Sunshine, warm day, kids out, and the ice is slowly melting

alfredo

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Dec-30-10 09:50 PM
Original message

Sunshine, warm day, kids out, and the ice is slowly melting

from the pond.

Refresh | 0 Recommendations

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

Mira

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Dec-30-10 11:37 PM
Response to Original message

1. Both of these - perfect.

Utterly perfect.
I'd like to see a bit of the dark gone at the bottom of the second one, but I think it's a manifestation of my December cropping phase.
Love these photos.

Happy New Year to you Alfredo!

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

alfredo

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Dec-30-10 11:58 PM
Response to Reply #1

2. Isn't that a lovely boy? Thanks. I thought about cropping

more out of the second, but I had already cropped as far as I felt comfortable. The shadow of the snag is an important element and I didn't want to lose any more of it by cropping out the dark at the bottom. The dark was caused by the Auto White Balance in GIMP. To get the effect I wanted in the rest of the image, I had to accept what appears to be vignetting on the bottom.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

Mira

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-10 12:26 AM
Response to Reply #2

3. I need to go to photo school. Just as soon as my ship comes in that is what I

will do after I unload it.

And then we can really talk.

:)

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

alfredo

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-10 01:13 AM
Response to Reply #3

4. I probably have more time to read and experiment.

That's one of the benefits to being retired.

There's a lot of good information on the net. I learned something useful here last week. It was about the golden mean. The first one was composed with the golden mean in mind. It helped me understand why some of my compositions worked and some didn't.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

JeffR

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-10 03:45 AM
Response to Original message

5. Thanks.

These are really lovely.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

alfredo

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Dec-31-10 02:08 PM
Response to Reply #5

6. You're welcomed. The more black and white I do, the

more I like it.

When I was a salesman, one thing we avoided was giving too many options, and too much information. Black and white strips away the color information, and forces the photographer to think in terms of light, dark, and composition. There's no color crutch. You have to rely on fundamentals. I think it will make me a better photographer if I make myself concentrate on what makes a good photograph.

I am hoping that when I go back to color I can look beyond the color to see the photograph.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Fri May 03rd 2024, 05:08 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.