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I would be happy to have the kingfisher on my study wall but not my living room one. Like Eric says it is about fitting with decor and harmonising with the room.
Well, yes, I take your point. It would hang nicely in a private space like a study, where you can look and marvel at the detail. It's a well crafted image.
What I was trying to say was that I believe most people don't buy pictures to sit and admire the photographic technique.
They buy to adorn their living space and that's why i found the beach scene more saleable. It would reach more people, have greater versatility and succeeded in what someone once told me ... a wall picture "needs to draw the viewer into it, to have continuing interest".
Like most things it's about tailoring your wares to suit the buyers needs. I for one, have always found it hard to create images that fulfill this requirement...because I am too often just trying to perfect the technique.
It's also why I have never tried to sell my IR work...because people look at it, perhaps marvel at the unusual nature of it, but wouldn't hang it on a wall. EVEN I don't have any IR shots on my walls at home! They just don't fit or hold attention beyond the first appraisal.
This critique is not about image quality, it's about saleability.
Last edited on Tue Nov 1st, 2016 05:36 by Eric
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