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There is no clearly defined horizon in this picture anyway, so why is everyone complaining about it being uneven? Look at it closely and you will see that your eyes are just being fooled by the green light cast onto the uneven snow. The "horizon" looks just fine to me.

 

I personally think that cropping should be done on film, too. When I make a picture I only include exactly what I wanted to fill the frame, unless on a rare occasion I am limited by the focal length of my two lenses.

I found this bird at the Hoh Rainforest and it makes a nice addition

to the moss pictures of the area. The clouds were broken and there was

a slight amount of rain. Just wondering if the background is too

distracting to make this a nice Blue Heron shot on its own.

I've not done any journalism shots before, but I had this oppertunity

and made the best of it. The local newspaper used a few of my pictures

for the paper... I didn't like the ones they chose though.

Do you think the wide angle is effective here? With such a small image

it seems difficult to make out everything. Any suggestions?

I like this image a lot. It shows both the detail of the sand close-up and the larger dunes on which they reside. You sure did wait for the right time of day and lighting to capture contrast and texture in interesting colors. I don't think there's a whole lot you could've done to improve here. Different perspectives would be whole other images by themselves.

It works for what it is. It's difficult to say much about it, since there is no apparent story to be seen in it.

Looks like you probably did a lot of moving around, trying to get those lights just in-between the masts. The parallel lines are wonderful. Reminds me of a Van Gogh!

I'd say this is an absolutely stunning composition. I love all of the elements which you have managed to capture in the image. The lighting seems to be perfect and mimics the color of the red rock onto the smaller stones below it. I'm sure that a print would look amazing, showing the detail all throughout the shadows. Love this one.

I like the picture itself, because of the bright colors and the mist. If they were smiling and that's what you remember from the scene, isn't that what you should show in the image? Maybe you didn't have the chance, but your caption just doesn't fit here.

Here is a much smaller area, which obviously does not show as much

random sticks and twigs from nature. It's between 1/3 and 1/4 life

size with a telephoto lens. At least there is no need to preen here...

Any suggestions?

This is a picture I took last month at the Dworshak Resevoir in Idaho.

The environment here is nearly exactly what I wanted to present, as

how I saw and felt about the area. However, I could have "improved"

this image further by removing a stick here and there. After cleaning

up this little scene, there would not be any distractions for the

observer of the image. Should I go back and perfect this shot, or

leave in the inevitable randomness of nature? Please comment.

It disappoints me to see that someone has gone and made their own "improvements" to the artist's work. If someone wants an opinion of how they might crop their image, believe me they'd have asked you. It's just somewhat annoying to see another copy of the POW hacked up by someone other than the artist and asking for it to be modified. Try suggesting it in plain text next time, or ask.

I don't think this piece is worse then any other of Kiet's. Better then some, actually. This is how I see the picture was taken: The leaves are the main focus, but not the subject. The rock in the upper left is balanced by darker space in the lower right. The grass in the upper right is balanced by the leaves and rocks in the lower left. It all combines to make the whole image the subject. I get tired of stereotypical photographs. This is not one of them.

Very amusing. Grasshoppers are neat too.

This is my most favorite shot too! It looks as if you can just walk right into the picture, so effortlessly. Love it!

Wonderful blue heron shot! It's all about the background and finding a healthy looking bird in a decent pose.

Wish I had a background like this for my blue heron shot.

It's definately visible, but it really needs to be level. Keeping the horizon in the shot really helps the composition here, since it shows the angles of the grass and keeps it grounded. It seems more interesting this way then having the plant floating in the sky for a change.

I know how you mean about these alders. They don't make so great of a subject on their own without a good background. Even then, they usually look cluttered. I think you did find a nice way to capture their red color here. Another way to do this, which I have not tried, might be to find a small patch of the alders with deep green in the far background. Angle the shot up, focusing on the red alder and keeping the distant green out of focus.

I wonder why the ratings are not higher on this one? I like doing shots like this, where there is a diagonal to the corners of the frame. The colors compliment themselves very well.

It would look MUCH nicer if you could get this shot in front of the bridge.

I really like the deep electric glow. This happens on night shots with colored lights behind thick glass.

You walk here and see this subject, wanting to capture it and show it to others. Sure you captured the subject, but did you try to explain what you were thinking when you took the shot? Try "saying" in your picture: this part of my subject interested me most. Find different ways "compositions" to explain your thoughts of the same subject. Which explains it best? Work on this and the rest should follow, at least that's what I am hoping for myself.

Image of captured of the Hoh Rainforest, or a dime a dozen?