don't really think they were being honest with you.

It is interesting, but compositionally "incomplete".

Nah, that was just B.S. to make you feel good.

But really there are.

The same types of photo's with the same types of compositional elements win photo contests over and over.

There are rules that can make an ordinary scene extra ordinary.

There are some photogrphers on this board that can actually do that whenever they want.

LinconB is one of them. That is why I get so frustrated with hiim when he will not give and honest, direct critique.

They weren't.

That was hyperbole to get the discusson going.

I know you are trying.  I see it in your Gallery.  You have a few very nice shots where you have identified a theme for the photo (John Hancock (?) Bldg.) and selected a composition that matches.   But in most of the others I see that something has caught your attention, but you struggle to identify exactly what it is and then select a composition that matches.

This isn't an easy skill to pick up but they have exercises in art school to do that so it is a "learnable" skill.

So, why not take your photography to the next level?

Learn and apply some basic compositional rules, think about the possible themes in a scene and make them match up. You will be much more satisfied with your work.

Really I do.

They are just being mutual syncophants.

That is not healthy.

If I believed that those were their honest oppinions I would.

But I know that in general, they do not post thier honest oppinions.

My taste is irrelevant.

I am talking about basic rules like: Rule of Thirds, False Attachements, Leading Lines, Negative Space, Use of Complimentary Colors, etc.

And most importantly, having a theme for every photo and selecting a composition that reinforces that theme.

Those are not "subjective" items, they are generally accepted rules of the Visual Arts and are taught at all art schools.

Their application is but not the rules themselves.

Tedolph