Guide copy.jpg
by rider64

Comment:
I think this is a good attempt to convey something about the plant closing, and the dismal way it must feel to be in that area; I've had large plants (not auto) close near where I lived, and driving by them was like driving by a sad ghost town, and this was worse on dreary days; I get that dark feeling from your photo, though I think the composition comments (moving the sign from center) would probably help overall.

My House Day 1
by emily212

Comment:
Excellent shot, makes me jealous (we're feeling global warming here, no real snow this winter at all); don't have anything to add to what those below have, so I won't even try!

Day 1--The Morning Paper
by Elaine

Comment:
Snow *sigh* No snow here to speak of this year; how sad. Nice image, and I like the feel, though I might have liked a bit more texture to the snow.

Day-1 The Famous Dayton Courthouse
by TCGuru

Comment:
I like this, and will leave the courthouse image comments to those below, which cover it well (I learned quite a bit); on the other part of the imgae, I would have liked a bit more of the sign (so I could properly see all the images) or a bit less (so I see no edges at all); the first might have been impractical due to the background (too bright), and maybe without any edges it would look out of context. Just an idea to try.

Side House
by jdannels

Comment:
Catching up here (I hope), I really like this shot, very surreal effect, and very effective, and I like the shadow of the unseen tree to the left, very nice.

Day 2 - Pigeon House
by Bruce_the_Robert

Comment:
Hi all,

Thanks for the comments and suggestions, and for the very kind remarks so far; I have problems with sharpening, and I have problems (I think) with my zoom lens.

I've uploaded a full sized jpeg to my personal web site here (warning, this is a 2.8 meg image, very large):

//photography.heverly.org/photography/Special/DSC_2844.JPG

If you take a look and zoom in on the pigeons, there are some sharpness issues; I tried to sharpen with smart sharpen in PS CS2, but had the right with the trees. So, is this one of those "can't be saved" images, or is there a way to process it so that it works?

I have also noticed that my long zoom (70-300) does not seem to focus at infinity. This is extremely frustrated. I have an off-brand AI (manual focus) zoom (28-200) that seems to focus better, which makes it even more frustrating. I'm going to carefully clean my glass and my UV filter and try again with some new shots. Sun is out here today, and I may head back to the part once the Saturday cleaning is done ;)

@JunieMoon; I would love to work together on trying to figure out the zoom (again; in the past, it was my lens of choice). Let's do that (though I doubt I can actually "stop" using my 50mm AI or my 35-80 AF zoom lenses cold turkey, I will concentrate on using the long lens more and paying much more attention to focus there).

/edit/ This was shot at 1/800s; I shouldn't need a tripod at that speed, should I? I really think this may be a lens issue, given the amount of blur when you get in close on the original image. /edit/

Suggestions are very much appreciated as to either sharpening or the lens, and thanks again for stopping by!

Rob

Message edited by author 2007-02-03 05:55:16.

Day 1 - Where I Work
by Sweetlittlepixie

Comment:
Nice shot of where you spend your days; I agree a lower f-stop to sharpen things up might be nice, but it definitely tells the story.

Museum.JPG
by Retroesque

Comment:
Post processing so far is being the death of me, Lisa, so I feel for you on that one, and won't add to what the people who know about such things have already said. I like the angles and the lines in this shot a lot, and the shadows add to that. Nice composition!

DAY 1 . where i live ... i feel like a voyeur!!
by roz

Comment:
I really like this, and I'm totally jealous of what you can do with post-processing; I'm still learning (and honestly don't enjoy that as much as "making" the image), but I would have chucked this one! I'm so glad you didn't, it turned out really good!

PlaneSunSet
by Alicia

Comment:
Nice shot, great colors, and definitely makes me jealous, too; my sunsets are always broken up by high tension power lines in my southeastern view.

I think I would have cloned out the plane; it's a neat conversation piece, but it doesn't do much for me in the picture itself, which is really nicely composed and shot.