In addition to texture and character - - - there is a fairly finite array of subject categories for LF photography. Landscape, architecture, texture studies, and portraiture are the main groupings although I suspect we could add other labels to the list. While I like landscape work, and I greatly admire the work in this genre done by others, its not something that I feel I am particularly successful with. Part of that has to do with the fact that I live in the East where the nature of the landscape tends to favor macro and color work rather than monochrome. Another reason is that I prefer subjects that are simple and orderly - characteristics that are much harder to achieve with the landscape of the East. For me, roots and rocks tend to be more like exercises in photographic technique and less like expressions of emotional reaction.
One the other hand, decrepitomania provides subject opportunities that offer the order and simplicity that I seek.
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Louie
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