I'll show you mine ...

[Tim Gray]

Three from Kensington Market in Toronto.  c&c welcome.

[MTalley]

New member. Thought I'd post a few.

Some of my "textural" work:

[eSBee]

Just a little impression of my "work"

(so difficult to make a choice)

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Of the three, the second one does the most for me (much to my own surprise.) The man's head next to the hanging melons, and the bell-shaped whatevers (light shades???) beyond them all make for a very surrealistic effect. And then the oranges echo the same shape in the midground, and the blurry bananas seem to be protesting because they aren't round.

I don't know what it "means," but the shapes sure resonate for me.

The third one reminds me of a scene I photographed in Siena, Italy, last spring. A naked dummy (statue?) peers out of an apartment window, with one hand clutching the curtain. I'll try to find it and display it here.

[Tim Gray]

Tim,

The third one doesn't show up for me.

Eric

P.S. I got it to open, by going to your website. Somebody must have been censoring it!   

Of the three, the second one does the most for me (much to my own surprise.) The man's head next to the hanging melons, and the bell-shaped whatevers (light shades???) beyond them all make for a very surrealistic effect. And then the oranges echo the same shape in the midground, and the blurry bananas seem to be protesting because they aren't round.

I don't know what it "means," but the shapes sure resonate for me.

The third one reminds me of a scene I photographed in Siena, Italy, last spring. A naked dummy (statue?) peers out of an apartment window, with one hand clutching the curtain. I'll try to find it and display it here.
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Thanks - without the human figure in #2 there wouldn't have been a shot.

[philh]

Thank you Lars.  I would start by doing a google search on "high dynamic range imaging".  That's the general idea behind those last few.  I'm happy you like them.

These will be my last nature landscapes in 2006.  Thank you to all who have taken an interest in my work.


1. Valley of Cessation - Click for bigger.


2. Gray Colossus - Click for bigger.


3. Somber Exequies - Click for bigger.


4.  Forsakened Fixtures - Click for bigger.


5.  Cultivated Cadaver - Click for bigger.


6.  Enduring Survivor - Click for bigger.

Phil

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Phil H:

Very nice work. My favorites (by far) are 1. and 2.

I look forward to your 2007 work.

Eric

[larsrc]

Thank you Lars.  I would start by doing a google search on "high dynamic range imaging".  That's the general idea behind those last few.  I'm happy you like them.

Phil
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I'm familiar with HDRI (in fact worked with a SIGGRAPH group implementing such a system back in 2002), it's just that the light seems so varied across the scene, it's almost unnatural, and I was wondering if you'd brightened just the central motifs, or if the light was naturally that way.  If the latter, you were well prepared for a great opportunity.

-Lars

[DAldrich]

I posted a long while back. Thought I'd pay another visit. Some wonderful images from you guys.

Here's one of my own recent favorites.



Dave Aldrich

[howiesmith]

I posted a long while back. Thought I'd pay another visit. Some wonderful images from you guys.

Here's one of my own recent favorites.



Dave Aldrich
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Interesting image, and pleasing to look at.

The image seems bisected right to left by the near and far objects and the line down the middle.  A more interesting crop might be to move this line left or right.

I would crop the background on the extreme left.  I don't think it adds anything of significance.

The bright area on the left of the tree's trunk leads my eye over there and then drops me, no way to get back.

[DAldrich]

Interesting image, and pleasing to look at.

The image seems bisected right to left by the near and far objects and the line down the middle.  A more interesting crop might be to move this line left or right.

I would crop the background on the extreme left.  I don't think it adds anything of significance.

The bright area on the left of the tree's trunk leads my eye over there and then drops me, no way to get back.
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Thanks for the thoughts, Howie. Your cropping suggestion makes sense. I used pretty much the full image on that shot but did recrop it all down tighter. Here it is...



I know there are the ol' rules of thirds and other rules of composition but I sometimes find it difficult to follow them. Is it much like other things where the rules are guidelines and one is allowed to bend them?

Dave

[Jonathan Wienke]

I know there are the ol' rules of thirds and other rules of composition but I sometimes find it difficult to follow them. Is it much like other things where the rules are guidelines and one is allowed to bend them?

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
-Ansel Adams

[howiesmith]

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
-Ansel Adams
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Photography is a visual art.  The same "rules" work for photography as other visual arts.  And yes, rules can be broken and should be broken.  But before randomly breaking rules, it is always a good idea to know and understand the rules, and why breaking them works.

I suspect Adams knew all the rules and why exactly he used or broke them.  Before you can become a good photographer, you need to be a good visual artist.  Learn the rules, whether you ever use them or not.  There are a lot of good, even great photographers, that know, use and break rules.

I have seen photographers that think what the mainstream thinks is overexposed is their art form.  When asked, they usually know why what the mainstream exposure is so they can predictably overexpose.

I will add that; "There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs." sounds like a rule to me.

[katemann]

Recently:

[howiesmith]

Very pleasing image.  Nothing to shock the senses.  I like the way the viens of the leaves blend the yellow pedals and green leaves.  The bright yelllow proves a nice subject thta pops.  There are some good, subtle diagonal lines going on.  All in all, very nice.  It also appears soft to me, which I like.  Helps the soft mood.

[larkvi]

Since this topic is still alive, I thought I would add some of the images I made this Summer:

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Sunrise, Point Imperial, Grand Canyon National Park

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Reflection, Fog, and Trees, Sunrise, Glacier National Park

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Fog and Trees, Jasper National Park of Canada

-S

[katemann]

oh delightful fog! a photographer's best friend, I swear.

Howie, thanks for your kind comment. I have a gaussian blur layer sandwiched in the middle (gleaned from here) I am considering sharpening up the seeds a bit, might crop a titch off the left, might not.

[howiesmith]

Howie, thanks for your kind comment. I have a gaussian blur layer sandwiched in the middle (gleaned from here) I am considering sharpening up the seeds a bit, might crop a titch off the left, might not.

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I think your suggests would all work well.  I would crop enough off the left to get rid of the bright stem in the upper left.

[Mike Boden]

I went to Mono Lake over Thanksgiving weekend. I had such a great time and came home with a handful of images. Here are a few from the trip, but there's more on my website if you're interested. These were all shot with a Toyo 45AII and Provia film.



"Convergence"



"Floating"



"Stand Of Time"



"Still Morning"

[to-mas]

simple, classic, great