I didn't find this an easy task. On looking at my photos with a critical eye, they seemed very much to reflect my personal interests, friends, family, things botanical, and the wonderful places I have had the good fortune to visit at home and abroad. So how to arrange the photos? I decided to arrange them by the time of day when I took them. I have started with an April sunrise in Oxford (is that OK Keith?) and ended with a late summer sunset in Hout bay, Cape Town (I know that's not OK, so I apologise)
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That first one - even Keith has to like *that* sunset?! Is it reflected in water but through mist? Great effect.
ReplyDeleteThe dewy/frosty spider's web lacks focus/sharpness and there's too much background noise (too deep depth of field) I think.
I'm guessing you scanned #3? What an incredible flower. It looks like some effect has been applied because there's a blue halo around the orange sticky-outy-bits (sorry, botany not an area of my expertise!).
The Taj Mahal is always incredible to see and I like the framing. I'm guessing you didn't get your feet wet!
Cracking shot of the man with cigar! Love the expression and the movement in his right hand.
You finish with more relaxing looking chairs! Perhaps you have a longing for sitting in a chair in a peaceful situation! Who wouldn't. I like the framing, the shadows, the bursting sun. Something (in camera or post processing, looks like an strong unsharp mask, or local contrast function) has brought those halos in again, e.g. around the chairs and fence posts. Althought I like the shadows on the decking, I would also like it as a letter-box shaped detail that stopped just above the fence.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much Rich. Actually the first one was a sunrise and those were how the colours were because of the sun shining through the early morning mist. It was a most beautiful effect. I had left home in the dark and climbed through a fence into a farmer's field off the ring road. I'll ask you tonight to explain about the spiderweb - I enlarged it quite a lot.
ReplyDeleteThat flower was real. I photographed it quite early in the morning when it was just opening and so still crumpled.. I hadn't noticed a blue halo but perhaps it was just the early light.
The man with the cigar was in Cuba. He was a small farmer and had just been showing us how to roll a cigar from his tobacco hanging behind him and was then smoking the rolled cigar!
You have such interesting ideas - letterbox effect - would be interesting. I don't think I did anything to that photo except straighten it. For some reason my photos often have a slight list!.
Some beautiful shots there and the framing is very pleasing on the Taj Mahal with the people on the left t and the reflection in the water, I love the B&W image with man he would have may a wonderful subject for a portrait.
ReplyDeleteThe last image looks like a brochure picture selling the place with its amazing shadows falling across the decking and the framing of the mountains by the trees.
You have visited some wonderful places.
On a technical level I think you need to crop the flower image as you can see the edge of the image on the top and right and the spider web looks massively cropped and it maybe because of the compression but it has made it look very digital but I am guessing this is due to the quality of the source picture, I am sure Rich can suggest some tweaks that can be done to help it.
Thanks Steve - I see what you mean about the flower needing tidying up - I hadn't noticed that - not sure where those edges came from came from.
ReplyDeleteI agree the sunsets are great. The first one give a real African feel and, can feel the heat, noise and smells of the river coming up. The colour of the trees, second to bottom is great and makes it a good photo. The girl and the phone is a wonderful portrait.
ReplyDeleteFor the spiders web I feel that yes, it is a bit cluttered, mybe a different angle would help. Still I like the effect and the picture. What is it like in B&W?
Lovely photos. I really like the colours and general feel to the sunrise, it's a very pretty and soothing image (sorry Keith). The gentleman in the cowboy hat is also very good, the black and white definitely works really well here. It's one of the photographs that looks like it has a story and you really feel his character coming through the lens.
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