TessSC Loc: Cayce,SC

Traveling on I-77 I noticed a blue shack accessible by way of a dirt road leading to it directly from the interstate. Opinions, comments or whatever.

forbescat

What do I think? Well, you took some pictures of a blue/gray shack without getting bitten so I'm assuming the Beware Of Dog sign didn't slow you down! Sorry, these are nothing more than snapshots and have no redeeming value except to you and, perhaps, the owner.

SuKai Loc: California

I think they are great, I would love to see them processed in HDR. Subjects like this look awesome with the HDR look ~*~ at least to me!

photo guy Loc: Chippewa Falls, WI

Different. Never seen a building like that before.

betsout06 Loc: Pound Ridge, NY

I often wondered what to do with left over floor tile!

Bobber Loc: Fredericksburg, Texas

Forbes 'ol photog, That was my original reaction. The light is very flat and unflattering. But, when we consider a picture there is more going on than photogenic qualities. Here we have more of a journalistic intent, I think the subject is the deal not the pictorial quality, though it is probably as technically as good as the light would let it be. I kinda like the framing on the first one. That captures some pretty good perspective qualities and other two do present some raw material for exploitation using PP techniques. You don't see a building like this just every day. Its unusual nature deserves some attention.

I don't think I would go so far as to say no redeeming qualities.

Besides offering that it ain't no good, just what would be suggested to make it meet up to the required standard? Any help in there to offer along with the dose of salts?

forbescat

I have no idea how you would turn these snapshots into works of art which is what is being suggested by other members. There was little attempt to do creative composition. What do you do with a picture of a "house" that includes yard debris? Beats me... So you tell me, what are the redeeming qualities? I've taken plenty of this kind of picture but usually delete them before I even get home. Once in a while, you do get something to work with but I don't see it here. If the intent is to do a collection of abandoned properties, fine. That's a subject that's done everyday and may be of interest to the county managers so that property can be cleaned up and not become a health issue.

Bobber Loc: Fredericksburg, Texas

Maybe someone had something like this in mind? Heck, this here is just a quick touch. PP has a lot more in it than I generally mess with.

I'm not calling it anything art or photography, but it is colorful.

You know, some of us poor humans are just like crows. If it shines and has color we like to pick it up and take it home.

forbescat

You just proved my point...

Bobber Loc: Fredericksburg, Texas

I don't know about proof, but I saw a suggestion process started that, I thought would have been helpful, like going for a different composition. Details?

forbescat

I suspect you don't like my direct approach. If I HAD to take a picture at this site, I would probably do a close-up of the walls and try to make an abstract out of it. Composition isn't something that can be taught beyond encouraging one to look at many, many pictures by famous artists. There are a lot of pictures posted for comments/critiques that don't show any attempt at an interesting composition or perspective. So...I refuse to join those who praise any and every picture when I don't see any reason for praise and very little hope for a fix.

Bobber Loc: Fredericksburg, Texas

I have some difficulty with reacting to pictures offered for criticism with out some input about what the photog doubts about it, or what they are unsure of, or what direction they want reactions to come from. It is like putting up a problem photograph without the meta details.

But, it takes some time for folks coming here to find out how the forum works best, and it can't be helped.

Then there is a lot of praise that is laid on that does not say much about what makes the praise worth the trouble. Pretty and its ilk are not much of a reaction. It is as much benefit to the commenter as it is to the proud parent. Stopping to recognize what it is that is liked might be something useful to remember. Say something specific about what in the photo contributes to its quality. But, that is going to be the way it is and I'll pass over those comments to something more interesting.

I have the same attitude towards negative reactions. Ugly, or what ever, such a characterization is not enough to contribute much of value to any process. It is a dog running on one leg. I would prefer that people would be [i] direct [i/]in that they not only pull their trigger, but also call their shots. I want to hear specifics. If not, then be quiet. Such short-of-legs negative reactions serve only to crush without any redeeming return. Running people away from the forum defeats at least part of the function for which the forum to exist. Not all of us are prepared to suffer direct put downs, deserved or not, and plow on. Do we ever become so expert, that we need not care where our where our whips of righteous observation land? If there is medicine to be given, a little sugar certainly is a fine carrier to get it to where it will do some good. Medicine should be healing, not merely poisonous. True, poison eliminates the problem, but there are better ways.

jjmoran Loc: Middletown, DE

Looks like a house from the 60's i remember

forbescat

I take a different approach. If one invests in a camera and neglects to do any of the work that it takes to create pictures of merit, then perhaps some truth is just the sting that promotes an appreciation of the work involved. I can't imagine coming to this forum and in the first day, not coming to the realization that clicking the camera is the last step, not the first.

Tomphoenix Loc: Phoenix,MD

It would be worth going back in better light and explore the possibilities.