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Sep 18, 2011 16:46:16   #
Thanks to everyone for the comments and helpful hints.
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Sep 18, 2011 16:44:22   #
Hi jerry, thanks for sharing your image. It is lovely. I am like you I love the mountains. I would really like to go and drive along the Parkway and just stop at every overlook and takes pics. I have only been on the Parkway one time and I found it to be gorgeous.

gizzy.whicker wrote:
It's hard to take a bad picture when you're in the Smoky or Blue Ridge mountains. Attached is one I took a couple of years ago. This sign was along the Blue Ridge Parkway road, so I included it in the frame. Jerry
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Sep 18, 2011 16:41:40   #
Will do.

gessman wrote:
Sarah wrote:
gessman wrote:
Tell me what you'd do with these, please... Any reason for them to exist? This blizzard and then fog occurred on the 7th of February, 2009 and was the 2nd coldest day in Denver's weather recording history. Some of us won't enjoy seeing this with winter coming on but what I'm looking for is the concensus of opinion as to whether they have any decorating merit, like perhaps in a home where there is an "all-white" freak. What do you think - honestly. Let me have it. These are not black and white. All were shot with a Canon EOS 5D MkII and an EOS 70-200, f2.8. All 3 were shot at f5.6 @ 1/80th and 100iso, handheld
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One of my favorite photos is by a photographer named Thomas Mangelsen. It features a tree in the snow and is an awesome photo. Your willow tree reminds me of that photo.
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Thank you Sarah. I'd like to engage you for a second regarding a post you made on another subject. Hopefully, since this subject is wearing on now it won't upset anyone for me to address this with you here. I saw where you said that you burn a disc before and after editing. I'm about to bring up a discussion in the "Main Photography Discussion" section on the subject of storing your images for the long haul. Please go read what I have to say and engage in the discussion.
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Sep 18, 2011 16:38:09   #
Amen sister, we have flogged this dead horse and I vote we move on to something more interesting.

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SnapHappy wrote:
DB wrote:
Maybe I've been offending people who haven't let me know. But you can be sure I won't be posting anything, at least for a while. I'm content to just look, comment occasionally and stay out of the way. It's a great site and I've learned and been inspired and want only to be supportive and as helpful as I can be. I greatly value being part of this forum! :-D


One of the very nice things I've noticed about this forum, as opposed to others I venture onto, is that people don't get so huffy about every little thing. I sure hope it stays this way. When everyone gets all huffy, the fun really does go out of the forum.
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Sep 17, 2011 21:53:29   #
I like it!
bobmielke wrote:
Sarah wrote:
OK, I tried it. Here's my experiment. I like it ok, but not nearly as much as yours. :-)
bobmielke wrote:
Sarah wrote:
The colors and textures in the bouquet are awesome. I also like the framing - how was it done, if you don't mind sharing?


In almost any graphics program pick a contrasting color, a pencil tool set for 8 pixels and draw straight lines holding down the shift key. Too simple, huh?


Quick enhancements to your shot. What do you think?
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Sep 17, 2011 21:42:40   #
Thanks, I am so excited to learn a new (simple) technique!

bobmielke wrote:
Sarah wrote:
OK, I tried it. Here's my experiment. I like it ok, but not nearly as much as yours. :-)
bobmielke wrote:
Sarah wrote:
The colors and textures in the bouquet are awesome. I also like the framing - how was it done, if you don't mind sharing?


In almost any graphics program pick a contrasting color, a pencil tool set for 8 pixels and draw straight lines holding down the shift key. Too simple, huh?


Good job! Silly simple wasn't it? Yet, this simple line box adds so much to most photos. I always try and pick a color for the line from in the composition. Very nice photo by the way.
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Sep 17, 2011 21:34:17   #
OK, I tried it. Here's my experiment. I like it ok, but not nearly as much as yours. :-)
bobmielke wrote:
Sarah wrote:
The colors and textures in the bouquet are awesome. I also like the framing - how was it done, if you don't mind sharing?


In almost any graphics program pick a contrasting color, a pencil tool set for 8 pixels and draw straight lines holding down the shift key. Too simple, huh?


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Sep 17, 2011 21:17:05   #
RockinRobinG wrote:
Sarah wrote:
RFranko wrote:
I don't mean to be hard so take this with my sincere wishes to improve your images.
Image #1 Trash it. Way over exposed whites all gone, no detail. It's called a blowout. Need to reduce your exposure so you just have slight detail in the white snow. If you don't want that, at least bring the exposure of the barn to near where it should be.
Image #2 Better, reduce the size of the caption down to something that will fit on the bottom edge if you must have a caption and don't let it destract from the image. Crop out some of the foreground. Also try to get more white on the foreground snow as it is about 1-2 stops under exposed. I'll bet Auto Exposure. For snow shots with auto exposure, set you exposure compensation to +1 or +2 as your camera meter tries to make any white that is metered to a middle gray.
Composition: move in closer, get rid of the barren tree. It looks like there is a horse there. Whistle...get the horse to raise its head and look at you and perk up its ears. Also by moving in closer you will see more of the horse. It will add nicely to the composition. Finally, shoot 5-10 images of the same scene but shoot from different angles and distances.
Hint: Print out an uncropped full frame image and cut yourself a couple of "L" shaped pieces of white cardboard. (find a white shoe box) Lay the cardboard L's over the image and move them around until you get a composition you feel is good. Mark it with a sharpie fine point. Go back in the computer and crop and print to your new composition. You can do the same on the computer but for some reason it's more productive doing it with cropping "L's" as it puts it in a white frame and you can fine tune it much faster and it will look like the final image you want.
Post some more images and keep shooting.
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Actually in image one I used aperture priority mode and the reason I let it "blowout" was because it was snowing and I wanted to get the atmospheric look to it. In image two (being a skier) I wanted the ski trails in the background and couldn't think of any other way to crop it except the way I did and I added the caption to send to my friends at home who didn't get to make the trip.

Thanks for the insightful comments.
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Awwwww heck...you can still salvage the white-out. It would make a neat Christmas card. Pardon...I did a little 'tweak' to see if it could be save. The two posts offended your composition so I simply cloned them out. Don't get discouraged...keep 'em coming!!!
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That does look nice, thanks.
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Sep 17, 2011 21:12:11   #
bobmielke wrote:
Retirement can be heaven or hell. It's all about attitude and hobbies. You have to get into a routine that eats up the long days, weeks, months without getting bored or broke. It's a good idea to have the camera gear & software you're going to need before you retire. I live strictly on Social security since this July and am doing fine. I laugh at rush hour traffic and long traffic lines on weekends. I can go anywhere anytime. I go shopping early in the morning on weekdays only. Every day is a holiday, a cherry for you to pick. Do I love retirement? LOL
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Me Too!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Sep 17, 2011 20:56:59   #
Thanks!
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Sep 17, 2011 20:56:12   #
bobmielke wrote:
Clyde wrote:
Love the rose


Me too. I go to the Portland Rose garden often. It's free and about 6-7 miles from my home. There are thousand of flowers with dozens of varieties to chose in every color. It's a lot of fun early in the morning when there's dew on the petals to capture flowers. In retirement I can go every day if I choose.


Isn't retirement great?lol
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Sep 17, 2011 20:54:44   #
RFranko wrote:
I don't mean to be hard so take this with my sincere wishes to improve your images.
Image #1 Trash it. Way over exposed whites all gone, no detail. It's called a blowout. Need to reduce your exposure so you just have slight detail in the white snow. If you don't want that, at least bring the exposure of the barn to near where it should be.
Image #2 Better, reduce the size of the caption down to something that will fit on the bottom edge if you must have a caption and don't let it destract from the image. Crop out some of the foreground. Also try to get more white on the foreground snow as it is about 1-2 stops under exposed. I'll bet Auto Exposure. For snow shots with auto exposure, set you exposure compensation to +1 or +2 as your camera meter tries to make any white that is metered to a middle gray.
Composition: move in closer, get rid of the barren tree. It looks like there is a horse there. Whistle...get the horse to raise its head and look at you and perk up its ears. Also by moving in closer you will see more of the horse. It will add nicely to the composition. Finally, shoot 5-10 images of the same scene but shoot from different angles and distances.
Hint: Print out an uncropped full frame image and cut yourself a couple of "L" shaped pieces of white cardboard. (find a white shoe box) Lay the cardboard L's over the image and move them around until you get a composition you feel is good. Mark it with a sharpie fine point. Go back in the computer and crop and print to your new composition. You can do the same on the computer but for some reason it's more productive doing it with cropping "L's" as it puts it in a white frame and you can fine tune it much faster and it will look like the final image you want.
Post some more images and keep shooting.
I don't mean to be hard so take this with my since... (show quote)


Actually in image one I used aperture priority mode and the reason I let it "blowout" was because it was snowing and I wanted to get the atmospheric look to it. In image two (being a skier) I wanted the ski trails in the background and couldn't think of any other way to crop it except the way I did and I added the caption to send to my friends at home who didn't get to make the trip.

Thanks for the insightful comments.
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Sep 17, 2011 20:47:30   #
bobmielke wrote:
Sarah wrote:
Totally!lol


To some extent this is the same framing technique.


Not so simple though, I'm thinking!
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Sep 17, 2011 20:43:15   #
I enjoy watching the mourning doves in my backyard and I find the patterns in their wings to be lovely but I have never captured it like you did. Love that image!
PS I guess I will have to try harder.
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Sep 17, 2011 20:39:43   #
I am always open to trying new techniques! Thanks for sharing!
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