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08/03/2004 02:39:51 PM · #26 |
In a retake you might try shooting in landscape orientation. Since the story is of the area -- include it. Place the tree to one side or the other, with the area being the negative space stretching out from there. If the area allows for it, I think placing the tree on the left would work best as the dead branches form lines directing my attention to the right. That way the tree would be showing us around the area, 'so to speak'.
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BTW: You can make a clickable thumbnail of your photobucket images by doing the following.
1) click the URL button (the one that looks like a globe).
2) in the first dialog, enter the contents of the URL field under the image. click OK.
3) in the next dialog, enter the contents of the IMG field under the image. do not click OK yet.
4) edit the filename of the image to add a th_ prefix to it. For example, your image filename is 'IMG_1630.jpg', so it would become 'th_IMG_1630.jpg'. now click ok.
David
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08/03/2004 02:42:13 PM · #27 |
Here's a quick go at the current picture. I use mostly Photoshop 5.0.
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08/03/2004 03:04:09 PM · #28 |
| Okay, I can't wait to get back out there and give it another shot...but I'll have to wait because my boss just isn't into photography (and I can't tell him that I'm planning to work for National Geographic!) |
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08/03/2004 03:05:52 PM · #29 |
I wouldn't do anything in photoshop with this shot. I would go and retake it, but using a different angle and get more of the tree in the picture.
Get down on the ground and shoot up. It would give an illusion of the corn being as big as the tree. It would also, maybe take aways some of the distracting background. Maybe shoot with a wider angle lens. It isn't boring at all, just needs more thought.
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08/03/2004 03:11:48 PM · #30 |
I forgot...that same day I also took these pics...I know, same problems as the first pic in some cases, but I did try a few different things.
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08/03/2004 03:25:31 PM · #31 |
| May I just comment how inspiring I find your desire to become a National Geographic photog. is to me. I think it is an achievable goal and I commend you for having the courage to ask for advice on how to reach it. You have a youthful exhuberance that is rare and I wish you the best of luck in keeping that energy in your quest for your dream job. |
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08/03/2004 03:32:41 PM · #32 |
Thanks Bledford...I would feel a bit better if I'd made that commitment when I was 16 and taking photography courses in high school...
Now I'm 24 and I've decided that at 39, I will not hit my mid-life crisis...instead, I will accept my 5-year pin from my boss at National Geographic.
And I refuse to admit to anybody that I say that 'tongue-in-cheek'...
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