Activity for User 252 - Robert Barley - bobbarley44@gmail.com

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51 Aug 24 Reply Thanks, Lynne. I thought the silos gave the image some perspective and context. Proper rows of commercially farmed sunflowers can make striking images, but there is something pleasant about a field of random wild blossoms.
Aug 21st
51 Aug 24 Reply Thank you, Sol. I hadn't thought about that one flower from that perspective. I suppose I was just looking at the main flower and the silos. If I'd noticed the flower, and if I'd done edits in PS, I might have tried removing it with content aware fill to see if it was better. But maybe I'd have left it there. I can't say. Thanks for mentioning it.
Aug 16th
51 Aug 24 Reply Thank you. I agree. I thought it should be more interesting as a landscape shot with near, middle and distant things. The mountains were supposed to be the "distant," but didn't appear in the photo.
Aug 16th
51 Aug 24 Reply Thank you. I agree that the silos enhance the story in the image. As I mentioned, I would have liked to have included the mountains in the background, too, but the wildfire smoke haze prevented that.
Aug 8th
51 Aug 24 Comment Even if this isn't the intended image, it still works. I sometimes use PS mobile to do a little editing, so that doesn't matter to me. I like BW so that's fine. I think I might have cropped the lower edge just below the neckerchief so as to include the tails. I think they might help to tell the story and they might lead the viewer's eyes up to the face. Just my opinion. Nice capture.
Aug 8th
51 Aug 24 Comment Nice capture, especially with a mobile device. I haven't tried to use studio lights with mine, but your description sounds like something to try. There are a number of small portable LED lights available now, and that should work, too. I watched a video by a (DSLR) photographer from the PNW who used small lights to illuminate fungi. It's the same idea with smaller subjects. Thanks for the suggestion.
Aug 8th
51 Aug 24 Comment I am always amazed at how much sound a single cicada can generate. It's a wonder of nature to me. Nice colors in the flowers and the cicada, too. Nice and sharp, too.

We don't have lightning bugs here, but I have watched them at lower elevations. They would be difficult to capture with a single frame. Maybe shoot video and pick out a single frame or two? Don't know if that might work.
Aug 8th
51 Aug 24 Comment Hummingbirds are amazing. I like this capture showing the rapid wing movement with the eye in focus. It's a little grainy, but then it is tightly cropped so that's to be expected. Nice. It is fun.
Aug 8th
51 Aug 24 Comment Nice colors and silhouettes. Good creative use of toys, some dirt clumps, and a weed!

Sounds like you have a nice extended family.
Aug 8th
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