benjamin_bigham

This image was taken at the Houston Museum of Natural History's butterfly

exhibit. There was no flash assistance with this image of any kind, it was

just a fairly bright area. I'm quite happy with it, but it is heavily cropped so composition suggestions would be very helpful. This is the best I could

come up with. Thanks for the suggestions or at least for looking.

I have a million and a half photos of this Iconic photo on my PC, yet

this one stands out for several reasons. 1. It's one of the first

landscape pictures that I had made an effort to compose properly. It

was also a difficult shot to get, perched between a steep(ish) drop

off, and a rock, I had to take the shot without looking through the

viewfinder. 2. This is one of the few shots that I actually captured

what I wanted. 3. I just love the composition, you go from the little

flowers, to the trees, to the mountains, to the sky and clouds above.

Yesterday I posted the flip side of this image, with just the leaf in

focus, this time I got the wasp completely in focus, and wanted to do

a compare and contrast of the two image to see what the PN community

liked more.

I actually have a shot with him in focus, I'll post it for critique as well (for now it's in my portfolio), then I can do a compare and contrast. I just like the arty(ish) look of this picture. Thanks for the critiques guys, keep them coming!

These things are freaking evil, huge, loud, and insanely nasty I was

stupid enough to attempt to get macro photos of it, too scared to get

closer this was the biggest I could manage. I took several photos,

most are in perfect focus, however this "mistake", after some cropping

actually turned into my favorite from the shoot. I want to see what

you guys think.

Cool bird! Shot seems too ordinary for my tastes, has that, down the barrel look to it. Perhaps cropping out the left side of the picture would help.

Just walking through the zoo and saw this monkey hanging out on his

cage, so much emotion in that face, gotta wonder what he wants, is he

just looking at us wondering what we're doing? Yearning for a better

life? Or just being all cool becuase he knows he'll get attention by

doing this.

My first time ever doing long exposures, and I like the effect,

critiques and comments welcome!

Just a driving a long, and nearly ran into this oak grazing almost on

the road, got into position, and snapped some pictures.

My first attempt at a cropping to compose the subject well...don't

know how it turned out, but I think it's better then my first cropping

attempt which is in my portfolio.

 

Critiques welcome!...and don't worry he didn't' stay angry.

Curious little guy. Critiques welcome.

Just a little south of Longmont, CO, on 287 from the Eastern Plains,

looking west, at the Indian Peaks.

Only the second time out ever with a DSLR, and using mostly autosettings all day. The exposure is all wrong, but I actually think itturned out quite nice, as it gives an aesthetic appeal to the photothat I don't think would have occurred if it was properly exposed. Quite a nice accident.

Please comment and critique...but please don't take in account thefact that it was an accident, as I believe we all have those greataccidents now and then, if you think it's great.

Awesome picture, reminds me of Colorado, where we've had abundant snow this year. The upper right is a tad dark, but the reflection in the stream makes for a nice effect. The colors, to me, are overall a touch harsh, but I can't really complain, as it's great all around.

Thanks for looking. The above photo is of "Bobby" a land squirrel me

and my friend fell in love with, gave us quite a few interesting

poses, and an even better personality.