joe_desbonnet1

Was it really that litter free? looks like you could eat off that surface :)

He looks like that evil cat in the movie Cats and Dogs (Mr. Tinkles?)

Great photo. I find the reflections of the lights in the water rather distracting, however. The smoke from the towers makes for an interesting effect.

This topic may not belong here... but has anyone studied people's response to colour? I just love colour.. but I'm wondering is this like a child's like of candy... ie an immature response to art (I'm new to photography, and I've always been a techie, not an artist, but I'm working on that:)

 

There is something about Jaap's photos that I find amazing... I think it's the colour and the symmetry. I just *love* them.

Like everything else in your folder... beautiful.

You have an excellent folder of images... the colours and symmetry in your photos are amazing.

I like it. The sky at the top left doesn't look real (?)

I think something needs to be in focus.. the outline of the person in the foreground would be the obvious choice.

Good start, keep trying and posting stuff here. You may be on to a good idea .. old camera, young person etc, but there is nothing particularly remarkable about this particular photo for me.

Excellent image. I'm curious: what flash unit did you use? How close were you?

The cropped tree on the left would be best

left out. Should be easy to achieve with photoshop.

Otherwise visually very pleasing.

Wow!! That photo did my head in for a minute while I tried to figure out the perspective. Obviously quite a steep hill. Brilliant shot, love it!!

Thanks for the comment. Technically are there any improvements you can suggest?

Lovely sky texture, but otherwise a little empty I think.

The thumbnail caught my eye, but the full resolution photo didn't work for me until I tried the previous poster's suggestion of flipping it ... and yes its quite amazing!

Had a look at your folder... some really great shots there. I hope to have a D100 soon which will give me a lot more control over exposure (the DC290, is really just a P&S)... although having heard the stories about dust & the sensor it may not be the best environment for this camera.

Still... I guess you'll never get a really great photo unless you are willing to punish your equipment.

The motion blur does not work for me in this photo.

It seems to draw the eye to a spot on the wall.

It's probably the shape of it -- it's just not a

traditional lighthouse design.

 

The red at the top of the lighthouse is very saturated, which I like, but I'm wondering if this would work better if there wasn't so much cloud in the sky ... ie a darker deeper blue to contrast with the saturated red (?) BTW: I'm using a LCD screen -- so it just might be my monitor.

Was this really a two second exposure? Seems like there is a lot more than 2 seconds of action there (?!) Still trying to figure what is going on: Is the red trail a missile or aircraft?

Excellent! The only (very small!) imperfection I can see is that drop near the top right that moved a bit, but it took me a while to notice it.

This is a very funny photo. It looks like you scanned a print -- it's got that washed out look. If you can somehow scan the original negative/slide it might liven it up a bit. Also the lighting appears to be very hash ... if you can't avoid that, it sometimes help to set your flash to fill mode to remove the strong shadows.

Incredible! Autumn (that's what we call the fall here :-) looks nothing like that.

I think this would be better if the fence wasn't

so discernable.

I wish I caught them while closer together... but thanks to the Kodak DC290's sluggish nature shooting any kind of wildlife is a fustrating experience.

Great shot and lovely colourful background. There is

a bright patch on her right arm that doesn't seem right however.