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Grass seedlings are bound and determined to ease up through the white

sand.

James, thanks for the critique. Yup, those green leaves do distract, to be sure. Gotta edit them out. The far left guy is the joker of this band, and he would not give the old R&R scowl to save a life. Although one could argue that the lefty's joviality breaks thee otherwise serious looks of the other gents. The group was lots of fun. I checked out your images, and I was left very impressed...what awesome work you have there!

I wanted to give an over the top contrast and saturation effect,

along with the Sodium Vapor light source used behind the club. I

think this shot seems to work. Do you agree? The band plays 70s,

80s faire, and does it very, very well. I wanted to go for

that "Foreigner" look, but not sure if I've achieved it.

David, the lighting is "terrible"? You're kidding right? The subject's face is lit perfectly. I don't think the lighting could be better! And who cares why she is eating in the middle of the street. I guess you've never been to Milan at night. It seems you're a troll and your responses are not to be taken seriously.

Used the "dragging the Shutter" technique to get the background to

reveal, while the flash took care of the subject. I wonder if I

should've blurred the background a bit more...hmm...

B&W conversion.

I took this picture in color but it didn't work as well as black &

white. This is the east side of the old Mission in Riverside,

Calif. In the far background you'll see two friends enjoying coffee

and conversation. Canon 5D, Canon 24-70 F2.8L, ISO 100, 1/60th, F11

Bryce, I used a Canon 50mm F1.4 lens set at F2...it produces creamy dreamy bokeh...a great lens for sure.

I loved this perspective, of these lined up trees. This was takin in

color with a digital camera, but I think it works better in black &

white. What do you think?

 

Dan

I kept the colors faithful, not wanting to add saturation, as I love

the mellow tones. What do you think?

I took this image a few weeks ago (early April). It was originally

taken in color. Do you like how I converted it to B&W? All comments

welcome.

Wade, this picture is from Arcadia, California, at the Arboretum, on Baldwin Avenue just off the 210 Fwy.

This is Rocky, the fat cat. He loves to eat. 24/7. He loves liver

and fish the best, but in a pinch he'll eat kidney and chicken.

 

He loves to eat walnuts too. Peanuts give him wicked flatulance, so

when we go to the Dodger game, all he gets is a small Budweiser and

some Kiddles & Bits which I bring in a small bag.

 

Rocky prefers black & white to color. I think it's because the only

color on his body is his jade green eyes, but I could be wrong.

 

I recently asked him where I should vacation this year, and he

said "Maui". But I'm going to Rome this summer, so the joke's on him.

 

Please let me know how you like this picture.

 

Canon 1D Mark II, Canon 50mm F1.4 @ F5.6, Canon 580EX flash, E-TTL2,

Flash card implemented, flash head bounced off ceiling. Camera st to

Manual mode, 1/50 second.

What could be going through a female teenager's mind? I rather not

know, being her father. This was a candid. I know the white-balance

is off, but I kind of like the mood the color-cast provides.

This was taken at summer time at Laguna Beach, California.

We're always lining up for everything. What do you see in this?

 

Thanks,

Dan

Chris, you're right. The image should be rotated. Thanks for the comments.

...for all your comments.

I saw this back-lit palm leaves and I thought it might make an

interesting photo.

This is another outside of Stove Pipe Wells, at the dunes. Please

let me know what you think.

I took this in Death valley, just outside of Stovepipe Wells. I

loved the texture of the sand. Please let me know what you think.

 

Thanks!

This image was taken in Lancaster, California February 2005. I

thought the line of orange Poppies on the edge of the cliff was

interesting, as well as the belt of clouds overhead.

 

Please tell me what you think.

I'd like to know what you think about his image. Taken back in 02-

2005 at Lancaster, California.