I'm glad to see your first post in here, brother! These are some really powerful images. I could give you a bunch of technical jargon about how your photos are actually successful in many technical ways. I could explain certain things about your framing, composition, lighting, focal points... etc. and how/why your use of them actually made your photos top-notch.
But, i won't (unless you really want me to) because i wanted to commend you on the writing, which you enjoy the creation of more, that surrounded your images i connected with more.
My Native American heritage identified with the way you describe your experience of the hunt and being in the environment and your appreciation for all the aspects involved. I really liked your description when you used the word Primordial. I hadn't thought of the image that way until you mentioned and then it transported me there. Excellent post as always and this was a very successful failure of try to have the worst images. Taraz will have his work cut out for him.
Thanks man it means a lot. I don't feel right about dropping a few images with limited text so...I babble on like an idiot. Lol.
I appreciate that you read the words and they resonated with you, it's always my hope that people feel something through my words. I guess I just write what I feel and leave it for people to take from it what they will. I like your take on it man, makes me feel good.
As for the photos...Someday when I have more time I'll get into photography I think, for now...point, shoot, hope is the best I can do. I get a few reasonable ones now and then. Over the weeked I'll do another post here, that one featuring jetties at the beach. I grabbed the images over the last couple days all from various beach walks I've done. I hope y'all like it.
Thanks for the warm welcome and I'm glad my first abject failure was a success! 😊
I don't blame you for feeling that way about images and text. In this community, we focus predominantly on the photography so that people who aren't as expressive in writing still have a place. But, the more context or content around the images, i think, adds to the quality of the overall post and experience it provides.
Some read and i am sure most just scroll the shots. I think you would dig FermentedPhil if you haven't come across his stuff yet. He will be in the same community feature this will be in (spoiler alert). There's a reason why you have the reputation you do, and i don't just mean the number by your username.
As i run and curate the Alien Art community too... photography is an art and in one slice of the pie, Art speaks for itself. But, Hive i think deserves a bit more effort on the part of the artist to give a bit of something else to go with just the art. The post is like a last layer of medium to add to the substrate of your artwork... just digitally figurative i guess. It can be a fine line. Many artists and photographers are introverts. So, finding a balance of expectation can be challenging.
Now, speaking of babbling on like an idiot maybe i will make a photography tutorial post and only use viking, hunting, weapon, and survival analogies to demonstrate some of the principles and techniques for beginners.
My dad was an artist and a person could look at his paintings and think or feel something. But looking at them with my dad standing there also, talking about his work, provides a my h deeper level of interest and understanding. So, yep, I get what you're saying. I don't mind that many just scroll pictures on my posts, the writing is primarily for myself and my own enjoyment. Sometimes I wish people read though, they may find something of interest if they took the time to do so.
I think your tutorial post sounds like a good idea and could be a fun post for you to put together. Fun is the key here I think, so anything that provides it is a good thing.
I'll look out for that other user you mentioned and...hopefully "my reputation" isn't all bad. Lol.