The model is lovely, the original shot is nicely composed (by both model and photographer), and your edit of it is fascinating! Great job on the embellishments you added, especially the lighting from the pendant and butterflies! 😍
THANK YOU for sharing the resources you shared! That should help many people who don't already have image-editing software like you and I have! Resources are always welcome additions to posts! Power to the people! 🙌
I totally agree that prettier photos will bring more folks to HIVE, as long as they are original. That is why I become very frustrated by people who plagiarize images or text here, as it hurts the reputation of the blockchain as well as the account who committed the act.
The same is true of "shitposts" — I just saw a post that contained 10 words and a screenshot showing the current price of HIVE and HBD. Ten words, no more. I hope no one researching Hive for the crypto-world sees that guy's post and the fact that he earned almost $4 from that crap. 🤦♀
Wooo! Thanks @thekittygirl for this epic comment! So glad you stopped by and shared your insights here.
I'm thrilled you liked the model, photog, and edits (I felt happy and proud of the lighting :D :D :D)
My pleasure, it's amazing the technology we have at our fingertips, mostly for free, that goes unused and unknown by so many content-creators, I figured I'd spread the word a bit. And your comment makes me want to swing by your profile and check out some of your images, what software do you use?
I agree, originality is highly preferred and encouraged. Same goes for posts with substance. I mean, I've broken Hive's character-count limit many times with my giant posts.
All that said, I have written before on how even 10 words can possibly-maybe-potentially be valuable if done masterfully and artfully, but it's rare. The sad thing is, 99% of the time we see a 10-word post, it's a 'shitpost' like the one you mention... with minimal value, not even worth clicking on. Hopefully we can encourage to put more love into their content. I do what I can to encourage quality content, and hopefully I succeed, heheh. Fingers crossed! Anyway, thanks again for your wonderful comment, wishing you a great day! 🙏
All good, I'm a fan of any effort or edits, and I remember JASC's PaintShopPro! I used it many years ago, great to be reminded of it! Definitely cool that it could handle vector & raster both. Thanks for sharing! 🙏