Men need to get the big picture, its something to do with hunting instincts. Top pic!!

There might be some truth in that. I do like to show all of something, but at the same time, I tend to get real close to it as my post today will show. It is an interesting observation though and I will keep it in mind.

nice image and super shadow work

So thats why I do full scenes and not portraits LOL,, Nice capture, well preserved house.

I think that is quite right. This is a lovely shot.

HMMM Maybe... I really go close very often. Beautiful sun-shiny capture Tara :-)

I think I do both..it depends on the why of the pic. But I prefer close especially since my longsight is erratic! This is a most attractive looking place.

GREAT shot! Q: So, if you LADIES saw BRAD PITT or someone YOU thought a STAR, you would take only a 'close up' of a SMALL area? WINK.

beautiful light, very peasceful

Great capture of the light. I tend to do both and is subject dependent

So you are NOT alone Tara! lol Lovely relaxing shot, warm looking as well.. Rob

Soft, sweet shadows--and it's fun knowing exactly where you were. Those houses were SO perfect!!

I like more details... perhaps because I'm a woman? I don't have idea! Wonderful capture and lighting! :)

Wonderful shot!!

I must be a woman! (I never know where the "all of something" starts and ends...) Super shot. Is that a house...????

Hmm, quite a question - all or part of...? It had me going through my gallery of thumbnails and I would say that it depends on the subject matter - in order to record something factual - all of it. For mood and ambiance - a tight crop. So, given that, I guess I am 50/50 - in touch with my feminine side while taking record shots! i.e. dappled! Clive

On your question, it's funny, I have more long shots in photography, but definitely more closeups of process in my painting & drawing, so I don't know where I fall in the larger scheme. Then, I favor long-shots with the camera because my close-ups mostly are awful. (I was gonna say they suck, but I didn't want to be obscene. Though I've just been obscene, haven't I...) But you have to know, your zeroing in on something produces a complete universe of its own, so while you may zoom in on the given image, you wind up creating a very large universe of its own. This is really complete because you have three windows as a unit (with fine lighter light & hue on the trim, something you brought out so nicely), the wonderful inclusion of the chimney which is a frame as well as a beautiful contrast, and all that wonderful dappled light & shade. There's just enough sky to tell us there is a sky, and the little bit of bush at bottom and tree at top is just enough to set the scene. You don't have to worry about 'complete' settings, because your completeness is contained in the boundaries you choose. So maybe an answer---an---is that some images that zero in are as complete as some that stand back, they just view completeness from different pov's. (I could be way off on that, lol!) In any case, this is a subtle & splendid image; and for a capture of dappled light & shade, it's beautiful & inward. And the whereabouts is wonderful to have; but in a lot of your captures the real whereabout is in the walls of the image itself. Another beautiful image from you.

A fine photo and a series of very interesting comments above. Isn't it fun to stir the pot and get folks thinking about what they do...and maybe even why? Light and shadows...always catch the eye. Mighty nice:)

I do both, depending on what it is...but I do tend to want to go closer more often! Excellent capture of the light on this home!

Wonderful shadows. They somehow make this feel more like home. I find I crop more than I used to and the images are better for it.

Dappled indeed, and quite lovely, I might add! You make it look very inviting, Tara! Interestingly enough, I remember having a discussion on this subject during one of our meetings back in the days when I was chairman of a local photography club. It did/does appear - to me, anyway - that there is mor than a little truth to that statement. Many of the ladies in the club tended to get in close more often than the guys. Even my wife (who is more of a 'snapshot' photographer), tends to get in close on a lot of her photos. I'm constantly reminding myself to 'get in close' when out shooting, and have been rather pleased with some of the images that have resulted.