You ever find that people like a picture of yours...

but you dont understand why so many people seem to like it?

lbcyalater wrote in post #8808754
but you dont understand why so many people seem to like it?

lots of times. even more often i have people comment that they love shots that are technically horrid. to each their own. i just thank them for the compliment and keep trying to get better.

haha! yeah! That used to happen more than it does now though, maybe i just like more of my own work.

jptsr1 wrote in post #8808814
lots of times. even more often i have people comment that they love shots that are technically horrid. to each their own. i just thank them for the compliment and keep trying to get better.

Well that's like I always say, someone will like a crappy snapshot of a pretty girl more than they like a wonderful photo of a homely girl.

jptsr1 wrote in post #8808814
lots of times. even more often i have people comment that they love shots that are technically horrid. to each their own. i just thank them for the compliment and keep trying to get better.

yeah I do the same thing.

chopperdave wrote in post #8808826
haha! yeah! That used to happen more than it does now though, maybe i just like more of my own work.

God, I wish I liked more of my work...I guess I am just to critical dowadays.

chopperdave wrote in post #8808842
Well that's like I always say, someone will like a crappy snapshot of a pretty girl more than they like a wonderful photo of a homely girl.

So very sad but true

I think as photographers we are more critical on technical aspects, and when we accomplish something that we think is amazing (something difficult to do) a "regular" person might not care at all. "Regular" people usually just care about the subject in the picture, how well it's composed and exposed only adds to how good it is. Same goes for painting, or music.. something that is very easy to do might be more appealing then something that was difficult to create.

oh and for an example, this pic below is my #1 viewed pic on my Zenfolio...granted no one may actually LIKE this picture but there is something that always seems to make people click on it to see it bigger.

mmmmmmmm SO RED & Sooooo GREEN, must click Enlarge photo!

How many views?

lbcyalater wrote in post #8808754
but you dont understand why so many people seem to like it?

A LOT. I think I'm mediocre at best, however several of my photographer friends (either F/T or P/T professional photography) say I do great work.

To answer the OP: No. As my work gets better, I find myself actually trying to promote it more and more.

lbcyalater wrote in post #8809001
oh and for an example, this pic below is my #1 viewed pic on my Zenfolio...granted no one may actually LIKE this picture but there is something that always seems to make people click on it to see it bigger.

This looks like a Pink Floyd Album cover!

"Beauty's in the eye of the beholder..."

I had a really great pic people in the hobby liked, but when I showed it to my friends, they couldn't figure out why anyone would like it...

AxxisPhoto wrote in post #8813732
This looks like a Pink Floyd Album cover!

I was thinking the same thing!

lol doesnt that cover just have a single cow?

quite often, and it's usually a missed opportunity. In that, it would've been a sweet shot, but I messed it up for some reason. i.e. didn't frame properly, missed the exposure, etc.

So I want to love it, but I know it's technically flawed. Thankfully my friends don't necessarily notice the technical stuff and rave about it.

lbcyalater wrote in post #8809001
oh and for an example, this pic below is my #1 viewed pic on my Zenfolio...granted no one may actually LIKE this picture but there is something that always seems to make people click on it to see it bigger.

There are lost of great design reasons that people don't think about that get them interested in the picture. There's the saturation of the foreground colors; the exposure being spot on; variety with repetition in the school house and the little caboose-looking car to the right, along with the animals; the lines in the mountain create leading lines to the brightest and most in focus subject of the picture.... It goes on.

To the O.P.'s original question. I can usually understand why someone would like a photo even though I normally don't think much of it (or, more appropriately, I like others far more). What happens to me far more often, though, is that I'll take a picture that I love and is technically a great photo, but most people just pass right over it like it was another typical shot.

The hardest-to-achieve photos generally look like anyone can take them, it seems.