Do you read the description?

[wile1]

Do you read the description of a persons photo or picture when they post it? Do you know what they did or how they did it because you read what they said? Do you know what tools they used?

It seems to me that most people here just look at the pic and reply, they don't read the description and I wonder sometimes why I even write one on mine telling everyone how I do it or a story as to why I did that particular pic or what it means....

Sometimes people say wow wonderful pic love how you blended the pictures together, and its a single pic with no blending..

I just wonder... I read every description but I try very hard not to read what other peoople say, I don't want to be influenced by their thoughts on a particular picture.

So Do you read the description???

[vos]

Yes I read the description of a persons photo or picture when they post it,
I like to know what tools they have used (some use a lot,must be fun if you can play with a lot of programs)

and a good story that fits with the pic,I like this very much!
something like this,it is fun to read here (http://www.innertraveler.com/publicgallery/showphoto.php?photo=25145&cat=500&ppuser=496&sl=w)it let you smile,and this is always good!
sometimes the words are sad,sometimes very true too,.....

[bigH]

all ways after I look at pic - then tools used - then I say some thing or not .

much fun to read what others say also .

H

[Engel47]

Every time. I read down in order - I look at the image, I read the description and then I read what tools were used. I find it interesting reading the description and often feel cheated and disapointed when there is none :) I like to know what the image means to the uploader, or who it is, or where they took the photo etc. In fact I often mention it in the comments - I ask who is this? Did you take the photo yourself? Where did you take it? etc etc :blahblah: :blahblah: :)

[wile1]

*giggles at Chris*

I am like Engel I often make comments according to the description and I do feel a little cheated if there is none. I think the description and thought process or story about the picture often is as entertaining as the picture itself. It amazes me when I read where a pic was taken and why or how a person came up with the idea for the picture. And sometimes I find myself wondering about certain pcis with no descriptions.

I even find some folks very funny and with great senses of humor about their work. Like danr.. He always has something funny to say. Short and sweet as it is it always describes his pic perfectly.

And minos with his poetry its just amazing to read. Anna with her feelings of her picture, or Robert when he says he did it afterwork and he was tired and how the picture made him feel... Its a good way to learn about others and their personalities. :)

[vos]

I just open Bryce,
Always a landscape in my mind,still dream to make a realistic landscape,but dreaming is beautiful,for some reason the mountain is up side down and before I know I have a abstract,I just click here and there,play with mats and multirep. and mirrors sometimes it are groundplanes two our three can be a sphere too(one becauce the obj(s) is in the sphere)

let say I still not have a clue what I do,but it is fun .

for the stories and poetry sorry but my english is to bad to do poetry our to write a story,but I like to read it and read always twice to be sure I understand it.

I sometimes wonder also who the pic is made thats why I like to know with tools has been use,I prefer wip so you really see how it is made and it becomes very clear too

Sade here (http://www.innertraveler.com/messagecenter/showthread.php?t=1343)

Robert_S here (http://www.innertraveler.com/messagecenter/showthread.php?t=1094) and here (http://www.innertraveler.com/messagecenter/showthread.php?t=1288)

AnnaKirsten here (http://www.innertraveler.com/messagecenter/showthread.php?t=2004)

For photo's it is nice to know,if the person is family,and for landscapes,.... the place.

So wip are very welcome !!!

and we all look different to a image too,we see sometimes different things too in the same picture
but most inportant is enjoy the works from others and have fun with Bryce 5

[wile1]

I love the photos also.. It shows that person and what they are and where they come from. Its always enjoyable to see a photograph.

[SnowDog]

I love to read the descriptions or comments from the creator, also what tools were used . I myself have alot of fun coming up with some little story that goes with the picture or from something else I have previosly written.


SnowDog

[AnnaKirsten]

On the odd occasion I have been known to only look at the image and then comment - that's when I'm in a desperate hurry! I may also make wrong assumptions on those occasions, but I do like to keep track of all the images if I can.

But normally, yes, I do read the descriptions - I love that! I love the yarns that some people tell; the made-up tales that could be so true and yet...? I like telling them too, lol! But yes, it always makes the experience of viewing that much richer, to read the of atmosphere being got across, or the humour that's there, and of course, it goes without saying that if the method of making the image is also mentioned, this can be very helpful, and also quite awesome!

I say Grrrrrrr to those who don't say what tools they used, let alone anything about their image! Yeah, I know maybe those people think the image should speak for itself, and I am a sucker for writing my thoughts as I think it through - what does this image mean to me! (I often wonder how way out I must be sometimes!) Perhaps that's the intention of some artists, or maybe they are just in a rush to upload their image and then disappear off to another site where they do the same again and so on! I feel that's a bit like knocking at someone's door then fleeing before the occupant can see who you are! You've made an impact, but no-one is any the wiser for it!

For me, though, I think a little "chatting" beneath the image is another form of communication with the viewers - we're a community after all, and that's just one aspect of it that I think is very valuable.

[classylady]

I think in some cases it may be difficult to try and explain about a fractal I mean what is there to say about it. It is an apo flame with or without post work...

Yet take MM or even poser yes there should be more information......

Normally I do glance over the description yet when I see no program listed I always ask what program did you use to make this creation with?????

lol Normally never get an answer....

I think this mainly comes from New people that maybe just don't know what it is we'd like to see under description and tools used gosh could it be just that simple!!

[ron0946]

if there is one there I read it if not I don't. makes no diff to me...it's when there is no tools listed that gets me.....

[ppetersen]

I almost always read the description, for it's the thoughts and ideas that a person puts into it and it gives one a good help along the way when they wish to figure out how to do similar. :)

[judee3d]

I usually first look at the picture, get my own feeling for it, and then read the description. I love seeing what the artist had in mind, or even better, in complex scenes, I like to know what tools they used - it's very helpful to me to know how the scene was constructed.

But this information always comes after my first impression. In most cases I will then comment - though I have been known to comment first and read later - I don't thik it really matters, though sometimes something in the text can add an element of humor or story to the image, so if I see there is a substantial amount of text, I usually do read it before commenting.

[Rumour]

I always, always, always look at the description, and in fact am disappointed in some ways if there isn't one. I LOVE to know if there is a story or message the artist has to tell with an image, besides just the image itself. Sometimes I find the art itself doesn't tell me enough, and all it takes is a certain word or two in a description to make me think... ah! so that's what they mean, and go back and look at it again. A picture might tell a story of have a double meaning to it, one I can't always pick up. And of course, I also love to know how it was created, although the tools used isn't so important to me as how the mood was captured or what was actually done with the tools to get the image. Saying you used PS or Apo to make an image is like saying I use a biro to write - it's just a tool, but knowing that you like doing curly f's or dotting every I because it feels incomplete without it, now that's starting to tell more of a story and giving some insight into the artist.

To me, any image that doesn't have a story behind it isn't really worth the time spent to make it. Which isn't to say that those images that don't have a descrption aren't worth it - I'm sure they are and sure they do have a story to tell - but an image without a story has no soul and hasn't taken the artist or the viewer anywhere - it fails to become art. I could take random snaps of many things and put them up here and get lots of positive comments, but if I just went out into the backyard and snapped the camera 20 or so times at whatever was in front of the lens, the images mean nothing to me, and this gets translated into the image as well. A picture of a spider is just a picture of a spider, unless I tell you that this one startled the life out of me when it appeared suddenly right in front of me from under a plate left on my desk and the white dot on its abdomen means it's a white tail spider and they bite and can cause a nasty infection that will start eating your flesh... now there's a story and the spider means something more. And that story (though I have no pic to show for it) really happened!

So please, if you are reading this, take the time to write up a little bit about your image! It becomes so much more interesting then to know what was going on when it was being created.
Excuse me, the bat phone is ringing.... :batman:

[bigH]

When you go to a art gallery - do you have some one telling you what the painting or what ever means or what the artist was trying to say .

If I said some thing about my work you lose what ever you will see and you would lose in the end . Some times the artist does some thing that they do not ever think about when they are working . When I read a comment I am surprise what some people say which to me is part of the fun .

Just my take on this .

Henry

[minos_6]

When I visit an art gallery, I ignore much of the commentary provided by the gallery, other than maybe to see the date the work was completed, and any historical facts. This might help me to compare paintings by the same artist, so I can see how they developed. Otherwise I just look at the work.

When I think of how my own intentions in creating an image can sometimes be completely at odds with the viewers impression of what I intended, it makes me wonder how an art critic can possibly give a faithful interpretation of someone else's work. So I ignore many of the art critics comments. Anyway, I do receive occasional e-mails from self acclaimed "art critics" who dislike my work and think I'm in league with the devil LOL

BUT ... when it comes to the comments left by you guys on your own work, I love to read them, as this is information about the artist's work "straight from the horse's mouth" so to speak. And indeed for me it's only common courtesy to read them anyway. If you went to the trouble to accompany your work with a commentary, then I can trouble myself to read what you said :)

And if you look at my work but don't read the words, then you didn't see my work at all ;)

Interesting topic!

Dzanetos