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I kind of broke the rules on this one and went a little more eclectic in nature if that can be said of photo's ?
I took the shot in a place that left no room to frame the subject ( the sign ) in a more pleasing manner, there was just no way to bring it higher into the frame
So I let the rest of the surroundings act as filler taking the eye around the scene via all the angles and large shapes then hopefully in the natural layout of things the eye finally settles on the sign. This was a night shoot and the lights has been those peach colored street lamps so common in urban-scapes.
I felt the orange tint kind of added to the selling feature of the signs claim.
I'm rather curious as whether i managed to accomplish what I wanted to with shot, did I?
your comments and input is very welcome.
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Nope. Your title ends the search for sense.
The peach color scheme is a lot tastier than that quartz-halogen crimefighting/paranoia-Amberzoic streetlight thing that
uglies up most urban areas after dark and coincides with the desktop mystery that resembles an architectural scale model
on the right and left of the island/workbench(?), but resembles nothing familiar in the middle foreground. My WTF? journey
through your image resulted in surrender. I turned to your title for a necessary clue -- and now I recall that
"Any photograph that depends upon words" (let alone bilingual literacy) "for communicative impact cheats";
of course the guy who pontificated that axiom was universally disliked for being a rude, judgemental prick, but he had a point.
You made a moderately attractive photograph of something I don't understand. (Not unusual).
"Long live kicking back" is the opposite sentiment to the work involved in the naive viewer's engagement in your image.
It's not ugly or repulsive, but the return on investment in effort (ROI) is low enough to qualify as self-indulgence rather than
an eclectic assemblage of diverse elements robustly joined only in the mind of the author and nobody else.
My first impression was Trophy Case, but who mouns severed fingers (upper left quadrant) unless they're middle fingers?
And I gladly accept your rejection of my unkind remarks.
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No rejection warranted, This opinion is honest and insightful, I wouldn't have broached the subject if I hadn't thought there was
some thing that could be said about it in either light.
I will keep this axiom in mind the next time I attempt to draw out something from nothing 
"Any photograph that depends upon words" (let alone bilingual literacy) "for communicative impact cheats";
of course the guy who pontificated that axiom was universally disliked for being a rude, judgemental prick, but he had a point. "
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That was on photoSig where the guy, who claimed to be a photojournalist,
didn't last very long under the glare of furious, angry people he insulted --
but then photoSig also expired shortly thereafter. I think his native language
was Finnish, so the word rejection made more sense than if the criticism had
come from a native majority-language speaker.
Thanks for not taking offense!
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I could see how that kind of statement would not serve him well in the appeal department
Most people wouldn't want to hear that kind thing about their work.
I would be remiss and a bit of a twit if I had invited dialogue on my piece and then taken offense
to someone 's opinion on it.
Criticism good or bad is still insight into another view and a means of learning.
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Yeah, but that's why I mentioned photoSig, where rougher tongues prevailed.
Here at dA, there has been magic, but the prevailing scent is of smoke up butts,
rather than accurate mirrors. The balance between smoke and mirrors, social networking and
honest feedback, is never static, but dA, in my experience, has always been prone to flattery,
relatively speaking, and half-assed commerce, rather than careful, precise reports. So thanks!
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That kinder gentler machine gun hand.
Yes much platitudes to had here, with a side order of grease
to make it all go down much easier, for the sake supposed
finical liquidity, hand washing, back patting and the neurotic need to network.
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shame about photosig, sounded like a good site, this 1x.com looks nice
but way out of my limited skill set
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"Many of the featured artworks here at 1x have been successful in international photo contests and are otherwise only seen in galleries and art fairs.
Now they’re coming for your walls."
But they'll settle for your testicles. Thanks for the tip, but I think they're promoting the intimidating gap that keeps people in their respective places,
not communicating, not sharing, not exploring and innovating. dA may yet Eclipse itself into obsolescence, but I think 1x is a USO show
competing across the street from Woodstock. In terms of "audience participation" 1x looks like a giant step backward to 1943, when only the authorized
performers deserved everybody's attention and the audience never accepted the Artist's invitation to get up on stage.
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Interesting as the posts I had read about photosig, had some people pointing at 1X as an alternative to the now defunct Photsig
but as you've said I found it to be well beyond the average persons skill level and more to the cream of the elite professionals.
I know many would say you don't need the top of the line gear, a fancy studio and endless budget to produce fine art photography
but from what I seeing there it seems to me that is PROcisely what is happening there.
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That's right. 1x presents the work of survivors of Titanic, if the only lifeboat were a canoe reserved for wealthy contest winners.
1x and photoSig have little in common, except that good work was easy to find in both places. 1x seems to have no place for
"the rest of us". It's all about exclusion and elitism for the best snobs.
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I put a lot of my work on Gurushots.com
I've managed so far to get to champion level which for me is no small feat
I didn't really expect to get that high as quickly as I did to be honest, it's a fun site to be on and I got where I did
by my own merits on Gurushots alone, it's not connected to anything else like facebook or instagram (which you can do )
So I'm pleased about that, no biased there from other site members, and it encourages those new to photography
as well to participate and work toward higher levels in the Game, as that is what that site is for the most part.
But it is also connected to major photography exhibitions, galleries, magazines etc and if your work warrants it
You end up in said connections. Guru-shots is out to make money of course, but the thing I like about it is you don't have to spend money
to use the site or get to Guru level either, your work speaks for itself for the must part and no one is made to feel left out as there is contests
that you can enter just for the level your at, at the time.
Fun site I recommend it.
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The site is fascinating, even as an outsider. I see value in the articles,
and a healthy skepticism in the comments. Thanks for turning my head that way.
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