I post the image above to one of my galleries on SmugMug. Then I get this comment:
Hey, redo the picture and you’ll have a heart shaped sky! Do you see it? If you would crop out upper half of the picture and turn it 180 degrees, you would have a heart. and you know…. romantic images sell!
And seconds later I’ve done some cropping and rotation in Aperture and this one is up there as well.
Haven’t sold it yet, but I can see all kinds of embarrassing metaphors popping up. “Look up and you’ll find love”. Blah. Blah. I’ll let you know if someone buys it.
The interesting thing here is how the community steps in and gives valuable advice. Just because they can.
Power to the Web 2.0 ๐
BTW The image really looks good ๐
The top one looks like the outline of a rabbit, which might be a romantic image for some people in itself…..
Fantastic. Point a 10mm super wide angle to the sky in a forest and suddenly you have everything from the Playboy rabbit to a romantic heart. And I didn’t see anything but a sky and some trees when I shot it.
Really looking forward to seeing either of these with a Helen Keller quote spread all over it in a syrupy typeface. dzzzz
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.”– Helen Keller
In “comic sans” on top of the image… Oh. No!
Strange nobody made a Helen Keller Quote generator with random Keller quotes atop random flickr pictures. Killer app! Mark my words.
Find the best quote here: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/helen_keller.html
And the best font here: http://www.linotype.com/963/cards.html?PHPSESSID=1e0a95579dae78387d6cbd0f6d815cff
May I suggest:
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen Keller
In ITC Grimshaw hand http://www.linotype.com/1102/itcgrimshawhand.html
Then add some general MIDI New Age music: Your shot finally comes to its right.
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