Random Photo Part XV. DO NOT QUOTE PHOTOS & Photo Size < 800px PLEASE!

OctavarIan · 22-10-2009 03:19PM

daycent · 22-10-2009 03:48PM

katiemaloe wrote: »

^^^ Thats a gorgeous picture Daycent. Is that a wild hedgehog or a pet one? He/she is really beautiful. Nice contrast colours too

Thanks Katie, it's a pet hedgehog. It's some specific breed but I can't remember the name...

dakar · 22-10-2009 04:05PM

daycent wrote: »

Thanks Katie, it's a pet hedgehog. It's some specific breed but I can't remember the name...

It looks like an African Pygmy Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris

daycent · 22-10-2009 04:13PM

dakar wrote: »

It looks like an African Pygmy Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris

Yes, I agree

Chorcai · 22-10-2009 05:03PM

humberklog wrote: »

Here's one I took a little while back from same location but in daylight....

I cant walk in those walk ways when it gets dark, freaks me out !!

toe_knee · 22-10-2009 05:47PM

dryadssaddle · 22-10-2009 06:26PM

Slidinginfinity wrote: »

Ha ha, I took this photo today

oshead · 22-10-2009 06:28PM

dryadssaddle · 22-10-2009 06:35PM

denat · 22-10-2009 07:14PM

Slidinginfinity wrote: »

seagulls & crow pic

I love this pic.

I've just started processing and cropping my pics and never am sure where to stop when cropping.

If I had taken this (big IF) I think I'd have cropped a little more from the left of the pic, which might draw more attention to the crow.

This pic is much better than anything I could produce and I wonder if my idea of composition is entirely wrong?

Slidinginfinity · 22-10-2009 07:25PM

denat wrote: »

I love this pic.

I've just started processing and cropping my pics and never am sure where to stop when cropping.

If I had taken this (big IF) I think I'd have cropped a little more from the left of the pic, which might draw more attention to the crow.

This pic is much better than anything I could produce and I wonder if my idea of composition is entirely wrong?

I'm far from someone who knows composition.
I just shoot what I like and have the luxury of time.

denat · 22-10-2009 07:28PM

dryadssaddle wrote: »

rainbows in Limerick

In the same spirit as my last post, I think these shots are wonderful, particularly 1 & 2.

I've a long way to go before I might achieve these.

Again, my question is where to stop cropping?

If it was me, on the 2nd pic, I'd have cropped back to the right hand edge of the tower on the right.

The way it is presented is great but I don't understand why.

Maybe I'm simply not an artist at heart!

I would appreciate and heed any advice.

Fajitas! · 22-10-2009 07:59PM

Met some oddball sleazy photographer last night. He was claiming to be gay so he could take photos in the ladies toilet...

humberklog · 22-10-2009 08:04PM

Fajitas! wrote: »

Met some oddball sleazy photographer last night. He was claiming to be gay so he could take photos in the ladies toilet...

Absolutely nothing wrong with that ol' ruse. Perfectly acceptable.

-mcguire- · 22-10-2009 08:05PM

Stephen · 22-10-2009 08:22PM

Hootanany wrote: »

Stephen wrote:

link

Where

Clovis, New Mexico.

dryadssaddle · 22-10-2009 08:46PM

denat wrote: »

In the same spirit as my last post, I think these shots are wonderful, particularly 1 & 2.

I've a long way to go before I might achieve these.

Again, my question is where to stop cropping?

If it was me, on the 2nd pic, I'd have cropped back to the right hand edge of the tower on the right.

The way it is presented is great but I don't understand why.

Maybe I'm simply not an artist at heart!

I would appreciate and heed any advice.

ya, you're right about the cropping. the bridge is the primary feature in that photo and i've left a partial bit of castle poking out taking away emphasis on the bridge but you get sick of cropping every single photo after a while

. whatever you feel is the main feature in your photo, try cropping to put emphasis on that feature. another thing that i find good is to use the angles and lines of surrounding objects to lure the viewers eyes towards that subject. i am no professional photographer by any means but if you want your photo to be that little bit more dramatic, i suggest to always shoot raw, so you can change the exposure, contrast, colours etc. before converting to Jpeg.