MrMophoto Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"

In your first post you mentioned that your friend would sell a lot more photos than you, $50 v $500. My question is what kind of work are they selling? and at what price point? If you sold one photo at $50 and they sold 100 pieces at $5 each it shows you value your work a lot more that your friend. Something else to think about; What is your motivation to photograph? Is it to make art or to make money? There are a lot of ways to make money being creative without sacrificing the quality of your art. Money for (and recognition of) your art is nice, but I'm guessing that's not the only reason you do it, Otherwise, you'd be selling your images to postcard companies or online to stock photo sites.

Tito14 Loc: Central Florida

Kathy, love the colors and the composition.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

Thanks, Tito.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

I'm sorry. Apparently I didn't make myself clear. I was looking for an opinion on this image, not my sales techniques or philosophy of photography.

MrMophoto Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"

Sorry if I overstepped

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

SalvageDiver Loc: Huntington Beach CA

Kathy, I think it's technically a nice image but in 'it's current form', it isn't particularly interesting to me. All the image detail (i.e. noise, details that don't add to the composition) just confuse my eyes. With the foreground in shadow, there is no real subject to focus on.

IMO, you would have a much stronger, simpler and more pleasing image compositionally if you made the foreground the subject. The patterns and colors in the foreground rocks embodies the essence of the Vermillion Cliffs area. Brightening and increasing color saturation of the foreground brings out those beautiful red colors in the rock structures. Reducing saturation, contrast and brightness of the background helps separate it from the foreground increasing the feeling of depth in the image. The sense of depth can be further increased by lightly blurring the background. It has the added effect of reducing the background image detail while still giving the subject a sense of context.

I tried a quick edit of your post and IMO it works.

Mike

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

Thanks, Mike. Your opinion of this image is basically mine. I never intended the foreground to be the subject. It is shadowed and basically uninteresting. It is only there to be a frame to the distant view, which, in early morning light, was of interest. In order for me to like this image, there needs to be more detail in the distant layers, not less. I really appreciate your willingness to spend time on this image.

PaulG Loc: Western Australia

It's actually a very good image with a lot of appeal for the following reasons. Virtually the whole frame is utilised. Good distance separation with far hills and foreground. I particularly like the detail/texture in the near rocks and curved nature which compliments the distant horizontals and speaks of loneliness, isolation, raw beauty. Nice uniformity of colour too, which ties the whole "story" nicely together. I don't know what sort of software you have but with some judicial application the image could be lifted a few notches further still. Definitely strikes a chord with me.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

Thank you very much, Paul. Your take from this image was quite interesting. I use mostly LR, but I don't enjoy doing PP work and frankly, don't do very much.

Condorbait Loc: AZ Strip

Kathy, I am familiar with the White Pocket landscape and, honestly, this photo just doesn't represent it that well. The foreground hints at the remarkable sandstone features of the area, but it is too dark to really capture your attention. The background attracts your eye because it's lit up some, but there is just not enough out there to sustain your interest. I hope this gives you something to think about next time.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

Thanks so much for your candid comments. I truly agree with you. I have so many that are, to my eye, better that I really was surprised by my friend's reaction.

10MPlayer Loc: California

Someone commented on the power lines. Leave them, they're part of the landscape. Why try to pretend they aren't there. It is a nice landscape with a sense of depth and interesting range of colors and textures. I can see why the friend likes it.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

I actually agree. If I liked the image better, I might think about it. But frankly, I don't think it's worth the effort. And the lines aren't that noticeable, either. I'm glad to know you like the image.