yes, this is being worked on.

Tammy how about Rural/scenery Urban landscape or something like that.

Why not just Scenery? Does it matter if it has buildings in it? I've seen some very urban environments with no buildings and very rural ones with buildings.

Scenic would probably be a better term, but I agree that it would cover landscapes and buildings...

So as not to rile the folks who wanted the "nature" category in there by removing their genre, how about? Nature Scenes (could include anything from a single flower to a full all-natural landscape) and Viewscapes (landscapes ranging from natural to full cityscapes, in fact - any kind of wide-field view) It seems this might possibly be a simple way to accommodate all parties.

this is a good idea.... let me check on this. although i have never heard of viewscapes. tammy

But what happens to more urban or village scenes that aren't wide view but might be a little scene of small town life or village scene or a street or two in the middle of the city? They don't always have people as the main focus. I'm just curious. I'm probably bringing up problems that don't exist at this point.

yeah, they don't exist yet that i know of but always good to try and think ahead. will give this some thought as well. tammy

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=345682&Start=1&Artist=Redmadrona&ByArtist=Yes

Well, I saw one that shows what I mean, though the artist may have classified it another way. To me, the point of this scene is not the person, but the film noir atmosphere and the urban setting. In fact, I don't know where the art noir kind of stuff would fit in...it isn't goth (too realistic for that). I guess realism??? Perhaps that's where this would logically go??? I'm not sure what realism means, actually. I thought story would include graphics that have a story in themselves but might also include a fragment or short story or poem but I was told that I was wrong about that. So my interpretation of some of the genres seems a little shaky.

yeah you are right.... i have been thinking on this.. not really having any ideas. wondering if the viewscape could be defined to include those types of shots. tammy

Tammy, I came up with the term "viewscapes" in an attempt to coin a phrase as inclusive as possible for those types of view. If the 'film noir' feeling or general 'ambiance' or possibly some 'intense emotion' is the main subject of a pic, how about a broad class called something like "Atmosphere/Mood"? Also, possibly a genre for 'Urban Scenes' in addition to Nature-Scenes and Viewscapes - so there's room for everyone? (Just tossing out suggestions to see if any float and can be helpful.) Also, I'm with dialyn on the terms - such as the 'story' genre. I know you have a lot to do, but wouldn't it be a good idea for there to be a thread/page/whatever someplace with a list of all the genres and at least a start-off basic definition of what goes in them. Some are quite clear, such as sea/undersea (thanks for adding that) but a number of others, such as 'story' (For example: is it a picture that tells a story, or a series of pictures telling one story - or both?) - the terms can be rather vague and some definition would make things clearer.

Agree this would be a good thing to do. I have it down to get done. tammy

only 1 suggestion for the SF genre catogory Star Trek Non Star Trek then we can ignore the trek :)

BAH! Make it a sci-fi and Star W*** split. So we can see some DECENT sci-fi ;o) ~TrekkieGrrrl

Added Anime & Careers ...and probably will add Scenic to represent the urban, rural, city, village, etc scenes. I am still thinking on this one. I don't want to add something then have to have members recatagorize their image. Sorry for being a little slower with this one. I do want to thank all members who have been helping me with this one area. :) We will not break up scifi at the moment. thanks tammy

Question - where would a "cave" scene belong?

I guess that depends on what is IN the cave... :o)

Allen9, I would say nature/landscape.

Ok, but it sure isn't a landscape. I guess that's going to be the 'catch-all' category, as there are certainly quite a few varieties that seem to be stuck in there. I guess we can live with that, but I really think there should at least be an 'Atmosphere/Mood' category for scenes with a 'film noir' ambience, or where the overall atmosphere is the main focus, but is not necessarily 'gothic'. (Gothic would fit into 'atmosphere/mood' but not the other way around - IMO.)

Ok added Scenic and Atmosphere/Mood. Will be working on listing the definitions for each of the areas. thanks tammy