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Bright red side-of-barn, arcs of wheels, a little blue even - what's not to like? But does it work for you??

As always, I look forward to your criticisms and suggestions.

Carl Root's fabulous diner photos inspired me to be on the lookout for diners near me. This is the Double-T Diner in Ellicott City, MD. There are several Double-T's around the Baltimore area, but this one is the nicest-looking, IMHO.

Your critique always welcome!

Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun. You should take a point off of any rating for that one.

As always, I look forward to your constructive criticism.

Your suggestions and criticisms welcome!

Your comments appreciated!

Looking forward to your comments, criticisms, and suggestions

Beautiful composition and colors --- but I agree with the others that it needs more DOF.

 

Best regards,

SteveR

Brightly-painted, just-for-fun Dragon Boats for rent at Harborplace. On calm days, these little electrically-powered boats ply the waters of Baltimore's Inner Harbor along with a fleet ranging from paddleboats to yachts and tall ships.

As always, I welcome your comments, criticisms, and suggestions.

Max, I agree 100% with David. You are a photographer's photographer... with a very cool name to boot :-)

 

Best regards,

SteveR

Getting started can be so painful. On this beautiful April Saturday morning, I had a meeting in Annapolis that was over by 9:30am. I had brought my camera with me, thinking that I'd walk around town and take some photos.

But after the meeting, I was really tired, and the idea of going back home and taking a nap really was really appealing. As I walked back to my car, I thought I'd just take a quick drive down to City Dock and see what was up - the tell the truth, I wasn't very excited about it.

But as I drove the 1/2-mile or so, I passed by a nicely-painted old house with some beautiful tulips on the porch. "A picture!..." I yelled to myself, and started looking for a parking spot. This is no small feat in the old part of Annapolis, but I finally found one a few blocks away, on a beautiful little street that dead-ends at Spa Creek.

Things were looking up, and I started looking, seeing, and shooting. I forgot all about taking that nap. I worked my way back to those tulips (which turned out to be silk!... but still rather good-looking.)

Walking down Conduit Street towards Main Street, I did a double-take when I saw this beautiful Chinese jar behind a sad-looking window frame. Not 100% abstact... let's call it a "semi-abstract."

All in all, I shot about 160 exposures and brought home six really nice images this morning. Wow, that's a lot more than I have any reason to expect on most of my Saturday morning forays. I guess it makes up for the last time, two weeks ago, when I came back with exactly zero usable images.

Getting started can be so painful, but if I just remember to take one step at a time and "do the next right thing," it will all eventually turn out OK.

Best wishes to all,

SteveR

An abandoned hacienda-style home sits, out-of-place, in Odenton, MD. This house is just across from where my son works part-time. There's an old house with a fortune-teller's sign next door. It's on a busy secondary highway, and not the most beautiful part of the highway at that.

But I've been noticing the California-brilliant white stucco walls in the morning light every time I drop him off. This Tuesday, I finally got out of my car and took some photos.

I think what this is telling me is that despite its run-down condition, I find this structure rather beautiful.

I'm glad someone, a long time ago, went against convention and built a stucco-and-tile house on Route 175 in Central Maryland.

Hello Michele,

 

I like the composition of this one even better than the first one. They are both very beautiful and evocative photos!

 

Best regards,

SteveR

Hi Nestor,

 

I really enjoy this image of yours. It is well-thought-out, but also shows your sense of humor. I agree with Ivan's comments about how well you combined the classic with the whimsical.

 

Best regards,

SteveR

Hello Rita,

 

I always enjoy your photos. In this case, you have amazingly found beauty even in a small puddle! Beautiful composition, colors.

 

Best regards,

SteveR

Hi Linda

Beautiful composition - the red-banded columns of bushels are brilliant. I like the way the closest column is only partial, with the 2 baskets breaking up the stacked formality.

As you can see, I'm having enjoying Linda Hitchcock Retrospective tonight :-)

All the best,SteveR

Great story as well as a great photo.

His shadow is so cool... it looks as if it's already acting out what he really wants to do :-)

Best regards,SteveR

Hi Darren,

 

Beautiful and evocative photo! The red seats collectively form a wonderful design element. The horizontal band near the top, with the "director" (so he seems to me) centered is brilliant.

 

Best regards,

SteveR

Hello Ulla,

I am amazed that nobody has commented on this one before. It's a really strong composition, and I love the bold colors.

I really enjoy good photographs of grafitti. Maybe some will say that such photos are not really art - that you just record what someone else has already done. But I think the mastery here is in isolating and framing. You did a really great job at that here.

Best regards,SteveR

I can't tell you how many times I've tried to make an "artsy" photo of this stuff... but it always turns out looking just like what it is. Your image here is truly beautiful... I'll keep trying!

 

Best regards,

SteveR

Wow, Todd - great photo! When I saw it in thumbnail, and even when I pulled it up for the first time ("medium" size), I thought you had done this by creating an airplane-shaped layer in photoshop using a photo of fallen leaves. Imagine my surprise when some of the comments mentioned branches -- and I finally saw the branches in "Large" size view. Great imagination... and I really like the "leavin' on a jet plane' position of the "plane" flying out of the photo.

 

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SteveR

Ahh... wonderful neon! And it makes me want to get some HOT GS, too!

Cheesy as it often is, I really like neon! This is an old outdoor clock I noticed during a lunchtime walk on a rainy afternoon. In this photo, I was trying for two things: (1) a nice composition, using the circular element of the clock and the numerals and (2) a "glowy" feeling from the neon ring around the clock.

I very much like this photo, as do my wife and son . But it's not everyon's cup of tea. What do you think?

Wonderful lighting of their faces, the overall dark tones, the zigzag design element of their heads, and the gestures you captured combine to produce a beautiful and evocative image. I feel the sorrow looking at your photo.

Best regards,SteveR

Hi Linda,

 

I love the diagonal shadows going across the beautiful radial texture of the palm. MUCH better than beach and sky :-)

 

Best regards,

SteveR

Hi Travis,

 

I like this photo, but I also agree that it would be worthwhile to go back and try some more variations. I wonder if you can get somewhat closer and have the tree frame the building from the side and top, without having any branches crossing the building itself. This would involve tilting the camera more, which would introduce more distortion in the building - it might look good! Slowing the shutter speed to blur the lights, as others mentioned, is also a good idea.

 

Hey, you're very talented, but only have 3 photos on this site, and they're all several years old. Please get out there and shoot! :-)

 

Best regards,

SteveR