At the Car Show
by wkmen

Comment by ButterflySis:
I find both flowers (left edge and upper right) very distracting. I think to have gotten a better shot you should have moved out from behind the flowers. Maybe even moved farther away from the car, if possible, so you could include the tires and right front (headlight) of the car. I think the colors and details on the car are very good. Overall, I don't care so much for this particular shot.

At the Car Show
by wkmen

Comment by Cam:
I hate trying to take car show photos. The reflections and the lights make it just so difficult to get a good shot.

I found taking a closer shot helps getting a better quality photo.

BTW, thats one bad ass Chevelle.

Undersea Montage #2.jpg
by wkmen

Comment by ButterflySis:
Nice work, Wyatt. I like the colors and bordering. The individual fish are all very nice. They have good colors and seem sharp. I like your collage idea but the circular blending is a bit distracting. I can't tell if this is mulitiple shots of fish combined into one final image or if this is one image and you used the blue coloring to block out the background to highlight the fish. I would like to see the non-worked version of this. Overall, good work.

solitary sunset
by wkmen

Comment by Zap228:
I like the shot but there are a few things I would like to point out.
I like the silohuette effect, but the blending of the head into the mountain side does not appeal much to me. I do like the low angle and the depth of field, but the body would be better if the head attatched was visable as well.
Regarding the noise, I am going to recommend to you a program called neat image. Its main use is to remove noise. The demo version will work well enough and does everything you'll need.Neat Image There are instructions on the website for use, but it is a pretty simple program.

I really like the scene itself, but the photograph needs a little work. See what you can do to creat a difference between the head and the background, such as adjusting tone or lighting in photo shop or whatever digital editing program you use.

-Robert

Roadside Wildflower
by wkmen

Comment by jpochard:
This is my favorite of yours! Maybe just a little on the dark side, but that's pretty easy to fix should you choose to. I love the clarity of the center flower and the surrounding bits of color from the out of focus ones also in the shot. The different shades of pink, the yellow centers and a few bits of white help add some interest without being distracting. This would be a lovely print.

summer is done
by wkmen

Comment by jpochard:
This photo has some nice colors...but they all seem to compete for my attention. Also, the out of focus items in the front are distracting to me. I think the idea was good, but maybe trying to do too much with this shot? I like your corn one better...much simpler and easy to enjoy. This one seems to have much the same intent, but not done as well.

a touch of autumn
by wkmen

Comment by jpochard:
This is a nice shot. I like the lighting, the clarity and the colors - except for the blue. I like the warm colors of the corn and the orangish whatever to the right, and I would prefer to keep that warm color tone throughout. The blue feels out of place to me. Good detail in the photo.

old barn and buttercups
by wkmen

Comment by jpochard:
I like the slope of the land in this shot, and the wonderful yellow. The front right corner blurry branch is a distraction. I think this might benefit from some lightening around the barn area. I really like the field of yellow - I think it's the best part of the pic.

pier at sunset
by wkmen

Comment by jpochard:
This is really lovely. I agree with a comment below about cloning out or cropping above the marks in the sand at the bottom of the photo. I "cropped" by holding some paper over it and it really made the rest of the photo pop more to me.

The other thing you might want to try for this is some heavy neat image. I like it a log the way it is, but it would be interesting to see the effect of blending things and giving a smoother appearance. That would definitely be personal taste.

I really like the reflection in the wet sand, and the look of the surf beyond and under the pier. It might even be interesting to do a crop of just the reflections in the sand.

Great job!

backlit leaves
by wkmen

Comment by jpochard:
I think the biggest thing that hit me with this photo is that it appears out of focus...with nothing really singled out as being in focus. That may have been the effect you were going for, but for me it doesn't help.

Also, the lighting is interesting, but the colors are pretty bland I think. The shapes, focus, and all green color give it sort of a green blob effect for me. I hope that's helpful :(

Just read the other comments and apparently I'm in the minority! :) Oh well...just my humble opinion.