The love of a father
by Dadzbug

Comment by BAMartin:
This is sure to become a family heirloom. Wonderful expressions.

Colorado Snow.jpg
by Dadzbug

Comment by BAMartin:
YES!!! You did it and this looks fabulous!

Peaceful Sleep
by Dadzbug

Comment by BAMartin:
This one is nearly perfect. I absolutely love the angle you have. Lighting is good, composition is great! Keep up the good work.

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by Dadzbug

Comment by BAMartin:
The composition is very nice. The lines all lead your eye directly to the zebras eye, which is the subject. You whites are not as bright as I would like them to be. Perhaps just a tweak at the Brightness and Contrast tool would help. Your eye is very good, your compositions are all very strong.

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by Dadzbug

Comment by BAMartin:
The composition and the lighting are perfect in this photo. I love thst you caught such details as the flies in his face. The one small problem that I see is the lack of sharpness, whether because of focus or camera shake its hard to say. You might try using just a touch of Unsharp Mark in Photoshop Elements.

Peaceful Sleep
by Dadzbug

Comment by PaulinaRD:
I really like this photograh it looks like the lion is at peace

Gjertson Road
by Dadzbug

Comment by Dadzbug:
Thank you so much! :)

Gjertson Road
by Dadzbug

Comment by BAMartin:
This is a very strong image and one that draws the eye. The incredibly strong diagonal line at the top of the sign is complimented by the strong vertical line of the post. Whete they meet is the logical subject placement.

The bottom half of the sign is a little bit in shadow, and could use a little brightening to bring it to the level of the top sign. Here I have adjusted the levels, the contrast and played with the color balance a little to bring out the blue in the sky so that the beutiful cloud is more pronounced.



You have a very very good eye for composition.

Message edited by author 2007-03-22 20:28:27.

Llama llama
by Dadzbug

Comment by BAMartin:
Everybody all together now.... awwwww. How completely precious.

I took this photo into photoshop and played with it a little bit. Iadjusted the levels, the contrast, brightened the face a bit to bring out some details, and then cropped to remove some of the clutter of the background. My results are here



It is important to remember the difference between film cameras and digital cameras, but also the ways that they are alike. The photo as it first some from the digital camera is like the negative from the film camera. The computer is the darkroom. Every digital image needs some tweeking and fine tuning. As a minimum, levels should be corrected so that the histogram fills the entire width of brightnesses, contrast usually needs to be adjusted, as digital cameras take very "flat" photos. The last step would be to do an Unsharp Mask to make things more sharp and focused.

If you need any further assistance, I would be happy to help. All in all your photos have wonderful potential, you have a good eye, you just need some further practice with youe post processing. This is where good photos become masterpieces.

Message edited by author 2007-03-22 20:13:08.

Tucson sunset
by Dadzbug

Comment by BAMartin:
You have to just love those Arizona sunsets! Such vibrant colors, such a feeling of peaceful tranquility. Your reds in this photo work very well against the black and the deep violets. Tones are generally very, very good.

Technicals are generally good, though not spectacular. There is a question in my mind as to whether it should be sharper or not. I can't figure it out myself. The trees in the distance tend to lack focus and clarity, but the second school of thought is that the sunset is the subject and the sharpness (or lack there of) in the trees pushes the mind in the proper direction. If (and this is strictly a personal preference) you wanted the trees to be in sharper focus, the use of a tripod would be helpful as low light situations demand a slow shutter speed.

This image has a lot of dark space and I'm sure this is by design, but is it good? Again, I don't really know for sure.

One thing I am sure of is that that this photo is very pleasing to the eye and fills me with peacefulness. Well done.