A nice shot. Excellent light and a good exercise in defining a shape with light and shadow. Paul On Feb 2, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> I took Ann's advice and took a bit off the top of the photo, but didn't make > the post Jewish. > > On Feb 2, 2011, at 4:41 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > >>> The one "keeper" from my photo walk yesterday was this one: >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5407330802/ >>> >>> constructive criticism always appreciated. >> >> Constructive Criticism: >> 1. You did well by using a shallow dof. That helped. > > Interesting that the responses had one that liked the shallow dof, and > another that didn't. My goal was to separate the post from the trees in the > background, it wasn't until I was processing it that I realized how much of > that I could do by frobbing the curves controls. If I were to retake it, I'd > probably go for a bit more dof, and be glad that the aperture is listed in > the exif data. > > >> 2. The colors contrast is good. > > thanks > >> 3. The perspective bothers me. Tilt you back bottom in just a bit ... > > >> 4. Did you also try a horizontal as well? I'd like to see the differences. > > Unfortunately, as I've mentioned, I've been trying to be a lot more > conservative with my shutter actuations. I only took three attempts at this, > though two were bracketed because of the high contrast between the light and > the dark. So I don't have a horizontal, and this is the one with the most > difference in perspective, but I think it's in the opposite direction of what > you want. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5411090188/in/set-72157625826875641/ > > The point of focus is slightly different on this one, though they are both at > f/7.1, it may still appeal more to Jack because more of the lit area is in > focus. > >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Collin Brendemuehl >> http://kerygmainstitute.org >> >> "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" >> -- Jim Elliott >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
