@BreoganHackett you are entirely right in everything that you are saying, but it's about intentionality. The (intended) focal point here isn't the tree on the right or the tractor behind it. Removing them altogether for a sterile environment would not be better, the other things need context. But I think highlighting the detractors is always worthwhile.

Likewise, in music, discordance is a powerful tool - but that doesn't mean being out of tune when it's not intended isn't worth fixing

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I think the dog one has plenty of room for improvement, the background is pretty noisy and distracting. But the dog makes a great model! I took a few pics of the truck filled with agave piñas, thought it looked kind of quirky, the dog just woke up and wandered over at some stage.

I hope you are well too <3

@BreoganHackett Thanks for the kind words <3 I'd love to get out more, and not just take out the camera when on a big trip, I'll need to push to find some time. Then maybe the number of terrible photos I sift through to find some interesting ones will go down.

Pics (like films) have way more of a wow-factor when they're projected, equally when they are on film instead of digital. Clearly you've aged many more years recently than I did though - I don't think I've ever seen a slide projector :)

@[email protected] Still don't have a notion what I'm at with the cameras, but I'm having a fair bit of craic giving them a go.

It's much easier to keep your thumb out of the frame with a full camera body than with a phone camera, at the very least.

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Unfortunately, I never got a photo of the Indian monkey that grabbed and tried to steal my hair, unfortunately learning that it was stuck to my head. Next time I'll be quicker on the trigger and catch him in the act 💥