Chevrolet in Color

@Amir: Thanks for commenting. To you and all who might interpret my comments in the same way, let me say that I had concerns my remarks could be misunderstood. I'm not frustrated. You should consider my statements as just a dispassionate recitation of fact. I can only judge from my own experience, but while I believe you are mostly correct, I have also found that particularly strong images here will generate comments from photographer's whose blogs I have never visited --or those I haven't visited in awhile. Of course, whenever that happens, I visit their sites and review their work, and many times, find images that put my own to shame.

I don't interpret brief comments such as "great work" as a lack of enthusiasm. I imagine that many people leaving such comments feel as I do --they found an image interesting or appealing enough that they want to say something, but may not know exactly what to say. Most people look and don't comment, so I consider a comment as a sign of extra effort.

Personally, I'm not all that interested in generating comments based on how many comments I leave myself. That is merely an exchange of courtesy and doesn't tell me all that much about my images. I'm posting here primarily as a learning experience. I first started posting photos at JPG Magazine, which is great for feedback, but again, my experience tells me, the audience there has a completely different aesthetic than the audience does here. So what I want to do is explore these differences and figure out why some images work for some people and not for others. I think this is all an aspect of "marketing," to one degree or another, and that, essentially, there is a different "market" here than at a site like JPG Magazine.

I have also submitted work to File Magazine, and had a couple of photos published there. Again, the audience is completely different. I love the File Magazine aesthetic but it is very different than the aesthetic here or at JPG Magazine. Ultimately, with good "editorial" judgment (in selecting what photo works best for each particular audience), technical proficiency, and a little creativity, one should be able to match image to audience. I think the only way to develop this sensibility is through experimentation --at least for me. To me, what I am learning about people and how they respond to images in different photo "cultures" is worth the effort of participating here all by itself, though this can't really be disconnected from the images themselves.

I intend to keep posting here, everyday, if possible, for a long time, regardless of how many comments I get about my images.

@Mohsen Daneshvar: Thank you. This junkyard is a great spot. Unfortunately, it's a long way from where I live and I don't often get the opportunity to go by there and stop --especially when the light is truly suitable for taking photos.

@Bob: Thank you. I need to get back to this junkyard one day.

@Shawna Goodman: Thank you. I was backing through your images, through the car shots, and came to "Room With a View." I had commented on that one some time ago, and encountering it again I have to say that there is something about that particular image I find compelling. It looks like you found some pretty photo worthy cars yourself. From what I see of the Canadians posting here, Canada seems to have a lot more open and publicly accessible spaces with abandoned buildings and vehicles than we do here in Texas. Here virtually everything is on private property, behind fences of one kind or another, and access is thereby greatly restricted. As far as comments go, though they are often gratifying, I'd rather an image got 100 views and no comments than 5 views and 5 comments. Everybody wants feedback of course. The main reason I post here is to learn what other people like --I already know what I like.

@leslie: Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I too enjoy seeing the world through the eyes of others.