Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-11-02 Thread David J Brooks
I like the water lily the best of the two. Simple, nice detail Dave On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Autumn Crocus https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/15405892848/in/set-72157648487798090/lightbox/ Water Lilly

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-11-01 Thread Jack Davis
Eric, I hadn't seen this redo of the lilly. Makes all the difference. Very nice composition! Jack - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 8:58:55 PM Subject: Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-31 Thread Christine Aguila
I agree with Bruce. Pretty colors too. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On Oct 28, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Bruce bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: A general comment - for both the subject comes across as being too centered. It could be partially aspect ratio, but in any case, I would crop

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-30 Thread Eric Weir
On Oct 29, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: I like these final versions a lot. The final version of the water lily in particular is very painterly. Something about the water on the leaf was distracting to me in the earlier versions, but this one looks great. The

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-30 Thread Eric Weir
On Oct 30, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: The “vegetable headed people” represent the four seasons. They were inspired by paintings done in the same theme. I forget the artist and the period. My limited recollection is that he was Italian. From a friend who

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-29 Thread Jack Davis
Nice scenes, Eric. The centered Water Lilly is beautiful, but somewhat bothersome. Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 8:55:39 PM Subject: Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-29 Thread Eric Weir
On Oct 28, 2014, at 1:44 PM, Bruce bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: A general comment - for both the subject comes across as being too centered. It could be partially aspect ratio, but in any case, I would crop just a bit somewhere to shift these. As the background in both images is not

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-29 Thread Eric Weir
On Oct 28, 2014, at 7:55 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I prefer the simplicity of the Water Lilly. The Crocus itself has potential as a subject but its surroundings as shown are too cluttered for me. Thanks, Ken. I agree with you about the crocus. I was just so pleased to get

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-29 Thread Eric Weir
On Oct 28, 2014, at 9:34 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net: Autumn Crocus https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/15405892848/in/set-72157648487798090/lightbox/ Water Lilly

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-29 Thread Eric Weir
On Oct 28, 2014, at 11:55 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I also like the water lily; being centered doesn't bother me. G Thanks, Dan. I hadn’t anticipated that it might be bothersome. I’m gonna experiment with other croppings.

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-29 Thread Eric Weir
On Oct 29, 2014, at 6:58 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: Nice scenes, Eric. The centered Water Lilly is beautiful, but somewhat bothersome. Thanks, Jack. As I’ve said to others, I’ll be experimenting with different croppings.

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-29 Thread Eric Weir
On Oct 28, 2014, at 1:28 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Autumn Crocus https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/15405892848/in/set-72157648487798090/lightbox/ Water Lilly https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/14971286324/in/set-72157648487798090/lightbox/ I’ve posted revised

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I think they both pop out at the viewer now, Eric. Nice work. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Oct 28, 2014, at 1:28 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Autumn Crocus

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-29 Thread Eric Weir
On Oct 29, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I think they both pop out at the viewer now, Eric. Nice work. Thank you, Dan. I need the feedback. My intuitions are in the infantile stage, certainly not more than a toddler.

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-29 Thread Eric Weir
On Oct 29, 2014, at 1:04 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Oct 28, 2014, at 1:28 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Autumn Crocus https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/15405892848/in/set-72157648487798090/lightbox/ Water Lilly

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-29 Thread Mark C
I like these final versions a lot. The final version of the water lily in particular is very painterly. Something about the water on the leaf was distracting to me in the earlier versions, but this one looks great. The vegetable headed people further back in your flickr stream are pretty

Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-28 Thread Eric Weir
Autumn Crocus https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/15405892848/in/set-72157648487798090/lightbox/ Water Lilly https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/14971286324/in/set-72157648487798090/lightbox/ -- Eric Weir

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-28 Thread Bruce
A general comment - for both the subject comes across as being too centered. It could be partially aspect ratio, but in any case, I would crop just a bit somewhere to shift these. As the background in both images is not strongly contributing, any crop would probably work. Doing that much

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-28 Thread Ken Waller
images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden Autumn Crocus https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/15405892848/in/set-72157648487798090/lightbox/ Water Lilly https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/14971286324/in/set-72157648487798090/lightbox

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-28 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net: Autumn Crocus https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/15405892848/in/set-72157648487798090/lightbox/ Water Lilly https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/14971286324/in/set-72157648487798090/lightbox/ I like the water lily shot, although the left hand side

Re: Two images from a recent visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden

2014-10-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I also like the water lily; being centered doesn't bother me. G Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Autumn Crocus