Your thoughts? SF#1

Swartzy

I have a few now but am going shooting (specifically Saturday) praying the wind dies down as it's been outrageous here for 1 1/2 weeks.

Your thoughts are appreciated. The frames and copyright will go away of course.

Iris Delight


Incognito


An Evening Swim

richtersl

#1
This one's gorgeous!!!

#2
DOF is good but the leaves make this one distracting. Love the three birds, though.

#3
Very nice, but could benefit from a crop from the top and a little from the right.

Don't forget to remove the frame before you post your selection to the competition thread.

Dizzy

I like them all, however, the third one is my favorite. As mentioned, it may benefit from crop taking some of the top and right out of the image allowing the bird to be off center a bit. I like the fact that it's wake breaks the frame of the image. Takes you out and back into the photo. The golden color is very warm and yet soothing at the same time. Nicely done. Dizzy

pemmett

richtersl wrote:

#1
This one's gorgeous!!!

#2
DOF is good but the leaves make this one distracting. Love the three birds, though.

#3
Very nice, but could benefit from a crop from the top and a little from the right.

Don't forget to remove the frame before you post your selection to the competition thread.

Although the three birds would be my favourite if the leaf wasn't blocking the third bird.

When I saw the birds they instantly reminded me of three italian americans gangsters in suits from new york in a movie looking and talking tough

Great shots - as usual

Greensquared

Very nice! #3 is also my favorite and I agree with Linda's crop advice.

Best of luck,
Emily

anwmn1

Of these I would agree on #3 with the benefit of a crop. I have seen your work before and know you can do better too.

Hope that wind co-operates for you.

Aaron

Flyinggina

All nice, but I, too, like #3 best for the challenge. I agree about the crop, basically to get rid of the blown out area at the top. Even though the duck is headed out of the frame to the right (and if you crop at the right he will have even less room), I think this is a good example of when breaking the "rules" works.

Good luck this weekend!

Virginia

Swartzy

Thanks a million gang
Ok....I cropped it several times/several ways (the original). I liked the source light (the blown out top) as that is where the light was coming from. I do agree that the duck was close to middle frame horizontally. What I didn't want is to loose the openness as the little wake behind the duck and from where he started may be minimized. Here is a new crop and maybe I've been looking at it way too long.

Thanks again, and let me know what you think of this one.

ChrisJ

I like it better (and it was my favorite of the original three, too!). I actually think the blown out top worked okay with the white border... without that border, I think it needed to go.

Very nice light. I really like it.

Dizzy

Nicely cropped. I don't think this crowds the duck at all, in fact in the original I think he had too much room and got lost. dizzy

urbanaries

like the new crop. yummy light. very lovely. good luck swartzy!!!

Dalantech

I'm the last person on the planet who should be commenting on a cropped photo, but I like the last take of the duck. It falls right into the cross hair of two intersecting rule of thirds lines.

IMHO -I've seen your gallery and you should keep shooting for the semi-final (I say that with respect). :cool

Flyinggina

Good job cropping. The composition is pleasingly balanced. I understand why you wanted to keep the bright area on the top, but what I think of as the V pattern of the light on the water and the little sparkles tell the viewer enough about the light source without distracting the eye.

Virginia

Swartzy

Appreciate the feedback
I too, now that it's sunk in , like the crop better. Thanks for your insights. I'm still shooting as there are some shots that "must" be taken for this challenge. Your input is sincerely appreciated!

Tessa HD

#3
#3 is my favorite too! I love the feeling it conveys. Your crop is great.

Tessa

Elaine

Love the new crop of the duck, Swartzy! The color of the light is so golden and lovely.

Elaine

richtersl

The new crop looks really good! Good luck!!!!

Robert

I like #1 best. Duck in water needs to be extremely special to be special, if you know what I mean.

Dee

with all respect
keep shooting! :-) These semifinalist shots have to be out of this world spectacular to stand a chance of making the top 10 that we will vote on.

davev

Dee wrote:

keep shooting! :-) These semifinalist shots have to be out of this world spectacular to stand a chance of making the top 10 that we will vote on.

I hate to say it Swartzy, but I agree with Dee.
I don't think the duck is going to get you were you want to go.

Swartzy

Heh, yea I know

davev wrote:

I hate to say it Swartzy, but I agree with Dee.
I don't think the duck is going to get you were you want to go.

Can't ride the duck, might as well shoot it . I'll be out literally all day Friday...and I mean ALL DAY.

richtersl

Swartzy wrote:

Can't ride the duck, might as well shoot it . I'll be out literally all day Friday...and I mean ALL DAY.

That's funny!

Hey, you live in the "Land of 1000 Lakes"! I'm sure you'll find something to shoot -- with your camera, of course! :photo

seastack

Of all these I like the cedar waxwings best, although I'd crop it square to focus on the three. That said, I KNOW you can do better for the semifinal.