Thanks David, for sharing you beautiful images

David you never disappoint. Thanks

It was a different time. People use to go to band concerts all of the time.
And there were large crowds. It was on hot summer days and there was no
air conditioners. Ladies and gentlemen dressed for those occasions.

It was a part of the fair. There were 1270 visitors. The Chicago world's fair, just previous to st. louis, had less than 1000 visitors.
1904 was the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase. My grand mother was a child when she went there.

Ah yes, and natives to St. Louis call it Muni-opera.
The entire park is the historical place for the 1904 worlds fair.
I was in my doctor's office yesterday and he had a drawing of the fair's entire location (as back in 1904).

If you ever get to visit one of the cities' museums (i.e Jefferson memorial) you can find out a lot more about
that wonderful time in St. Louis

Evidently you don't know st Louis 1904 Worlds Fair history
This bandstand was made so that people would not gather close around the musians.
The band arrived and departed by boat.

I pick typewriter and payphone. All of the other photos can be improvised.
I once had access to both of these devices. Fond memories.

🥇 definitely first prize winner

beautiful smile. so lovely
thanks

thanks for sharing. I would also like to see the original. It is not that you may have composed this from a different original,
Composing is very much accepted. The original helps us understand what changes were made.

Thanks for sharing!

I never saw a skate before, I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you anyhow, I'd rather see then be one.

Southern CA - think of your audience - Surfing may or may not turn them on. (how many have they seen?)
I prefer the human touch. #5 wins there. But #10 is bright and powerful. I don't know how it will play
in CA (it might just be another also ran). All are excellent.

I taking the point that the image is already taken. I can't change that.
I understand that the moment of capture has a very important factor.
You can't make a silk purse out a pig's ear.

But given the image is already composed what can be done.

I am not a professional photographer. At 70+ I don't intend to be one.
Nor am I going to invest money in equipment. I see many opportunities
for better images (given the RAW image capability) to make the best
of what exists. Starting at that point what can be done, without over-doing it?

AI can learn to make better decisions aboout lighting and ISO. But what
do you do after the image exists? I find too much focus on equipment and
settings, with little mention about what happens after the image is created.
I hope this photo analysis section will discuss more about composition and
editing. Iphones while having some manual controls, most of us use the
automatic settings. We only have the image after it is taken with which to work.

Not making any criticism about this posting. Just some thoughts in general.
I want like to learn.

I just found this "room" and I assume it is different than images posted in the "Gallery".
I hope this is a place to learn from others. Where discussion can help add to each of our skills.
I just wonder, I am in the right place or is there another area just for (only) learning about composition
and editing?
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I know there is no such thing as a right way to take photos. So suggestions, I expect, are all that are
offered. The subject is the image, composition and editing, never the person.

I prefer natural lighting. (my view point). I avoid flash - it changes the ambiance of what I am seeing.
Is there a way to take photos in dimly lit rooms without flash?

A lot of the photos I see today are over edited to make very impressive scenes.

Examples: replacing sky, or adding a near-by image that was not in the original shot, etc.
Certainly there is nothing wrong with cropping and straightening the image.

I assume the flash shots are original, without editing.
It is/would be nice if postings in this area include the original image in the post.
Or if the post is the original image (without editing) to state that fact.
To learn, I need to see the original and the edited versions.

Ugly Hedge Hog is a great place. I like the discussions. I just thought
it might be nice to have an area where new skills could be acquired,
that is just focused on the art of image composition and editing
( camera hardware has its place, but I hope it might be set aside in this part of the forum).

If this is not the right area let me know.

Yes I can see it. It makes the images beautiful. Does the results match what you experienced on the day you took the images? We can exaggerate the modifications. It gets us praise. All of this is good. Keep up the good work.

Very nice images. Since I have acquire information about editing photos I have come to realize that I see more and more images that have the traces of composition. Hope you have good photo capturing. Keep up the good work.