Activity for User 504 - Lynne Hollingsworth - lysh70@comcast.net

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65 Nov 20 Comment Hi Nancy and welcome! Love watermelon, as do my dogs - eating it isn't very peaceful unless I share. This is a nice image and I agree that finding one with seeds is a challenge lately.

As suggested, I agree darkening the rind would show more of a color transition. Maybe darkening the back slice would increase delineation of the two sections a little more clearly, but then I'm big on darkening backgrounds.

Personally I find any kind of food difficult to shoot in any meaningful way. I've tried shooting watermelon - i was much more successful eating it than photographing it. Aside from the various suggestions, your colors are well saturated and you've captured the feel of a juicy fresh watermelon 		Nov 15th
65 Nov 20 Reply Peter - I hear that plain glass which is then spray painted black on one side will provide a reflective surface once turned over. Trying it this weekend and will let you know if it works. Nov 14th
65 Nov 20 Comment This is well done in your composition goal of no overlapping reflections. The old rusty bolts are always (in my opinion) a crowd pleaser. Simple and subtle as Peter mentions makes this a great image, but is it really simple? Each component of the image carries its own element of interest which helps to make this so successful. Great job. Nov 14th
65 Nov 20 Comment Happy to hear no artichokes were harmed during this photo shoot. Afterward is another matter altogether

This is a nice image and provides a great tonal range. However I find the bottom and stem blur to be very distracting. Perhaps a gentle bokeh would have worked?		 Nov 14th
65 Nov 20 Comment Sunflowers are always willing models. I like your concept and working with Jackie Kramer is a treat. She was here in Florida for the annual conference and has some great techniques. From your description I can see where you want to take this image.

A couple of suggestions here. I like the background, but in my opinion It is somewhat distracting. Perhaps darkening a bit more might help. The other piece is to be cautious when swapping the background to another. I can see areas that were missed. When changing a background, I found it essential to go over the edges carefully and patch in missed areas. Sometimes blurring the edges just a couple of pixels will help the blending.

The center of the flower is nice and sharp and shows every soon to be sunflower seed. I would keep the leaf out of the texture even though it looks old and grumpy.

Even though I like your water drops very much, I also like seeing the different thIngs you do.
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65 Nov 20 Comment Hi Jeff - Personally I like this image. It's colorful, happy and to my eye provides the "right" amount of color balance. Allowing focus to the background could easily cause distraction, particularly if the colors are bold.

There's movement along the color spectrum on the left, bringing the eye into the image and the blue loop helps keep the attention. The issue I do see Is that there are areas at the bottom of the loop that appear a bit soft as well as the adjacent darker blue yarn.

Overall this is a pleasant image that has my mind wandering with the questions" what has the yarn been used for and what has it created?" 		Nov 14th
65 Nov 20 Reply Thank you Charlie for the good words. This was an exercise that reminded me to slow things down, enjoy what I was photographing and pay attention to the lighting. Nov 14th
65 Nov 20 Reply Yes Peter I completely agree about adding a border. Nov 14th
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