The view from my side

I came across this definition of art, by a modern artist, that describes a good photograph -
"Everybody asks themselves what art is. I think that art is any human creation that is able to lift the spirit to a higher plain of emotion and wonderment." José Manuel Merello Arvilla

Allow me to point you to some very thought provoking images

http://photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=2066664

Since most of us have joined My Shutterspace, to post photographs and solicit comments on those photographs, I wanted to offer some of my thoughts on providing those comments.

Generally photographers are artists and display their feelings or impressions of the world around them in their photographs. This means that most, if not all, photographs are very personal to the people who take them. So when a person asks for comments about their images they have created, what do they expect?… Continue