Keeper or Dud? 26 of 365

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Hi Photographer friends,

This is an old image from Maine. I actually took this picture with a 3.35MP Nikon Coolpix around 1999-2000. Iwish I could retake this image with my Pentax K-5 with 16MP, but I can't.

Keeper or Dud? Image 25 of 365

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 Hi Photographer friends,

Sequoia National Park in California, is it a keeper or a dud?.

Your opinion matters. I cannot judge my own pictures. I like them all equally. I am putting a coffee table book together for my friends and family, with a collection of my best "keepers" out of 365.

Thanks for looking,

Yvon Bourque

Keeper or dud? Image 24 / 365

It feels different when a rattle snake is actually staring at you from just a few feet away.

 

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Hi Photographer friends,

I guess this is just another boring image of mine. I still would appreciate your opinion...keeper or dud? I cannot judge my own images. I like them all.

P.S. Here's a comment I received today. Maybe some of you will understand why running a Blogsite, for free, using my own time, is not always rewarding.

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 Martin  has left a new comment on your post "Keeper or dud? Image 21 / 365":

What the hell happened to your site?  I have followed for years and enjoyed the advice.   Contiued to follow you even when I switched from being a Pentax user to Nikon.   This reader does not enjoy looking at your photos, good and bad everyday - who cares - I do not.   There numerous other sites better suited for those who want to demo their skills and be evaluated by others.  Your blog has become boring not informative.  I'll keep with you for a few weeks more, then it is decision time.

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Well Martin, whoever you are, this blog is not solely written for you. I regret that I don't have time to write articles just for you, but there aren't enough hours in a day to do that, and even if there were! I guess it's your big decision time.

If that isn't a demonstration of "Entitlement*", what is?

* entitlement (plural entitlements)

1. the right to have something
2. something that one is entitled to (or believes that one is entitled to)
3. (politics) a legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as the Pell Grant and social security in the US.

Keeper or dud? Image 23 / 365

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Hi Photographer friends,

At the end of the 365 consecutive image ratings, I am planning to turn the keepers into a book for my friends and family, or anyone that would like a copy for that matter. The book will be made with "Blurb" and available to anyone. It is very difficult to evaluate your own images because you remember the location as you saw it, you remember the smell and hear the sounds, all of which do no help in being unbiased toward the photo.

Keeper or dud? Image 22 / 365

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Hi Photographer friends,

At the end of the 365 consecutive image ratings, I am planning to turn the keepers into a book for my friends and family, or anyone that would like a copy for that matter. The book will be made with "Blurb" and available to anyone. It is very difficult to evaluate your own images because you remember the location as you saw it, you remember the smell and hear the sounds, all of which do no help in being unbiased toward the photo.

Daily: "Is this a keeper or a dud"? - No.11 / 365

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Hi Photographer friends,


* Keeper or dud?

* Worthy of enlargement and framing?

* Could it be incorporated in a future book?

* Could I sell the image to the public?

* Should that particular image be available through a Stock Photography Agency?

* Whatever?

 
 

Daily: "Is this a keeper or a dud"? - No.10 / 365

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Hi Photographer friends,

* Keeper or dud?
* Worthy of enlargement and framing?
* Could it be incorporated in a future book?
* Could I sell the image to the public?
* Should that particular image be available through a Stock Photography Agency?

* Whatever?

 

 

 

Daily: "Is this a keeper or a dud"? - No.9/365

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Hi Photographer friends,

 

Today we have an image that was post-processed using NIK software "Silver Efex Pro 2". Post-processing is not for everyone as it does alter the image you actually captured in your viewfinder. However, with today's available tools, one could look at pure photography as well as manipulated photography as a form of Art. I personally draw the line when you alter an image by adding additional objects or persons in the photograph. This is especially true if you are shooting an event or practicing photojournalism.

 

* Keeper or dud?
* Worthy of enlargement and framing?
* Could it be incorporated in a future book?
* Could I sell the image to the public?
* Should that particular image be available through a Stock Photography Ag

Daily "Is this a keeper or a dud"? - No.8 of 365

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Hi Photographer friends,

Yesterday, I received several comments about the Sprinklers image of Yesterday. Many wanted to see a landscape image of the sprinklers photo shoot. I decided to display it today.

* Keeper or dud?
* Worthy of enlargement and framing?
* Could it be incorporated in a future book?
* Could I sell the image to the public?
* Should that particular image be available through a Stock Photography Agency?
* Other comment:

Daily "Is this a keeper or a dud"? - No.7 of 365

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Hi Photographer friends,

What do you think?

Sprinklers

Daily "Is this a keeper or a dud"? - No.6 of 365

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December 3, 2011

Hi Photographer friends,

Is this a keeper or a dud No.6?

I am continung the one picture a day for the next 365 days. I want to see what I can produce in a one year period. Out of these 365 pictures, how many will be keepers? This is also posted on Twitter, Google + and Facebook. If you'd prefer to view this year long essay through a social Media, let me know. Include your email, and I will send you an invitation.  brqyvn@gmail.com

* Keeper or dud?
* Worthy of enlargement and framing?
* Could it be incorporated in a future book?
* Could I sell the image to the public?
* Should that particular image be available through a Stock Photography Agency?
* Other comment:

Comments are not always pleasant, but they let you know what people think.

Daily "Is this a keeper or a dud"? - No.5 of 365

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December 2, 2011

Hi Photographer friends,

Is this a keeper or a dud No.5?

I am presenting one picture a day for the next 365 days. I want to see what I can produce in a one year period. Out of these 365 pictures, how many will be keepers? This is also posted on Twitter, Google + and Facebook. If you'd prefer to view this year long essay through a social Media, let me know. Include your email, and I will send you an invitation. brqyvn@gmail.com

Keeper or dud?
Worthy of enlargement and framing?
Could it be incorporated in a future book?
Could I sell the image to the public?
Should that particular image be available through a Stock Photography Agency?
Other comment:

Comments are not always pleasant, but they let you know what people think.

Daily "Is this a keeper or a dud"? - No.4

 Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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Hi Photographer friends,

Is this a keeper or a dud No.4?

I am presenting one picture a day for the next 365 days. I want to see what I can produce in a one year period. Out of these 365 pictures, how many will be keepers? This is also posted on Twitter, Google + and Facebook. If you'd prefer to view this year long essay through a social Media, let me know. Include your email, and I will send you an invitation. brqyvn@gmail.com

Keeper or dud?
Worthy of enlargement and framing?
Could it be incorporated in a future book?
Could I sell the image to the public?
Should that particular image be available through a Stock Photography Agency?
Other comment:

Comments are not always pleasant, but they let you know what people think.

Is this a keeper or a dud No.3?

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Hi Photographer friends,

Is this a keeper or a dud No.3?

I am presenting one picture a day for the next 365 days. I want to see what I can produce in a one year period. Out of these 365 pictures, how many will be keepers? This is also posted on Twitter, Google + and Facebook. If you'd prefer to view this essay on a social Media, let me know, include your email, and I will send you an invitation.

Keeper or dud?

Worthy of enlargement and framing?
Could it be incorporated in a future book?
Could I sell the image to the public?
Should that particular image be available through a Stock Photography Agency?

Other comment:

Comments are not always pleasant, but they let you know what people think.