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Nov 6, 2023 06:04:10   #
dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida
 
Heather Iles wrote:
Don, you are a master at cropping and such imagination too!


Alas, it is not my doing, it is the lead judge at the Tampabay Camera Club who sits on my left shoulder and shouts into my ear... "crop to the story." He also commands... "Remember, if it does not add to the story, it detracts." So to please his teachings, I crop and clone out that which does not add to the main story.

In short, crop to focus on the story, and remove the junk. Easy to do on someone else's photo, hard on my own.

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Nov 6, 2023 06:18:10   #
Heather Iles Loc: UK, Somerset
 
Don, that is a good lesson for us all.

Thanks for the tip.

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Nov 6, 2023 12:10:41   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
dpullum wrote:
"edit and post or comments and suggestions would be welcome." This is too rarely said and is for this group an understood learning experience for both the photographer and for the viewer. I pity the poor SOOC guys in the world who believe the image vomited from the camera is sacred.

#1 photo was a turnoff for me... I played with it a bit... but the WW2 Japanese flag sun with rays was not peaceful as the water and sand bars. The rays looked artificial, the rest of the photo real.

#2 is fodder for a future construct ... looking thru to see something behind. As in the famous painting, "Thru Grass."

#3 As presented, a title is needed to interpret the two guys watching a disastrous landing.

Attached is my image change "Aborted Landing." Title could be "OOPS". The image is cropped, then limbs trimmed, one cloned at the top so all limbs endings are within the image. Finally flipped so it reads as in western culture left to right.

The strong vertical image right at 2/3 contrasts with the empty stark-white void of the left... a Yin Yang image.
"edit and post or comments and suggestions wo... (show quote)


Very creative and instructive! Thanks

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Nov 6, 2023 12:11:38   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
l-fox wrote:


I appreciate your thumbs up, Larry.

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Nov 6, 2023 12:51:49   #
NJFrank Loc: New Jersey
 
Really nice captures.

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Nov 6, 2023 13:10:47   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
NJFrank wrote:
Really nice captures.


Thanks, Frank, not my usual work.

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Nov 6, 2023 20:14:25   #
lnl Loc: SWFL
 
Thanks, Mike, for spurring on others here. I really like #2 for the colors. Then Linda came along and made it better. Then Don came along with #3. Between all of you, you make my day reading the digital artistry section of UHH.

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Nov 6, 2023 21:04:03   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
lnl wrote:
Thanks, Mike, for spurring on others here. I really like #2 for the colors. Then Linda came along and made it better. Then Don came along with #3. Between all of you, you make my day reading the digital artistry section of UHH.


Thank you for participating, Ellen. UHH is a friendly and supportive site compared to others. You can take chances and learn without being belittled.

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Nov 7, 2023 06:49:42   #
Dave Chinn
 
UTMike wrote:
This set contains shots that appealed to me, but I am not certain if I got the most out of them.

Your take on them (edit and post if you can) or comments and suggestions would be welcome.


I'll have to go with #3. Nice capture and processing.

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Nov 7, 2023 10:42:51   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
Dave Chinn wrote:
I'll have to go with #3. Nice capture and processing.


Thanks for looking and the feedback, Dave.

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Nov 7, 2023 17:40:08   #
veralisa296 Loc: New Jersey
 
UTMike wrote:
This set contains shots that appealed to me, but I am not certain if I got the most out of them.

Your take on them (edit and post if you can) or comments and suggestions would be welcome.


All together, they make a wonderful story of Hilton Head. The first one of the sunset had me confused (not hard). I kept looking for the top surface of the water, but as I looked I realized the sun was only a reflection on the water's surface. Did I get that right? Confused me a bit. Really liked the middle one of the grasses. The third one is not so appealing to me, missing the beautiful green of the vegitation. But very attractive in its starkness. You had a nice trip, wish we could have had a group outing.

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Nov 7, 2023 18:12:45   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
veralisa296 wrote:
All together, they make a wonderful story of Hilton Head. The first one of the sunset had me confused (not hard). I kept looking for the top surface of the water, but as I looked I realized the sun was only a reflection on the water's surface. Did I get that right? Confused me a bit. Really liked the middle one of the grasses. The third one is not so appealing to me, missing the beautiful green of the vegitation. But very attractive in it's starkness. You had a nice trip, wish we could have had a group outing.
All together, they make a wonderful story of Hilto... (show quote)


Thanks, you are correct that it is all reflection. It would be nice, so far all the Hogs that I have met in person have been good company.

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Nov 7, 2023 20:15:24   #
veralisa296 Loc: New Jersey
 
UTMike wrote:
Thanks, you are correct that it is all reflection. It would be nice, so far all the Hogs that I have met in person have been good company.


You know why I said that? Because as a photographer/artist I've usually gone out alone to search my surroundings. However, one day a few years ago I went out with a group of about 15 people. It was WONDERFUL! We were in an outdoors country area, split up a bit, mixed and mingled with each other and I came back with the very best images...shocked me actually.

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Nov 9, 2023 14:19:50   #
ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
UTMike wrote:
This set contains shots that appealed to me, but I am not certain if I got the most out of them.

Your take on them (edit and post if you can) or comments and suggestions would be welcome.


I like all three. The first one reminds me of mornings in the salt marshes on the Jersey shore. Very nice.
Erich

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Nov 9, 2023 16:32:14   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
ebrunner wrote:
I like all three. The first one reminds me of mornings in the salt marshes on the Jersey shore. Very nice.
Erich


Thanks for looking and your feedback, Erich.

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