Activity for User 502 - Murphy Hektner - mhektner@frontier.com

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63 Jan 22 Comment Hi Barbara: I also have some flower pictures with out a stem showing, really think it depends on the particular flower and situation. Very colorful picture; the central portion of the flower seems very sharp, I think you could experiment with cropping in somewhat and make the central portion your main center of interest. It will take some experimentation to get your composition just right, but I think you can do this. Jan 15th
63 Jan 22 Comment Hi Phyllis: The soft light of the rainy condition the flower was photographed in really set the stage for the soft mood flower portrait I think you wanted to share with us. The light pink delicate flower petals with the golden yellow central portion are enhanced by the rain drops scattered around the picture. Placement of the golden central part of the flower is ideal in the lower left 1/3 power point area. Good job of seeing and excellent flower photography!! KUDOS. Jan 4th
63 Jan 22 Comment Hi Charles: The difference between the original and your finished picture is amazing in so many ways. You have created a really nice base for the subject to give it a sense of place, and also created a good background that supports the subject well. While the original seems to tilt downhill slightly to the right you have leveled it up so it looks straight across the frame. This picture is a good example of a centered composition from side to side and it works perfectly as presented. Blue tones and gold tones always work well together as shown here. Post processing excellence in every way possible demonstrated in this picture. KUDOS. Jan 4th
63 Jan 22 Comment Hi Alane: Richard and Charles G. make some good points, will comment on another area I think could be improved upon, and that is the somewhat busy green background at the top of the picture around the head. In my personal opinion the background area is too much in focus and takes your attention away from that beautiful bird. It would help this picture a lot if you would consider darkening that area somewhat, and even the large branch in back of the head.
Cell phones provide a lot of depth of field, so it is hard to keep the background from becoming busy. A really good diffused background will help many close in pictures. Great Subject. 		Jan 4th
63 Jan 22 Comment Hi Charles: You mention getting a little tired of plain backgrounds. I enjoy high impact images that jump off the monitor when you open them, your black background images all do a very good job of this. Then your focus stacking with attaining extreme sharpness also adds impact to your pictures. I also like natural looking backgrounds as you show us on this image and I think both types have their place.
You have composed this spider picture very well; the spider is placed on a slight diagonal biased to the upper right, then the base piece of wood the spider is sitting on runs on a diagonal downhill to the right. No static composition here. If I had a nit it would be the upper left background has some light areas, in my humble opinion if you toned this area down somewhat it would really help a very good image become even better. Like the inset border, and the color blends in well with the scene.
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