ajoy prabhu

Focus is not as sharp as I'd like it, but nevertheless, I LOVE this one! Good job!

I have to commend you on your being able to see the photograph this way. I almost agree about the cropping, but only because that would bring the viewer closer to the branches.

Good juxtapositioning! The could almost mimics the bare branches of the brush. Do you have a vertical format of this? (Perhaps more of the orange and less of the blue?)

Recently I made an identical comment- timing of the day, frontal light and background takes away from the image. Other than that, the flowers in the foreground look real nice.

Nice composition, but I am not sure about the effect. The skies are washed out and the water is not smooth and silky, like I like it.

 

Seems as if the camera chose a shutter speed based upon the bright skies. I'd have used a graduated neutral density filter, or perhpas even a straight +4 ND filter to cut the light and get a slow shutter speed.

Nice composition, people are there without being obstrusive!

 

Of course, my preference is not to have em at all, but that is a personal preference.

Git the clouds at the right time! I think the only thing that could have made the image better is if you could have under exposed it by just a bit to deepen the shadows and saturate the colors a bit.

Lighting and composition critique sought.

not busy. Nice job! I like the composition and DOF. One can crop and make a couple other images, but the way it is, is still ok.

 

Ajoy

The green in the upper left corner distracts a bit, but I wonder if it shoudl be cropped because it lends itself ot giveing the viewer a sense that there is something beyond the violet flowers.

I lvoe the contrast of the soft colrs against the dark hard colors. very nice!

However, I do like the angled lighting on the hippo's snout!

Any insight into composition etc. would be appreciated.

Yes, when you don't have a choice in the shooting time, you have to make do with what you have. This is pretty good actually. The only thing I'd suggest is that frontal lighting makes it flat. Move around the subject and try some side and backlighting. I know, often times that is not posible either.

 

Ajoy

Some say, take out the trees and the sky.

I like the halo around the leaves. Good choice of lens and extention too to throw the background out of focus. Wonder a bit about the shrpness though. Is it the scan, or is it the aperture?

These are REAL nice!! I have been insisting that you do not need the best equipment for good images, but I guess folks like you prove me wrong at times! :)

Nice picture that can do with a bit of fixing. Let the sky open a bit, don't let the overhangs crowd it. Secondly, the dark patch in the right front is distracting. Cropping will not solve it. My suggestion is that you move the angle a bit to the right...and while you are at it, photography it when the light is flattering, such as the evening or dawn.

 

Just my ¢2 worth.

 

Ajoy

Wonder if I should have them together or in separately. Esp. the

litle boy.

Early morning shot overlooking the pacific coast.

Unless the scan was bad (which is quite possible!). The image seems to be underexposed. However, I have to say that your aesthetic sense is very good to not only capture what is essential, but also, keep it clean. The only other thing is that the reflection is getting cropped and I am not sure how to fix that AND have the fall colors show.

I see what you are after, but the message gets garbled with the Ceaser's palace and the other building in the bacground.

I certainly prefer this one to the one with the 'flare' effect. Nicely exposed. Just how slow was the shutter to keep the aperture small YET have no moments register from the leaves?

its not just the scale, it is the visual anchor that the person provides that makes this photo nice. I'd have tried to underexpose by another 1/3 stop to saturate the colors a bit more since the rocky areas are in shadow anyway.

I agree with most comments here. I think this was a zeal for using photoshop for the sake of it that caused the oversharpening. The scanning does not do justice to the original slide. The image was taken with a tripod (Bogen with a Grip head) but I disagree about the lens. I think the lend may play a role but at such small apertures, it is not that important.

 

Just my ¢2.

 

Ajoy