• Members 1700 posts
    Dec. 23, 2025, 10:11 p.m.

    Q1050635.jpg

    Q1050635.jpg

    JPG, 2.3 MB, uploaded by Daneland on Dec. 23, 2025.

  • Members 598 posts
    Dec. 24, 2025, 12:34 a.m.

    @Daneland

    Very good, I like it.

    Maybe you should consider running this question below through Google AI.

    Q. Is a self-promoting UK website where I sell my photographs as fine art prints a profitable avenue for me to explore in 2026

    In the UK, consumers are increasingly seeking "authentic" art that offers emotional depth and resonance, moving away from mass-produced digital copies and AI-generated imagery.

    Explore Print-on-Demand and associated business strategies.
    Marketplaces are often where you get discovered, but your own website is where you get paid.

  • Members 149 posts
    Dec. 25, 2025, 3:02 a.m.

    Same.
    Very striking pic. Slight unreality in the poses, nice.
    Reminds me of the Train Scene in Spirited Away.

    Ron

  • Members 674 posts
    Dec. 25, 2025, 5:56 a.m.

    Reminds me of the Twilight Zone tv series. Everything is "off" just enough to look a little unsettling. Like it.
    Thanks for sharing,
    barondla

  • Members 1700 posts
    Dec. 25, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

    I’m so grateful for your kind words. I’ve always considered selling my photos but never taken any steps in that direction. I think it demands a lot of groundwork and time investment and it might still not be successful.

    Thank you Ron, once I tried to watch this film but it did not work for me, I should try it again.I know it is a highly praised masterwork.

    Thank you barondla. I find a strong aesthetic in this composition, the way subjects spread across the frame and their relative positions to viewer work well for me. I am glad you liked it too.

  • Members 149 posts
    Dec. 26, 2025, 12:17 a.m.

    I wouldn't get the guilts up over it. The Fast Forward button is your friend.
    The film itself is a mess, distorted plot, radical changes of "look", appalling English dubbing choices and an obvious battle to decide whether it was for laughs or aesthetics. If memory serves, there were financial woes and it is two uncompleted films slapped together, but I could be wrong.
    It's a tribute to the animators, a bungalow/Stalag full of little Japanese ladies slaving away to produce the best graphics on film, ever.
    The minute detail of some of the backgrounds is so far beyond what was required, it remains unbelievable.