Thanks, Ken. I appreciate your comments. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice capture Dan. Good liight, detailed subject. > > If I were to change one thing it would be the elimination of the partial > flower in the LLH corner. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Fuchsia Orchids > > >> Thanks, Jack. Your suggestions are very helpful, and I shall play >> around with it a bit. >> >> I tried several angles on this plant, but this was the best. Some >> showed blue int eh background, from the water features of the >> greenhouse, and that was more distracting. Some angles showed a bit >> of wilt in a flower or leaf, and some did not seem as "balanced" to my >> eye as this shot. >> >> Because I like the flower so much, I submitted it to the Pentax >> Gallery, even though I recognized it was not technically all that >> good. To my surprise, it was accepted into the gallery, bringing my >> little portfolio there up to 45 images. I am always surprised at what >> makes it into the gallery -- and what doesn't. Many of my favorite >> shots have been rejected. >> >> Dan >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Beautiful blossoms! Unfortunately, that black background area is very >>> distracting, the pedals peeking in on the left edge should be cloned out and >>> the fuchsia color in the upper left corner eliminated. The black background >>> area would be a tough edit, but the image is worthy of a significant effort. >>> >>> Jack >>> >>> --- On Thu, 12/2/10, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> From: Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: PESO: Fuchsia Orchids >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 6:39 PM >>>> >>>> http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=29 >>>> >>>> Comments, Suggestions, Criticisms and Abuse are All >>>> Welcome. >>>> >>>> Dan Matyola >>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > -- > 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.

