some ku, some civilized ku, and some thoughts
Friday, July 30, 2010 at 10:42AM 
Wild flowers and low fence ~ Lake Placid Resort GC - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Water hazard ~ Westport GC - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Mall parking lot ~ Plattsburgh, NY • click to embiggen
Young woman sipping ~ at The Cottage - Lake Placid, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Golden light / clouds after rain ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Crab apples ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Assorted crap ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenThere are times when, at the end of the week, I have collected quite a number of pictures (made during that week) that I have not been able to post as separate entries. That is to state, pictures in addition to ones that I have made that week and posted in that week's entries. Over time I have NOT posted a large number of pictures that have disappeared down that particular hole.
So, in attempt to rectify that situation, I have decided to post an end-of-the-week/weekend entry that is just the pictures (and a few words) that are "left over" from that week's picture making.
As always, I am very interested in comments, re: the pictures. As a matter of fact, I am considering moving to a more picture/few words oriented format - maybe, maybe not, depending upon what I have to say on any given day. Part of the reason for that possibility is the fact that over the years, - yes, years - that I have been doing The Landscapist, I (with reader comments) have covered a lot of ground, re: the medium of photography.
It's not that there isn't anything left to write but I find it rather frustrating that in the blog-o-sphere - and by no means just on The Landscapist, there is a wealth of information in the form of past entries that, for all intents and purposes, just sit there unread.
Unlike a book, it's not the easiest thing on the planet to go back and review what has been written and/or posted, picture-wise. Here on The Landscapist there were at least 1600 entries since January, 2007 - all still available for the reading. However, my stats show that the overwhelming number of visitors - approx. 10,000 page views / 6,800 unique visits per month - read just the current entry(s) and little else - a clear case of what-have-you-done-for-lately if ever there was one.
Now, it should NOT be inferred in any way that this a rant/rap against The Landscapist visitors. It is more a case-in-point, re: the blogosphere.
What this case-in-point suggests to me is that I should devote some time to editing my entries with an eye toward making a book, a real book - a kind of best-of-The Landscapist book. Or, maybe, a 2-3 volume set of books.
Like, I don't have enough to do just organizing 2,600+ pictures (into just a few well-defined catagories) that I have made over the past 7 years.
Reader Comments (4)
A blog format is more a daily journal and people read it as such.
But you're right - that's a heap of good information (text + images) in your blog that is well worth condensing into a series of articles.
Also, perhaps the tags for each post ("journal categories") can be utilised to put an over-arching structure to your content (after you've done a review of the material).
Another technique is to append to the end of each post a "See Also" paragraph, which simply contains links to previous posts on the same topic. I realise you sometimes do this inline.
Pretty Pictures, that's all, No better than Ansel's. you need to make a statement. Or find Art.
I especially like the darkness of the crabapples. Darkness is an underrated resource.
After reading this post, I had an idea of how to possibly rectify this conundrum. Unfortunately Sven W beat me to it. "…append to the end of each post a "See Also" paragraph, which simply contains links to previous posts on the same topic…"