A mix from today~

[950]

Felt good to get out today and really just wanted to practice. Please critique away!!! Love your guys feedback!


Looking for something grey to set my exposure, got home and kinda liked it!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/koontz1/IMG_65541200.jpg




Foreground practice:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/koontz1/IMG664231200.jpg




Big lens Landscape:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/koontz1/IMG67251200.jpg

[NCBobD]

I especially like the last one. Very nice. I can invision that on someones wall or hanging in a gallery.

[obxguide]

Well Ken, on the first one I'm on the fence. It's visually interesting, if for no other reason than it's different. Kinda static, but then again, it's a ROCK. I think if the water had been a glassy dead calm it would be one of those reflections that really messes with your head, if you know what I mean. The one thing I'd do is level it I think. Looks just a tad downhill to the left to me. I'm pretty anal about anything with a water horizon/shoreline - gotta be level, or at least LOOK level to the eyes, even if it's an optical illusion causing it to look out of whack. On number two I like the color. Makes me feel like I'm lying on that "deck" soaking up the warm sun on a cool fall day, with a dead quiet all around, waiting for some ducks to come swimming by. I like the colorful sunny foreground contrasted by the mostly gray leafless trees in the distance, and the cattails right there in front. The warm yellow/orange tones against the blue of the sky and water is nice. On number three, I agree with Bob. Could be something framed hanging in a living room. Nice composition and detail, and color. Even though it's lots of straight lines, it's pleasing and calming to the eye.

[950]

Thanks Bob! Wife wants number 3 on the wall!

Fred - I just about launched my mouthful of pop all over my monitor! Still laughing! When I went through lightroom and was looking at it, my wife keep doing the "wait a sec" before I went to the next image. She says for some reason it's interesting and I kept saying "It's a friggin rock!" I threw it up here and it's got me chuckling that you thought the same. Kinda cool, don't know why I like looking at it, but it's a ROCK! LOL!!!
Thanks again for all of the feedback!!
Ken

[jckegley]

The second image has a lot of desirable elements in it.


Clouds in the sky
S-curve for the river
Foreground element (cattails)
Wonderful reflection in the water

I think if the leaves in the background had some leaves with fall colors, that image would be just about perfect. Still not bad as it is either.

I also like the third image, but the second is my fav.

[NCBobD]

On number three, I agree with Bob. Could be something framed hanging in a living room. Nice composition and detail, and color. Even though it's lots of straight lines, it's pleasing and calming to the eye.

The most expensive photo ever sold at auction (you were saying about straight lines?): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2060667/How-expensive-picture-Be-right-place-right-time-apply-spot-wizardry.html

[950]

Thanks Joe - liked the colors as well and gotta remember this spot next fall.

Bob - I saw that and even though it's BIG that's crazy money!!!

Fred- Still laughing!!!

[artsnimages]

Very Nice!

Number one is kinda cool although it could use a touch of clockwise rotation and I might not have centered the rock so much. We don't want to totally mess with Fred's head. (or mine for that matter :p)

The second image is lovely but I might warm up the blues a touch. ( + a little M):)

The bridge! Well, its a little overwhelming to say the least with horizontal and vertical subject matter. A looser crop perhaps with a little more above the structure as well for balance:)

Jim

[950]

Looks like the wife wants this for the wall...it's full frame now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/koontz1/IMG_6725-31200-1.jpg