jim schwaiger

This works very well considering that almost everything is in shadow here. I think the original is much better than the more saturated attempts. I like this shot Fred.

Love the colors on the neck here. Impressive capture.

I was just trying to get a shot of him in the air, all the rest is a bonus, even the funny nose & mustache effect.

 

Fred, yes, the next series will be this boy floating away... The pool is one my dad built when I was about 5 years old. The boy survived this, but I did play a trick on him later that made him do a mean belly buster.

 

I'm having a big party here this weekend and may have a chance for some better "flying people shots" Maybe I'll hide the wires better.

 

 

Get out of the road! Oh wait, you were in a car going the other way weren't you?

 

What's wrong here? All the stripes in Alabama look about like this, heh heh.

Now Fred, you know there are perspective control lenses for 35mm cameras. They aren't very practical, unless you want to do architectural photography for a living with a 35mm, but they do exist.

 

Lisa, it appears that the roof is designed to slide back and forth, as the pivot point and the supports are all there. The easiest way to get a less distorted image here is to shoot vertically with the top of the building at the top of the frame. That would minimize the distortion with the focal length you used here.

A friend trying out his newly found levitation abilities.

Other than the nice foreground and lovely background, this one is just terrible.

 

I think Terry was trying to say that he wanted a saturated background. It's sacreligous to some people to leave a natural looking background. Just tell him that the Velvia setting on your digicam wasn't working that day.

I have to agree. most sheep are pretty soft.

 

I really like this one Fred, they are professional models aren't they?

Looks kinda like skylight lighting. There are some interesting patterns, but the position of the people in this one is pretty mundane.

Well, I could have moved a bit to eliminate the truck, but I would have

missed the girl doing a handstand.

At first glance, I thought the sheep was in mid air. Where were you Fred?

It does appear to be unnaturally dark to me as well. The reflections off the plants may be what makes this seem to be impossible lighting, but it is still a nice image. The only other thing Id like here is a lower angle so a couple of sunflowers would break through the horizon.

One of the interesting things that I did not know is that the extra weight that

most balloonists use during inflation is people hanging on the outside of the

basket.

Michael, all these are inflating. The title came from the window-like effect the 2 foreground balloons have on the sky. They kinda look like curtains pulled back to reveal the outside world.

 

I noticed that all the balloons had a piece at the top that can separate, so my guess is that they can quickly deflate by letting the hot air out the top.

 

The polarizer would have helped, I am sure. It just wasn't practical to use it because I changed lenses rather often and the Cokin stuff is too cumbersome. Maybe I'll have a screw-on Moose polarizer there next time, especially for my 28-105mm lens.

I like the detail here and the look in his eyes. The towel seems to match his mood.

One of the more thoughtful compositions in my click-fest.

This one has a lot of character. Dark skies with blue and light shining through plus subtle details in the water. Very cool bridge shot.

A balloon in the hand...

I like Michael's whittling, but primarily because it gets rid of the small shore at the right edge. If I had my whittling knife out, I'd chop some sky before I chopped the water & reflections.

Cropped the sides to get this one in square format. The top of the

balloon is on the film, but thanks to the print lab, it's not on the

print. Is it important here? I wish the woman looking over the side was

easier to see as well.

Hopefully they'll be able to put in a runway next year...

Thanks Wayne, glad to have you back in action.

 

Lisa, I actually double and triple checked that it was five balloons after naming it that.

 

Michael, I didn't crop the left simply because I placed that basket in that position on purpose when I framed the shot. I didn't want it to feel as tight as a Fred crop.

I tried cropping the right and bottom, but ended up uploading the full frame for

your critique.

One of the best "timing shots" of the day.

See if this is any better - different scanner, different Mac