re: #86 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

That is an interesting example, and one I hadn’t considered wrt nature photography, so I’d have to tweak my point.

However, I do think the point stands wrt abandoned places. Moving stuff around changes the “abandoned” part - it’s now become someone’s abandoned photography studio (a subtle difference, admittedly). I’d be irritated to come upon that tricycle image, thinking I’d discovered something unique and interesting to photograph, only to find someone else had come along and staged the setting for their own photographic purposes. I’d rather have the area left as undisturbed as possible.

I should add I come at this from a perspective of photojournalism, not art photography, so that may color my perspective.