The American Dream.....A Distant Memory
by njsabs

Comment:
Sometimes the distance isn't very far between having a home and being one of the homeless.

The distance between one and the other for LOTS of people is as close as ONE paycheck.

Distance "fits" much better than the description of distant.

The idea comes through very clearly.

Very well done, Jennifer!

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Bovines
by Brin

Comment:
Hello,
An interesting photo. What grabbed my attention were their SHADOWS. I notice the cow on the left has a shadow as if the Sun were to her/his left.

The middle cow's shadow appears as if the Sun were to her/his southwest.

And the cow on the right has a shadow that appears as if the Sun was just about due south of her/him and her/his shadow followed the curve of her/his belly instead of being straight like her/his back is.

The shadows probably should all be facing the same direction.

Notice the middle cow's shadow starts at her/his front leg but the cow on the right has the shadow start at her/his back leg.

Just look at each one and think where the Sun would have to be in the sky to make the shadow be where it is in the photo.

Congratulations on the ribbon. You have some nice photos.

And congratulations to Stefania and yourself on being married 22 years as of last month... I think I read that it was 20 years in a two year old post.

Regards,

Ken Chevy

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Night Falls
by fluxn

Comment:
First: Nice shot. Works well.

Second: I don't understand the time of this photo. The EXIF shows Original Date/Time = 2009:09:03 06:36:54
That is 06:36am. Looking up sunrise and moon set for that date, and from Yellowstone NP east clear to Seattle west, Ephemeris information shows the moon WAS set by 05:30am in Montana/Idaho/and Washington. And in all of those states the sun did NOT rise until 07:00am about.

So, question: How could you take a photo when the moon or sun wasn't in the sky at the time the camera shows by an hour? What is in the sky? Or is it something as simple at the time being wrong in the camera? In daylight time, the moon set in Yakama @ 05:15 and @ 04:15 standard time.

Nice shot anyway, but I like things to fit the way they are supposed to!

Could I have an answer please?

Thanks!

Ken

Kelly Between Classes
by citymars

Comment:
Comment after reading your profile:

What does she see, looking 3 or 4 feet in front of the book she is holding? It makes her look really posed in the photo, like a static photo, not moving, not like it would be in "real" life. It would be a hard photo to take, if she were looking at the book her head would be really looking down, making her chin really close to her neck. I think you probably did the best you could with the shot, but it looks really setup. I don't think I would be able to take one of a subject like this either. Focus and color is good. A 5.

Adagio
by KarenNfld

Comment:
Hello Karen,

Nice shot. Congratulations on the ribbon.

Something for you to do next time. I looked at the other photo too. Maybe they are the way you want/wanted them to look. But, possibly you didn't see "how" they looked.

Let's use as an example a beautiful summer day, where the sky is so beautiful, a very beautiful BLUE. We have all seen days like that I would suppose.

Or looking at a lake like Crater Lake, Oregon, USA. The water in the lake is so pretty a BLUE that it looks FAKE. But it isn't. The water is over a thousand feet deep in Crater Lake.

IF we were to take a clear glass and dip out a glass of water from Crater Lake, it would be crystal CLEAR. Follow so far? If we were to dip out a clear 50 gallon barrel full, we could look right through the barrel because the water would be crystal clear.

When we look at the mountains in the distance, they sorta look blue sometimes, don't they? But when we drive down the road, we do NOT see BLUE between us and what we are looking at. Everything is CLEAR. The air is clear. (mostly) So is water.

IF your photo looks like you wanted it to look, then you did great.

IF your photo was supposed to look "real", then you didn't do good. It looks fake. Both of them do.

Caught my eye instantly.

Color in water or in the sky is caused by depth. The deeper the water, the bluer (or greener, etc) it gets.

With a photo like yours, we can imagine the water is a hundred feet deep and it IS that beautiful blue color. Makes for a very pretty photo.

But, where the water is only a mm or two deep, like over the tip on the right side and on the left side by the stem, it HAS to be clear to be real. Just like the glass of water from the lake, it is NOT blue, it is clear.

Where the water is over the bottom of the leaf there is just a faint blue tint, most wouldn't see it there.

So, try this: take another copy of your photo and mask the areas where the water is OVER the leaf, THEN do your saturation changes. The water showing OVER the leaf will be clear like it is supposed to be.

Something like that, "most of the time", doesn't get thought of. Even though I don't take photos worth a dang, most of mine are snapshots, I still know HOW a photo should look.

Please don't take what I said wrong. You are still learning, we ALL are. (hopefully)

And for the person who left the comment:"Will the idiot who voted this a "1" plese (sic) stand up! At least stop voting!"

The person who voted the "1" probably seen what I seen, they are someone who "knows" what a photo should look like to be "real".

Just because of that "blue tint" where it shouldn't be would have dropped it from a 9 from me to a 4 or 5 because it screams fake so loud.

Karen, you did a great job, the next time, make it perfect! Again, congratulations on the ribbon!

Regards,

Ken

Last Year's Christmas Bonus
by EverydayKumquat

Comment:
That is just great! I received the same kind of Christmas Bonus myself. Carolyn isn't the only one so special! Hopefully, all that stuff she makes that looks good enough to eat will let her have a bonus this year. Nice DOF! B&W worked really well. Some nice shots on your www, Michelle.

Carolyn and yourself are both really Wyse and will go far! (that was terrible!)

Regards,

Ken

6am Mexico Beach
by walrus451

Comment:
Beautiful shapes and colors.

Windows to the Soul
by mirdonamy

Comment:
Clipping the ear and whiskers detracted from the photo. The blue of the name tag detracts too. Good detail in the face and nice highlight in the eyes.

Face
by william88

Comment:
Too bright on her right side, burning out detail. Good detail shows on her left side, nice highlight in her eyes. Good control of sharpening.

Companions
by Mark-A

Comment:
Beautiful detail. Nice control of shadows and lighting.