Waiting

[jjeling]

Thought I would get a critique on this one. Saw this on a walk in the woods and figured it would make a good shot. Figured I should get a critique on this before I have it printed out.

[Mad Aussie]

I like the bokeh ... nice colours there but the main subject is too soft for my liking. I know you like 'soft' but sometimes I think things need to be sharp.

[tomorrowstreasures]

+1 on the bokeh and color
love the title -so fitting.

[Marko]

I REALLY like this shot.
To Improve, I too think the web itself should be sharper and for this shot, your tag text is distracting.

[jjeling]

Ill check the original out, maybe the image fell apart too much when i resized it. Doubt that is the case. Ill make sure to try it again. It is kind of hard though. There isnt a lot of light in the woods as you can tell, and to get the bokeh, you have to be at a high focal length, so any movement of your hand or the subject will soften the picture up. I will go back and try though. I generally never pump the iso past 400, but maybe I will start trying it.

[jjeling]

Here is the image again. I took the image I wanted to use for printing and resize it in a different way. The sharpness was saved much better than the other version. Instead of 800 at the longest side, it is now 1024 as well. Maybe this will help?

[jjeling]

Nope, resizing the image ruins this it is much sharper viewed through PS. The details are extremely fine as you can tell. It is a sharp picture viewed through photoshop. Is there a way for me to share the full version of this?

[Mad Aussie]

Nope, resizing the image ruins this it is much sharper viewed through PS. The details are extremely fine as you can tell. It is a sharp picture viewed through photoshop. Is there a way for me to share the full version of this?

Probably only if you send it to your blog as a tiff and then just put a link here for us to follow

[jjeling]

Will make the update later tonight or early tomorrow morning. Thanks for the idea.

[Iguanasan]

I've been linking my images in from Picasa Web because the forum software resizes the images and can make a bit of a mess of them. I know Marko would prefer to have them uploaded to the board but I kept getting comments of them being soft focus so I switched.

[Mad Aussie]

I've been linking my images in from Picasa Web because the forum software resizes the images and can make a bit of a mess of them. I know Marko would prefer to have them uploaded to the board but I kept getting comments of them being soft focus so I switched.
I have the same issue so usually send mine to Flickr or Photobucket instaed and link from there. Picasa Web doesn't work for me here. I like it but the photos don't show in the forums quite often. Strange that you don't have the same issue.

[jjeling]

http://creativeapproachphotography.blogspot.com/

I posted the picture on my blog. Hopefully it will hold the sharpness a little better. Since it is on my blog, there are several pictures added along with it. I made sure this one was at the top so you didn't have to scroll through them all, but feel free to look, its what the blog is for anyways. If you read the blog itself, I started out wanting to go somewhere with it, but then it turned into something completely different. Its what happens. Writing mode turns on and stuff just starts coming out and I have no control over it, it just happens. Thanks for the look. Its really appreciated.

[Mad Aussie]

Awwwwwwwwwww how COOL is this shot!!!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yHlXltjQqOo/SaY_CEGd2tI/AAAAAAAAANI/nc_2E1rVkw8/s400/52.jpg
Larger Version http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yHlXltjQqOo/SaY_CEGd2tI/AAAAAAAAANI/nc_2E1rVkw8/s1600/52.jpg
The image in question 'Waiting' does look better on the blog!

[jjeling]

Ive only entered two photo contests. One I took second and third and the other honorable mention. This one took second.

[Mad Aussie]

Ive only entered two photo contests. One I took second and third and the other honorable mention. This one took second.
The little cool, wet racoon??

[jjeling]

You think the wet raccoon is cute. how about


a Wet Beaver! :eek: I think the version down under is quite a bit different. LOL!

[Mad Aussie]

Put your beaver away Sally Anne!! http://www.mtbdirt.com.au/home/smf/Smileys/classic/groan.gif
The Racoon is much nicer!! ;)
Everyone wants a kiss from downunder http://www.mtbdirt.com.au/home/smf/Smileys/classic/searchme.gif

[Iguanasan]

I have the same issue so usually send mine to Flickr or Photobucket instaed and link from there. Picasa Web doesn't work for me here. I like it but the photos don't show in the forums quite often. Strange that you don't have the same issue.

Unfortunately, there are some hoops to jump through. It's not a simple copy and paste.

Here's a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVnNssUNoak) showing how I included the image below...

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_8Q3edxpMqBs/SYe9BEMP5WI/AAAAAAAADTo/Mli0DOpBxo4/s400/IMG_1698.JPG

[Mad Aussie]

Ok cool ... thanks for that IG. I do use the img tags but only get the url from the 'properties' so perhaps that makes a difference.

[kat]

You know..It's amazing how much better all the photos look on that site!!!

Makes me want to do one!

Keep up the good work JJ