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::lmass
11/07/11 8:31 PM GMT
I think it would be great to have an INFRARED category in Photography.
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=Samatar
11/07/11 8:44 PM GMT
There would need to be several examples on the site before we could consider making a gallery. There are none at the moment as far as I know?
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::lmass
11/07/11 9:03 PM GMT
All my images that I have posted so far are infrared. Take a look.
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=Samatar
11/07/11 11:41 PM GMT
Actually I probably should have said, there should be several examples in the main galleries before we consider making a gallery...

Several people have asked about a B&W gallery in the past, there are probably many more examples of that than there are of infra red but no gallery has been made. This is because photography is generally sorted by subject, rather than by the method/style of photography used. Whenever I think about how to "file" images, I try to imagine where someone who is new to the site would look for it. I think in most cases people have a scene in mind, for example, beach, horse, car, etc, so this to me is the best way to sort images.

Remember that you can use "tags" to help people find images as well, so you could always tag the images as infra red... look under the "community" link on the left for more info.
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.Akeraios
11/08/11 12:02 AM GMT
The more people who use tags, the more useful they are. Right now there are only about half-a-dozen of us using them ...
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::lmass
11/08/11 3:16 AM GMT
I agree, tags are useful. I agree with Samatar that new people would look for "subjects", but infrared is emerging as a separate category in the digital domain because it is being used much more digitally than it was in film photography. Many people aren't even aware that it is different and that converted cameras or special filters are used. So they wouldn't even know to search for it. Just food for thought.
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=Samatar
11/08/11 4:45 AM GMT
If there was a way to have multiple categories for images, I think we would definitely have categories such as B&W, HDR, infrared etc. but the site doesn't have the ability to do that ATM. (other than by using tags, I mean)
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::lmass
11/08/11 5:25 AM GMT
I hear ya. It's a great site. I am enjoying my travels through it. So tags it will be. Thanks for taking the time to think about it.
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