minniev wrote:
Linda alerted me to this thread since she knows I like discussions of this type. Interesting photos and conversation thus far, as well as good links to explore. I am not sure I am even remotely qualified to join in since I cannot recall any time in my photo journey that I have counted anything I was shooting. Maybe I count on some subconscious level but I really think I don't. Sometimes a more skilled photographer will point out about an image of mine that its strength is due to having three or some other number of something, but I can take no credit for doing it on purpose. I simply shot what I shot and it happened to be that number of things (birds, tomatoes, rock formations, whatever). My own thinking about this concept is pretty undeveloped, so you can see why I feel unqualified to join.
Nevertheless, I picked a set of images that are all the same scene except for the numbers of posts and there isn't much else there to contribute. I do not pretend these are great images (they are basically strays, SOOC, chosen for the discussion rather than artistic value). I'm not making any kind of claim about anything they may illustrate, but welcome any comments about whether any are more or less interesting because of numbers alone.
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burkphoto's comments, concluding with "It just happens," (and first mentioned by DWU2 and kenievans) relate. Those who don't have "the eye" perhaps work more methodically to eventually reach the same place?
Re your photo #4 - I see it as Odds: 1 + 3. The centered pole, visually strengthened by the bird, helps group the evenly spaced line of poles on the right side. After looking at that, I find the outlier single (spaced farther away) left-side pole. Cool!