jim schwaiger

The red foliage against the blue shingles is the best part of the image. Like the other said, the rest is more of a distraction.

Great sky and the highlight at the shore is very nice. It is almost a B&W image, but the orange tint is enough to make me glad that you didn't go B&W.

Tell me what you think.

The landscape is boring, but I couldn't resist the sky.

This is a nice shot Lisa. I did a levels adjustment to set the black points for each channel and darken it a little. I also added a little USM to bring out the details.

 

Let me know what you think...

Fred, I was levitating... with my tripod... no wait, that was a different shot. This is from a sheer cliff, part of which you can see at the extreme left of the frame. I revisted this last week, so I'll have an image from the bottom looking back this way soon.

 

Michael, I was surprised at how much they have improved this park recently. This area was pretty run down just a few years ago. Whoever did the updating did a great job as this is one of the more peaceful places in the downtown area.

 

Regina, I wish I had a view like this from my office. I had to sneak in behind an old bank to get this angle. I was standing in a gutter behind a fence at the edge of the cliff. I went back last week, but the fountain was off for some reason, so I didn't revisit this exact same spot. If I had my ND grad and a few nice clouds, it might be worth letting the CoC look at.

I can't find anything to complain about, so I'll follow the pack and just say "Great Shot" and welcome back!

The water here is coming from a natual spring which was a

convenient source of clean water in the early days of our town.

The canal was originally built to help farmers transport cotton

from the town area down to the Tennessee river. The city literally

grew up around this spring and it is now a nice little park in the

center of the downtown area.

The effect is cool, but maybe a bit bright. The histograms were pretty odd looking, I just adjusted the black points for each channel individually. Auto-Levels doesn't work at all as there is nothing at the high end of the green and blue channels.

A closeup of the eggbeater, taken the same night as the other

one. Same 50mm lens with the tripod about as low as it would

go.

Fred, the funny part is that the members are probably among the most conservative in the area. It's the "rich-white-guy church" with many doctors and lawyers that won't be seen without there nice suits.

 

This is full frame and my intent was to minimize the perspective distortions by aiming down as much as possible. There isn't anything interesting just over the arches so this seemed to be the best composition I could get with the 50mm lens without dragging a ladder out in the nearby street.

 

The mural has a 70's look to it, but I don't know how long it's been there. I'll see if I can find out...

 

Ah, it was done from 1966 to 1973 and it is a Mosaic made from "about 14 million pieces of Italian tile - none larger than a man's thumbnail". Sounds like a lot of hard work.

 

Maybe I could talk them into putting in a reflecting pool, heh heh.

 

http://www.fbchsv.org/aboutfbc/mosaic.html

 

 

This is an local mural known affectionately as "Jesus on an

Eggbeater". I took this for the Doors assignment, but it works as

a long exposure too.

Fred, it is full frame. If I were doing it again, I'd probably aim down a bit more to let the shore run out the corner. Actually, there is a bit more on the neg.

 

Lisa, we've had some flooding so I haven't seen those stump lizards lately. I hope the buggers go extinct!

Looks a little bright, but excellent composition and timing. If this is full frame, I am incredibly impressed.

 

I've video taped a little white squirrel in our neighbors backyard and hope to get that one on film soon.

I thought 3200 speed would be grainy no matter what.

 

Was there a reason for not aiming down a little more? The top third appears to be unneccessary and I'd like to at least get his elbows in the frame.

 

The alignment of the top of his head and the bell of the trumpet with the top edge of the lights isn't desireable for me either. Was there any way to retain the "Jazz" sign in the background and get a higher or lower angle?

 

The graphics elements are nice and strong and the flash gave you an excellent exposure.

Downtown with the old 50mm f/1.8.

Very painterly, but not in a traditional sense (the painters of old never did cityscapes like ths though). It might be worth straightening the buildings at the left, but it's not that bad.

Wayne, the polarizing glasses would take a stop or two. You could also buy some fairly cheap ND filters and handhold them in front of the lens.

 

If the lens is small, you could even use the dark end of an ND grad filter which can be very useful with the type of photography you do.

Lisa, the small version made me think this was a cell or something biological. It has a very natural looking shape and colors, the amount of light was the only clue that it was something else.

 

If you want to get even more abstract, you could blur it (radial blur might be fun) or take another shot with the focus at infinity. One reason I say that is that it is tough to shoot both fire and glass and retain the details. I imagine it would take some creative lighting to show the structure and fine detail of the globe.

 

I do like this one much better than the version with the flash. It really seemed to destroy all that is beautiful in this image.

I like the composition a lot and I think keeping the camera down was the right decision. The colors and lighting are nice as well. The dark area at left adds some mystery and contrasts nicely with the light from afar.

 

The only thing I might question is the use of 800 speed film as it might limit how big you can blow this one up for your wall.

We can only hope to get nice skies in these type shots. It would have helped a lot.

Again, I think you've captured a great moment.

 

I thought there was a green cast in the water, but the more I look at it the harder it is to decide if the colors are right or not. I agree with Kenneth that a foreground object could improve the image, but alas they aren't always where you need them. I'd rate it a 23 on the forthcoming 27 point scale, heh heh.

Ah, I saw f/3.5 by the Lens and thought that was the aperture used here. Duh.

 

Thanks for the technical info, you must be part elephant to remember all that stuff.