Jack-o'-Scarecrow
by gyaban

Comment:
The picture is great, but the story is priceless! Congrats!

Shop Talk
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Real and soulful. Congrats on the tt. It's well deserved.

Gotcha
by william88

Comment:

Originally posted by hahn23: 1/125s according to the image data. I assume that is a data entry error, right? If so, then big congratulations on the Blue ribbon.

He used flashes. There's no way possible to freeze the action like this with shutter speed alone.

William, fantastic! I didn't vote, but you'd get a 10 from me.

Seeing Eye to Eye?
by vawendy

Comment:
Bird 1, Fish 0

Well done!

Great Dames
by tanguera

Comment:
Yes! Best use of a Great Dane in a shoot. Ever.

The Star Gazer
by vawendy

Comment:
The shot is basically good, but I agree with what the others have said about the exposure time and the star trails, and the comment about maybe using a wide angle lens and getting in a lot closer to the guy, so that he has more of the frame, but there is still lots of sky.

The thing that I would add, though, has to do with the white balance. The sky is really orange, and the guy is really purple. Neither color is very natural looking. I think what I'd do is to put an orange gel on the flash, to match the orangeness of the sky (or possibly go even a little more orange than the sky), then compensate for the orange color with white balance. The idea is to get the sky a nice normal nighttime color (or at least what we imagine to be normal), and have the guy maybe a little warmer. It might take some experimentation to get it right.

At peace
by LalliSig

Comment:
Wow. I had to stop and think about this one for awhile. Isn't that the definition of art?

Hummingbird
by william88

Comment:
Beautifully done. Can you share your lighting setup? 4 lights?

Solitude in Stiltsville
by yakatme

Comment:
hmmmm...in response to your thread....I think your edit is not far off from what I would have done, which is why I don't enter many landscapes. I don't know what to do with them. Looking at Neil and Bear's edits of your original, I personally think they're both better, and bring the image from a 5 to a 6 or 7 for me, mostly because the crop they used is better than what you've done here. The positioning of the house in the frame seems awkward for some reason, maybe too high up in the frame. In the original, it seems less awkward. I think the other thing is the fluorescent pink sky. It's a lovely sky, but the brightness draws my attention away from the house, and makes the house seem kinda drab in contrast.

What you'd do about those things, I haven't a clue. Bear and Neil seem to have it nailed, though.

Keeping Time
by DistantColours

Comment:
Where did you find that old metronome??? Very cool!