* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #783 / Revived #004 on 2023 04 25 *

I think the image has potential and you can make it into a much better one with some time. I played, because it is an addiction!

Andrew

I do not know why but when I saw 3230218 the first thing that came to my mind was the Scream 'painting'. That can not be a bad thing!

Andrew

Well, I'm not quite sure what to make of that, lol. It seems my processing distracted you from the content, which is not a good thing, of course. I do appreciate your time!

I feel you've captured the feeling of the claustrophobia those tunnels can bring on, with the curve on the right and behind the people. I really like the ugly-beautiful fish you caught and the viewers' similar expressions :) Fun!

I always struggle with compositions and editing that seems to give equal billing to land and sky. The landscape is such a strong presence, I'd prefer softer clouds and sky color, Just my personal preference.

Energetic, happy colors and design. Would you share information on what you photographed?

It doesn't hurt my eyes :) I do find it "busy," with all the details of the background in focus. The tree is a compelling design, but perhaps location and conditions make it impossible to isolate?

Well, the Zenfolio linked image does not yield a larger view, so I'll say the direct upload is preferable. It was painfully slow to open (reminded me of the old days of daily up modems and compuserve), not sure whether that is the DPRev site or if my own internet service having problems. Interesting beach shot with an adult guarding the colorful water toys with the city hiding behind a heavy cover of haze. The alternating layers of sand, water, rocks and city create a compositional layer cake of different subject matter enjoyed separately or together, from playful and lazy to serious business.

Oh yes, lots of possibilities, as other members have already shown. I chuckled over your comment that mid-day is the worst time to shoot, because just yesterday I watched Alister Benn's video, "Is it Really All About the Light?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=s800XJsz8GU

Love the colors and subject of the second image. A happy, uplifting feeling.

Thanks.

A neon sign, and a LED-lit hotel.

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I think this is like the 2nd or 3rd camera I've seen you make ICM's with. Is there any preference, or anything of note you've found between different systems?

I've been doing ICM for about 35 years, starting with a Nikon F3. In that time, I've used quite a few cameras.

If I were going to make those kinds of pictures now, I'd use a Z9.

We have often noted that themes tend to develop within the Wednesday thread. It is always fun to look for them. Yours and Roel's are quite similar in many respects: a clear foreground filled with colorful contrivances, and a distant hazy background which is very dissimilar in nature from the foreground. The foreground here is my photographic nightmare, a crazed mishmash of poles, electrical lines, painted lines on the streets, street signs, stop lights - stuff I would want to clone out except here you have given in to the mishmash and used it for a subject. I do like the warm toning you've given it, which resembles an old film shot from the 60s.

This is hilarious. You've made a good acquarium capture (those are not easy for various reasons) of a hideous looking giant fish with a severe underbite and jutting jaw nose first into a compositional triangle. On the lower left you have two gentlemen with underbites and jutting jaws looking back at him with suspicion but the same expression. The eerie blue toning common to aquarium lighting is well caught and adds to the authenticity of the scene. Would not be as interesting if you'd tried to correct that lighting. Made me smile.

No need to delete, we are OK to talk here about our grand successes, our dismal failures, and the 95% that falls in the middle of those categories. This doesn't bother my eyes. My compositional weakness is pictures with a bunch of stuff in the frame so I feel right at home here. You've got a great big gnarly tree with loads of personality (eucalyptus? something we don't have here). If said tree is your subject, Linda may be right that backing off and using an even larger aperture if available might give you more separation from the background to show off the wonderful curlicues of the tree limbs. You've got it in the right position, I think and it's sharply rendered. Choosing which parts of your image to have sharp and which ones to try to blur is an ongoing journey we are all on. The second part of that journey is figuring out, given our own array of equipment, how best to achieve what we want.

Lowering highlights a bit in PP might give you more definition in the sky if you decide you want it.

There is a smaller picture hiding in the frame too.