First day of Spring

First of all, that title is accurate and misleading.  It is the first day of Spring, but my post isn't full of robins and daffodils.  More of a photo tip for publishing or sending around pics

What I do want to demonstrate, is the idea of photos competing against themselves.  Lots of folks post multiple pics of roughly the same thing on websites, Flickr, whatever.  But by posting multiple shots you degrade the whole bunch of them, as they compete against each other. 

My example is kinda artsy, but I like patterns and took a series today.  Planned to post one.  But figured to use the series to show that is is always best to post your favorite and not the whole set.

So, here is a pattern shot I took and I like.

geometry of a fence

So, that is a likable image.  It's not something to go on your living room wall, but has some power and interest.

I should leave it at that, but to continue...

more geometry of a fence

Another pic of the fence, a bit wider.

I really like this pic. The pattern and color is just right.

So go back and think about what you thought of the first photo, and now look at the three photos.  If I just posted the first one, most folks would find it nice.  Now with competing photos, none look all that amazing.  They compete against each other instead of against other photographs.

Now let's add an element...

geometry of a fence with the sun

Again, different but the same.  This pic solo would get much more reaction than here in a series.  Something to think about when putting up photos.

As a final bit, I have a very short video of the sunset on the first day of Spring.  It was finally close to normal high temps, around 55 degrees out, with sunshine today.  People were out and about, and was at a park at sunset.