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Wow, Clint. I'm laughing outloud loud, reading your picks! Really helpful to get your input. I wouldn't have picked any of those... LOLOLOL... Thanks so much for taking the time to take a look and tell me what you think. Now, I get to sleep on it and see what to do. Just posted a new one today, Cleave, that came from playing a game with Brett C. Since I stayed up half the night last night making it, it's my new favorite...but, like I said, we love all the new children...

My Top4 picks from your gallery (in no particular order) are:

Is it X or is it Y
Can We Please Stop...
For the Fun of It: 2
Under the Bridge 3

Hope that helps!

Indeed, Clint. And speaking of being a lousy curator of one's own work, I need some help picking four of my images that are my "best," that "typify my style," so that Dogsitter and some others can put something together about me here for some group called New Horizon's... Don't really understand it yet...And I'm stopped in my tracks picking those 4 images from what I've posted here. The children are rushing out of me so fast these last few weeks and I love every one of them as it's birthing...and I have no idea how to pick 4. Do you have a few minutes to pick four you like - or think are typical, whatever that means? I trust your eye a lot, Clint...

That's such a perfect analogy with children, Meri. And it's why I'm such a lousy curator of my own work...I will always see in them something others don't, and generally more than others will. Thanks again for your lovely comments.

It's such a crazy thing to exhibit our raptures, isn't it? When we hang the products somewhere - physically or online - they take on a life of their own. Like children do. Completely beyond my control - and often my imagination - what happens to them once they leave my body.

Thanks so much, Meri. I'm still surprised this has been the most viewed image in my gallery. For such a simple shot it's gathered a great deal of goodwill from the iPhoneArt community.

Kind thanks, Michelle. It's become somewhat of an unintended signature piece for me. So pleased you like it.

Thank you so much, Pat! Fall has that effect on me.

Thanks so much and sorry for missing your comment until now!

So pleased you see the autumnal panorama in this. Thank you for your kind words!

Thanks so much, Michael. IPA is a pretty special place among all the other IG-like sites. Real sense of community here that we guard jealously... Welcome aboard.

Thanks so much, Gara. Oh how I wish I had the time presently to 'play' like this again. The press of life is a cruel taskmaster and while there is always reward in productivity I miss the chance at exploration the more I'm away from it. I appreciate your kind words.

Corinne - While there are not rules per se that dslr images are not accepted here, it is generally understood that the art posted here is done only in an iPhone or iPad unless otherwise noted and I would suggest that 99.9% of what is posted falls into that category. I'd urge you to read the Manifesto page (http://www.iphoneart.com/pages/manifesto) to get a sense of what the IPA community is all about.

Don't put away your Nikon (though mine is gathering more dust than usual...), but post what you do with your iPhone here. There are many who are still using their 3Gs (I still have mine but now shoot the the 4).

The nature of iphoneography is learning to thrive within the limitations of the device as compared to a DSLR. When I began shooting iphoneography i was trying to emulate what I would get from my Nikon and all the lens options and found myself incredibly dismayed...until I began embracing the possibilities inherent in the iPhone itself and the apps that existed at the time. You can see that transition if you visit the first few early pages of my gallery then compare those images with what populates the more current pages.

Yes, I'm on IG (clix2020) but typically post there what I put up here. IG is a different environment. Here there is more interaction and discussion and a real attempt at art. You typically won't find a lot of snapshots of painted toenails on IPA...just sayin'...

Corinne - As a general rule all the images here are expected to be generated in the iPhone or other mobile device and processed entirely on the iphone/ipad. Use of a DSLR/Photoshop is not strictly prohibited but should be noted. In this particular case I used photoshop to upsize the image and prep it for a competition (there are now apps which do this).

I also think someone has started a group recently for displaying images shot on dslr and processed with iphone apps. I just posted an image to my gallery shot in 2005 with my big Nikon but only processed this week in the iphone. I don't make it a habit to post these on iPhoneArt.com, preferring to help maintain the purity of the site for iphoneography alone.

BTW, welcome to IPA! I was (and still am) a graphic designer but like you have discovered the joy of being behind the camera rather than beside it directing other shooters...

Clint

Ella, I'm so pleased this image (the only one of my own works I have hanging) is so special for you. You're encouraging me to get back to still life work!!

Thanks so much!

From someone whose work is consistently top-drawer, I'm quite honored by your compliment, kind sir. I appreciate it!

::::bowing:::: Thank you Miss Kaily! I'm sorry to just be seeing this nearly a month after your initial post. But it is a sweet day to see such a nice compliment!

Jim, you're too kind, my friend. If this makes a Hall of Fame it will be hanging alongside your work and will be in excellent company.