HotAirBalloons.3.jpg
by RayEthier

Comment:
This is great! It's good that you knew the area well enough to know where to set up and shoot from this location. There are 3 balloons in this shot that I saw at Abq NM in Oct 06, the eagle, the scarecrow, and the funny looking bear. There are likely more, but the 3 are easy to identify. The overall scene is just excellent, with much on the ground and in the air to study. I could spend a long time looking into the details of a larger version of this. I can't believe that with 133 views as I type this, that this image has only 1 comment besides this one. You should submit it for a print. : )

sunset.jpg
by electrolost

Comment:
I can see what you were going for here, as I recently shot some of the moon with a cell tower. It was difficult to decide if I wanted to shoot focused on the tower or to focus on the moon. The one that I kept was a compromise, with both a little soft. I see that you chose the same focus for this, and it works nicely, as the structure is soft enough to not look so static and it blends into the very nice sky.

smile BIG!
by ShannonLee

Comment:
You seem to have the ability to make people think and smile with your creativity when you have your camera. This one is definitely in the "smile" category. : )

Rock-Cut-@-Sunset.jpg
by SandyP

Comment:
Wow! What a beautifully captured view of just an outstanding place and sky. You were fortunate to have been there when the light was this glorious, and to have the knowlege and equipment to shoot this.
Thanks for sharing it with us.

day 16. summertime and the livin' is easy
by ShannonLee

Comment:
The softness of the focus and the poses of the two of you seem to add a lot of mystery to ths image. Had you not explained what was going on, it would have been just as good, maybe even better to try to figure it out with only the clues in the image.
Most lenses that can be manually focused have the focal distances marked on the focus ring. If there is enough light at the camera to see the numbers, it can be useful for this sort of shot if you want it in focus. I carry a tiny flashlight in my bag for setting the camera while shooting in low light.
Thanks for the link, and thank you for the fav.

Zaca Fire 8/16/2007
by Germaine

Comment:
Thanks, you have given me an idea with your comment about twirling the zoom. Now I want to try clamping the zoom ring to the tripod and twisting the camera to get a swirl zoom. Be looking for it.
Smoke from big fires do very strange things to the sky. We had a lot of that here in Florida last winter.

The Riverboat
by SandyP

Comment:
Your pics from the Riverwalk and your glowing descriptions of it are making me want to go there and see it for myself.
And shoot a lot of pics there. : )

Wheeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
by L1

Comment:
Nice pan, and I also like the tilted horizon for this action shot.

day 17. 30 days of sharpless. wattle
by roz

Comment:
Roz, you wattle well. These are pretty flowers. It is difficult to get good pics of complex flowers like this. I guess it is all in the prerspective, and light.

r a c e
by messerschmitt

Comment:
This looks somewhat cartoon-ish with the blurred legs. Chickens are fun to photograph.