Activity for User 434 - Pamela Hoaglund - pamhoag46@gmail.com

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51 Feb 20 Comment Beautiful image and love the complimentary colors of red on green. Nice shallow DOF so that the background doesn't compete with the red leaves. The red is just fine, not blown out and nice detail in the leaves. I too at first look thought a little frog was peaking over the leaf. Nicely done. Feb 12th
51 Feb 20 Comment Old building are some of my favorite places to photograph. I love the fall colors between the grass and building. If I could eliminate one thing it would be the blue subject in the window on the left but I like that you included those two windows as it balances the scene. Nice capture. Feb 12th
51 Feb 20 Comment I'm torn between the two versions. The B&W seems to give a feeling of being lost somewhere. I'm also thinking that cropping a little more on the left to place the bench and tree more off center would be interesting. A lot of negative space. It would be interesting if you could go back in say twenty years to see how the scene has changed. Feb 12th
51 Feb 20 Comment I grew up around a lot of white pines but never would have thought to photograph them close up. My only suggestion would be to crop a little tighter from the top to put the focus on your main subject in the foreground. Feb 12th
51 Feb 20 Comment Photo journalism tells the story the way it is and you have done that in showing what is happening in the back of the room. I like that you did it in B&W so there are no competing or distracting colors. Feb 12th
51 Feb 20 Comment Growing up in Michigan I loved the snow. Sure don't miss shoveling it now. I like the placement of the picnic tables and how they lead back into the woods. A dedicated photographer to trudge through the snow. Very nice winter scene. Feb 12th
51 Feb 20 Reply The image I took with my Sony has the silky water from a slower shutter speed. I forget when using my iPhone that I have options to get that effect. Feb 6th
51 Feb 20 Reply Thanks Jerry. The problem is I forget I have the option of "live" so never use it. I do like my waterfall images to have a silky look. Feb 6th
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52 Feb 20 Reply I didn't try any images without the ND filter. I like silky flowing water but I understand what you are saying. Thanks. Feb 17th
52 Feb 20 Comment Beautiful image and very unique. You had quite the task in removing all of those branches and twigs. I really like how it simplified the composition. Using a slow shutter speed to show the action of the landing stork while maintaining sharpness in the head and branch really works for me. I love the magenta colors in the sky with the stork in silhouette. Feb 12th
52 Feb 20 Comment I think you have captured a very nice minimalist image. In my opinion your cropping works because it is tight on both sides of the pod. I like your use of a white vignette as it gives it more of a high key look. My one suggestion is to try a B&W version. Sometimes we only have to go out the back door to find pleasing subjects to photograph. Feb 12th
52 Feb 20 Comment Your patience and tenacity paid off. These guys are fast and hard to capture an image let alone one with a fish. I have found that I need to go to a higher shutter speed (1/1,000 or higher) especially hand holding and with an extender on to increase my rate of really sharp images. I have found using auto ISO with a maximum set has also helped. I like the gold tones in the water as it reflects the surrounding environment. Nice image. Feb 12th
52 Feb 20 Comment I too think the image handled the large cropping well. There is nice detail in the black feathers. I like that you cropped so that the cormorant had room to look to the right. I love the blue and gold reflected in the ripples which to me really adds to the image. Your experiment worked. Feb 12th
52 Feb 20 Comment A beautiful image and your post processing nicely blurred the background. The main area of the butterfly and flower are sharp. The foreground wing being out of focus doesn't really bother me. My only suggestion to get the whole butterfly sharp would be to try focus stacking, which could be a challenge in this case. The other possibility would be to shoot the butterfly from the front if you were able to change your position. Feb 12th
52 Feb 20 Comment Beautiful image of the swan stretching its wings. Great detail in the white feathers. I like the dusky colors in the swan as that is the way they are in nature. To me making the swan very clean seems artificial. I would like a little more room in front of the swan to give him/her room to look. You are fortunate to be able to get so close to photograph the swans. Where I live they also winter over but are always way out in the fields and difficult to photograph. Feb 12th
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