All the Fun of the Fair
by jonfrommk

Comment by Cuchillo:
m&m's? good idea
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All the Fun of the Fair
by jonfrommk

Comment by photokariangel:
great point of color, but took me a minute to understand what was really going on, till i saw the feet lol

All the Fun of the Fair
by jonfrommk

Comment by liberty:
Nice colors, focus, comp and symmetry, 8.

Dont beat yourself up about it
by jonfrommk

Comment by bassbone:
Jon
I just saw this in the recently commented photos - I seemed to have missed this one in April...

In order to make these photostitches work well, the exposures really need to be the same in all settings including white balance, f-stop, exposure time etc. Going full manual really helps smoothing these out.

Dont beat yourself up about it
by jonfrommk

Comment by Pug-H:
If you still have the original files, maybe you can boost up the yellow a bit in the left-hand side shot.

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Conservation and Congregation
by jonfrommk

Comment by Melethia:


Here's your ribbon - display it proudly!

And funny that Peter thinks it's too soft - I think there's too much sharpening near the tree/sky border. I think most landscapes unless richly colored suffer from the 640 pixel size. The other comment I'd offer is that the straight line/centered comp is somewhat static. All that said, I really love the foreground field. I've been trying to get good field shots for some time. A lovely classic of such is zeuszen's entry in the free study.

Conservation and Congregation
by jonfrommk

Comment by bassbone:
Jon
The layers created by the grass, the trees, and the sky are well placed and give this the prototypical rule of thirds feel. The church looks like it has a lot of charm and interest, but with the small image size (don't you just hate 640?) the details are mostly lost

I just wonder about the choice of b/w here - were you trying to have the sky and the field look similar as if it is a reflection? If so, I think more details in the grass field are needed to give it the shimmering feel. If not the point, I think a color version may have been a better approach - to highlight the warm summer sky and the glow off the grass.

I really think the main reason for the low-ish score is an overall softness to the image...don't forget that us DPCers need it sharp, sharp, sharp!

Conservation and Congregation
by jonfrommk

Comment by Charlene:
Beautiful flowing grass, lovely sky, and nice line of trees holding my focus on the church.

Conservation and Congregation
by jonfrommk

Comment by colorcarnival:
What a shame - no comments. Oh well - I get to be first! How did this look in color? The field in the foreground looks interesting and that's why i ask. I like the details on the trees in the background. Looks pretty rural to me!

The O2
by jonfrommk

Comment by Charlene:
Good idea with the processing. Something seen so many times, but in such a different way making it new again.

(looks like I was right this time :)) Cxxx