Critiques, please (Page 2): I'm glad I was down on the ground level. Thanks Sdaupanner.

Starr Loc: St. Louis, MO

I'm glad I was down on the ground level. Thanks Sdaupanner.

Sdaupanner wrote:

I would have to ask in the window one where is the girls parents?? Really great picture thou kind of made my toes curl from the height.

Starr Loc: St. Louis, MO

grhound wrote:

All three are good pictures but I think the first two are excellent.

Thank you grhound. We only got one small snow here in St. Louis this year and I am bummed.

photogrl57 Loc: Tennessee

ole sarg wrote:

I know little about macro photography so will not ... (show quote)

Actually believe it or not the building is straight .. look at the corner to the left of the window where the girl is ... that corner is perfectly vertical .. the rest is an optical illusion

ole sarg Loc: south florida

lover optical illusions. The Japanese characters for optical illusion utilize the character for elephant. Now that is one beast that is an optical illusion if you have never seen one!

Did you find the comments about cropping helpful? Although, I am not too good of a photographer, I spent years as a photo editor but never really had to explain why I cropped or not or the reasons for the actions.

photogrl57 wrote:

quote=ole sarg I know little about macro photogra... (show quote)

photogrl57 Loc: Tennessee

[quote=ole sarg]lover optical illusions. The Japanese characters for optical illusion utilize the character for elephant. Now that is one beast that is an optical illusion if you have never seen one!

Did you find the comments about cropping helpful? Although, I am not too good of a photographer, I spent years as a photo editor but never really had to explain why I cropped or not or the reasons for the actions.

Yes I absolutely agree on the problems that cropping would create .. the photo is fabulous exactly how it was taken :)

Starr Loc: St. Louis, MO

Fabulous? How nice of you to say that! I've been recovering from surgery for the past 6 weeks to I am ready to get back out there and that is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you!!

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ole sarg wrote:

lover optical illusions. The Japanese characters f... (show quote)

cbdigital Loc: Stony Point, N.Y. 10980

More pic's of St. Louis please. My hometown, I live in upstate N.Y. now. The ice pics are cool! For the girl in the window try cropping just two windows from the bld. on the left, her window and the one underneath with the air conditioner in it, and two large windows on the right. You get a cool optical illusion that way. I love to play with my pic's after I take them. Sometimes too much on the sides distracts away from the main subject.

Starr Loc: St. Louis, MO

Hi cbdigital! Thanks for responding to my photos. So you are from St. Louis, eh? Did you work downtown perhaps? I love walking around the city taking pictures and I have ton to share with you. I will be more diligent about posting pictures. I don't know what I was afraid of. Everyone has been so nice!

cbdigital wrote:

More pic's of St. Louis please. My hometown, I live in upstate N.Y. now. The ice pics are cool! For the girl in the window try cropping just two windows from the bld. on the left, her window and the one underneath with the air conditioner in it, and two large windows on the right. You get a cool optical illusion that way. I love to play with my pic's after I take them. Sometimes too much on the sides distracts away from the main subject.

Wildspirit Loc: Dallas, Texas

A bit more contrast would help the first two, I think. I agree that the girl in the window would have been missed if we hadn't been alerted. Nice shots.