I was going to ask you the same thing.
Anyways, yeah, wildly different names (guess why?). My photos aren't that good enough to steal anyway.
Well, considering my name is the same on both forums, and you're a gold member on Facepunch and your name in here is... that. I was, skeptical.
But uh, this thread could easily be called the "I got no attention in FP Creative Photography thread" thread. Breaking the loop...
The photos were, as you say, not that good. However, it appears through looking at those photos and flipping through Flickr that you sort of lack a basic element in creating interesting photography, and that is, when you're about to take a picture, you have to ask yourself "What is interesting enough that I'm trying to photograph it?" and then absolutely do everything you can to fill the frame with it. Eliminate all the other fluff. The pictures you posted have a lot of fluff. The only one that doesn't, and what I would say would be the best one, is the lamp. I like that one, and the self portrait that you posted on FP but not here.
For a decent illustration of this, take this picture.
June 12 by
n.roberts, on Flickr
Without being too presumptuous, I think this is a pretty good photo. At the very least, I think it's far better than this photo.
The second photo was the first photo I took chronologically. I was out taking pictures and pulled up at this intersection. I wasn't planning on stopping there, and there was really nowhere to park so I took that second shot out of my window. But I really liked the curve of the road, and the clouds were dramatic so I just sort of parked my car at the intersection, walked out and started experimenting with framing and ended up with the first image. I think that picture has far more impact. The median line, the curve, the texture of the road are all more obvious, and the clouds benefit from that too because it's sort of a counterpoint.
Dig? Let me know if you have any questions.
