From the rainforest

[eddie haskell]

If you've never been to a rain forest, you truly are missing one of natures awesome works, they are a magical place.....

These shots just don't capture the true scene, but it was the best I could do :-(
It wasn't a lost cause, no, I learned a lot as I view what I got, reflect back to what I saw, and now can see how I could have done better. I will return again and allow myself more time to set up a shot instead of shooting and running, trying to get in many different shots.....

Hope you can get a sense of its wonder :-D

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm288/eddy-haskell/ntherainforest-5.jpg



http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm288/eddy-haskell/ntherainforest-6.jpg



http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm288/eddy-haskell/ntherainforest.jpg

[eddie haskell]

No yeah, nay, or you might have tried........??

Gee, this place use to rock with input, whats up.....get up and go, got up and went?
I might take it personal, but this lackadaisical open, view, and no interaction seems fairly spread across the board. Did everybody find another site to play and forgot to tell me :cry:

[marshall2]

I don't think it is anything personal Eddie, and no new places to play I don't think lol. It's just that time of year when everyone is getting the kids ready for back to school, going back to school them selves, coming and going from vacations, back to work, etc. Once everything settles back down I'm sure the forums will be a light with activity again.

As for your pictures, It looks like a beautiful spot. The composition is good on all them, but they all seem a little over saturated. Nice blur to the water in the second shot.

[eddie haskell]

I don't think it is anything personal Eddie, and no new places to play I don't think lol. It's just that time of year when everyone is getting the kids ready for back to school, going back to school them selves, coming and going from vacations, back to work, etc. Once everything settles back down I'm sure the forums will be a light with activity again.

As for your pictures, It looks like a beautiful spot. The composition is good on all them, but they all seem a little over saturated. Nice blur to the water in the second shot.

Thanks Brad :-D

These shots are right out of the camera with only a tad of lightening in PS. Could you expand on the composition by what you mean by over saturation please.....it would help a lot :-D

[traveler36]

I think an essential element to photography is the ability to review what we've done and self critique. Although we can learn from others, we may learn more effectively from ourselves.

[eddie haskell]

I think an essential element to photography is the ability to review what we've done and self critique. Although we can learn from others, we may learn more effectively from ourselves.

Well, ok, but I tried adopting that very same reasoning to my nudes prowess.....and failed miserably :shock:

Do you think it was only the mirror that distorted the image?

[traveler36]

lol lol lol lol yeah, that had to be it. Seriously tho', I think because only the photographer knows what the end result was hoped for, when we sit and contemplate our own images can we truly realize if the image reflects our intentions. I do this probably too much and the result is a lot of deletions before anyone else has the chance to review what I've captured. I am my own worst critic for good or for bad. Only my eye/mind connection really knows what I like. I have a sense of what I want to capture, but it doesn't always work out in the end product. If at first I don't succeed, it's a do over.

[eddie haskell]

Ok...I can understand that, freedom of expression.....but don't you also wonder what others see/interpret, about what you yourself have found and put down, to film?
Let me try a different tack. If I want to further my minds understanding, and all I read is what I can already relate to, does that not confine me to the status quo, instead of challenging and honing my beliefs?

[PPPhoto]

Eddie, I'm so sorry that I didn't get a reply to you sooner.

It seems that I haven't had a lot of time lately, so it's usually the posts with photos that I just ignore. I would love to view them all, but it takes forever, especially on dial-up.

And, Eddie, no offense, but images hosted on photobucket seem to take the longest to load. When I'm in hurry I just go back without waiting for them to finish.

You found yourself one nice area to shoot. There seems to be limitless subject material there. One thing that I think would help would be the use of a polarizing filter. I'm not sure how easy it is to use one of those with your camera, but... it would get the glare off the water in the first and third pic, and it would help reduce some glare/hotspots on the leaves as well.

I agree with Brad about the water blur in the 2nd shot. A little bit more might be nice too though.

[eddie haskell]

Thanks buddy :-D

I lost my polarizing filter....I think I drove off with it still sitting on the hood of my truck :shock:
Since I'm shooting a fixed lens, I don't really want to get another because I'm hoping Santa will get me a real unit this year :-D
I'm still trying to "think" what it is I want to capture, and how it will/might show, afterwards, photograph wise.
One thing I have come to realize so far by observing others, you can have great equipment, but if you don't know how to best use it in capturing and presenting a subject, all you have is another very well technically captured representation of ho-hum "yeah, nice" shot stuff.
I see those who can capture a very simple subject, yet by the way they present it, it becomes a whole new dimension all its own.......and I don't mean with post processing help, but with forethought and imagination before they ever push the button down to take the photo.

Dial up....C'mon dude, lose your 8 track while you're at it :-P