Activity for User 671 - Pierre Williot - pwilliot@mac.com

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69 Oct 19 Reply Hi Jacob,
I agree with Dean. The art of photography including composition, angle of view, cropping, etc, etc, is far more important that the equipment used to create the image. The small cameras, by having very high f/stops frequently allow significant depth of field. The ability to change the f/stop and shutter speed are part of this creative process that I have difficulty to grasp with the iPhone.
The creation of the image is primordial. The equipment to capture it is secondary.
Nice work. 		Oct 19th
69 Oct 19 Reply Nice. Thanks Oct 12th
69 Oct 19 Reply Thanks Brenda. Probably a little too bright overall, especially on the bottom left. Oct 8th
69 Oct 19 Reply Thanks Dean.
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69 Oct 19 Reply Thanks.
Pierre		 Oct 6th
69 Oct 19 Comment Personally I do not have any issue with the horizon in the middle when dealing with a mirror image. I might be tempted to use a progressive neutral density filter to darken a little bit the upper half on your image - a little bright on my screen especially on the right side of the image just below the horizon.

Very interesting and unusual image. Congrats!		 Oct 6th
69 Oct 19 Comment Very nice swirls and repetitive lines of various brightness adding a third dimension to your image. It looks to me like the sun was pretty high in the sky.
I would like to take the same picture from the same angle during the "orange" hour as the long shadows would make it even more dramatic.

I like it!		 Oct 6th
69 Oct 19 Comment Hi Jacob,
Welcome to this group.
Nice work... and with an iPhone! Wow!
Nice fading of the focus with this row of mushrooms. Nice guiding line. One of the way to increase the depth of field would be to focus on the second mushroom instead of the front one. Focussing at approximately 1/3 of the distance between the foreground and the background is the best way to maximize this factor (especially when you do not really have control on the f stop!).
An other technical point: when possible try to provide a complete separation of the elements. For example, moving your camera to the right could have help keeping the 2 first mushrooms separated.
Nice.		 Oct 6th
69 Oct 19 Comment Wow factor! These birds are so elegant! Wonderful capture of these 2 birds very close together with very nice display of their feathers. Nice work in removing the bird on the right side (was pretty close). Good work in recreating an image behind it. I think that I would like it a little brighter.
Great creation.		 Oct 6th
69 Oct 19 Comment Nice warm colors, with strong guiding lines and mirror reflection. Your depth of field is pretty good considering a f stop at 2.8 (24 mm lens helps).
Very peaceful and powerful image. I like both your version and Mervyn's version. The latter one is a bit more dramatic.
Good eye! Great shot!		 Oct 6th
69 Oct 19 Comment Wow! This is quite the neck stretch. Perfect timing! Pretty nice depth of field and mirror reflection of a portion of his body, neck and head.
Great shot.		 Oct 6th
69 Oct 19 Reply Hi Mervyn,
Thanks for your comment. I agree with you but as I was modifying the relative brightnesses I was wondering if I should. I left it here as it was. These birds can be extremely difficult to spot and to get good photographies. I knew that there were around for the last 4 years, heard of birders seeing them on a regular basis, heard them, and saw them quickly moving from one area to another and then essentially disappearing in the reeds.
The reason I did not burn/dodge, etc... was partly to show how easily they can hide in their environment. I am probably a little too purist!		 Oct 6th
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70 Oct 19 Reply Magical place indeed. I was there just before the PSA meeting in Spokane.
Thanks for your nice comments. 		Oct 24th
70 Oct 19 Comment Hi Judy,
I really like this IR capture. It feels really dynamic with the combination of cumulus and nimbus clouds that offers guiding lines. These lines are merging very far to the right (pass the frame of this image) by joining the fence line. I believe that is increased the depth of the scene.
I agree with you and Lamar that in this image it is difficult to distinguish between what a B/W conversion of a color image and this IR image. The clouds, sky, fence and trees can look very similar in B/W.
Maybe you can directly convert your initial capture in B/W without swapping and see if it would give you more of the IR feel.		 Oct 19th
70 Oct 19 Reply Thanks Glen for these nice comments. I do have many pictures in the horizontal mode. Here is an example. Oct 19th
70 Oct 19 Reply Hi Judy,
Thanks for these nice comments. This is a beautiful area for sure. I would like to go back in late spring/early summer for the various crops colors.
I tried cropping pictures both ways. Here, I wanted to increase the feeling of depth by doing a vertical crop (vertical pict). I have many similar pictures but needed to chose one only form this forum. I also converted some of my captures in B/W and included an example. 		Oct 19th
70 Oct 19 Comment Very interesting technique and composition. Every time I read on how you did it gives me ideas on what can be done and how to do it.
Everything is very sharp and detailed.
I am not sure if it is the limitation of the resolution imposed to post images, but it looks a little too "crisp" to me. Did you push the sharpening or other artifices. To me, it looks like 3 picts one on top of the other - the brown foreground - the snowy mountains and the sky.		 Oct 8th
70 Oct 19 Comment Taking pictures from a moving bus, even if slow, can be pretty challenging. It looks like you were able to take it without going through a window.
Nice shot considering all of this.
Nice composition, bright colors, perfect mirror reflection and peaceful scenery.
Well done!
Oct 6th
70 Oct 19 Comment Nice. The perspective appears well preserved to me despite this very low angle. Did you apply the lens correction for this 16 mm lens? The buildings and reflection on the left side are straight but in the middle, there is some bowing. It is possible that this was simply caused by the slight angle of the water running up on the beach (shallower in the middle). Nice mirror image with some residual orange light. I would have like to see the top of the tall skyscraper.

Oct 6th
70 Oct 19 Comment I like the perspective obtained by using this wide angle very close to your foreground. Initially I felt that the cabin behind the canoes was too dark, but after reading your description, I believe that this contrast help in transmitting this desolation mood.

Really nice.		 Oct 6th
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