She put the "Baller" in Ballerina.

[JacaRanda]

maybe I'm having a bad morning. sorry y'all.

No worries. Both of my questions were sincere. The cropping of heads is often discussed, so I wanted to know if it was by choice or simply careless. I actually like when it's done to bring focus to the face or eyes. Yours should have been cropped more if that was the intent.

It can also be a tactic to be bold, arrogant, or controversial in order to draw attention to a website; works sometimes and sometimes not.

Be easy man. And layoff my AMINALS - they don't tick you off like people can. Unless, unless they move while you're trying to get a nice portrait. Then you can curse them all you want; under your breath.

 

[Braineack]

if y'all saw this image in a magazine with that title on top you wouldn't have questioned a thing.

i would have expected an article about a basketball player that happens to also be a ballerina.

 

[weepete]

Titles mean eff all. Look at the amount of untitleds in the art world too. You guys are getting way too hung up on it.

I like the shot, it's a solid interesting shot of a pretty unusual girl.

 

[proberok]

Guess that's what happens when one is out of touch. The term "Baller" refers to one that has or spends a lot of money.

 

[bribrius]

ummmmmm.. okay.

 

[runnah]

Whoa, wtf is wrong with everyone?

 

[JacaRanda]

Society in general. Just the way it is RunnahMan.

 

[bribrius]

Whoa, wtf is wrong with everyone?

p.m.s.

 

[runnah]

Whoa, wtf is wrong with everyone?

p.m.s.

I guess so.

 

[photoguy99]

Whoa, wtf is wrong with everyone?

Huh? Nothing is wrong. It's been this way for at least years.

Newbie posts a picture. Some regular takes exception to it and posts something mildly obnoxious. A small pile on follows.

The newbie, provoked, declines to humbly bow his head in supplication. Replies to snark with snark. Escalation on all sides.

The newbie is then chastised for his poor attitude and told to smarten up.

Newbie either leaves or is slowly bent to the herd's mentality. Six months later, former newbie is snarking at the new n00bs.

It's the circle of life, man. Mufasa tells us all about it in The Lion King. It's a beautiful, albeit violent, cycle.

 

[proberok]

Pretty much. But haven't you seen? I am no longer a newbie! joined in 2012. I read way more than I post. But yeah, the problem is, some guys in here think they are the end all be all of photography. Like they have all the answers. YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS SWAY! There's really nothing you can tell me about my art. It's MY art. I don't disrespect peoples posts with snarky sly comments and back handed compliments. Really, no one asked for a critique. If I wanna post a black square and call it "you are scared" then that's my god given right. I've been taking pictures for 20 years. I have lenses older than most of you here. I know y'all feel compelled to give critique but when no one is asking, try to keep ya fingers away from the keyboard.

 

[JacaRanda]

Right, you did not ask, but the People Photography category under the forums has 'Post for discussion and feedback, including general critique.'