Post what makes you proud. Art is the artist's passion, so if it whatever you're posting makes you happy, then post it, and share it.

Can't disagree with that. I didn't think that last batch of pics from Steep Rock with the moon and the sunrise were nearly as good as I hoped for but just remembering the conditions, what I went through (gaaaa! colddddd!), the scene, atmosphere, all make em special. Definitely one of those unforgettable mornings.

The two you posted a week ago, in photography, the environment is a whole different idea in the shot. With those, you can just feel the frigid wind come from the photos. Take you're own oppinions when it comes to your art. 'You' are your greatest critic. That is always the case ;) You can ask for every critique that you can, and you will still know everything about that photograph or piece of art.

Heh, and what a horrific thing to say eh, be hard on yourself! I was very hesitant to post those as they weren't quite up to my standard. Then I thought, this sight for me isn't so rare as it would be for others and the setting and timing was so unique, so I went for it.

The furry art scene is far to into compliments and not nearly critical enough. Any criticism is seen as a huge punch in the face and is met with almost atom-bomb retaliation. How will you ever learn if all you hear is praise? Believe me, my 'sensai' is ruthless, and that makes his praise when I do get it mean something!

Should visit my friend's page uncleoakie. He has always asked for and given critique and praise whenever it is necessary. I've been on a couple photo shoots with him, and he's had a good deal more experience than I have. Critique from some people is unwanted, I'll give you that. But the kind that gives advice for something that's off, that is how it should always be. It should never just be "this sucks". Just ask the person, "Why do you...I mean 'it' suck?" ;)

You know Uncle-Oakie??!! Hot damn! Fucking rights he's a talent! He's also made just about the hottest lion outfit I've ever seen, one of the first I ever saw, and the one I'm using as somewhat of a model for my own head (proportions and such). He unfortunately moved over to DA exclusively and that site puts a pain on my 28.8 rural connection. I consider it the MySpace of art sites, far too code and flash heavy for my liking. Next time you see him tell him I'll mail him a stack of prints in exchange for sending me some construction pics he mentioned having. I really wish he hadn't ditched this site entirely, his stuff was always such a treat.

Naa it was only 30 odd bucks and it helps balance my karma ,got a lot of bad deeds to pay for but thanks for your kind words.
Your pics maybe you should do what I do and post just one good pic a week ,that way your not flooding anyone and your work still seems fresh

Karma: You too eh? I'll loosen the strings a bit then. I've got thousands of shots (many would be multiples for pano-stitching though) and there's so many ways to look at and frame a picture. This summer I was playing around with light levels and translating things into monochrome, can get lots of good images just doing that. Getting my chops down with PSP-PhotoX2 now and that should lead to more things.

I like Pharo's prerequisite... a bit of pride, find those.

well i am planning on photographing some of my bigger older stuff for interests sake. to show what i could do and what i can possibly still do if i put my mind to it. besides a lot of my old stuff was in colour and most of my current stuff never gets that far for one reason or another. Also i am hoping in the process of doing this not only to get some more people to see my art (it has been an awfully long time since i posted stuff other than the last week here) but to maybe get some feedback on how it has changed and what has gone downhill and what has come up.

As for furry art on your end. BAH it is art and is that not what we do. Good Art like yours can still teach artists things they need to know. indeed Photography is all about one of the essentials of good art which is Composition. something a lot of artists now-a-days could really stand to learn. especially since so many of the %$#&%$$^%$^%$*^&%$* younger ones seem to disrespect the old ways of learning art and seem to think they can draw and that makes them perfect.

but i shall not get on that right now as that will only serve to raise my blood pressure beyond belief.

Anyway i support you and a lot of the photographers on here. you bring the awesome composition and a few others i watch bring the Real Life reffernce pictures!

Photography is all about one of the essentials of good art which is Composition.

Excellent point! All you see is characters in poses, never backgrounds. Backgrounds that are there are usually just slapped into place to give a setting, never thought out.

Rrrrr! Furry art gets so goddamn generic it can remind me of Anime sometimes. Style people, style!!!

yeah i am still tossing around the idea of teaching a class on backgrounds and borders at Anthrocon. but i am wondering if i would be able to do such a thing. I mean i KNOW it is possible for me to say sign up for such a thing but i am wondering if i would get people to attend or if i would be able to stand in front of a lot of people if they did.

Photography is all about one of the essentials of good art which is Composition.

Excellent point! All you see is characters in poses, never backgrounds. Backgrounds that are there are usually just slapped into place to give a setting, never thought out.

Rrrrr! Furry art gets so goddamn generic it can remind me of Anime sometimes. Style people, style!!!

Yeah Anime and fantasy/scifi art from the masses is very figure oriented and almost never has good backgrounds despite the fact that Scifi/fantasy, and Real Manga/Anime has incredible backgrounds! i think it is because things like manga/anime is derived from japanese block prints and people think that the complicated backgrounds with high detail is going to be to hard instead of simply looking at it and seeing it is still all basic shapes and forms. instead they dwell on the details and think \"FUCK thats going to be hard\". though strangely i have seen stuff where the detail on the main subject was INSANE but still no background when an effective suggestive one would still improve the piece by leaps and bounds without distracting one from the whole.

The lack of backgrounds in Sci-fi and fantasy though is almost unforgivable since the backgrounds tell the story even more than in normal arts i mean a standard fur or such could be anywhere. but someone in a space suit needs that background to tell where and when he is. Not saying that it is not important in all art but for me in my humble opinion it seems more important in Sci-fi fantasy.

but yeah Photography should help people see that the entire composition is important both background and figure(s) placements Also shows the importance of learning a lot of other techniques to show textures and shading. another very important layer in a piece of work

*sigh* I hate the so-called code they use for comments here.

yeah it can be an pain