Excellent pic, Darren; I've been looking at it for about 10 minutes and keep finding interesting details (such as the way the wind has blown the trees near the church). It certainly merits Flickr's kudo!
Cheers, Rick On May 30, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > I've recently been experimenting with posting in Google+ communities. > One thing that I have noticed is that, in default viewing mode, > vertical compositions are shown larger (short dimension sized to fit > the column) and horizontal compositions are shown smaller (to fit the > long dimension within the column). This is the opposite of how it > works with Flickr's layouts (where vertical compositions are shown > smaller). I believe that the majority of people rarely turn their > cameras to a vertical orientation, horizontal is the "default" and > probably widely outnumbers verticals in images produced, so Flickr's > approach probably makes more sense. But as one who tries to "think > vertical" when appropriate, it is probably smart to share more > verticals on Google+. > > I received a notification this morning that this image (John Deere > Model D Steel Wheel on the Prairie) was chosen by a moderator of the > (very large) Black & White Photography community to their "Top > Community Picks", which is a first for me. > > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks for those who looked/commented. I appreciate Ken's thoughts on >> the trees on the left as well. >> I really don't think the trees at the left add or subtract, >> personally. I suppose the reason they are left in is that to crop them >> out and still keep the 3:2 aspect ratio would have meant either >> cutting off the bottom part of the big tractor wheel or losing some >> sky and I wanted to do neither. >> :) >> >> The church in the right was leaning horribly, due to the 10mm focal >> length, but the Free Transform tool in Photoshop is a wonderful thing >> that I have only started to learn how to use correctly. >> >> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> I complimented this image in a reply from someone, but don't recall who's. >>> Let me add that I very much like your total background including all trees. >>> I feel that those near the left frame edge stop the eye and turn them back >>> into >>> the image. Feels right! >>> >>> Jack >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Darren Addy" <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >>> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 6:51:38 AM >>> Subject: PESO: John Deere Model D Steel Wheel on the Prairie >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18207974972/ >>> >>> Comments and criticism welcome in equal measure. >>> >>> -- >>> Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > 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. http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- 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.
