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Seeing all the preceding posts, it seems like nature provides some wonderful examples. Here’s my offering:
Fierce… Congratulations on a great portrait @ed-aldridge.
Looks like that did the trick! No problems with login now. Thanks Rob.
Sorry, I could have been more specific. I’m still getting the 404 error and removing the capitalization logs me in with my ‘dual’ identity.
Glad you found my email was helpful.
PS The extra ‘edit this’ and resulting wp-admin access seems to have been eliminated. 🙂
I’m still having problems Rob.
PS I noticed all the changes this week – nice. Keep up the good work.
I thought this article was very applicable to your situation with this photo. It’s all about finding the appropriate roles for the various elements in your photo.
http://www.lightstalking.us/composition-elements-photographyI’m not an expert, but it seemed to me that the lighting was a bit off – flat maybe, and I found the glare on the table to be a distraction. Compositionally, I’d suggest taking the picture from a lower angle, or maybe even directly overhead, and/or cropping the plate more and presenting only a portion of it and not the full circle. That might lead to arranging the bread basket and salsa bowl differently or eliminate them altogether if they don’t contribute to the composition. You know what they say – work the shot!
You peaked my interest with your title, but not quite what I expected! My thought was that you could have positioned the clock more by the traditional rule of thirds. But that seemed less important in the second version. I liked the more ‘abstract’ version the best. It definitely had more ‘life’ to it.
Erik, to answer the question you posed – the uncropped version is the better of these two. But what I really wanted to know is what would you consider to be the main subject of these photos? It seems to be the palm tree as it is the closest to the camera and the most in focus. But if so, what does the building in the background contribute to the composition? Now if the main subject was the building and you hoped to provide a leading line or a natural frame by using the palm tree, I’d suggest that didn’t work out as you might have hoped, as the tree is simply too prominent. I clicked on through to your Flickr Photostream and noticed you have a very nice photo of the building without any other distractions. I’d have to say I really preferred that version over either of these.
This is a picture of the centre for the performing arts in our community. It’s located in the centre of town and surrounded by a natural wetland park with a series of walking trails. The building’s exterior is normally a fairly muted tri-colour yellow but it’s vibrancy was enhanced by the setting sun and nicely set off by the contrasting blue of the surrounding lake and the clear blue sky.
Intriguing photo @rebecca-beatch, congratulations! I thought rear curtain flash, maybe? But then I noticed the tags were double exposure, and multiple exposure. Just curious how you got your results.
They disappear in the fall and return in the spring.
Canada GeeseThanks everyone. I appreciate the encouragement.
@saycheese That is a cool image! I love how you’ve filled the frame and focused my attention right into the water droplets in the centre by blurring the outside edges of the seeds. Great light and colour too. Stunning! Of course, all those seeds are going to wreak havoc with someone’s luscious lawn. 😉
All the preceding posts were just GREAT! I read recently that photos of bicycles were very popular, but i don’t think i understood that until I scrolled through these posts and noticed my reaction. They all made me smile. Anyway, given what I had read, and even though I didn’t claim to understand, I still took the opportunity, when it presented itself, to take a photo for my collection. (Please forgive me – this is part of my HDR phase. I’m still in recovery.)
Details: ISO100 3 bracketed shots at 1/80, 1/250, 1/15sec at f/8, 50mm processed in Photomatix Pro
IMG_1598_edited-1.jpg by Betty Hodges on Light StalkingSelfie: Loves coffee, spends too much time on her computer, needs help to see, takes pictures, knows a thing or two about Photoshop, wishes she could paint or draw, loves vibrant saturated colours and strong textures, avoids being in front of the camera.
Thanks so much Gentlemen – I’m honoured.
I love selective focus! Here’s my offering. Thanks for the prompt @Karen.
Funny – I was just going to email you about this because I couldn’t login and hadn’t found this thread:
I recently signed up for an account at http://www.lightstalking.us. Over the last couple of days, when I try to log in, one of three things happens. Either I’m redirected to the login for the WordPress admin for the site, or I get a 404 Page not Found error, or after a few tries, the site acknowledges my login/password and lets me in. Odd – just thought you should know. This happens whether I’m using Safari or Chrome as my browser on either my computer or my mobile devices.
But perhaps you have the problem partially solved because after 4 tries just now, I was able to login on my computer, but not my mobile device. There is no opportunity to revise the URL on the mobile device before the redirect.
