Here’s the Photo of the Day.
Like it or not? I’d love to know, and it would be good for everyone if you told me why.
[BTW, this image is from our “OGI” file. What’s that? Well…when Scott and I are editing photos after a shoot, combing through thousands to find the select few that see the light of day, we employ a practice that I can’t recommend highly enough. That practice is to put those surprise images–the unexpected happy accidents that have merit, but maybe aren’t relevant to the job we’re editing–into a file of their own with other like-minded (bizarre, unique, etc) images. We call that file “Otherwise Gifted Images”. That’s sort of what I meant by the title of this post. It’s got a double meaning… in one sense, like this image or not, the practice of saving random, unexpected stuff to a common file, or tagging it a certain way, is a good practice. In another sense, I do want to know if you like this photo or not. I’m bias, but I love it. In fact, I took a spin through that whole file last night and fell in love all over again with about 40 photos.. I’ll be sharing more of them over time.]
Nah. I want to like it, but it just doesn’t sit right with me. I feel like it’s trying too hard to be different.
K.I.S.S.
I love it, and I love the orientation. It’s challenging and quizzical. As viewers we’re required to pause, see it, take it in and figure it out – which is something I very much like in images. I am taken by the blankness of the negative space on the left and the very busy, nearly symmetrical space on the right. Moreover Hunky McHunkerson there doesn’t make my eyes bleed after staring at the image for any length of time 😉
At first I couldn’t tell what it was. Then looking at it a second time still didn’t figure it out until I read the first comment. Does this make it a good thing? Well honestly people that I know that just like to look at pictures would most likely just pass right by this one not analyzing it, and even when I came back a 2nd time and found out exactly what it was, I am still not super crazy about it but I do like the concept. Maybe it’s the black and white like someone mentioned above? IDK…but either way man keep shooting and posting, I love it.
Thanks,
I like it because it makes the view return more than once and each time he rewarded with an “extra” discovery. Like Watching “Shrek” or the “DaVinci Code” and discovering all those things you missed the first time.
Don’t like it. Neither funny nor visually appealing.