dwhysong

Great portrait - good light and "grit." I'm not sure what political statement you're trying to make, but it's a good photo.

So why the diffraction pattern? I assume you used photoshop to add it.

I think this is one of my best pictures. It's difficult to see the

girl's expression here - try selecting the "large" display, but even

that doesn't do it justice. Unconventional subject placement, I know,

but I had to take the picture quickly. I tried cropping it but didn't

like the result.

 

What do you think?

One of my better pictures, I think. I adjusted the contrast and colors

a little, but kept the muted, soft painting-like atmosphere. This is a

crop of the original, which can be found in unedited form in my Mt.

Hamilton/Lick Observatory folder.

 

I'd like to hear your opinions on how this could have been improved,

especially in terms of composition and subject. (Any other comments

are welcome, too!)

Hi,

 

I know it looks like the camera was tilted, but I was very careful to align it with the *ocean* horizon. The image appears tilted because of the perspective of the coastline.

I really like this picture, but it's a bit too dark, despite the title.

It's tricky to get good lighting on their heads. This was okay; the

reflection is in better focus than the duck, but I can't tell the

difference in this reduced size image. I like the smooth water.

 

Comments?

Oh, wow...

I think it would help if the door wasn't cut off on the left side, and if we could see his face.

Neat place! The slight tilt is distracting. Also it doesn't appear critically sharp (esp. on the woman's face).

Nice textures.

The insect looks good, but it is small and the rest of the picture is not well rendered.

I feel cold just looking at it... brr.

Beautiful place, nicely exposed picture. I think the color of the house clashes with the yellows and greens in the rest of the picture. I would have tried to compose the picture without the house, perhaps centering on the smaller structures (bridge? boat?) on the water.

What a fantastic wreck! The lighting is a bit harsh but it works -- brings out the structure of the boat.

Good exposure. The sky isn't very interesting; clouds always help. I would put the horizon higher to get more foreground. (Actually I would probably have done a bad job of it, but it's easier to be a critic than to take a good picture!) The foreground on the right is a bit underexposed; I'm not sure if that could have been brought out more without blowing out the bright water or sky though.

Good job of capturing her expression/mood. The light background on the right draws attention away from the subject a little. I like the lighing.

Needs dynamic range compression; sky is blown out, people are underexposed. Try adjusting the intensity to an s-curve; that will help, but there's no fix for the sky.

I like the ground and water, but the sky is washed out. I'd suggest cropping it, but in composition you would have done better to point the camera down a bit more.

I would have focused on the bee's "fuzz". Nice image.

This is a crop of my original picture of a windmill in Leiden,

Netherlands. It was shot in twilight. I'd like to hear any comments,

especially on composition and color. What could I have done to turn

this average picture into a great picture?

Interesting shapes; the church outline compliments the background mountains.

Overexposed, high contrast.

The thinker? :)

Deer in the headlights look...