I've been MIA for the last few months

Olympus 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom

07/24/2005 07:26:20 PM · #1

I've been both busy and frustrated with a photography plateau. Finally got the courage up to dust the camera off again. Here's some shots I took the last couple weeks. Thanks for looking, and comments/critique always welcome. I need to start improving again. Renewed membership for another year and entered the wooden contest. Let the learning begin. :)

Portland Highland Games

Tacoma Museum of Glass

Sequim Lavender Festival

Randoms

LadeeM

Olympus E-410

07/24/2005 08:14:22 PM · #2

Great shots! I like the glass building and captital building at night photos the best. Welcome back! :)

Kaizen

Nikon D70

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

07/24/2005 08:28:16 PM · #3

Jennifer,

Is that glasswork by Dale Chihuly?

Great shots, by the way!

JV

P.S. I posted this same message on one of your photos.

Edit: Somehow I typed "Dave" instead of "Dale."

Message edited by author 2005-07-25 11:32:50.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

07/24/2005 09:00:03 PM · #4

Left several comments. Nice to have you back.

R.

kawhona

Nikon D200

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED

07/24/2005 09:01:05 PM · #5

I liked the lavendar festival shots except for the sky. I looked at your portfolio though and saw you had many very nice shots actually I thought they were better than any of these :) So maybe your plateau is just about finding a direction you want to go. Your 6 o'clock shadow shot and several of your flower shots were really excellent. I am transitioning from a mostly landscape guy to some other things right now myself and it can be fun just about gaining some new experience. I think you have an excellent eye so just go with your inner flow and it will all work out I am sure :)

Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

07/24/2005 09:23:47 PM · #6

Originally posted by Kaizen:

Jennifer,

Is that glasswork by Dave Chihuly?

It is. Chihuly's hometown is Tacoma, WA. These are from the glass museum that's there. These photos were taken on the Bridge of Glass that leads to the museum. I believe he had a large part in making the bridge what it is. :)

coolhar

07/24/2005 09:38:59 PM · #7

Good to see your nick back in these forums Jennifer. If you call that a plateau I'll call it a high one. WB

07/24/2005 09:39:53 PM · #8

Originally posted by kawhona:

Well I don't expect every shot I take to be better than the ones I did in the past. I don't think anyone could live up to that expectation. :) Maybe I just know enough now to expect great shots, recognize great shots, but just without the skill to create them. My photos continually disappoint me in comparison to the image I saw through the lens. Some of it is photoshop skills, which I'm finding more complicated than the camera itself.

Anyway, thanks for the kind commment. I'll keep on shooting. :)