Comments on: Close. Closer… http://www.polimom.com/2007/06/21/close-closer/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:46:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Dorothy http://www.polimom.com/2007/06/21/close-closer/#comment-83865 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:25:51 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/06/21/close-closer/#comment-83865 I'm just catching up with all the pictures you've posted lately. I can't tell you how much I admire your work! That dragonfly (and all the bug shots you've posted) is just priceless. Keep it up! I’m just catching up with all the pictures you’ve posted lately. I can’t tell you how much I admire your work! That dragonfly (and all the bug shots you’ve posted) is just priceless. Keep it up!

]]> by: Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2007/06/21/close-closer/#comment-83603 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:21:38 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/06/21/close-closer/#comment-83603 Pan -- Not having seen your photos, it's hard to know whether you're suffering from "I took this and I'm a perfectionist and since it's not perfect I don't like it...." syndrome -- but there is one thing I've learned above all others: get in closer to the subject. I don't mean macros like these, necessarily. But the shots that seem kind of flat and "blah" of mine (and there are bajillions!!!) are often because I was seeing things as a spectator, rather than letting the lens make me a participant. Does that make any sense? Pan —

Not having seen your photos, it’s hard to know whether you’re suffering from “I took this and I’m a perfectionist and since it’s not perfect I don’t like it….” syndrome — but there is one thing I’ve learned above all others: get in closer to the subject.

I don’t mean macros like these, necessarily. But the shots that seem kind of flat and “blah” of mine (and there are bajillions!!!) are often because I was seeing things as a spectator, rather than letting the lens make me a participant.

Does that make any sense?

]]> by: Pan_theFrog http://www.polimom.com/2007/06/21/close-closer/#comment-83510 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:59:52 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/06/21/close-closer/#comment-83510 I wish i had you eye for pictures. I've taken tons and tons of photos and they all seem...plain. Every great once in a while I get something that is mildly exciting. Guess I will just have to go on trying to learn how to 'see' the world like you do. I wish i had you eye for pictures.
I’ve taken tons and tons of photos and they all seem…plain. Every great once in a while I get something that is mildly exciting.
Guess I will just have to go on trying to learn how to ’see’ the world like you do.

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