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Posted by Justin Case on Tue Sep 02, 2003 4:15 pm

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Spring, Tx

Sony F717
1/50 sec
6.3 F-stop
100 iso

Taken late afternoon, between rain storms.

Any comments welcome...

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Sep 02, 2003 5:17 pm

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A nice serene shot. I think to give a little more impact to the photo, the upward sloping lower left could be reduced - its a bit too prominent, and the colors could be punched up just a hair.

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by Dan Baumbach on Tue Sep 02, 2003 5:38 pm

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I agree with E.J. on this. This photo would have a lot more impact if you punched up a saturation a bit and cropped a bit off of the bottom to make the foreground hill no so prominent.

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by thapamd on Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:09 pm

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Really a serene shot, Justin. I totally agree about the crop.

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by Juli Wilcox on Tue Sep 02, 2003 8:54 pm

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I see some pretty good detail in the grasses and shadows. The suggested crop and contrast adjustment would help focus my attention more to the more interesting textures.

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by Ken Cravillion on Wed Sep 03, 2003 11:19 am

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Yea, the composition is nice but the colors need a bit more punch.

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by Justin Case on Wed Sep 03, 2003 1:22 pm

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E.J. Peiker wrote:A nice serene shot. I think to give a little more impact to the photo, the upward sloping lower left could be reduced - its a bit too prominent, and the colors could be punched up just a hair.

Is this what ya'll were suggesting?

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by thapamd on Wed Sep 03, 2003 1:28 pm

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Now that I see the cropped version, I think I prefer the original...boy, I'm indecisive, aren't I, Justin?

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by Youssef Ismail on Thu Sep 04, 2003 11:57 am

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Justin,

I need to agree with the others about he foreground hill being a little to much, but I dont think cropping will help since where it is too much is not at the bottom, but at the top on the right side. The hill is too high. You actually needed to move up the hill about 2 steps to prevent the merge on the right side.

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