evah40•6d ago

Got called out for my cloud picture titles at a meetup in Portland

Someone there, a guy named Mark, told me my photo titles were too vague. He said 'Altocumulus' with no context helps nobody. He was right. I looked back at my posts. Just cloud names. No story. No feeling. Now I add a line about where I was or what it looked like to me. Saw some mammatus clouds over the river yesterday. Posted it as 'Mammatus rolling in like angry pillows before the storm hit.' Makes it better. Anyone else get feedback that changed how they share their pics?

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the_morgan6d ago

Totally get that... had a guy at a camera club say my bird photos were just "sparrow on a branch" over and over. Now I try to add something dumb like "this one was yelling at a squirrel," and it really does connect more.

finley_lee6d ago

Wow, that actually makes total sense now.