Control. VII

Thanks very much Mel. For me this is something like – emphasising what needs to be seen ‘least’ can put a lot more emphasis on what ‘should’ be the focal point, but isn’t…. (if that makes any sense at all lol)
K xx

Teehee…. that never occurred to me! What a funny thing lol – and thanks for your lovely words re the lighting…
K xx

Thanks so much Rouble! I think this one is kind of ‘more attractive’ maybe in itself than some of the others…
K xx

Thanks very much frogster – that’s a big compliment coming from such a software master as yourself – me happy :)))
K xx

Thank you my friend – thank you :)))
K xx

Good – I wouldn’t mind either. For me – this image is too ‘pretty’ for what it’s supposed to be… which is a pretty silly thing to say because I always hope to leave plenty of ‘space’ for the viewer to ‘see’ what they can themselves…
I think here I’d recently ‘found’ a cute bokeh image that had worked well somewhere else, and I wanted it to ‘work’ again. But – that’s not how these things happen. This is 1 shot out of about 400 – about 60 are partially edited (the rest definitely weren’t worth it) and about 12-15 are ‘further’ processed so far…
I find I still get caught in this silly stuff on this site where when I hit a run of my work getting popular + (even though I often prefer it to NOT be popular…), then when the ‘run’ ends and I hit a period of not getting noticed so much I start thinking again “what will THEY like?”
I KNOW this is wrong – and it never works anyway – but… just my own insecurities and lack of confidence showing…
K x

Hahahaha… O dear – turns out you’re like so many other men who blame a woman for their own behaviour lol…

But – on all the other things – you’re right on. I agree with your generalisation re photography vs painting – I can’t paint for nuts – people have asked me to, as they say what I’ve done comes out ok… but the process drives me crazy. I do one layer, another, step back, look at what’s there and inevitably my reaction is ‘O NO… you mean it’s not finished yet??? I have to ADD MORE??? It frustrates me to death…
Yet, I’ve now found I can sit at a computer screen processing an image very happily for hours and days and even weeks (on and off) – and I have no problem with frustration…
The difficult part is knowing where to stop.
I’ve been told I could do book covers – I guess that’s where this image would maybe work – but that is NOT what I want to do (unless I need to to earn a living), so, I agree that this is ‘too slick’.
i made a few other comments in the 2nd bmail I sent you…

And – I DO intend to improve my confidence ;)))

Have a good night
K xx

thanks – I think I would too… as long as I don’t get too stuck with having to put so much time and effort into the ‘for money’ that I have no energy left for the ‘for love’...

Yes – I think the ‘turning the work to the wall’ concept is just as relevant to foto processing as painting…
No one is perfect…

Now that is a wonderful compliment my friend – Schubert was truly a master :)))
K xx

Thank you very much for this! I am really pleased Jessica – thank you again!
K xx

Thanks hun – I think sometimes things go wonky in our feeds – I know there are images of your I miss too :(
Did you notice the ‘exchange’ above with one R Nixon? He now bmails me regularly to have ‘discussions about ‘art’ in general and his or my work in specifics… you might note he does not refrain from putting quite bluntly what he really thinks…
K xxx