Graham Smith Loc: Cambridgeshire UK

I thought I would post another juxtaposition shot before the thread disappears to wherever it is that all threads disappear to.

Graham

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ras422 Loc: Virginia

SS ---thanks for starting what has turned out to be an excellent discussion and learning experience without any equipment talk. Lots of talented people on this forum! Rich

ras422 Loc: Virginia

Nightski-thanks for the link to the luminous landscape-critique--Rich

dave sproul Loc: Tucson AZ

I appreciate critique and comments. I use them to further my photography learning journey.
To reduce transmission clutter, I wish to thank all who provide a critique and comments in advance.
Thank you.

I see you

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SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Dave, thanks for participating.
If someone wishes to critique I'm sure you will benefit. But do keep in mind, that the critique there has been thus far has centered around VERY specific aspects of composition.
I hate to suggest you go through and read all 50 pages, but I'm sure you probably have plenty to show here that fits those parameters.
Again thanks and hope someone takes on your shot!! ;-)
SS

jsharp Loc: Ballwin MO.

Looks like a doorway to a magical land to me.

dave sproul Loc: Tucson AZ

Sorry, Have been following and reading the composition thread ; but I just posted in the wrong area.

I am going to have to pay closer attention to what I am doing and not what I think I am doing

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Nightski, ok, ok, I looked at the famous path! :lol:
I was thinking, how could I have missed it?
Well, it turns out, at least to me, that there is NO way to know that there is a path there!! Nightski, if you want to figure the path into the composition, you have to show it to us. It is up to you the photographer to show us any element you want us to see. It can be very clear or almost non-existent as in your path. Your spider web is pretty much dead sharp in the center. The background and path are pretty much just shades of color in the background. It could be dead center, but it still needs to open up to the rest of the pic so that its recognizable. That's your job as the photographer.
That's why I said somewhere that I will bracket my DoF so I have a choice latter just how I want it to be seen.
I'm going to post a shot were I felt I controlled what I want you to see and how much of it I want you to see.
I can't take it for granted that you will know what something is unless you can actually see it. The viewer ultimately decides but we need to guide them if we want them to see what we want them to see.
This might be just me, but mysterious just means we were not able to make our image communicate.
Remember that you were there and we were not. You know what is there, we don't! ;-)
SS

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Nightski

Juxta?

7 degrees fahrenheit with a 23 mph wind ....

Snowmobile Races - Youth

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Keeping the Track Clear

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neilds37 Loc: Port Angeles, WA

My first reaction was - wow, nice shot. My next reaction was to tight crop 4:5 the lower right corner of the rock. My wife saw it and her reaction was - Wow! Look at that! The colors and textures make a very nice photo by themselves.

This is waaay off topic, but I couldn't resist...

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

I have been following along. I am guessing that the second one is. It will be interesting to see what the experts have to say.

Nightski

Got it ... and I did want to adjust my aperture to bracket, but the web fell down right after I snapped the shutter. The webs were heavy with dew that day and a small breeze came ...

I see what you mean .. I know it's a path .. others don't. If I did have that a bit clearer it would be juxtaposition though .. right?

Nightski

BTW .. I love your pic .. but were you annoyed by that cloud?

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Nightski, probably not, at least not from the angle you originally shot it at.
You have to compose your shot with the juxtaposition in mind and that would usually be at the time you saw it.
I'm sure you are starting to see it and the wheels are already turning!
But you were using plenty of juxtaposition in your other shots before, even if it didn't have a label yet.
But the more we can start to see, our photographs will climb to another level. I have plenty of shots and think, why did I even take that?
It's like being a runner and getting faster and faster(when we were young), slow just doesn't impress you anymore!!
That was the whole point of this whole post, to explore aspects that for the most part I have just not seen discussed here before. For sure, these concepts are not taught in Intro to Digi 101! :lol: that was the point, to open some people eye to see beyond where we normally shoot which is in the rule of 1/3's.
As Jim was careful to point out, that the basics are still the primary building blocks of composition. It's up to us to progress beyond that.
Museums are full of this stuff. I hear people here on the Hog talk about work in museums as being pure trash. It's only trash if you don't see it for what it is or understand it. ;-)

Nightski

Thank you, SS. I will be sad to see this thread end. It has been so fun and interesting.

I never forget to keep concentrating on the basics. It's fun to have some "Extra Credit" work to do sometimes though.