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Comments appreciated.

Comments appreciated.

Hi Branko. I haven't seen a still life that really caught my eye in a while, but this one did. I like the colors you've chosen and the composition. Nice job.

Yes it is green. :-) Beautiful shot. Love the color, the gentle motion of the hills and how you timed the lighting on the tree. Very nice.

This is one of those oportunistic shots. It was mid-day, so the light's

brighter than I would have wanted, but we passed this gorgeous field of

poppies and I had to take the shot.

 

Recomendations for improvement appreciated.

 

Thanks for looking.

Hi Brian. Now that you say that, the picture makes much more sense. Don't know why I didn't recognize the pigeion in the background and put it together from that.

I love the lines, the pattern repetition, the symmetry and the depth of the shot. There's an unfortunate line (a cable?) in the foreground that you might want to consider editing out. Also, maybe a touch more contrast? I'm undecided on that one.

 

Nice work.

Brian - What's in the foreground and out of focus? I'm thinking it is meant to be part of the picture, but if it is, it's too out of focus rendering it simply a distraction. I like the expression captured by the two women. I suspect this was a good concept that just didn't fully pan out.

Comments appreciated. Thanks.

I suppose I could complain about the beak being out of focus ;-) but the lighting, the colors, the position, the translucence of the wings. Beautiful!

Must agree with all those before me. Beautiful shot. Love the colors, the angle, the duck's flight into the frame, everything. Nice work.

Hi Anthony. I agree with Les. This is generally a nice shot. I like the colors, the DOF that includes the leaf and the flowers but starts to blur at the stem, but it does lack a little punch. I like Les' suggestions of trying some additional saturation and/or sharpening. Another idea might be to reshoot/crop such that the stem moves more in a diagonal line. Can you put the base of the leaf in the upper right and have the stem trail off to the lower left? Might add some dynamic punch. It's hard to do with what you've posted, but here's the idea. Perhaps you have more on your frame to re-orient this a bit without losing key pieces like I was forced to here. Just a thought.

 

Keep shooting.

I agree with Andrzej, this is a beautiful scene. I love the colors. I would be tempted to crop more off the left and the bottom. I wouldn't lose the whole bottom because it gives the scene a nice base. There's also a bright spot in the middle of the sky just where the sky turns to blue. Not sure if these are clouds or big dust spots, but my eye keeps drawing to them. Might want to consider editing them out.

 

Nice work though.

I agree with Phil. There's a lot that I like about this shot: The color tones, the overall lighting, the highlights in the trees and foreground rock, the reflection in the water, the color of your sky, etc, but the portrait orientation throws me off.

 

Overall very nice capture. Very peaceful and pleasing.

Hi Iggy. Nice capture here. Did you use a flash? Your foreground looks so light compared to your background. I personally wouldn't worry about macro. You've got sufficient detail here and a nice DOF. Yeah, I hear you, it takes a lot of bad pics to sort out a few good ones when you're dealing with subject matter like this. I'd be happy that you have hundreds you consider workable.

 

Nice job!

Hi Iggy. I probably should have more clear. I wasn't so concerned with the in focus or out of focus aspects of the pictue, but rather the distraction that the background bushes provide. I thought a tighter crop might force the viewers' focus in on the horse. As agreed, art is subjective and this is just my view.

I wasn't going to post this, but I find a certain power in this head, so I

thought I'd share. Comments and suggestions welcome and

appreciated.

Not sure why I even took this, but he kind of grows on me. Let me

know what you think. Thanks for looking.

Hi Iggy. Welcome to PN. I don't want to sound discouraging, but this shot does little for me. I think mostly, it lacks focus. Here are a few things I would try...

 

Try cropping in on the horses a little tighter. There's too much going on around them and they're getting lost. I don't know about you, but I'm not too interested in the second horse's rump. You might want to wait for him (or encourage him) to turn around. The snow on the ground is nice, but the snow in the air (I think) is distracting. You might want to wait until that clears, but this may be a personal note as sometimes flying snow adds.

 

The most important thing is to have fun and keep shooting. You've got a good start here.

 

Anyway, just my perspective. Remember, this is all quite subjective.

Wow! Stunning. Very nice capture. This is by far my favorite version of this shot (compared to the others in your portfolio).

Agree. I like the composition and the lighting very much. I second the opinion to crop a bit more off the top. I like the twigs in the foreground. I wouldn't crop all around. Nice shot.

Thanks for the kind words. Scott, thanks for your comments about the green sun spot in the middle of the shot. I noticed that too but didn't have the confidence to try to remove it. You got me to try it, and it was easier than I thought it would be. Makes a big difference. Thanks for the push.

Very nice. Artistically I like the lighting and contrast. B&W's a good choice here. It makes a great statement too. It looks like he's trying to figure out what's wrong with the engine when the body's had better days and his tire's destroyed. Nice job.

Recomendations for improvement appreciated. Thanks for looking.

Recommendations for improvement greatly appreciated. Thanks for

looking.