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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / Australian Photography / August 2006Oz's first, and probably not last Picture of the Weak ;-)
http://static.flickr.com/77/212277977_e3290d876d_b.jpg Taken with my trusty HP R607 on the way home from my in-laws, I loved the way the light fell on the round bales. any and all criticisms accepted (remembering the limitations of the camera) Oz > http://static.flickr.com/77/212277977_e3290d876d_b.jpg > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Oz Love the shot. Maybe straightening the horizon and moving in over the fence so that the main focus is the bails without the distracting foreground. >> http://static.flickr.com/77/212277977_e3290d876d_b.jpg >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Maybe straightening the horizon and moving in over the fence so that the > main focus is the bails without the distracting foreground. thanks :-) yeah well moving closer to the fence wasn't high on my priorities as this was taken in summer and we had already seen a couple of snakes darting into the long grass earlier that trip :-) Oz In defense of the OP, I don't think the picture is crooked. I think there really is a gentle slope in the land. Either that or the power pole is leaning over. Moving in beyond the fence would remove the framing of the tree trunk on the left and the branches on the top right. The picture then would be quite plain and boring. The argument for removing all distractions from photos just doesn't hold with landscapes. Natural framing enhances the shot. The hay bales are quite obviously the subject; pity the farmer laying them out didn't know someone would want to photograph them and didn't lay them out in a pretty, geometric pattern. :-)  SignatureJoan http://www.flickr.com/photos/joan-in-manly : > http://static.flickr.com/77/212277977_e3290d876d_b.jpg : > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] : Maybe straightening the horizon and moving in over the fence so that the : main focus is the bails without the distracting foreground. yes there is a gentle slope there, Thanks for the input, :-) Oz > In defense of the OP, I don't think the picture is crooked. I think > there really is a gentle slope in the land. Either that or the power [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > the > : main focus is the bails without the distracting foreground. > In defense of the OP, I don't think the picture is crooked. I think > there really is a gentle slope in the land. Either that or the power > pole is leaning over. I agree. I can detect a gentle motion blur as the bales roll slowly towards the right. > Moving in beyond the fence would remove the framing of the tree trunk > on the left and the branches on the top right. The picture then would [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > the > : main focus is the bails without the distracting foreground. > http://static.flickr.com/77/212277977_e3290d876d_b.jpg > > Taken with my trusty HP R607 on the way home from my in-laws, I loved the > way the light fell on the round bales. > any and all criticisms accepted (remembering the limitations of the camera) I'm with Joan here: optical illusion maybe, but if it isn't a slope then the power pole is crook. I'm in two minds if I'd try and remove the fence by cropping or just leave it there. When shooting, I'd also have tried making the "framing" more intrusive: get the foreground shade nearly hit the ruleof3rds boundary, get more of the tree on the left and a little more of the foliage on top. Nothing wrong with making the framing more obvious, IMHO. BUt that would probably be out of what's possible with that camera/lens? Anyways, looks real nice and it's a good catch on the light. >> http://static.flickr.com/77/212277977_e3290d876d_b.jpg >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > try and remove the fence by cropping or just leave it > there. When shooting, I'd also have tried making the I just arranged it on screen, to give the appearance of a 3:1 ratio crop - ala ken duncan. cropped just below the lowest bale, cropped the tree out, cropped out the power pole on the left, and cropped down at the sky. I personally like that cropping very much. >>> http://static.flickr.com/77/212277977_e3290d876d_b.jpg >>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > out, cropped out the power pole on the left, and cropped down at the > sky. I personally like that cropping very much. You can now post is as *your* picture of the week >>> http://static.flickr.com/77/212277977_e3290d876d_b.jpg >>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> try and remove the fence by cropping or just leave it >> there. When shooting, I'd also have tried making the >I just arranged it on screen, to give the appearance of a 3:1 ratio crop >- ala ken duncan. cropped just below the lowest bale, cropped the tree >out, cropped out the power pole on the left, and cropped down at the >sky. I personally like that cropping very much. Just tried your "recipe" as best I could. I agree. It can look good without the distractions of trees, fence, and poles. Cheers, Phred. SignatureppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID >>>> http://static.flickr.com/77/212277977_e3290d876d_b.jpg >>>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Cheers, Phred. I will have to give it a try with the original and I will repost it, then a side by side can be done :-) Thanks people for all the input, when I get a bit braver, I will post a couple more. Oz Post the link to your photostream rather than just the image, please? SignatureJoan http://www.flickr.com/photos/joan-in-manly : >>>> http://static.flickr.com/77/212277977_e3290d876d_b.jpg : >>>> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] : couple more. : Oz shall do :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/27036395@N00/ just a few to start with :-) Oz > Post the link to your photostream rather than just the image, please? > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > : couple more. > : Oz Thanks. Looking forward to seeing more photos. SignatureJoan http://www.flickr.com/photos/joan-in-manly : shall do :-) : http://www.flickr.com/photos/27036395@N00/ [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] : > : couple more. : > : Oz > http://static.flickr.com/77/212277977_e3290d876d_b.jpg > > Taken with my trusty HP R607 on the way home from my in-laws, I loved the > way the light fell on the round bales. > any and all criticisms accepted (remembering the limitations of the camera) Nice shot. As others have said, the darkness and busyness of the foreground kind of distracts from the real feature of the shot - acres upon acres of hay bales as far as the eye can see. Maybe even risking the snakes and shuffling up to the fence might have made for a more enigmatic shot, but it's pretty good all the same. Oh and with reference to cameras and their limitations, I, for one, frankly couldn't give a rat's. Assuming the basics are there, I think great images are all about opportunity and timing. Maybe this or that's a bit soft, or there weren't as many megapixels or bits-per-pixels as there could have been with some other camera, but at the end of the day, content is king, *not* gear. > http://static.flickr.com/77/212277977_e3290d876d_b.jpg > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Oz I like it Oz Keep posting your wonderful original stuff to picture of the weak |
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