Home Run!

[edbook]

 I was in Bremerton for a meeting a couple days ago and driving by Lions Field I saw that there was a ball game happening.  I wasn't in a hurry but was in the mood for making some photographs.  I walked down to the field and liked the diamond grid produced and held my Canon G9 against a post and pushed the doohickey.  There's a delay between

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[edbook]

I'd like to comment on your images here, critique if I might say.

The first image... my impression fairly featureless sky, distinct birds and then the bottom is motion blurred... I suggest cropping the sky down to just above the birds. This gives full attention to the birds with tierra giving a reference of place (albeit not readily, but it doesn't have to be spelled out by being sharp...) Reducing the sky gives the ground importance by giving it space and the reason for including it is to give place and weight.

The second image... I would crop it to a severe panorama only giving enough space above and below the birds to again give location and the interest of the line the bushes and ground make. Then, I would crop just a little off the right side so the birds are shifted even farther off center - just feels right...

The third image... I would crop off most of the bottom because the story of this image is the birds flying above an interesting line made by the ground against sky and the light reflections in the glass. With the ground, the lights are lost as clouds by the casual observer but when they are in the major space in the image, it gives more than image place but also your place.

what do you think?

Peace

[lefin1]

I think I need a better camera. However, I do value your advice on the cropping. For the most part, I don't do any cropping. I did think about it for these pictures, but I also wanted to get the feel of the blurred scenery from a fast moving train.

I learned a lesson about framing, in a most unusual way, about 20 years ago. I had purchased my daughter some toy dart guns, when she was little. One day, I started shooting the suction cup equipped projectiles at the TV set. TVs were all CRT back then, so didn't have to worry about screen damage. Anyway, I started shooting at people's faces on the TV. All of the darts ended up in center of the upper left hand quadrant of the screen. That's where all the action was! I remembered that, and incorporated that into my photography. It was a lesson in asymmetric balance. I'm still not quite sure why the upper left hand quadrant is so important, but I figure it might have something to do with a majority of people being right handed in our society. That silly lesson was probably worth a whole college course. I, almost never, center a subject.

I, personally, don't think any of the images I posted here were worth the time of enlarging and cropping. I was more just saying, "Hey! I took some pictures of birds too!" But your images are far superior. I wish I had a better camera.

[lefin1]

I like riding trains. The scenery that I've photographed from my commute on the train is usually the high point of my day. I do believe that the sea cliffs of Southern Del Mar are probably one of the most scenic of train routes.



That must have been cool to ride the train, free, as a kid! Not only was it free, but you got to brag that it was your Dad's train. I bet you have some great hobo stories!

Do you know the name of the purple plant on that cliff?

[edbook]

'looks to be Sand Verbena - I'm not at all familiar with southern wildflowers.

Peace

[lefin1]

I've always been curious about that purple wildflower. Tiny purple paper blossoms. Almost like crepe paper.