competition pics
Apr 11, 2024 18:23:37 #
Reuss Griffiths
Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
DrJoeS wrote:
I am going to enter a state wide digital photo contest. Which do you think I should use?
Also feel free to send your critiques. You can't hurt my feelings.
Titles are: Bird of Paradise; Still Life at the Pier; Not a Flamingo; Messy Eater; Cheetah Training; Color Wheel; Swallowtail Kite in Flight
Also feel free to send your critiques. You can't hurt my feelings.
Titles are: Bird of Paradise; Still Life at the Pier; Not a Flamingo; Messy Eater; Cheetah Training; Color Wheel; Swallowtail Kite in Flight
Messy Eater and Cheetah Training are my picks. Good luck
Apr 11, 2024 18:35:10 #
Moondoggie wrote:
That cheetah is magnificent
Thank you. At Busch Gardens in Tampa
Apr 11, 2024 18:37:25 #
Since you asked, I will weigh in. Unlike a lot of hogs, I will be blunt.
When you display a photo it has to be very very sharp. Every photo, generally, has to have a subject that is interesting and tells a story in some way or is artistic. I had one judge say that photos are like a movie, where there is a main character and sometimes a supporting actor in the scene. In other instances, as in animals, a picture of an animal is ok, but a very good picture has to be of an animal doing natural activity such as hunting, mating, feeding babies, etc. . Birds in flight have to be crystal clear, eye has to be in focus, feathers have to been readily identifiable. There is a reason it is an entire sub-specialty. I can't remember, but I THINK BillNikon has some bird shots that are excellent in the gallery. IMO, a bird in flight has to be entering the frame, not in the middle...to show movement. (Generally of course.)
The flower is presented as a square with some substantial background issues that take the eye from the flower to the background. That flower is a long beautiful flower that demands something other than square.
The only photo I might show would be the cheetah. And at that, there is no interaction between the person and the cat. In fact, they are ignoring each other. Imagine if they were looking in each others' eyes! Run your eyes around the edges of the photo...is there something distracting? I see a reed or piece of grass right in the middle of the photo...try to get rid of it.
IMO, photography is about the quality of light as well. That is missing in these photos...quality of light. That is why vignetting pics often help the photo...it changes the lighting a bit.
So, my thought is the cheetah, but there needs to be some repairs.
When you display a photo it has to be very very sharp. Every photo, generally, has to have a subject that is interesting and tells a story in some way or is artistic. I had one judge say that photos are like a movie, where there is a main character and sometimes a supporting actor in the scene. In other instances, as in animals, a picture of an animal is ok, but a very good picture has to be of an animal doing natural activity such as hunting, mating, feeding babies, etc. . Birds in flight have to be crystal clear, eye has to be in focus, feathers have to been readily identifiable. There is a reason it is an entire sub-specialty. I can't remember, but I THINK BillNikon has some bird shots that are excellent in the gallery. IMO, a bird in flight has to be entering the frame, not in the middle...to show movement. (Generally of course.)
The flower is presented as a square with some substantial background issues that take the eye from the flower to the background. That flower is a long beautiful flower that demands something other than square.
The only photo I might show would be the cheetah. And at that, there is no interaction between the person and the cat. In fact, they are ignoring each other. Imagine if they were looking in each others' eyes! Run your eyes around the edges of the photo...is there something distracting? I see a reed or piece of grass right in the middle of the photo...try to get rid of it.
IMO, photography is about the quality of light as well. That is missing in these photos...quality of light. That is why vignetting pics often help the photo...it changes the lighting a bit.
So, my thought is the cheetah, but there needs to be some repairs.
Apr 11, 2024 18:46:43 #
Hip Coyote wrote:
Since you asked, I will weigh in. Unlike a lot of... (show quote)
Great comments. I will do some more editing. Leaning toward the orang, cheetah and bird of paradise.
Apr 11, 2024 19:16:22 #
DrJoeS wrote:
I am going to enter a state wide digital photo contest. Which do you think I should use?
Also feel free to send your critiques. You can't hurt my feelings.
Titles are: Bird of Paradise; Still Life at the Pier; Not a Flamingo; Messy Eater; Cheetah Training; Color Wheel; Swallowtail Kite in Flight
Also feel free to send your critiques. You can't hurt my feelings.
Titles are: Bird of Paradise; Still Life at the Pier; Not a Flamingo; Messy Eater; Cheetah Training; Color Wheel; Swallowtail Kite in Flight
#2 “Still Life T the Pier” gets my votes. Gorgeous.
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