A Couple of new Flower Picts

[mwcfarms]

Did you really read LaFoto's post? I saw no where that she was demonstrating no tact. My post, yes. Because I wanted you to see the difference.

Thanks for the lesson but I think we should stick to photography... Wether or not "you felt" the conversation lacked in substance is merely your opinion on a post that wasn't yours.

And if you do see I actually did say the sunflower shot had potential, the framing dissection is where it kind of takes away from the shot.

And this was very helpful, as I had stated in the next post... I do want to learn! I also want to skip this childish BS and get on with it.

Yes perhaps my comments were snappy. I do not believe however they were dimwitted. They were meant to prove a point.

Snappy isn't worth much nor does it have any positive impact on trying to make a point. It is also familiar to high school "chat room" behavior and brings no credible, meaningful dialog to the "PHOTOS" we are supposed to be discussing. If you try to keep posts to actual, useful information it would just be better taken. I stated a point above and thought your two cents just didn't help, that's all.

No hard feelings, maybe I just got off on the wrong foot... I will be more receptive to the actual critiquing and not let the non-technical comments get to me so much , LOL :mrgreen:

No that's ok, perhaps both of us got off on the wrong foot. I just wanted to say that I wouldn't have any idea about high school chat room behavior. We had DOS in school when I took computers and no internet connections. If you are looking for technical only be prepared for the subjective that comes with it too. Pictures are all open to interpretation just like art. This is why it helps if you give a bit of back story if you wish including what you shot with, exposure, aperture, shutter etc including time of day etc. Anyways welcome to the forum, I promise to try to be less bitchy next time. :greenpbl:

 

[jasonneel]

1

 

[Bo4key]

Thanks Bo4key for the insight, yeah I was experimenting a bit on number one and wasn't sure how the reaction would be. In your opinion, would there have been a better way to do what I did or improve on it, or are you just not a fan of that type of processing? It will help to know specifics, thanks. You know, in the last one I had to crop a bit tight because it was windy and I had to hold the flower, hence, my thumb was in the way, lol...

I think there is a place for selective coloring but that it gets over used. If you were just learning the technique with this photo, then it was a good idea to post it to get some feedback. I don't like the 'feathering" of the black and white tones into the flower. I think that if you were going to selectively color this photo, that the entire flower should be in color and with the rest of the back ground in black and white. But, in this case, I don't think the flower is vibrant enough to deserve to be colored. But, you could always try to up the saturation in post processing.

I'm pretty new to the forums, but I've quickly learned to have a thick skin. Sometimes people are just trying to help but come across smug or blunt, but I think comments can also be misinterpreted as rude because of the language differences and such.