Nice Susie... I really like the colour tone.
Out of interest, what is it?! I think the composition is great - framing and aspect works really well. Very simple in a good way and love the contrast.
Hi Susie really nice abstract image, had no idea what it was until i read the above, like the colour tone not an effect I have ever felt happy with when I have tried but this works
simple but effective
Great idea susie... (I would say that this week ), a beautifully smooth curve.
I also tried a bit of toning on mine... nothing as brave as yours though, that might be why I didnt like it. Anything I did just made the WB look off, so I settled for a bit of blue in the shadows only, 'cept I don't have any shadows to speak of, so its very subtle.
Yours is much bolder, I like it.
Hi Susie
Smooth - nothing much to say really as it is spot on the theme, comp is just right and the colour is beautiful. I partic like the subtlety of the tones in the LH side
That's cool.
Lovely smooth curve, great lighting and colour conversion and I love the way the diagonals flow into the corner Not too sure about the wobbly vertical edge, I wonder what it would look like cloned out to a straight vertical?
Interesting take on the theme and I do like a nice abstract.
Now, the colour, good to experiment. I did a B&W conversion and quite liked it.
Cheers.
Super image Susie love the colour, shading, composition pp is something I'm going to have to learn more about ..............sooner or later
hi Susie
that works really well as an abstract , lovely curve, the different tones of one color work well & the frame finishes it of ( though maybe a bit thick for my tastes ) ....kinda reminds me of Warhol's work....could see it as a set of 3 all in differing colors....
Hi Susie, really like the second shot , looks quite scary in a strange way, interesting processing on both would love to know what you did.
Hi susie, hope the walk in the woods has made you feel better, couple of great images to come back with.
First one for me, your added sunglow on these works really well. Looks super natural.
Perfect low POV for each of these, being able to see under the cap really benefits the image. Seeing an angle you don;t normally see really works. When i was mushroom hunting, I found a few clumps, but didn;t like the clustered look, or having to crop half of one out, but you've done both of those things really well. Lovely colours on both of these too.
I like #2. The uber low angle and lack of detail underneath the 'shrooms works well. Just the bright upper left that draws my eye by way of crit.
I've never managed to get a decent fungi photograph.
Cheers.
Hi so sorry I haven't popped in for a while, life's been hectic I have had a look at your I ages I have missed and I got to say, some lovely ideas for the themes and nicely thought out. Sorry I can't offer crit on all the images individually but I am so far behind at this moment and time.
Smooth - I love the abstract feel to this image and the colour, compositionally very good and fits into the theme beautifully.
Hi Susie, two great shots, 2nd for me, love the underneath pov, detail and colour in the fungi would go well with Grahams Space Odyssey, they look a little 'other worldly'
Oh Susie, can't believe I nearly missed commenting on your thread!
Shot 1 for attached is a lovely shot. Had someone else taken this they'd be getting plaudits, but you've gone and made it look almost "ordinary" with your shot #2...
Shot 2... WOW!
The detail and lighting on the middle mushroom especially is just amazing. Composition is absolutely perfect and that glow is heavenly, even if you did add it in post. Absolute perfection*
* Ok, I'd crop off the bottom 10% as there seems to be some sort of light spill or something OOF? Apart from that very easily changed bit, this shot is utterly, utterly perfect.
If you uploaded that to a stock photo site I'd be shocked if you didn't make quite a lot of money from it...
Hi Susie, another good and different idea for the theme, I think this could probably do with a bit of a crop, just below the wave about a third up from the bottom and a little more exposure seems a little dark to me.
That sea looks very wild some people are crazy
Hi Susie... definitely on theme As a very unaccomplished windsurfer (not a crazy kitesurfer), all I can that is that looks utterly terrifying!
I agree with Allan's comments totally: definitely a lift of the shadows if lifting the exposure would blow out the foam and perhaps a crop to just under the crashing wave 1/3 up? An perhaps a small sliver off the top to make it a bit more letterbox?
Well spotted and well captured and always good to see something else from each of us!
Hi Susie, great shot, love the high pov I'm going to disagree about needing a crop, I think the vast amount of sea around the surfer adds more to the image, makes it more dramatic. It does look a tad on the dark side,............. but I'm undecided if that just adds even more to the image, iyswim
Hi susie
Attached ... I agree with the above comments ... excellent stuff. #2 is most unusual but I think if I had to choose I'd say #1 for that warm lighting effect.
Harnessing the Energy ... great title that. Love it ... expansive, dark and dangerous ... the kitesurfer a little silhouette on the white water. I don't think it needs cropping. I love the sharp outline and bright colours of the kite too.