beth

pretty sure that isn’t the current model in the store.  nicely captured.

thanks robert.

thanks, but, i prefer it as i shot it.  the light is where the tunnel ended.  the room behind that is a room and it doesn’t make sense for that much light to be there.

the tunnel ended at the light.  the area behind that is a large room.  maybe used as a cellar or something.  the two areas of light on either side was access from the space between the inner and outer walls, the tunnel led from the fort interior.

love the white on white tones in this.

thanks patrick.  they were fine with me setting up the tripod and grabbing a few frames since it wasn’t busy that day, but i think they’d have an issue with a portrait shoot.  its not a big place and the center of the fort is an open grassy area so everyone walks the same path around the walls.  i had a few groups of people enter the frame wh…[Read more]

thanks marty

thanks frank

my kind of shot, thought provoking horror that can only be achieved using a toddler’s toy.

consider going high key with a subject like this.  especially when the background is brighter than the subject.  instead of using the dodge and burn tools, try looking into luminosity masks in photoshop.

nice creamy colors and tones.  well done!

great tones

very cool &  wonderful tones.

thanks patrick.  just catching up after being away for a week.

thanks @wendyp, @patrickw, @jasenkag & @rgatscha

i found iceland to be overwhelming for the first day or two.  there were photographic opporunities in every direction and not enough time to shoot it all.  the mountains and f roads are very interesting to drive, but the ring road was pretty decent.  be careful and good luck on the rest of your trip.

one from this past week while i was in florida.

congrats on the potw!

the far left is your tightest crop with an overlay showing how my eye moves around the composition using the naturally occurring arc in the tulip.  you can see how the circle goes out of the frame, this makes it seem cramped.  the middle one is a cropped down version of the second tulip crop from your original post.  i’ve added the same circle to…[Read more]