Igor, it is hard to tell why, but if you look at any such web community
(Photo.RU, Flickr, 500px, whatever) and specifically the top 10, top 12,
top whatever, you will see that the visual pattern is very similar.
Usually very much processing applied, garish colors, high contrast, with
subjects that are also pretty standard...
Personally I don't like pictures such as the ones I described above...
And most certainly it has no implications whatsoever on the preferences
of the rest of population :-).
On 1/23/2013 7:31 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Whatever connoisseurs might say, the large portion of people do enjoy
bright, saturated colors.
Every so often, PDMLers criticize examples of somebody's oversaturated
photos. But there must a be a reason why those things "sell".
I just looked over the first few pages of the most popular photos on
500px.com:
http://500px.com/popular
Almost all of them (if not all) have saturated colors (or high-contrast
B&W)
I am sure psychologists wrote papers and books on this topic, I didn't
even try to google it, but I suspect the reason is simple: bright colors
are easier for "consumption", the same way as sweet foods/drinks
attract attention of adults and especially kids. In a similar way,
many people start drinking wines by liking the sweet ones.
Igor
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