Sure.  I will email some more pics later tonight cause I'm going to be up late 
most likely...


On Oct 19, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Daniel Pullan wrote:

> 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 <jasonwilliam...@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 <jasonwilliam...@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
>> 
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