alex-m

for all west coast fans... regards

Nice cumulus capture. maybe a little over sharpend depending on your source file. Great moment to witness with nice contrast in the foreground.

like a japanese water garden

Is it morninglight? Can't think to capture low sun and snow any better. Thanks for sharing

Another of my travel snaps. we were carried wheels to portage.

Its how I remember winters... Thanks for sharing.

Exposure and dof are perfect. How hard it must have been to frame this. 50 mm or so? I would have agonised over a step left or right. The play of sunlight and shadow is fantastic! One of the few times "centering" works. Regards

 

ps: wish you would lose the soft frame. Its much to good for frills!

Wish I could work layers... magical picture! Regards

I got lucky getting under her. All comments welcome, wonder what

ya'll think... Regards

incredible! Layers?

Considering the light conditions under which this was shot its really quite good. My eyes followed the achitectual details first down to the window. Only after reading your comment did I look for the hands. May I offer: would you consider posting a larger image? At this size it it hard for me to accuratly discern depth of field. If the hands were your primary focus, they seem to disappear a little in the general frame. If available, consider using an intermediate tele lens and seek an angle that lets you focus on the hands more with enough background to understand the locale. Or possibly move closer, which of course changes your exposure and focal plane more severly under these lights if you wish to have a lot of background. You do need a longer exposure time and close the aperture more to acquire the desired depth of field. Naturally anything in motion would be blurred and you would have to have a tripod and "hands model" to hold perfectly still (wish I could do all this... grins). If you shoot film you can use a high speed emulsion and and expose for iso 1200 and even higher (pushing the film) to reduce your shutter speed. There is much more but I'm at the end of my latin and if anyone reads this, please correct any missconceptions on my behalf immediatly. Also, at this stage, a photo becomes personal and subjectiv. You either like the motive, layout etc, or you don't (even if I didn't see the hands at first...). In this case I would like to refrain from attaching a set of "numbers" to this picture because I like it for maybe all the wrong reasons. Regards... Alex

serene and calm. wonderful!

Gives the illusion of "stacked" food even though its not vertical. Nice

Seattle in a puddle! Was that a streetlight like a mercury-vapor or a neon to cast the green hue? Great photo. Regards

All thoughts welcome...

One my first digital pics (old Mavica 91)

Thanks Jim (man 'o few words, I love ya) and Andre!

Thats ok, I'm glad you expressed what you felt! That's worth more than any rating (except 4 Jim of course... smiles) I was trying to bring my subject into some sort of an acceptable background. You could be quite right in that the background overshadows the subject. For me it was the contrast of the whitish plastered exterior of the memorial (like you find typically in mediterranean buildings) to the glass facade of the highrise with the reflection that waves like a flag. Not everybodies cup 'o tea. I do have a few straight reflection pics. I'll run them through here at some stage. I hope you'll tell me what you think.

Regards...

all thoughts welcome...

Hello there, please let me say first, that I am a rank beginner with computerised processing. I have had only some very elementary exposure to basic darkroom techniques. Thats a major reason why I feel quite inadequate rating pictures and can only go by what I see and feel. Maybe thats how it should be, I don't really know. I can relate to the topic of "disrepair" and in this case how it includes spiritual aspects of life. I maybe dead-wrong (no pun intended) but thats what I am reading into your photo and for that reason I like the etheral soft and light areas surrounding the cross. I too grapple with how to frame things and I can see what Matt says in his suggestion to expand the frame. To me too, it would improve the composition and bring the cross into a better relationship with its surroundings.

On another note, I like the idea of "picture this" (I've only found it a few days ago through a comment by Seven Stuartson) and can only applaud the efforts made by now many contributors. I am still hesitant in joining, partly because I feel that I am not at an appropriate level yet and partly because I think it would demand a commitment of time and energy that I am not sure I can fulfill. I am a "location picture taker" for the film and advertising industry and travel frequently. Also, to help critique so many photos takes a few hours if one wants to go past the "nice, I like it" stuff. Hence your frustration with the level of response. I suspect that sometimes people are just busy with their lives and jobs and do not have the time and energy to be constantly here for support. I have to confess that this is true for me too and therefore I sometimes pick photos that grab me right away. Its not fair and I know this. I almost wish that "picture this" will not grow too large in members because it will increase the workload of all participants. At least I can see myself spending hours behind the computer looking at photos, agonising over responses I should render. Please forgive my rambling on about this. Regards... Alex

Hello Howard, I'm intrigued. It took me a little while to "see" the reflection. Great composition. I would love to learn how you processed the image to come up with these colors. Regards

fooling around with my paperweight...

one of my favorite pots...

fooling around with my glass paperweight...

Great eye! I was immediatly compelled to figure out what is reflected. Subjectivly, I don't mind the hair clip, because it reminds my of the roadside stand reality. Like an abstract with a documentary twist. Held my attention for quite a while. Regards

Has a velvety softness, even in every shadow. Perfect composition. Very beautiful. Thank you