John 4: 13-14
by jpochard

Comment:
Hey, this is a really great card/inspirational postcard/poster. The picture on the right is gorgeous with excellent colours and well, excellent everything really.

The only suggestion I might have is that there is a bit of a hot spot in the top left hand corner on the rock that is a bit distracting from the water. Even some of the other rocks on the edges are a tad bright. You have done such a great job highlighting those water fall spots, it is a shame to have the distractions to the rocks. Burn?

Message edited by author 2005-09-27 23:37:01.

leaf
by taterbug

Comment:
What an interesting picture. I don't know if these are true colours or not. Regardless, I love the mixture of yellows, purples and blues in the berries.

Compositionally it is very nice. I am a little disappointed with the brown speckles, but it's not that bad.

Thank you for posting this pic.

Message edited by author 2005-09-27 22:55:37.

Decrepit Barn
by tsheets

Comment:
Nice barn. You've got a great subject, and have provided a really nice view and treatment of it. I think your post processing choices are excellent. The barn has a great feel.

I find the white building on the right a bit distracting however.

Looking at the barn itself, the left side being dark and the right side being light, I wonder if it might have been possible to crop in a lot closer, leaving the dark part on the left side of the picture and ending up with the right side on the right side of the picture.

I know that the distance is an important element of this shot, so I wonder if you artificially made the change to a portrait layout with the crop tool you could make this change and preserve the original flavour and intent.

Great pic, congrats on moving to the 350xt.

Synchronized Grazing
by taterbug

Comment:
This is a really great picture. I love the focus on the faces and the detail brought out there.

The crop here is superb in the left and right, matching exactly the hind legs of the two horses.

Great theme, well executed.

My only complaints would be in the grass colour and DOF. Did you try this picture with high and low sat in the greens?

I'm sure you know that though.

Up
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
Hey, just think. I was going to post on your MIB shot that I was really missing seeing ribbons with your name on them lately. Now I just feel dumb. :)

And look dumb. And sound dumb, but that's another issue altogether. ;)

Keep it up guy!

PS. I actually did this before. I was a window washer in Canada and sometimes there are places and things you just can't get at due to landscaping and houses on weird terrain. I was lighter than my buddy, so I climbed up the ladder and he held it steady a few inches from a window. It was only really scary going up and down. I went right to the top, about twenty five feet up, about the same height as your ladder.

Us crazy Canucks eh?

Message edited by author 2005-09-26 13:32:28.

Alien Abduction
by BaldurT

Comment:
I like the harsh lighting. Very thematic.

Canada creates frozen clone army...plans to take over the world!
by DrAchoo

Comment:
I love it. Guy looks at his son, and thinks "Hey! Have I got a project for you... Wanna look dead?"

By the way, rumors about Canadians taking over the world are totally untrue.

We already have the largest country in the world. If we wanted to do something realy devious, we would just do something to make our winters less cold like oh, I don't know, maybe warm up the whole globe or something?

And it's not like THAT's going to happen RIGHT?

Men In Black Agent
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
heh. Congratz again mr Joey.

I wonder after reading all of the comments if anyone else noticed the face in the fog. Kind of amazing. Fog is really hard to control. I should know. I've never done it.

Zen Master
by dsa157

Comment:
Hey! Didn't have time to vote on this challenge, but I'd still like to say GREAT picture. Nice idea. The boy has great eyes and great expression.

FWIW, Zen masters typically use their chopsticks closer to the other end as a demonstration of control, but your technique isn't bad :).

There is actually a whole set of superstitions about where you hold the chopsticks comfortably. They are pretty typically nonsense, but one says that the closer you hold to the end, the older you will be when you marry!

fish family
by spease

Comment:
Hey, I am just browsing pictures of certain lenses, but I thought I would throw my two cents at this picture.

I'm no expert, but when I was shooting digital at fish in aquariums, I noticed that changing the white balance really helped. Otherwise, the camera tries to correct the great colours brought on by using UV lighting.

This is of course only true when UV lights are used, which isn't very often when they are goldfish, but still, it's worth a try. I think it was a tungsten WB.

Experiment and keep shooting. You have a lot of good ideas!