A few recent shots. C&C always welcomed.

[JWellman]

Thank you for your C&C Derrel. I really appreciate and try to listen to the advice given. The lake is my second home and although it's an hour away I'm there quite frequently. I've even looked at real estate and my dream is to one day spend my summers looking at that lake. I'm always there searching for eagles but without a boat I've only been able to see them twice this year.

Shot #1 uses OOF foreground bokeh and a touch of humor to make an interesting, slightly offbeat shot.

I almost didn't post the barn photo. It was also near the lake. I saw it, stopped, stuck my lens out the window, snapped and drove off with only one shot. The fence being OOF is driving me insane and I would like to recompose it. I'm not quite sure I can get on the other side of the road (to allow total focus) but I would like to try.

Shot #4 of the fisherman silhouetted in evening light--I LOVE the way the frame is dark at the top, with several trees reflected on the water's surface, then some ripples, and then the bush in the upper right hand background, and then the man, complete with a couple of rings on the water, and at the end of his line, what looks to me to be a salamander on the hook!!

I really liked this photo as well. The first thing I thought when developing was how much I liked the detail in the water ripples. In another topic in the Beginner's forum I was discussing my aggravation with the 100x400 lens. This is a prime example of how well it does between 100 and 200mm. Anything between 300 & 400, and I suck. I've attached what the fisherman caught for your enjoyment. Poor guy...he wasn't having very good night.

The upside down butterfly; frankly, when they are positioned that way, tail-up, I could care less about them...looks awful, no matter how it's cropped...like a dead deer...just a non-starter.

I've learned something new, as far as what people prefer, with this shot. I actually took a few different angles (also at the lake) of the butterflies. As I turned my camera for shot #5 I remember thinking, this might be kind of a cool and different! Live and learn...

The roadway...ummm,okay...the vignetted feeling is a bit too intense and closed-in for my taste. Not much going on there, story-wise.

Once again I was out driving with the 100x400 out a window. I knew when I took #3 I was much to close to the scene. It was also a fly by shot and a case of being too ornery to reach in the backseat and grab a different lens.

:thumbup: Thanks again fellows. When I grow up I hope I can give C&C as well as you guys do. A lot of times I see errors in people's photos but cannot properly communicate what needs to be different. Hopefully I'll be able to pass on wisdom one day.