timohicks

Thanks Ellen, I too have given my life to Christ. Your work and unique perspective are poignantly innocent and you have been busy posting your work on Photo.net. Never give up your style it's a refreshing contrast to the competitive edge most others seek.

Thanks Ransford; I really value your comments and have spent much time observing and enjoying your portfolio of flowers as well as numerous other subjects. The white rose was bracketed one sunny Saturday afternoon between 3:00 PM and 5:20 PM; I took around 90 shots representing variations on the light and position of the sun. There is nothing better than natural sunlight,white light, because it carries all of the colors in the electromagnetic spectrum. I find the mid to late afternoon sun most revealing through the lens with blues and yellow-gold values and can usually pull many of those colours out in Photoshop CS2. The effect that I appreciate most with this blend, however, is that the white areas are not washed out. I am sure this is due to good exposure before I edited it in Photoshop. Thanks again for the comment; I am always inspired by your comments and your work . . . Tim

Delightful!

Thanks . . . a little twilight zone.

Thanks for the comments . . .

Comments welcomed

This was a bit of a challenge to get this effect. Kind of has a life

all its' own.

Took this shot around 5:20 PM mid-November; Comments welcomed

Very nice shot (dynamic contrast, balanced light and shadow, overall good composition) cute dog.

Thanks for the comments . . .

Reprise: Comments welcomed . . .

Yes, I agree with Ilsep, the shallow DOF creates a very pleasant mystique (the framing complements the composition too); this is difficult to do because the image usually looks out of focus;

Excellent work.

Ellen you have a wonderful eclectic portfolio and I hope you don't mind me making a suggestion but the inner white line on your frames appears to strong. It overpowers your wonderful compositions and interferes with the viewer's contemplation. I didn't see this problem until someone suggested I was doing the same thing in one of my photographs. I was wondering also whether this is a cropped photo because instinctly I want to see and experience more of the sun filtering through the leaves and the crop appears a bit tight. Thank you for your support and comments.

Actually Karsten, I know where you are coming from; I wrestled with the idea of bringing the three panels closer but I wanted the images to be discovered and not "in your face" so to speak. I may try that anyway. Thanks for the comment.

Great shop; excellent exposure and composition.

This white rose was just beginning to wither but what a beautiful

death; Comments welcomed . . .

I had a bit of fun with this one. Comments welcomed

Actually I was prompted to try BlkW in a comment: Doeke Koedijk, January 13, 2006; 08:50 A.M. I like it as it is, but maybe try B/W?

 

I am also a painter and reflected light is always essential to my compositions especially the blue from the sky. I was at a Photoshop workshop about three years ago where the renowned presenter gallantly removed the blue reflections from the concrete walk ways in a quadrangle surrounded by relatively small four story buildings. Needless to say I was not impressed (more like enraged). Technically I find fodder in both of them although this one I must admit is more simplistic because there are fewer values to compete within the composition.

 

Now this is not entirely BlkW; I desaturated it about 70%. This way it reduces the complexity while preserving 30% of the natural lighting. My goal is to achieve this kind of clarity in living color. Thanks very kindly Ransford for the comment.

 

Thanks Rajeev for the comment; I took enough of these photos to put together a portfolio for publication.

One of several shots i took one afternoon around 3:00 PM; Comments

welcomed---Thanks

Thanks for the comment Al.

Closed aperture . . . ummm, good idea.

Comments Welcomed . . .

Comments welcomed . . .

The incredulous reflections are what make this photograph spectacular Ransford; reminds me of a Richard Estes painting; it is cropped so only that which is not a reflective surface is revealed. There are also secondary vertical rhythms; a lot going on here . . . good shot.