Activity for User 40 - Audrey Waitkus - awaitkus@yahoo.com

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25 Sep 20 Reply I definitely agree. It also looks like you found a way to sharpen everything and bring out the contrast and color. What's your secret? If I could figure out how to do that I'd enter it into the club contest! Sep 21st
25 Sep 20 Comment Thinking about Bill's comment about the stars shining through the tree, I'm not sure how that happens photographically, but it gives the image a sort of fairy-tale character, which goes well with the soft colors of the fading sunset. I really like that the clouds at the horizon behind the tree are visible, and I think you left (or brought out) just enough of the foreground to give a sense of place. I agree that this one benefits from the thin border, especially to delineate where the foreground ends. Sep 16th
25 Sep 20 Comment I am really captivated by the way the light makes the petals seem to glow, and gives a strong directional sense to the leaves and stem. I also like the way the leaves lead through the flower to give a sense of motion to what might have been a static image. I also strongly agree that this image benefits from not having a border. Very nice image, and welcome to the group. Sep 16th
25 Sep 20 Comment I couldn't say it better than the earlier comments. I especially like the way you limited yourself to the center of the flower, keeping the beautiful colors, but focusing on the pollen structure and bee. Sep 16th
25 Sep 20 Comment It certainly does brighten my day! I completely missed the irises this spring. I think it's mostly focused where it should be in focus, and soft where it should be, but I think a tiny bit smaller aperture (say f/8) might give the bottom of the front petal and the center a little more punch. Also, I'm on the fence about the leaf in the foreground. I like the way it brings color to capture my interest, but then it does break up the flow of the petal. What do others think? Sep 16th
25 Sep 20 Comment I think it's quite silky as it is, but one thing you could try would be using a smaller aperture to get a longer exposure. Sep 16th
25 Sep 20 Comment When I read Bill's comment, I thought it might be fun to have the moth at an angle so it looked as if it was trying to exit the frame. So I took it into Photoshop, rotated it, and cloned in the corners and redid the stroke. What do you think? Sep 16th
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39 Sep 20 Reply Hi Jerry - I have to go with the original crop because it seems to me to capture the feeling of serenely sitting by the riverside looking up the river to the distant scene. When it is mostly cropped out, I get the feeling that the subject of the photo is the buildings in the distance, and I don't feel as much a part of the photo. Sep 26th
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