[ubuntu-art] new Ubuntu member freelance professional photographer

[Daniel Pullan]

Hey Jason,

You're more then welcome. Is there anyway I can see more of your work?

On 19 October 2012 23:39, Jason Williams <jasonwilliams78 at me.com> wrote:

> *Hey Daniel, *
> *
> *
> *Thanks for the advice :)  Much appreciated.  I have many more that I can
> choose from adhering to more of the guidelines *
>
>
> On Oct 19, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Daniel Pullan wrote:
>
> Hey man, I tried using this as a background and found it didn't quite fit
> my screensize. Also, it's quite a busy picture, very attention grabbing,
> I'm sure some people will agree it might not be suited to being a
> background picture.
>
> In the ubuntu design guidelines there is:
>
> "Avoid high frequency images. ( A soft focus is one way to achieve this )"
>
> "As the name suggests, visually, it should settle into the “background”
> of the activity scene"
>
> "Your image should strive for subtlety and poetry".
>
> I don't feel this image adheres to that. Also,
>
> "The final dimension should be 2560 x 1600 pixels".
>
> This image is 3648x2736, as you can see the dimension is wrong, I'm sure
> this is nothing a well done crop would fix (Gimp works for this).
>
> Overall, I don't think this picture works, however it's a great first
> attempt and I'm sure you can either attempt to fix this image or try using
> a different photo you've taken.
>
> Away from the background side of things, it's a cool picture, I love the
> blues of the water, very nice.
>
> Daniel
>
> On 19 October 2012 22:58, Jason Williams <jasonwilliams78 at me.com> wrote:
>
>> *Hello to the Ubuntu community,*
>> *
>> *
>> *My name is Jason Williams and I am a professional freelance
>> photographer and IT security student.  I am new to the community here and
>> have already received some helpful advice from others who are also on the
>> mailing list.  I wish to share a photograph that I captured while in Neah
>> Bay WA over the Summer this year that I would love feed back on and
>> possibly a chance for the administrators in the Ubuntu community to approve
>> it for usage :).  Please, all members feel free to comment as I welcome it.
>>  Thank you again for the opportunity to serve and help out in whatever way
>> I can in the Ubuntu community.*
>> *
>> *
>> *Sincerely,*
>> *Jason Williams*
>> *
>> *
>> *<IMG_1345mod2.jpg>*
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