My first photo uploaded and it received this comment:
'Thanks for sharing and welcome to Pool! This is an amazing story and another example of how the outcome isn't always what you expect, but sometimes is far better than you ever imagined. Great image and looking forward to more work from you'
A welcome message, but nonetheless very encouraging. I was indeed eager to post up more of my works.
My 2nd photo and one of my favourites in my photo collections. And so far, it has gotten the most attention.
1) 'Such a sad photo and such a sad story...no animal deserves to live it's life behind bars because of mans inhumanity and selfishness.
Were they trying to rehome this beautiful one do you know? I do so pray they were.'
2) 'You convey a lot with few words. It's an evocative piece and a haunting photo; the viewer inevitably brings so much of themself to the story.'
3) 'So sad ~
Being a homo sapiens is extremely embarrassing.'
1st comment: The meaning of my photo got through and it prompted interaction between me and the anonymous user.
2nd comment: The user allowed the phto to speak to him/her and embraced its full meaning. An excellent comment!
3rd comment: A casual comment that's commonly seen. In a word, it was not solid enough. I was very 'embarrassed' after drawing 2 good critiques.
My 3rd photo uploaded and another one of my favourite landscape works.
'Hey julianlow - I like the image - but can you explain how you see it is relevant to the theme, 'my tribe' ?'
Another chance for interaction with a user on POOL. Perharps he/she could have looked at the photo abit more and grasp its meaning. This time however , I opted to give an explanation.
'perharps i wasn't clear enough..
Pilots are only allowed to land on this beautiful runway.. if you want to experience such a feeling, you'll have to join the tribe of pilots - only those with the specified qualifications will join the ranks.'
the third comment and I certainly did not expect it to be this way:
'Oh, what a shame that the reality is not as romantic as my imagination! Kyla, I rather liked it better in my head before you asked the question and Julian explained the answer!!!! Sometimes things are better not explained (well, I think so anyway - maybe I am in a tribe of one).
I was imagining romantic trysts!!!!!!!! And I thought Julian was referring to the tribe of all those who are lucky enough to have been with a special person (or a secret person) in an isolated and romantic setting.
Maybe the pilots take a 'friend' - a 'very good friend' - so maybe we are all correct!'
She had a different meaning compared to mine! But that by no means is bad, it shows that indeed, a photo tells a thousand words. In this instance, it was best that the photo was left to viewers' imaginations.
My 4th photo uploaded but hadn't garnered any comments...yet. Hopefully there will be soon as I particularly enjoyed the emotion brought forth by my subject in the photo.
What I've noticed is that people tend to look more at emotion-invoking photos and leave comments. It's pretty obvious from my 2nd photo - the bear trapped in the cage. The look on its eyes is very much haunting and conveyed alot of emotion. Also, I'm pretty sure that the black and white colour scheme had a lasting effect. Yes it may not be all colourful, but photos in black and white tend to convey more meaning. Perharps i should a black and white photography group on POOL? A project of some sorts? Hmmm.. interesting.
For now I should do one more colour photo upload and see what kind of comments i can get:
Tribal masks!... or so you think ;)
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