Gogebic Photography Guild

Nice to see the children are behaving and getting taller ;) You should send a photo too National Geographical Magazine they might put it in a maazine one day Jon.. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/photogalleries/space-pictures/photo10.html Peter My images still do not have the qualit...

Bobby, I like the colors. Too bad the lights are so bright. Wonder if anyone here can help with how to photograph this type of situation. I also run into it every so often and haven't came up with an answer. How about it Jon, any ideas? Exposure. We tend to try to convert nighttime images into dayl...

Bobby, I think the secret with a wide lens is to get in close. Something like images 3, 5, and 6. You always need detail in the foreground to lead your eye into the image (like #3). I have seen images where the foreground had a closeup of wild flowers, and the background showed a mountain range. The...

kilm53 wrote:Also a flower..but a nicer one Jon...

Thanks Peter, but my wife thinks that it is a wild onion.

kilm53 wrote:A flower...

I found out on another board that it is this:

"Cephalanthus occidentalis MADDER FAMILY - Rubiaceae Button-bush Honey-balls Globe-flower Button-ball Shrub River-bush"

kilm53 wrote:I chose the 2nd one as there is a tiny black mark above the leaf the dragonfly is sittin on in the first 1..

Yes Peter, I debated removing that spot. I somethings think that we are too anal in the digital age. I did leave it in to see if anyone objected to it. Back to Photoshop!

Sorry to differ with Peter, but I prefer the first one. The dead ends of the out of focus leaves bother me in the second, although I do like other things about it. What kind of cards do you mean, Jon. Will these be post cards? If so, you may find your market fairly limited to males -- and you know ...

kilm53 wrote:You never know Jon...

So true!

JohnSR wrote:Jon, any chance to have a forum for things not photograpy related. Sort of like the "Sparkey" forum over on Stevens site?

Sure! I'll set something up.

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