Activity for User 385 - Alan Kiecker - alankiecker@charter.net

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49 Apr 20 Reply All the images that I submitted to our May salon were taken with this lens. It will be interesting to hear the judges comments. Some folks like the distorted look, others not. Apr 19th
49 Apr 20 Reply The fisheye kind of forces you to take a different look at the world. My first time out with a friend, as we were searching for possible subjects, he made a comment "Almost anything is a subject if you are close enough to it".

As for getting one, it probably is not a lens that you will use a lot so I suggest looking for a used one. 		Apr 19th
49 Apr 20 Comment The cropped image is spot on! Apr 11th
49 Apr 20 Comment Wonderful capture! As Larry suggested, you might try cropping in a bit. Apr 11th
49 Apr 20 Comment Oh my ... I hope you were able to recover everything!

And I have to agree with Fred. Everything is spot on.		 Apr 11th
49 Apr 20 Comment Very interesting photo. I agree with Stephen; the big sky really works! Apr 11th
49 Apr 20 Comment Beautiful image! I really like it. I do agree with Fred that the upper left is a bit distracting. Since the five other blossoms are in focus (mostly), how about cropping in from the left? Apr 11th
49 Apr 20 Reply That was my first thought too, but as I started moving the edge in there always seemed to be something merging with the edge or hanging near the edge just begging the viewer to ask "what is that?" I finally decided this still presented enough of the Capitol so that the viewer knew what the background was. The second image is what I have submitted for our monthly salon. Thanks for the suggestion to crop! I like it much better! Apr 11th
49 Apr 20 Comment How is this crop? Too far?

I'd like to capture the entire building but you run in to all kinds of issues doing that. Stepping back brings a wall and railing into the photo which I purposefully left out. And I definitely don't want to lose the dominance of the statue. I think that is what makes the photo.

I think a return trip is in order as soon as our governor says I can leave the house :-)		 Apr 8th
49 Apr 20 Comment I like the crop that Larry suggested. I do wish there was a bit more room at the bottom. The walkers feet are too close to the edge. Apr 8th
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