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Paul Saunders
Guest
I'm in the middle of sorting out loads of landscape photos on my computer and I'm having trouble
deciding which areas to put certain photos into. The problem photos are those of a different area,
do I include them in the area that the photo is of, or do I include them in the area I took the
photo from? In other words, do I sort by subject or by viewpoint?
For example, I have an early morning shot of Snowdon taken with a telephoto lens from the summit of
Cadair Idris. There is nothing of Cadair Idris in the photo and the Rhinogs are effectively in the
foreground, in front of Snowdon, which rises up above them.
Should I put it in the Snowdon folder because it's a photo of Snowdon, or should I put it in the
Cadair Idris folder because that's where I took it from?
Suppose I'd taken the photo from a bit further back and included the summit of Cadair Idris in the
photo, would that make any difference compared to the example above?
This is a common problem. Views of mountains are often best from adjacent areas, for example Corn Du
from Fan Fawr or Fan Fawr from Corn
Du.
It would simplify the decision making process to categorise all photos in the area they were taken
from, but then if I wanted to find all my photos of Snowdon, they'd be scattered about in
different areas.
Sorting by subject seems to make the most sense, but having prominent foregrounds often makes it
difficult to decide what the most important subject is. For example, a photo of Pen y Fan taken from
Mynydd Du with Llyn y Fan Fawr in the foreground. Certainly Pen y Fan is a major feature, but so is
Llyn y Fan Fawr, so which should taken precedence?
Obviously in a database I can use keywords and categories to put the same photo in multiple
locations, but I'm trying to decide where to physically store the files.
Not only that, but I'm redesigning my website with an area-based structure, so I also have to decide
in which area to put each photo on my site.
If the viewpoint sorting method is preferred, what about telephoto shots that show no foreground,
and thus show nothing of the area that the photo was taken from, should these be given special
treatment?
I'm just curious to hear other people's views on this subject, in order to help me decide how I
want to do it.
Paul
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http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk
http://www.wildwales.fsnet.co.uk
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deciding which areas to put certain photos into. The problem photos are those of a different area,
do I include them in the area that the photo is of, or do I include them in the area I took the
photo from? In other words, do I sort by subject or by viewpoint?
For example, I have an early morning shot of Snowdon taken with a telephoto lens from the summit of
Cadair Idris. There is nothing of Cadair Idris in the photo and the Rhinogs are effectively in the
foreground, in front of Snowdon, which rises up above them.
Should I put it in the Snowdon folder because it's a photo of Snowdon, or should I put it in the
Cadair Idris folder because that's where I took it from?
Suppose I'd taken the photo from a bit further back and included the summit of Cadair Idris in the
photo, would that make any difference compared to the example above?
This is a common problem. Views of mountains are often best from adjacent areas, for example Corn Du
from Fan Fawr or Fan Fawr from Corn
Du.
It would simplify the decision making process to categorise all photos in the area they were taken
from, but then if I wanted to find all my photos of Snowdon, they'd be scattered about in
different areas.
Sorting by subject seems to make the most sense, but having prominent foregrounds often makes it
difficult to decide what the most important subject is. For example, a photo of Pen y Fan taken from
Mynydd Du with Llyn y Fan Fawr in the foreground. Certainly Pen y Fan is a major feature, but so is
Llyn y Fan Fawr, so which should taken precedence?
Obviously in a database I can use keywords and categories to put the same photo in multiple
locations, but I'm trying to decide where to physically store the files.
Not only that, but I'm redesigning my website with an area-based structure, so I also have to decide
in which area to put each photo on my site.
If the viewpoint sorting method is preferred, what about telephoto shots that show no foreground,
and thus show nothing of the area that the photo was taken from, should these be given special
treatment?
I'm just curious to hear other people's views on this subject, in order to help me decide how I
want to do it.
Paul
--
http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk
http://www.wildwales.fsnet.co.uk
http://www.photosig.com/go/users/userphotos?id=118749