>>> challenge 18 - comments and critiques thread <<

wxwax

lynnma wrote:

Me too dug... I'm in a slump too.. we'll slump together..

Only one way out of a slump... gotta hit your way out... when the bell rings, ya gotta come out snapping!

Stan

lynnma wrote:

Me too dug... I'm in a slump too.. we'll slump together..

I think you deserve a well earned slump

Andy

forum members slumping together? heheh
maybe we need a "behind the red door" forum

here's a bit of line and curve, found at a local classic car show i was at today.

snapapple

Old Milk Can

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Bow Saw

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Hole Digger

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Iron Bench

ysr612

milk can (smooth honest look)

bow saw (I love it but it pulls my eyes down and to the left.)

hole diger

I love

I feel the iron bench has to much going on

I know nothing about photos so feel free to disregard.

ginger_55

andy wrote:

maybe we need a "behind the red door" forum

here's a bit of line and curve, found at a local classic car show i was at today.

I am not, am not, I repeat, racing out to a car show. Looks like you had a great sky there, though.

Nice. Good lines and curves.

ginger

snapapple

Thanks for the comment...

ysr612 wrote:

milk can (smooth honest look)

bow saw (I love it but it pulls my eyes down and to the left.)

hole diger

I love

I feel the iron bench has to much going on

I know nothing about photos so feel free to disregard.

Bow Saw - Now that you mention it, there is too much light in the lower left corner. I can darken that. Distracts from the main subject.

Iron Bench - You're right there. I guess I thought the same thing. Just needed to hear someone else say it.

Thanks for the other kind words.

ysr612

I liked this one, shot sat. as a teaching tool

lynnma

I can't comment on any of these pictures until I come out of my slump...

Mitchell

lynnma wrote:

I can't comment on any of these pictures until I come out of my slump...

Still having rain here in Florida. Not many lines and curves in sight with the deadline looming!!

Tried my spiderweb again.

Mitchell

This is a ball moss in my fence.

winger

Yeah, so I wanna play too???
What do you guys think?

digismile

Need more time ... need more time ...
I can't believe how prolific a group this is!
Every time I blink, a couple hundred more additions have been made! I have been struggling just to make time for the various challenges, let alone actually get something to submit.

I didn't seem to do too well with curves, mostly lines ...

Bryan

Pipe Organ


I have not had much time to shoot... How is this. From a wedding last night.

digismile

Bryan wrote:

I have not had much time to shoot... How is this. From a wedding last night.

Judging by the number of toe pistons and box pedals, this has to be a fairly massive organ! Must have sounded great.

About the only thing I would have done differently is to have all four of the box pedals in the same position. The one on the right (positif) looks out of place. But other than that, a very nice and interesting photo!

wxwax

Mitchell wrote:

Still having rain here in Florida. Not many lines and curves in sight with the deadline looming!!

Tried my spiderweb again.

Oooh, Mitchell, I really like this one. The spider in the corner absolutely makes the shot. Excellent!

wxwax

Bryan wrote:

I have not had much time to shoot... How is this. From a wedding last night.

Nice shot, Bryan. If you're looking for any feedback, maybe bring out some shadows to give it depth? That might help accentuate your already strong composition. It's a cool shot, love the flow, your eye is pulled through the shot.

wxwax

digismile wrote:

I can't believe how prolific a group this is!
Every time I blink, a couple hundred more additions have been made! I have been struggling just to make time for the various challenges, let alone actually get something to submit.

I didn't seem to do too well with curves, mostly lines ...

I like it. it's the kind of thing I find myself shooting a lot of.

digismile wrote:

Great idea. Perhaps the moon's slightly artificial? Maybe fade it out just a wee bit, to make it look more natural? (:D I'm assuming you pasted it in?)

wxwax

I shot for a few hours yesterday. Nothing great, I'm afraid. They're all missing the second element, I think. What perplexes me (and may drive Rutt up a wall!:D) is that I always seem to prefer the B&W version.











I think this shot may be the sole exception - the B&W doesn't jump as much as does the color.

digismile

wxwax wrote:

I like it. it's the kind of thing I find myself shooting a lot of.





Great idea. Perhaps the moon's slightly artificial? Maybe fade it out just a wee bit, to make it look more natural? (:D I'm assuming you pasted it in?)

The moon was actually in several shots I did that evening to the right of the right pyramid in the photo. I simply switched to my telephoto and shot it and pasted it in. I liked the pictures with the moon, but I just wanted it to look BIG. I'll play with it a bit more and decide whether to keep it ...
Thanks for the feedback

ginger_55

wxwax wrote:

I shot for a few hours yesterday. Nothing great, I'm afraid. They're all missing the second element, I think. What perplexes me (and may drive Rutt up a wall!:D) is that I always seem to prefer the B&W version.





Good gracious, Sid, that reminds me of a restored bldg we have downtown. They fixed it up in those colors............. well, they had a lot of explaining to do, guess people used to like that stuff.

Anythere, is that picture of the clouds and a grid, I couldn't figure it out, thought maybe it was a cat on top of the thing. Disappointed that it was clouds. I think you should get a cat, put it on the grid and do it in blk and white:D

The only one I liked better in color is the one at the bottom. The bldgs, they had good color, or colors that I like.

So, things like that can go either way. I have read re the psychological effects of color vs blk and white. Take an urban scene, particularly a poor urban scene, would look more depressing in seeing kids jump rope (a famous picture, it was used as an example), the kids looked poor and depressing in the blk and white, and looked cheerful no matter their circumstances in the color.

Interesting. Usually I can take a picture either way. Kind of like carrying whichever lens.

What you ought to do is take a color picture with a glorious sky, but blow a highlight right in the middle, just a tad, so it looks fixable. Then post that in blk and white, let Rutt know that you have the color, but the blown sky is driving you nuts. It would keep him busy for awhile.

Smile, I think of Rutt everytime I see what I call a Turner Sky, he called it that first. I am seeing them all over now, and I think of him.

I didn't know he doesn't like blk and white til you mentioned it. Why doesn't he like that. Are we stealing from the masters........? I have one particular photo from this lines and curves, I call it alone, it is a beach thing, and it is blk and white, because of the psychological thing I was talking about. I like it best that way.

Everyone is too good now for me to worry about them who started all this photography. I wish I had known it was a "profession" when I was choosing a college, I wish a lot of things. Never thought I would get into this stuff now, too much good stuff. Good stuff on this challenge. Everyone and their uncle carries a camera. Gotta do blk and white to show we are "pros" about this stuff, serious people, or different. I did blk and white for my daughter's wedding, love it. I loved your winning shot last time.

We all probably have our "Rutt" stories. Smile. That shows he is popular.

I like him. I want everyone to know I am working on something, but not mad at anyone, no one.

ginger

I can even work my little finger today, either it is OK, or it has become numb.





That shoud be a cat, g.

I think this shot may be the sole exception - the B&W doesn't jump as much as does the color. (Hey, you saw it, too, g)

g

lynnma

wxwax wrote:

I shot for a few hours yesterday. Nothing great, I'm afraid. They're all missing the second element, I think. What perplexes me (and may drive Rutt up a wall!:D) is that I always seem to prefer the B&W version.

I think this shot may be the sole exception - the B&W doesn't jump as much as does the color.

Sid I really like number one.. the stairs and I personally love the black and white.

lynnma

snapapple wrote:

Snappy I like your shots of old tools.. I still like your shot of the hills for your entry tho.

lynnma

ysr612 wrote:

I liked this one, shot sat. as a teaching tool

Hi ysr612 .. interesting shot.. welcome to the forum. Look forward to seeing more shots. You might want to increase the contrast a tad to add a little drama. Just my two cents:D
Lynn

lynnma

Lines and curves??

Sandy

I was determined to get some shots for this challenge, so I went out today to see what I could get. These are the two I like. Lynn, the water pump is very nice.

Sandy

It's not easy to get a good spider web, but you did. We don't have spiders like that around here.

Mitchell wrote:

Still having rain here in Florida. Not many lines and curves in sight with the deadline looming!!

Tried my spiderweb again.