Should Sigma make a 30 MP per layer full-frame Foveon instead of 20 MP per layer?

DMillier wrote:

xpatUSA wrote:

DMillier wrote:

xpatUSA wrote:

+1 ... a splendid rebuttal, Dave!

In spite of my technical rants, I am painfully aware of my inability to 'see' and frame good content and thanks for rubbing it in ...

Find someone else's photography you like and copy it! I found I have a bit of a fetish for door knockers (probably not a lot of those around your way). European cities seem to have a wide range of door knockers on offer. There's only so many ways you can portray them, so you can get to be quite the specialist in short order

Yes, all I have around here is rural Texas woodland and I don't travel at all these days.

Must find someone else's woodland shots ...

I did start shooting old tools with the G9 but still tend to lack "composition".

Blowlamp:

Saw Tooth Setter:

They are beautiful subjects and beautifully photographed in a product catalogue kind of way. I find that style a bit too literal though, for my taste. But if you can do them like this, it's not a big step to making a more moody or romantic style. They just need a bit of context eg an old blurry workshop background, some mysterious shadows. Not such a big leap IMO.

One of my favourite demo sets of the perfectly mundane:

https://www.photographers-toolbox.com/products/elegance/bicycle/

Really not very far away from what you are doing and doesn't require some kind of massive leap in creativity, just some careful study of what the photographer did to move a shot from good to exhibition standard.

Have a look at this, you might find something useful, the ideal kind of thing if you are shooting mainly from around a rural home:

https://www.lenswork.com/monographs/lwm-001.html

I think occasionally inspiration enlightens photography but most of the time it is more about deciding on a style you like and getting really competent at it. If someone else likes it, that's a bonus

So many people think they lack some kind of artistic vision when what they really lack is a well worked out style and technique. If you search the almost infinite number of photos posted on the web you can find loads of jaw dropping brilliant shots. But many of them are one-offs. You tend not to find photographers who can consistently put together jaw dropping portfolios that suggest they can do this over and over. And those that do tend to be very good as things that are recognised as their style but you don't get to see all the other stuff they keep out of view. Mike Johnston said he has looked at Cartier-bresson's contact sheets and he sure missed he decisive moment most of the time!

Thanks for the well-received advice, Dave.

Loved the bicycle reference and also the monograph is most instructiv ...