Composition and all that Arty stuff - discussion thread.

I like the processing of the last one Mike, the muted colour allows you to see the light and haziness better. Both that and the first one use the roads really nicely in their composition as well - the two towers set off with two roads in the last is very nice, and the 'spaghetti junction' at the bottom of the first has nice interwoven lines that don't get messy.

airfrogusmc wrote in post #16619342
I think its a very respectable floral Mark. Two nit picks I think there the highlights on the bud are going off the scale and I would clone out the web.

Thanks Allen, I sort of like the webs...

mikekelley wrote in post #16620001
Looking for some feedback on the processing of these. There have been some wild fires around LA the past few days so I chartered a helicopter to get a few shots of the ethereal atmospheric conditions.

This is my favourite of the three, gut reaction is that this is the strongest in terms of the smoke and composition.

You know me guys I kinda prefer a more straight B&W and Mike I to like one above for comp and processing.

airfrog, are you going to deliver the punchline about that shot of the four-petaled flower? I mean what you posted once before, when something happened to it.

Oh Look,

Sorry, I'm getting forgetful in my old age and forgot I posted it before.

mikekelley wrote in post #16620001
Looking for some feedback on the processing of these. There have been some wild fires around LA the past few days so I chartered a helicopter to get a few shots of the ethereal atmospheric conditions.

I really like all three of these images. I especially like the very muted, "washed out" colors in the third image, produced by shooting against the light in the hazy, smoky conditions. Over the past year, I have tried to shoot this way with some of my wildlife photography, and really like the results. You pull it off very well here.

One nit-pik I have, and it applies to all three of the images you posted. I would like to see a bit more subject matter at the bottom of the frame, and a bit less of the sky at the top. Maybe this wasn't possible because of distracting elements that would have been present if you aimed the camera down a bit more, but I still think that the images look a little foreshortened at the bottom edge. Still really nice images nonetheless.

airfrogusmc wrote in post #16620873
Oh Look,

Sorry, I'm getting forgetful in my old age and forgot I posted it before.

You posted it before because you got some news . . .
(nudge, nudge)

OhLook wrote in post #16620847
airfrog, are you going to deliver the punchline about that shot of the four-petaled flower? I mean what you posted once before, when something happened to it.

Hmmmm. I think we all know that punchline . . . Ive read about that a time or two, or three

airfrogusmc wrote in post #16620873
Oh Look,

Sorry, I'm getting forgetful in my old age and forgot I posted it before.

Allen, you must be getting very forgetful! Not only did you forget that you posted it before, it looks like you forgot that you didn't forget that you posted it before:

airfrogusmc wrote in post #16618096
. . . I think I have posted this here before sorry. Just thought I 'd put it up again.

OhLook wrote in post #16620887
You posted it before because you got some news . . .
(nudge, nudge)

OH and I'm slow to. LOL Yes that one also received a Mark of Excellence Award in the same contest and the first time I entered it back in April or so? That one there were 2,000 entries and it was in the top 20 and the top prize was $20,000 and an $8,000 Leica. I have entered that contest 3 times and have gotten Mark of Excellence awards all three times. This last time I received 2.

Scroll down it's near the bottom and the only floral.
http://www.i-shot-it.com …tion.php?id=515​c1bef18d04

The winner of that one was Damon Winter he shoots for The New York Times magazine among many others....

I just thought that after collecting opinions of the flower image here, you might want to say what kind of opinion it got somewhere else, for comparison.

(hint, hint)

EDIT: Ah, he finally got the point. I can stop nudging and hinting.

OhLook wrote in post #16620937
I just thought that after collecting opinions of the flower image here, you might want to say what kind of opinion it got somewhere else, for comparison.

(hint, hint)

EDIT: Ah, he finally got the point. I can stop nudging and hinting.

Thanks.

mtimber wrote in post #16618553
On the subject of flowers, here is another one which I have printed and framed.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …12990548@N08/12​034692745/
Tears by mtimberlake71@btintern​et.com, on Flickr

The disappointment here is that I get to the bulb and it's slightly out of focus. Now that may be intended but because this subject is simple every aspect is weighted heavily in the eye. If the entire flower was in focus the drops become a color attribute to a beautifully captured flower rather than the main attraction. The spider webs add to the distraction. They look like scratches in a negative.

mikekelley wrote in post #16620001
Looking for some feedback on the processing of these. There have been some wild fires around LA the past few days so I chartered a helicopter to get a few shots of the ethereal atmospheric conditions.

I like the perspective and freeway matrix in this view. The sky is a tad blown out.

I used to live in LA on hwy 10 in Alhambra in 1980/1981. There were days when I could not see the city from the freeway. There were days when I would wipe dark black soot off my truck after washing it the day before. I could drive to the local high elevation and look down on this massive dark orange cloud of exhaust from leaded fuel covering the entire city. It was completely pathetic. Thank god for unleaded fuel. As bad as this looks it actually looks really tame. A good day if you will.

Allen, if I had to pick a photo of yours as my favorite, that flower shot might be it. Beautiful balance, texture, and contrast.