Just interested...what is important in your shots and why? Put highest number first. (these are in no particular order) 1...image quality? 2...detail? 3...subject matter? 4...heavy postwork? 5...light postwork? 6...colour // b/w? 7...POV 8...composition 9...skill and any other I may have forgotten!

1.image quality 2.subject matter/skill 3.composition 4.POV 5.Think the rest depend on the subject matter and composition. Every image is unique and is hard to place importance in number form. Chris

I agree Chris....but will be interesting nontheless;)

Similar but..... 1. Image Quality 2. Skill 3. Composition 4. Subject matter 5. POV 6. and all the rest I guess I put image quality and skill at the top as Chris but subject matter lower because I feel it can be (sometimes) less important. Because some photographers can make 'ordinary' things seem so fantastic. Objects or scenes that many people would pass up as a dull or uninspiring can be constructed to make a fab shot. Anyways, as said, every shot is very different, so hard to judge. David

Its just to find out other photographers views on importance really.

Yeah...(IMO) it depends on the situation... what you are trying to convey or capture! SO many factors involved here there really is no SET importance. For example.. maybe you go out to FOCUS on say...TEXTURES!! Quality/Composition/POV would be up at the top! Postwork...probably at the bottom! (if even needed!) My 2.5 cents! Joe

1. composition 2. POV 3. Image Quality 4. Color or B&W The composition matters most to me and then the POV, I like others to see what it is that I see. Image quality pretty much goes without saying, I set it and forget it. Color or B&W hopefully I have time to make this decision and hey if I don't I can convert it later. Postwork isn't a biggie, I like it better if I don't have to do it so I try for a compo that doesn't require it. Skill??? What's that? I don't think I have it! :P Just me and the way I think! Brenda :)

ha ha...sorry...I had to Delete the Last Comment...when I read it back....it was just too much Bull Dust! What is important in My Shots?...is "they look ok to Me" ...and Why is that important?... because like a Moth to the Light...I know like Minded People will be attracted :] salute ... yep....I am comfortable with that...and won't delete.

1.subject matter is the most important thing to me.. just can take a picture of something l feel nothing for (( like that macro fly l captured yuk even thou good quality was just gross ))) like to visualise the whole composition framed with the naked eye through the lens.. often spent times on what l call wreckys to sites..viewing it at different angles , time of day.. how the light falls from the that object.. sometimes sketch in pencil if a landscape. visualise in my head, sometimes plan for days.. must admit work alot with the elements and natural light..how it shades and tones..what shapes it create. key to my compositions is to see.. basically.. practise skills .. doesnt always work out to be honest the rest is a wing and a prayer at this stage of photography.. quality being of high importance..but not always successful... hopefully one day.. but also just to relax and enjoy as a form of escapism and quality of enjoyment..l place first and form most... hugs jimbo :)...

I just shoot it the way I like to see it, or at least make a valiant attempt :). I don't really adhere to any kind of rules perse. With that the importance of what counts differs from shot to shot. So my pointlist would be 1..9.. in no particular order :)

1- Image quality/skill. Goes together to me. If u know what u're doing, u should produce a good quality pic! ;) 2- Composition/POV. Again, these 2 go together! The POV is part of the compo! 3- Detail. Yes, details are important to me! A small "out of place" thingie can disturb my viewing! Subject matter and colour // b/w don't matter to me! As long as u treat ur subject properly and with the required skills, any subject can look fab and in any color/tone. As for postwork, I'm definitely not a fan of heavy postwork! I like a pic to look as much as a photography as possible. Just the usual adjustements for me. Nothing more! ;)

Most of this is important to me but not always at the same time depending on what I am trying to achieve. 1) 1,2,3,7,8 and 9 are something that I try to put into every shot. And gonna add 10 (correct exposure) ok that could also be 9. If any one of these elements are missing/not right it can spoil the whole shot. 2) 6 can be important depending on what it is, 5, light postwork is IMO essential this is true whether digi or film. 3) 4 not essential to me, but as most people know I like to do this on occasion. The bottom line for me is, if I like the final result I am not too concerned how it is achieved, (as long as all the elements are photographic) I have in my long past put two or more slides together to make an image, essentially this is not post work but still not the original capture either, the same could be said of double exposure.

What a truly difficult question! I think if the viewer can smell and touch what I was smelling and touching, or wishing to, by viewing my photos, then I have done a passable job.

i like to have a variety of subjects cuz i never know when i may need them... attention to compo, light & detail, from as many angles i can get, done with a steady hand... then make something wonderful whether straight out of the cam or whatever i may feel like doing at the time with what i have :] i may need to go study if there should be a test later... i've done my time but forgot a lot of it ;]

most important thing in my shots...you didn't even list it JimbO. :) 1. it needs to have heart & soul. i want to look at an image and have it speak to me, and i want my images to speak to others. my image can be technically perfect, but if i didn't put my heart and soul into it, i find it worthless. 2. image quality is next. i want my images to be perfect technically. of course, mine never are, so i guess for me, as long as i've done my best, then i guess that's all i can expect. interesting thread!!!

skill..with skill will know best.

Subject matter and composition come first with me Quality and detail follow a very close second. Skill well I do the best I can, some work some don't. Postwork I don't do, not because I don't like but because I don't know how. Practice, yes, that should be there somewhere, all the time practice and more practice. Even in the deepest well you can still aim at the stars. Oh yes and colour, mostly colour for me

1. Lens quality 2) Lens quality 3) Lens quality 4) Light 5) Experience

Sometimes I think Tibet and I were twins seperated at birth.... we seem to think along the sames lines all the time and agree about a good many things photographically speaking. :~) With skill comes quality, and all those things that make a quality photo such as compo, attention to detail (extremely important imo), etc..... All the other things are just after thoughts..... BW, color, postwork or not.... It's also important to me that my images convey something beyond a mere record of a moment, but then that is moving into something more than just taking a photograph. And like Azy I also feel that good equipment, especially the lens (not necessarily pro level) is also an important factor, and it's the one thing I would blow the budget on....

Oooooh!! Chelle, I feel like a million Pounds now! :D

Most of all if I go out for some shots, I look around and search for some details..... it depends what my eyes caught, often I use my soul because I am a poet too. I try to get the best quality and the composition. For me is the macrolens the most important lens at the moment, and all the other things I must learn first. And my honest vision is this one: It doesn't matter how expensive a Camera or lens is, if you don't have the eye for beauty then a good lens or camera means nothing...... please be gentle to me, haha, just my thoughts..... Ilona

I agree with that Ilona, definitely! A good cam is nothing without a good photographer behind it! ;) But if the photographer is good, a good cam makes it even better! ;)

As Michelle put it! "I also feel that good equipment, especially the lens (not necessarily pro level) is also an important factor, and it's the one thing I would blow the budget on" Yep so would I and have done! And agree that images should convey something, either personal or emotion in some form, doesnt always work out, but not for the lack of trying. The camera to a point may be immaterial as long as it has fully manual settings, modern cameras with all the whistles and bells are a great marketing feature but it is the f stop, shutter speed that = the correct exposure that makes the difference. Still use the ole trusty T70 now and then, and IMO still a great camera. And on very rare occasions (for the sake of nostalgia) an old Ilford sportsman. (not a true SLR) but my first proper camera and love it dearly. Maybe a little off topic, but hey thats life.

A camera is a box that catches light.... be it $200 basic or $6000 power machine... But not all lenses are created equal.....

Don't I know it some lenses are truly awful, but thats another story.

haha true words too Pascale, but when I used my old Kodak the pictures I took with that camera where also wonderful...me thinks....now I use 2 different camera's....

1. light 2. composition 3. everything else I take photographs for various reasons: art, documentation, souvenirs, texture reference. I don't share them unless there is something interesting in either the image or story behind it. Carolly