MrAndMrsIzzy

Happy new year. Took a look! Didn't go through the whole collection (did close the sidebar) but from what I did go through it looks like you've got some interesting stuff there. Not going to comment on any of it, but I am going to take a look at the parent site.

Yep! Right across the bridge.

Hmmm! I don't know about the dodging part, but definitely agree about converting to grayscale or b&w.

Well! Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Not even reasonably ok for that matter. But!!! It was good practice, and kind of a fun thing to do. Thankyou JC.....Izzy

Thankyou! Basically what I'm going to try to do is locate some good examples of 19th or early 20th century horse drawn carriages (that actually look like 19th or early 20th century horse drawn carriages as opposed to the central park variety, some old timey looking late 19th\early 20th century horseless carriages), clone out the more recent elements in that image, add the older (if I can find some good examples to use) stuff, and see what I come up with.

It certainly does work! Do you mind if I copy it and try for some creative editing practice? Don't know if I can do it but it looks like it might have some possibilities.

Ditto!

Ok then! Lower saturation and softer focus. I'll keep that in mind. There're a whole bunch of these (wetland sunsets) that're unedited and I'm sure I'll be coming across many more as I continue keywording the catalog. Thanks all for the comments and critiques.

Thankyou, and I'll keep that point about sharp edges and distinct masses in mind for future reference.

A classic!!!!!. That sez it all!

Well! Either way, the feeling I was going for was the sense of calm, quiet, etc., whatever, and I think I got that. Alright Sam!

Interesting! In both cases yours and Interesting! In both cases (yours and J's) the preferred version is the unedited (except for resizing to post). Either way, thanks for the complements.

Ditto what everybody else said!

Pearl Paint was to other visual artist's and crafts people as B&H is to photographers.

Rollei 3.5 series are (I believe) waist level (as opposed to eye level) viewfinders. That being the case you could (I think) walk along occasionally looking (actually glancing) down to check framing occasionally), or possibly not look down at all. Simply walk along looking around as you normally might, and when you see a photo op just sort of point the camera in that direction and see what you get (maybe not even have the view finder open). Granted, you may wind up with a lot of throwaways, but you may also wind up with few good one's too (people, food carts, fruit and vegetable stands, etc.). BTW, Pearl Paint occupied the entire building with stuff on all the floors.

Finally finished keywording the 20th century. Posting two sets sets of images. As with previous posts the first image of each pair is how it came out of the scanner (unedited except for resizing). The second is the edited version. The images were captured in December of 2000,and are among the last few frames on the last roll of film put through the camera (a Canon EOS Elan) in that year. It was getting close to sunset, the rain that had been coming down all day had let up, but it was still misting and quite chilly. Looked out the window, grabbed the tripod, ran up to the roof, had just enough time to set up and get a few shots before the weather drove me back down. Comments, critiques, opinions, etc. welcome.

This is a tough one! Definitely a color shot rather than B\W. The different blues demand it. Placement of the gull (guessing it's a gull) dead center just below that cloud bank is also right-on. The fainter and thinner clouds to the right and below add to the feeling of this image as does the open water below. It's as if one is actually there. Too bad there's so much space between those thinner clouds and the water, but fixing that would (I think) require some fancy editing and I'm not at all sure how well that would work.

Thanks J. As you pointed out the colors in the edited version are a little too strong. I should've toned down the saturation a little. Also after taking another look, I realized that it isn't the afterglow. The afterglow shot is a different image and a different place. In this one the sun is actually hidden behind that cloudbank.

Captured this image of a sunsets afterglow over a Florida (Loxahatchee NWR) wetland in either late November or early December of 2000. Finally got around to keywording it, then decided to see what I could come up with in the editing program. As with other images I've posted the first one is how it came out of the scanner. The scan is from the neg, film was Kodak Gold 400, and the camera was a Canon EOS620. Lens was probably a Vivitar 28 to 300

Ohhhh! Interesting!! I didn't know that! (thinking) Hmmm! You'd think the hawk could've at least left a note!!! (G)

Bet that's the last time she builds a nest in that neighborhood!

Why don't you just flip it around with the spider on top.

Wow!!!! Question! Was that blackbird actually giving the owl a hard time, or was the owl making a meal out of the b'bird?