On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 02:02:05AM -0700, Sasha Sobol wrote: >> Thanks for your comments. >> It turns out that the photo with magnolia: >> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3374492352 >> got most votes. >> Is it too simple, is not it? > > I see a lot of photos which are basically "texture". without the three > blooms in front, that is what this picture would be. > > Just the three blooms would also not be as interesting, though they > are lovely. > > The contrast between the soft white blooms and the hard contrasting > texture is wonderful. Especially since the texture is not uniform > throughout the picture. >> >> Everybody seems to agree that one that I picked myself is too soft >> (and bad overall, with focus not at the main subject, etc.) >> Thanks for this feedback - I tried to achieve certain effect with this >> shot and obviously failed - good to know :) > > What is it that you were trying to achieve? Perhaps someone could tell > you what you might try differently. Trying to put down ideas is I had an idea of juxtaposing the bud in front and the open flower in the back. I saw that as two copies of the same bud, separated in time. Obviously it did not work.
> Last fall, driving home from a dance event in Seattle, I stopped to > shoot some landscape. While there I came across a dead pigeon. While > shooting it, I remembered that someone had left a rose in my van (I > had given her a ride to the airport, it wasn't a gift for me). I > thought that the juxtaposition would be fun, but alas my skills > weren't up to my imagination: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157610185421629/ The picture is fun, but it seems it could be better (but I do not have a recipe). > > >> >> Thanks, >> --Sasha >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 8:54 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> > In a message dated 3/21/2009 10:00:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >> > [email protected] writes: >> > I have spent few ours in Filoli Gardens today. >> > Unfortunately I can not capture the fragrance with my camera. >> > Here is a single photo I'd like to show (and have it commented and >> > criticized violently :) >> > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/3373681635/ >> > >> > Here is the whole gallery -- in case you have time and patience. >> > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/sets/72157615644395225/ >> > >> > Thanks, >> > --Sasha >> > >> > ============ >> > Nice gallery. I really like that red tulip, the b&w trees against the >> > wall, >> > the blue flower, and the magnolia (the whole flowers, not the buds). Very >> > nice. >> > >> > Marnie aka Doe :-) >> > >> > --------------------------------------------- >> > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. >> > >> > **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for Under >> > $10. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000002) >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> > follow the directions. >> > >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post > the wrong answer. > Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
