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

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25 Apr 21 Reply As I said, I first thought of the triangle as indicting the vase was sitting near the edge of a table. I don't think there is a right or wrong, just two different interpretations, with just about equal merit. I can see the influence of Mapplethorpe's idea in your original. Apr 21st
25 Apr 21 Comment I think the flower is beautifully presented. I agree the vase needs more definition to make it more obvious that is what it is, so I took it into Photoshop and used the dodge tool to brig the vase out of the shadows. I also tried Abe's suggestion of rotating the image -- less than 1 degree anti-clockwise did seem to make a difference. I was pretty sure I wanted to keep the bottom right corner, thinking the base was on the edge of a table, but then I tried removing it. I also added a very fine stroke to separate the whole from our black background and define the image. See what you think (you will have to click on my image to see it against the black background). Apr 21st
25 Apr 21 Reply I definitely agree that the cars give a sense of scale that help the feeling of awe at the accomplishment of building such a structure. I like the sense of perspective the view from the road provides. I would have missed the supply pulley, but looking closer, I see the one line that doesn't match the lines in the rock. Apr 21st
25 Apr 21 Comment Believe it or not, we awoke to a lovely wet spring snowfall here in Wisconsin. So it's a perfect day to comment on your treatment of the trees. I think you did a masterful job of making the tree the star of the show while still maintaining a sense that it lives in the forest. The choice of black and white seems to me to heighten the effect of the snow and shadow. And the choice to put a frame around it does indeed make it perfect for a card. Apr 21st
25 Apr 21 Comment The yellow-green color palette is so striking to me that I think I'd just focus on the main flower. I find the center of the flower to be so sharp that it becomes the subject of the photo for me. I took it into Photoshop and cropped to just feature the main flower, cloning in a leaf pattern where necessary. Another example of two pictures from one photograph. Apr 21st
25 Apr 21 Reply My intent when I cropped from the original image was to put the U-shape on the thirds line, but your suggestions made me think of it differently. I also purposely left in a strip of road to give a sense of place. So here is a much better interpretation using your ideas. It took a bit of cloning to remove the bits of the tree on the left, and I was amazed how the dodging brought out the trees on the right. Thanks for the suggestions. I'm also always amazed how you pick out slanty horizons - it was off by just 1 degree, but fixing it really makes a difference. Apr 21st
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