DanJM

Thank you!

Emerald dragonfly in flight.

Thanks again. This is very helpful.

Thanks so much!

Thanks! I appreciate this. I think that is why it was accepted for that journal. I am thinking of submitting one of these for a show without a theme, so do you think it’s the better image without regard to theme?

Very helpful, thanks.

I’d like to submit one of these to a local show but can’t decide. The second one was accepted to an arts journal but I think a big reason was the theme, which was Wanderlust. The first one seems like a more traditional composition with the birds leading the eye into the image rather than out of it. Still, something about the second one seems more emotional, and it has better balance between the clouds and birds. Any comments on which is the better image would be appreciated. TIA! Dan https://meinhardtphoto.smugmug.com/Ducks/n-JKfxDs/

Zion National Park

Winter sunset in Ephraim Wisconsin

No you didn't, but I thought someone had. After I reviewed the thread it's clear I misread the comments. Apologies for my 🤪

Looking now I'd probably try to see if even more sky could be removed.

I agree with everyone so far, especially about there being too much sky. I hope you don't mind that I messed with it, but it's easier than trying to explain. I would crop the image something like this. If you want me to remove the edited image I'll happily do so. Dan

Eastern Kingbird, Wisconsin USA Canon 5d Mk II with Tamron SP 150-600 @600 0.001s, f5.6, ISO 400

Gooseberry Falls State Park, North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota USA

North shore of Lake Superior

Goslings

Pileated Woodpecker Wisconsin USA

Mine!

White Pelican landing on the Fox River, Wisconsin USA

Zion National Park, Utah USA

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Hello, I'm sort of new here in an "it's complicated" sort of way. I posted pretty regularly for about eight months in 2028/2019, mostly in No Words, but never did an intro post. I gave up the commercial email I used for this account in 2019 and didn't think to change my address here, so when I forgot my password I could not recover my account. Last month I signed up again and William Michael generously helped merge my old account into my new one. That's why you'll see I have posts from before I created this account. Anyway, I'm looking forward to being active again here so I figured it is a good time for an introduction. I'm a biology professor and natural history museum curator in Green Bay Wisconsin, USA. I grew up in St. Louis Missouri and was always interested in photography, though I didn't get serious about it until graduate school. It was there that I learned scientific illustration (out of necessity for my work) and became interested in the intersection of, and parallels between, art and science. In my capacity as curator I often host art students who use our specimens as models in drawing classes and inspiration in various design classes. I've also worked closely with the art gallery/museum curator at my university, and have co-curated a couple exhibitions there. I couldn't find any rules against posting my website here, but admins, please delete this or tell me to do so if I missed it. meinhardtphoto.smugmug.com Thanks for the opportunity to share my photos, and William specifically for all his help. I'm looking forward to getting to know more about you all. Dan

Common Loons, Wisconsin USA