Activity for User 267 - Stan Bormann - snbormann@gmail.com

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19 Mar 26 Comment Great sky and I think you got the image commposed just right. The picture is the sky and the balloons make it interesting. The sliver of landscape is just enough to anchor the image to the ground. You even included an odd number of balloons. Well done. Mar 17th
19 Mar 26 Comment I first thought you might want to bring up the tones on the horizontal barrels in the background, but I think you have it right. Keep the focus on the verticle barrels in the foregroung. I think I would crop out the window in the upper left however. Mar 17th
19 Mar 26 Comment The big bird more than filled the frame and the clipped wing is a result. I think including the wing tip also includes more brush and distractions. I was about to suggest cropping down to just above the bend in the wing. Just loosing a little of the wing looks like a mistake. Giving up more of it looks like a plan and the plan has less distracting brush. You can see the result just by scrolling the image up a bit. Just something to consider. Mar 17th
19 Mar 26 Comment Great clouds and the landscape needed foreground objects. You used what was available and those rocks are important to the shot in my mind. Well done. I wonder if it is better in color. I think that black area is a lake or pond. It might be a better image element in color. Mar 16th
19 Mar 26 Reply This is an amazing place and this picture is the start of the day. The snowgeese rise around sunrise in a group. You need to be here about 1/2 hour before sunrise to get a spot to set a tripod. It is cold in December. The official bird count for the day might be somethinng like 7000 Sandhill cranes and 55,000 Snow Geese. I recall shooting over 1000 shots in a day for the first time in my life. Back at the club I mentioned this to people who sounded amazed and I followed with "at 8 frames per second that took 2 minutes and 5 seconds. The question is what did I do with the rest of the day?" Everyone should experience shooting at Bosque del Apache but you need to be with someone that can guide your day. Mar 16th
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64 Mar 26 Comment I was thinking I would ilke to get the farm buildings more prominent and Stuart came up with the solution. I think a few steps back with a longer lens helps the image. Perhaps a small crop from the top to make that part of the image more prominent. Winter on the farm, well portrayed. Mar 17th
64 Mar 26 Comment You got down to its level making it the big guy in the image. Well done. I think the contrasts are good. There are two places to be concerned about where the contrasts are minimal. Borh with the wood carriage on the left and the right and I don't think that is a big deal. I like the textures and details in the wood and the rocks. It adds to the image significantly. Mar 17th
64 Mar 26 Comment We are talking about background a lot and I might add to it. That bird in the upper right seems distracting to me. If you crop in but don't get all of it, becomes a "what's that?" along the edge of image. If you crop tight it becomes pretty tight. Perhaps this is just part of the recommendatoins about bluring and or darkening the background. The focus is on the couple, the image doesn't need much else. Mar 17th
64 Mar 26 Comment I think your cropped version is an improvement. Also in our digital world horizontal images use up more of our horizontal screens and put more pixels in front of a judge. With images that are near black around the edges it can be hard to tell where the edge of the composition is. A white strock of just a few pixels keeps us in the image. I hate to admit it but when I first looked at it I thought the "original" was part of the image and was confused. Mar 17th
64 Mar 26 Comment It is always interesting how we can find different images just by cropping here or there. I was thinking cropping the right to make the half circle at the top the symetric top of the image with the lighter photo element at the lower right gone. I might also consider cropping from the bottom some to concentrate the eyes on the lower part of the stairway. Any of these techniques result in a different image. The question is how do you want it. Mar 17th
64 Mar 26 Comment I had immediately reacted positivly to the straight line and spacing before I read your words, so I very much agree with your comments. I agree, that dust is more important then having an odd number. Mnochrome is about tones, lines, and shapes. Sounds like zebra make a great subject for a mono shot and you have it. You might want to crop the bottom as suggested if you think you might enter this in Nature someday. that might be considered "hand of man" and result in DQ. Well done. Mar 17th
64 Mar 26 Reply I almost didn't post it because it was a little hot in the middle but white is a monochrome tone level and it did not seem to be any large blank areas. Mar 16th
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