susan stone

Love the colors and angle you chose to shoot this, leads my eye right on in.

Yes in the end they succumbed to sugar overload....death by chocolate. Sometimes your imagery gives me a peek into the culture where you are currently residing. But I think candy is so universal. And yes the lighting here is scrumptious.

Thanks Jack, my creative journey with HDR has been an interesting one. I taught myself how to do the technique by watching a video and then I developed my own style, I'm quite taken with the "look", but at College where I've been attending (you can teach an old dog new tricks) one of my instructors actually asked me to help teach HDR so I became a tutor, one of my other instructors absolutely does NOT like HDR and he and I had some interesting discussions about it. It seems there's not much middle ground when it comes to HDR, people either like it or hate it, but I assure you it's here to stay. A lot of professional landscape photographers are using it to capture detail in the highlights and shadows, although I've not had too many successful landscape images yet. I like the "illustrative" look, but HDR's not all I'm doing....still doing some traditional work and lately I've been experimenting with a Holga camera, now that's interesting. I've been "away" from PN for so long I need to research the forums and see if there's been some discussion about HDR. I'll post a few more eventually and test the waters.

This also has that luminance and detail that are typical of HDR but I think there's more then that going on with the editing....what's your secret?! Again this one has that style of composing that's so germain to telling a story. I just want to be there at the table next to them enjoying my fish and chips!

Your processing is outstanding, it does have an HDR look to it but I'm sure there's a lot more involved in obtaining this look. This is a "classic" with a new modern twist. I like everything about it....color, composition, subject matter, post processing, and story telling appeal.

Yes, the drama for me is that foot sticking out and the crumpled up paper and the fact that I know there are other people on the transit but they have an air of mystery about them because I can't see their faces. I think you should concentrate on street photography.

Thanks Donna, I do shoot a lot up at the mine and will be posting more images from there. I've taken a couple of my close PN friends up there too, Kim might have posted an image from there and you'd like Shawn Shawhan's images from the mine. I'm looking forward to some new posts from you.

The tipped over file cabinet was the "hook" for me. Kim, you can follow me anywhere.....

Cute Bunny! And to think I like to eat them......yum yum.

I'm going to start calling you "the Water Queen"....your love for the water shines through in all these images you keep posting. I think anyone that lives in and loves the desert also likes water (Bruce Hucko is an example) because of it's scarcity in the desert and what an essential element it is. There are so many patterns in the ice, there's wavy lines and frilly edges and bubbles....burrrrrr.

Yup, I know the story....when Jenny was real little we bought an old black mare off a killer truck, she was so homely I called her Miss Beastly but Jenny named her "Rainbow", and that ol' mare packed that child anywhere she wanted to go and never turned a foot wrong. Aw, the memories.

Oh Kim, I don't think the portrait is a good representation of who I am, it just looks "cheesey" to me, I usually look more "scruffy" than that. This is one of the images that I recently submitted to COLOR for their Single Image Competition. I think my favorite subjects are junk and old homesteads. Come on Spring.....

If this had been in sharp focus it would of lost all it's charisma and mystique. The doll has a human like expression....one of greed and avariciousness that makes my hair stand on end. And then there's the iconic crosses, so many metaphors for our current state of society. Keep 'em comin' so we can all travel through the "wilderness" with you.

This one's high on my WOW list, it's the kind of place I'd love to shoot and do an HDR on! Yes, I still keep an eye on what you're doing and think of you and Peggy often. Life is good out West, it's just a different location. Places like this will soon be a thing of the past 'cause some developer will tear it down and build condo's. I still see a David Meyer book of street photography in your future, and I'll be in line to buy a copy! I'm ready for another road trip. Come visit sometime.....

I've been meanderin' through your critter folder and when I came across this shot I really started to cackle....er, chuckle. That ol' hen knows a warm spot up off the ground when she finds one. And Sky, that's got to be about the homeliest head on an ol' horse that I've ever seen, he looks like he got kicked square in the nose and it swelled up, now don't tell him I said that and go and hurt his feelin's.

These "ranch" scenes are my favorite Sky Blue images, they're what I remember best from way back up the trail. Crop out the sky and you'll have a nice panorama of the bull and his hitchhikers. Good DOF, that ol' bully is right in focus.

I've been doing a lot of HDR work lately and one of my favorite places to

go is an old abandoned mine. Thanks for the visit.

What's left to say?! It's a unique talent when you can take a simple subject such as this and make it so dynamic.

Perfect title for such a lovely and serene image. The blue snow makes me feel the cold but the golden rocks and reflections warm my soul.

The original is BETTER even though I thought the foreground was too dark, the diagonal lines do help lead the eye, but I do appreciate your attempt at satisfying my curiosity. I'm back to work at the College clear through this Saturday, I'm tired already.....back to work.

This reminds me of the first image of yours I ever commented on, I had compared it to an O'Keeffe painting and this image has that same feel to it. The rain adds a nice "mood" to the scene, one of solitude and serenity. The colors and lighting are sublime.

As always Pierre you go where no man has gone before with your imagery, you find an interesting subject then turn it into Art with your processing, others have done the same but yours always seem to be one step ahead of the crowd.

Looking through your folders it's obvious you're a "street photographer" and you have a unique ability to capture several elements in your images.....good light, interesting subjects, and a great story line for me to interpret.

I like what Poster Edges can do to an image, this one looks like an etching and that's the appeal for me.

Yup, it needs the foreground to keep it balanced, just goes to prove one must do what their own creative instincts tell them and yours were spot on. The brightness of the sunlite hill looks wonderful on my monitor, not too bright but just a lovely golden glow. You go girl.....