In a message dated 3/31/2007 6:19:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi!
Three fourths down the way from our town to Beer Sheva (capital of Negev desert region of Israel) there is this little nature reserve, called Pura. Here is a gallery of shots I made today. I should mention that 77 Lim is mighty flexible lens to use. Some of the shots were made using the monopod of course. http://boris.isra-shop.com/pura_2007/index.html Have your brutal and honest say. Boris ======= Okay, honest, I think you can do better. While it's not a bad gallery, it is not a great gallery. For one thing, you were shooting at the wrong time of day, too mid day, shadows are too deep and contrasty. Nature shots work best in morning or late day. It looks like a pretty area. I have walked on Mt. Diablo fairly often where I live and I have lot of photos that look like this. (I do like the bottle on the cracked earth). So, *if these were my photos*, I would look at them and think I often had not simplified enough -- that I had often not dug deep enough and figured out exactly what I liked about a particular spot or area. Hard to explain what I mean, Boris, but nature is pretty so just shooting it can produce some pretty shots. But pow or really good or great landscape/nature photography has more. Some sort of graphic or compositional element that stands out. I recommend a look at John Shaw's work (he has a good site on the web). Or Harald Rust's in the PUG. :-) I know what I aspire to, myself, landscape-wise, and I rarely achieve it. It's not easy. Hope that helps and is not too brutal. I guess I am saying, try again; you are getting there. Marnie aka Doe :-) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
