Arizona Desert - Another Perspective

[Twisties]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sgendler]

Very nice, indeed! The jumping cholla in the boot made me laugh. BTDT a few too many times.

[Paul Mihalka]

Beautiful photography!

[Quinn]

Great photos. Need to work on your composition and framing on some of the shots.

 

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[beemerman2k]

Beautiful!

[David]

Love the bees on the flowers, Jan.

[Albert]

Great stuff as always Jan. Picture 5 is indeed rare. That is a picture of a tear in the space time continuum right?

[Twisties]

Great stuff as always Jan. Picture 5 is indeed rare. That is a picture of a tear in the space time continuum right?

 

We're sending Captain Picard and Data to investigate!

[Twisties]

Very nice, indeed! The jumping cholla in the boot made me laugh. BTDT a few too many times.

 

Mr. Neumann's boot. Note that I followed BMWST tradition and took the photo before rendering aid. That sucker was in there. Couldn't get it loose with a rock, and had to use a sturdy knife.

[Twisties]

Great photos. Need to work on your composition and framing on some of the shots.

 

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Thanks for the comment. Which ones, and what would you do differently?

[Les is more]

Couldn't get it loose with a rock, and had to use a sturdy knife.

 

Amputation seems a little extreme.

 

 

Beautiful pics, Jan!

[hANNAbONE]

...iT'S the Bee's knee's...

 

(*awesome stuff here Jan.!)

[Joel]

Excellent!

[1MPH]

And some people think the desert is all brown and sandy.

Very nice photos. Really liked the Bee's eye.

[Quinn]

 

I'd crop out some of the stem. Nicer if there were more blank space to the left of the flower. It would lead your eye through the photo better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[beemerman2k]

Great photos. Need to work on your composition and framing on some of the shots.

 

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Thanks for the comment. Which ones, and what would you do differently?

 

 

Reminiscent of the film, "Amadeus". In that movie, the king tells Mozart that his song has too many notes, and that he should remove some of them from the composition.

 

"Which ones did you have in mind?” Mozart replies. :smile:

 

Obviously, the king's interpretation of what constitutes good art differed from Mozart's. The king failed to appreciate the fact that at the end of the day, this is not a science with all of it's proper and improper practices and procedures, it's art! And in art, the beauty is first and foremost in the eye of the creator.

 

So if Twisties aim is to produce work that conforms with what we expect to see in a photograph, then I suppose there's always room for "improvement". But if Twisties goal is to capture an image in the way he sees it in his eyes, then how could we possibly suggest that he do things differently?

[azkaisr]

Couldn't get it loose with a rock, and had to use a sturdy knife.

 

Amputation seems a little extreme.

 

 

Beautiful pics, Jan!

 

I am managing pretty well on one foot thank you very much!

[Quinn]

 

Okay, let me try again; I saved my post too early and things were lost. Please realize that this is all just my opinion, and a very unprofessional on at that. Most of what I remember from school is the rule of thirds and leading your eyes into and through the picture.

 

 

I'd crop out some of the stem. Nicer if there were more blank space to the left of the flower. It would lead your eye through the photo better.

 

 

 

 

Might try to tighten this one up also. Cut out most of the blue above and to the right. Again, leading your eye into and through the frame.

 

 

 

Even truer of this one. The bird is leaving. What's chasing him?

 

 

 

I'd crop out the two tall cacti on the right and the bushy one on the left. Too bad you can't get an "S" curve of the yellow ground cover to act as a pathway through the picture.

 

 

 

[Couchrocket]

Jan, lovely stuff... I especially like the macro work!

 

Nice to spend time with you!

[lvnvbiker]

That last bird is landing, or fishing more likely. That pose is not a take off at all, notice the talons are leading?

Great shots Jan, way better than mine would have been, and with honest creative critique they will do nothing but improve. They have actualy gotten better in the few years that I have been around, keep improving at this rate you'll be in high demand in short order.

[Twisties]

Great photos. Need to work on your composition and framing on some of the shots.

 

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Thanks for the comment. Which ones, and what would you do differently?

 

 

Reminiscent of the film, "Amadeus". In that movie, the king tells Mozart that his song has too many notes, and that he should remove some of them from the composition.

 

"Which ones did you have in mind?” Mozart replies. :smile:

 

Obviously, the king's interpretation of what constitutes good art differed from Mozart's. The king failed to appreciate the fact that at the end of the day, this is not a science with all of it's proper and improper practices and procedures, it's art! And in art, the beauty is first and foremost in the eye of the creator.

 

So if Twisties aim is to produce work that conforms with what we expect to see in a photograph, then I suppose there's always room for "improvement". But if Twisties goal is to capture an image in the way he sees it in his eyes, then how could we possibly suggest that he do things differently?

 

Thanks. I consider my eye a work in progress, and am always looking for comments and criticism. It is interesting to see how others perceive the photos.

[Twisties]

Thanks, appreciate you taking the time to respond in such detail!

 

See comments interspersed below.

 

Okay, let me try again; I saved my post too early and things were lost. Please realize that this is all just my opinion, and a very unprofessional on at that. Most of what I remember from school is the rule of thirds and leading your eyes into and through the picture.

 

 

I'd crop out some of the stem. Nicer if there were more blank space to the left of the flower. It would lead your eye through the photo better.

 

 

Yeah, I often center my images and make them frame filling. some folks criticize me for that!

 

Might try to tighten this one up also. Cut out most of the blue above and to the right. Again, leading your eye into and through the frame.

 

 

 

Well, were just driving along and I only had the 100mm lens on, so this is pretty much as close as I can crop in. I just thought it was amazing to get any kind of shot at all. I don't really have equipment for BIF, and it's a whole specialty area in itself. Much practice needed. So, yeah the bird shots are not great, but I was thrilled to get this much. Anyway, I don't take the veiw that every shot has to be a work of art. Some are just like, "Hey, this is what we saw today," typical vacation shots.

 

Even truer of this one. The bird is leaving. What's chasing him?

 

Well, I could have centered it, but I kind'a liked it like this. Not a great shot for sure. But I did like the fishing approach action.

 

 

I'd crop out the two tall cacti on the right and the bushy one on the left. Too bad you can't get an "S" curve of the yellow ground cover to act as a pathway through the picture.

 

That is too bad, would be cool. I liked David' shot from this same area. He chose the cristate saguaro, and caught the little valley. My landscapes are definitely "run of the mill," but I'm working on them step-by-step.

[ESokoloff]

 

 

 

Looks like bands on both legs.

 

Nice shots