Re: PESO: First tree of winter

2010-10-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Steve, I don't think it is too successful a shot as it is presented. In no particular order: * The object in the bottom right corner is distracting. * At the top right corner there is something (branches of another tree?) that overlap the branches of /the/ tree in rather distracting manner. *

Re: PESO: First tree of winter

2010-10-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
No offense taken. The whole point of this exercise is to get constructive criticism. One thing I've realized recently is that sometimes I like something very different from others when I am looking at the PESOs. This means that how my judgement plays out in my own shots might not be agreeable

Re: PESO: First tree of winter

2010-10-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
Here's a version withe the distractions cloned out: http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=tree2.jpg On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: No offense taken.  The whole point of this exercise is to get constructive

Re: PESO: First tree of winter

2010-10-26 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/26/2010 4:11 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Here's a version withe the distractions cloned out: http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=tree2.jpg To my eye it looks significantly better than the original. I appreciate the fact that you understood my

Re: PESO: First tree of winter

2010-10-25 Thread Jack Davis
Exceptionally well composed and rendered, Steven! Jack --- On Mon, 10/25/10, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: First tree of winter To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 8:29 AM This is

Re: PESO: First tree of winter

2010-10-25 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I like that image very much. Great sky, and great patterns in the branches. Dan http://tinyurl.com/matyola On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: This is one of those scenes you encounter on a walk.  It's a great combination of background and subject and

Re: PESO: First tree of winter

2010-10-25 Thread David J Brooks
Well done. Needs more snow.:-) Dave On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: This is one of those scenes you encounter on a walk.  It's a great combination of background and subject and sky and it's never quite as good in a photo as it was live.  Here it

Re: PESO: First tree of winter

2010-10-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
I'm working on my snow dance. I should have it down by January. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:00 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Well done. Needs more snow.:-) Dave On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: This is one of those scenes you