Activity for User 908 - Sheldon Wecker - swecker

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17 Jan 23 Comment Sharp image, great colors. I wonder what it would have looked like with more of the stems included. Jan 16th
17 Jan 23 Comment I am also intrigued by the sun star, not only because f13 seems a little low for forming a star, but also because of the number of rays. I did a little reading, and the number of rays is determined by the number of blades in the lens diaphragm. For an odd number of blades, you get twice as many rays. I counted about 30 rays which would require a 15 blade aperture. My quick and incomplete search turned up a maximum of 9 blades for the lenses I checked.

I like the composition with the sun centered, and the reflection on the water leading you from the foreground into the sun. Its a little far from the horizon to the sun. Depending on how much manipulation you want to do, you could lower the sun, also decrease blue luminance to add some drama to the sky.		 Jan 16th
17 Jan 23 Comment John, I just noticed one other thing. The stone wall leading in from the left takes you to the wall at the horizon, and the gate is open! It adds to the mystery of the image - what lies through that gate? Jan 16th
17 Jan 23 Comment I like the composition. The road receding into the distance and the decreasing size of the trees give a feeling of depth. Toning is good, and the orange and green colors work together. Its hard to say without actually having been there, but I wonder what the picture would look like if you had taken a few steps forward? Could you have eliminated the one thin tree coming up from the right corner with its bare branch arcing horizontally over the frame. For me - it doesn't fit with the rest of the image and is somewhat distracting. Jan 16th
17 Jan 23 Comment Welcome to the group Suzanne. I don't have much to add to the other's comments. I would consider increasing the brightness of the porcupines face. On my screen it appears blocked, or nearly so. I especially agree with cropping to a single animal and decreasing background brightness. With both there, my eye keeps going back and forth between the two. Jan 16th
17 Jan 23 Reply Thanks for your comments Laura Lee. For me, the bright snow creates contrast with the black birds, and since your eye goes to the areas with highest contrast, it helps keep your focus on the image subject - the birds. To my eye, the changes that you made to the detail in the snow look oversharpened. But then, its all a matter of taste. Jan 16th
17 Jan 23 Comment Great composition and toning - I second all of Priscilla's comments. One small thing - a dust spot in the sky on the left that could easily be cloned out. Jan 4th
17 Jan 23 Reply Thanks Suzanne,

I remembered the photo because I spent so much time five years ago trying to get it right.		 Jan 4th
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