NightBengal

I just have to rant here for a moment... 'cause I'm pretty sure wound up removing someone from my watch-list, and I have no idea who it was. Sound silly?  Whoever it be, they were right next to one of my other galleries (one that I was actually trying to remove), and yet I have no journal entries or saved art from said person, no comments that I can remember... yet the gallery I was trying to remove still remained after I clicked Submit. So was it a devart glitch and I'm paranoid, did I actually not click Remove correctly and I'm paranoid, or is someone actually gone and I'm sane?  Hence, "ARGH..." Whoever it may have been, rest assured th

I stopped in Arkansas for a family Christmas celebration - about 500 miles away from my current home.  I was greeted to the sight of my cousin-in-law's house burned to a shell. :eyepopping: :cry: Thirteen pictures in my gallery tell the story.  ~leilay (https://www.deviantart.com/leilay) Leilay was there, and she took some pictures as well, from a bit different perspective. It happened right on Christmas day, of all times.  Basically, a stack of presents got set next to a tree with old-fashioned, large bulbs.  They're made of glass and can get pretty hot, for those who don't know.  The lights lit the presents, the presents lit the tree, the tree lit the house.  The relati

First off, I placed my 'opening' post in my Devious Comments instead of this Journal, and it proceeded to sroll on down the page instead of staying at the top like I thought it should.  Ooops... :clueless: Therefore, I apologize if I repeat myself a little. :) I've been thinking about what to put in my little chunk of the Gallery, though, and have come to rest on photography, as well as whatever drawing I can manage.  My question is... what are people really looking for in a photo? Now, I don't mean a bunch of "how-to" links. :) Not about the zoom or the focus or the shutter length or anything else.  "Originality" is a good start, but what