t37traveler

Hi Colton-

 

In the FWIW category, it almost works, but I think the buck is too small to pass for the main subject down there in the corner. (Pardon the pun there)...There needs to be more of him to carry the picture - meaning you needed to be closer or have a bigger telephoto lens, or reframe the deer in the picture. I don't feel that the little shrubs carry enough weight to balance the picture.

 

I have a similar shot of a mule deer out in Point Lobos I'm uploading soon. Check my gallery. The deer is i the same location in the photo but faces directly into the camera and takes up more of the frame. I'm not crazy about the shot, but it's "OK."

Photo shot with Nikon D100 and Sigma 110 lens in a Light & Motion housing; Nikonos

SB105 strobe and Sea & Sea slave strobe

Any comments/critiques of this photo would be appreciated. Thanks.

I know what you mean about stepping outside and seeing the sky on fire at sunset. It's happened to me a few times, and I've grabbed the camera every time. I really like the way the lacy tree branches break up the the intense color and add perspective as they taper to the back and right. I'd say it's a very good picture of a subject of a really over-powering subject - the background.

I became fascinated with the lovely shape of snowy and great egrets and made them

the subject of many an experimental photo during our recent trip down the Intracoastal

Waterway. Comments/critique?

There are almost always two sides of art - the one that the artist sees and the one that the "others" see. Sometimes the two are one. The universal appeal factor is important in appealing to the outside audience. I agree that it is important to know who you are trying to reach. Sometimes the art that is created speaks more to the artist than to the audience... it is always interesting to see how many people share your vision - and how it is interpreted differently by others (witness Escher).

Would appreciate any comments/critique. Thanks.

Colton -

 

Thank you for the very good comments. This is my first time participating in an interest group website, and I wasn't sure what to expect. Since I could only post one photo, I decided to post one that I liked and had potential, but that I was not entirely happy with. You are so right about the hull; I just couldn't put my finger on it. While the hull reflection adds, it also detracts, especially since all of the shark except his dorsal fin is submerged and blurred by the water. The other problem is that I didn't check my camera settings before shooting (too much excitement about the sighting) and the ISO was set to HI-1, resulting in too much digital noise for a really crisip shot.

 

I have always kept my photos a gallery on viovio.com, a travel interest and photo publishing site. While it offers a space to comment on individual photos, photo critique and discussion of the art of photography is not the focus, thus the only comments tend to be the occasional "great pic" from biased friends and family members. I think I've found the "jury of my peers" I've been looking for. There are some very talented people and good work here, so I have decided to take out a paid membership and upload more shots today.

WOW! Gaudy, eye-catching, amazing subject. Your "spot on" focus really makes this photo come alive. I like it.

I think the source of tension is so well camouflaged and so small a part of the overall picture that it is lost among the green water plants. The result is that the impact for me is non-existent. Perhaps if the gator were facing the camera with both eyes fixed on the photographer the tension factor would be more apparent.

My personal opinion is that the composition is not very good. Sorry, : (

Nothing grabs and holds the eye. I find myself trying to figure out what the dark, uninteresting shape in the lower left is at the same time I am being distracted by the white spots in the upper right. The result is that I stare at the empty space in the center. The photo might work if the heron were turned toward the right so that the bird's interesting profile leads the eye toward the other elements of the picture. As it is, there are three separate elements, the bird, the blue water, and the white sparkles with the two vertical dark lines. None stands alone as a strong element, and they do not work together to create a unified picture.

This is a very creative, eye-catching composition. The use of soft, mostly neutral colors is fabulous. I really, really like it!

WOW! F-8 and be there! This is an exquisite photograph. Capturing a bird in flight, stop action, with gorgeous exposure and lighting is very difficult. I know how hard difficult this is; birds are one of my favorite subjects. You are to be congratulated. I hope you frame this one and hang it on your wall.

This shot is essentially an action shot. Having the primary subject, the running squirrel, bisected by foreground clutter really detracts from the composition. If the squirrel were pausing to peek through the branches at the camera, then the foreground would very probably contribute to the picture.

A classic example of "less is more." Good decision IMHOP to not increase contrast. This photo is all about the mood

This is an non-manipulated photo of a

and reflections is one of my favorite "naturally occurring mediums" for adding a touch

of the surreal to the real. I shoot manual exposures only using a Nikon D100 and Nikon

or Sigma lenses.