bob stewart jacksonville

April 30, 2008

Light makes a photograph.

Dull light dull photograph.

I like the leading line of the road in the composition though.

August 20, 2003

good light, neet patterns, but seems to be lacking a focal point

August 20, 2003

Just in case anyone was wondering, the frog had been sleeping in the day lilly. its not a photoshop composite

August 20, 2003

i love the texture in this photo. Great lighting

August 20, 2003

i know the frog is dead center, but i thought it worked for this

composition witht hte frog comimg out of the center of the flower.

April 12, 2003

the fish is obviously not tack sharp. I kinda like the blur in the

fish because it implies motion.

April 11, 2003

white pelican trying to get a fish

September 16, 2002

very nice colors, and good composition. (i think the tree as a frame adds) On my monitor, and to my taste, it appears about a stop dark though. bring up levels in PS might add some detail in the shadows.

September 14, 2002

Carl, beautiful colors. Perhaps a more interesting foreground would strengthen the overall effect.

September 12, 2002

Gloria,

excellant folder. I'm surprised your work hasn't gotten more attention on here.

September 12, 2002

not bad composition. the light and haze though make the shot pretty forgetable. try to shoot more in the hour before and after sunrise, and the hour before and after sunset.

September 12, 2002

fantastic detail and sharpness. way above the basic bug on stick shot.

September 12, 2002

nice photo. A little dodging of the white highlights might help.

September 12, 2002

Nice photo. Too bad the detail in the sand is washed out. Shooting this in early morning or late evening light would likely balance the exposure more. Also, a graduated neutral density filter might have helped.

September 12, 2002

I find the blue a little distracting. I'm assuming its some sort of card placed to clean up the background? Also the fill flash ratio seems a little too strong, givng the photo a harsh and unatural effect.

September 12, 2002

nice shot. Perhaps a little fill light with a reflector or fill flash would have helped with the shadow

September 9, 2002

i like the composition and the soft background. a very pleasing portrait. I do agree with the previous poster that just a touch of fill, either from a flash or areflector might have added. One other nit; the horizon is not level. Maybe its the landscape photographer in me, but I find that to be a distraction. (a minor one though)

September 8, 2002

great sky, but it needs an interesting foreground to go with it. A graduated nuetral densitiy filter will allow you to get both exposed correctly

August 25, 2002

nice shot. I like how the tree in the foreground frames the mountains

August 25, 2002

nice shot. I like the soft background. Compositionally, you might try moving the flower a little down an to the left, so that it opens into the photo rather than out of it.

I agree with Carl, the flower could be a little sharper (unless you were going for a Monet type effect) With macro, everything is critical for sharpness, camera stabilitiy (tripod is a must), precise focus, no wind, etc.

August 25, 2002

Nice photo. Looks like this was done with medium depth of field. did you try any at the extremes? (e.g f/16 or so for all sharp front to back, and f 2.8 or so for just one sharp)

August 25, 2002

very nice. I like the line of the stairs moving through the photo. And the line through her head, torso and legs makes an s curve. very nicely done

August 19, 2002

Very nice. good composition. did you use some blur in photoshop to get the soft focus effect? Print this on water color paper and you'll have a work of art.

August 5, 2002

Well done. A horizontal framing might have worked for this shot to give the bird room to look into the frame. Of course the blank space on the vertical framing leaves space for the magazine mast head.