Lenny Wollitz

I vote for Graham’s crop!

Hi Barb.  Looks technically good but compo is lacking an obvious subject.  I have read that the subject should be half to 3/4 of what attracts the eye and have some interest.  My eye can’t find anything to stop and look at.

Hi Kent, I was kinda surprised that you posted a snap like this.  What appeals to you?  I like the toes!

I think I posted my reply wrong so here goes again.

P71, You got the guys face, excellent! The photo is not real sharp and it could be the JPG but I would have gone with a little bit faster shutter speed and raised the ISO a tad especially if your planning on converting to BW… noise can be grain in BW. When I’m walking around looking for str…[Read more]

Hey Rob, I like this one and feel the huge amount of blue is enough of a subject.  I would look at making a bit of a pano out of it by cropping out a bit of the top.

P71, You got the guys face, excellent! The photo is not real sharp and it could be the JPG but I would have gone with a little bit faster shutter speed and raised the ISO a tad especially if your planning on converting to BW… noise can be grain in BW. When I’m walking around looking for street/candid shots many times I will use shutter priority,…[Read more]

Hi Rob, nice pano and I love the horizontal feel.  I might try removing the “extra” bridge on camera left as it is a bit of  an eye snag.

I agree with Frank.  Lower left.  The guy with the dog has a posed caught in the headlights look.  The two guys on bikes are, well,  boring.  Three of the photos are of rear ends again.  Faces add interest and personality.

OK you guys, I wondered about the duck too.  It does seem to be a bit of a distraction but I kinda like it.  I’m going to put this in a show so I guess I will remove it.  Thanks for the nice comments!

Federico, I have been trying to get digital photos looking like film.  It would be helpful if my experience with film was more than family sna…[Read more]

Congrats Chris!

Congrats to all.  Very nice Beth!

Hi Erik, I didn’t have one handy.  The closet thing I had was my wife and 43 year old daughter.  Your probably right I kinda thought people would have been a distraction from the figures on the wall.

Hi Rob, I feel the same.  We have tons of “wall art” here and it’s just very tempting. When possible I try to add something to it like the dog with the D.Q. that you  commented on.  But it’s still other people’s art.  I thought of adding someone on the bench but I  didn’t have the time (or willing person) and I’m not sure if that would have work…[Read more]

The lines going from edge to edge are nice.  I like to see peoples faces but not so much the other end.  It feels crooked, if he is wearing jeans your processing is way over done.   The plants on the wall are a blob of black with no character.

IMO, the only thing in the photo that looks much like autumn is the band of orange leaves on the bottom edge of the photo and they are more of a distraction than a subject being on the edge like that but the do attract the eye.

I’m no landscape shooter but cropping out the bottom edge would look nice for me, but not Autumn-ish.

Hey Rob, it’s kinda fun to color outside of the lines.  Take a walk on the wild side!

Ha, ha, ha!  John, DQ sounds good, it’s over 120F heat index here.  Sounds like a plan to go the the mall and walk abound in the air conditioning and have a dilly bar.