"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." Bertrand Russell
Thanks for the comment on (Big Dipper), Tristan. My camera maxes out at 30 second manual exposures so this is the best I could do even with a motorized equitorial mount :). It might also be cool to mount a camera on a stationary tripod and use a much longer exposure to see the paths the stars form across the sky, I think Darryl or someone mentioned that on one of my start images. Glad you enjoyed this cross between photography and freehand~
About joining the cadre, I dont have a credit card, (I am only 13) and to pay to get into the cadre, u need to use paypal, and paypal requires a credit cardand my parents can be evil
I'm just beginning on ceades but u seem to be interested in the sky, do u get your photos from a digital photographic telescope, because they are better shots than i ever got from mine. They are exquisite, really.
*~Moriah~*
Thanks for your comment on "Pigeon holed", Tristan - "discreet mathematics principles" mean nothing to me these days, but no pigeons were harmed during the taking of this shot....
Hi, thanks for your comment on "Celestial Waltz" The original milky/star photo that I used to make the sky was one I found on the net, it was a picture of some observatories and the sky above them. I used photoshop to make my terragen black&white and added in the sky :)
Tristan - thanks for your post on 'Church' - you're right, Caedes is the place to do a little desktop travelling....not quite the real thing, but until I can afford travelling some more it'll have to do!
Hi Tristan, thanx for the comment u left on 'logic & proportion' but i offer my apologies in the long delay in my response. & indeed leaving things in fires is very therapeutic, ever tried golf balls or cans of baked beans? if u do try just make sure u get sum cover. :p
Tristan. Thanks for your comments on "Home Sweet Home". I'm glad you liked it. The thin gray line is meant to give a more gradual transition from the image to total black. I tried it both ways and found the line pleased me more and gave greater definition to the image. Thank you very much for your support of my images. It really means a lot to me.
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -- Ronald Reagan
Since I left you SO many comments tonight, that must mean that i really like your work. I hope to see more good things out of you once your camera gets fixed. Thanks for the great pictures.
-- Travis
Hey Tristan,
Thanks for the indepth feedback on "Dragonfly Reflection" I took quite a few good shots of this guy, he was a real ham, it was hard to pick which one to post........John
haha... yes, they were trimmed again recently (those trees under the campanile) but i took that last spring semester... more randomly and then i thought it looked kinda interesting, but i agree, without the shadow it might have been better (just couldn't do anything about it at the time ;-)) berkeley campus is a fun place... too bad there is so little time to take pics. anyways, thanx for the tips - have a good one
haha, thanks for commenting on Frosty Gumball. Glad i could help you. The A60 is pretty good, of course it cant compete with an SLR, but Canon does have the best point and shoots.
Hello Tristan! Thanks for viewing and commenting on my Shell Point Sunset 2 photo. I used burst mode for this and took a series of photos as the boat went by. This was the best of the bunch. I'm glad that you like it.
Russ
"In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice."
Ansel Adams
Thanks Tristan for viewing and commenting on my image. I'm glad that you enjoyed Praying Mantis 3. I used a black velvet covered poster board in the background to block out the branches of the tree and highlight the subject.
Russ
"In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice."
Ansel Adams
Tristan - Thanks for your comment on "Abstract Flower". I didn't know you were a member here either till I ran into one of your comments on another users photo. I think I actually commented on one of your photos a while back actually, but I think that was before I found your website. Cheers!
sorry for the long wait on my comment...not been a good month or two...but thank youfor enjoying this photo of the beach patterns. Well, if its awindy day or WAS a windy day, then is the best time to capture this kind of pattern..thankx again
Tristan, thank you for your comments on my posting Good Fences Make Good Neighbours. You are entirely correct that the Robert Frost poem concerns a stone fence. This is one of a series of pictures that I have to post on fences, some that follow are stone. Frost came to mind while I was taking the shots so I thought to name the series such. Well done spotting it!
Thank you Tristan for viewing and commenting on my Floral Beauty 10 photo. I'm glad that you viewed and enjoyed it though I'm not quite sure what your comments mean.
Russ
Helo Tristan! Thanks for the thoughtful comment you left on "Life Begin Again". Glad you like the closeup view with some additional surroundings to help tell a bit of a story:-)
Hey Tristan, thanks for your comment on Capturing the Dawn. Actually, if you were serious about wanting to see the top of the tree and more sky, there's an uncropped version with both. When I edited the image in PS, I did two versions, one with tree/sky and one that minimized them. I liked the one I posted a little better, but hey, maybe you're right. Let me know if you want me to email you the other version...Mike
Hi Tristan...thanks a lot for taking a look at Water Colors # 3...glad you liked it...like your 'new' word too, even if it isn't that 'contrasty'...always good to come up with a new word...sometimes you can feel like you're using the same ones over and over...tks again for stopping by.:Pat.
Hi Tristan! Wow! Thanks so very very much for your extraordinary comments on "birth" (which I just renamed "energy". I am truly complimented and I thank you.
"What other reason could there be to get up in the morning except to set ourselves free."
If my comment on your work ever seems to criticise, it does not. It is always so that we may learn together.
Wow! Many thanks Tristan for the feedback on 'Bindweed flower'. When I made some adjustments with Photoshop, my constant idea was to preserve the softness of the tones on the flower. Thanks to my Minolta for the quality... :-)
Tristan thanks for the comments on "Sturdy_xian" and yes about the border. Still I like to work with photoshop and try to make it fit. Sometimes make a better shot and don't think about photoshop, have to learn. THANKS.
Thank-you for your comments on 'Garden of Eden' I appreciate that you took the time to look at and comment on my work. I appreciate the detailed feedback too, as I wouldn't have thought of some of your suggestions and will like to try them soon! Cheers!
Tristan, thanks for commenting on "Contemplative". I was afraid it was going to be one of those some-what artistic shots that didn't really grab anyone stronly enough to bother to like it. :-)
Hi Tristan! Thanks so much for stopping by on ~lightning at 33,000 feet~.Hubby & me were flying over The Dakota's & the pilot said there was a light show out the left side of the plane! It was beautiful. I grabbed my camera, wiped off the window (best I could,lol) & started shooting. How did I get this? I don't have a clue! But I did have 149 black shots that I didn't get!!! Just luck, nothing else. So glad you enjoyed the capture! It is my "first"! :~)
Thanks Tristan for the post and suggestion on my Loch Rannoch Sunset shot - a few other folks have commented on the shrubbery on the left. I'd intended it to be a framing element but on reflection there probably isnt enough of it there to achieve that effectively.
Yes ,adding a little more color to "Forest Floor" may work.But I wanted to be careful not to add too much color on this dark photo and make it look unnatural..Thanks for your comments..
Tristan, I really appreciate and agree your constructive critique of 'Thistle Bloom'. I was just reading an interview of Heather Angel. She was lamenting the problems of autofocus and how that has caused most people to assume that the camera knows the best focal point and therefore not optimize DOF and focus. Your timely suggestion has really helped bring this point home to me and I appreciate it.
Thanks Tristan for dropping by and commenting on "Prickly Situation". As always your comments are welcome.
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist’s way of scribbling; “Kilroy was here” on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass.
William Faulkner
Hello Tristan...Thankyou for your comments on (BRAEMAR).....In this part of the world the light changes so quickly....One minute the weather is sunny the next minute you have a downpour...mind you the area is ideal for us photographers...All the best...Mick.
Hi Trsitan, thanks for your comments on Robin 3. It was getting quite late on in the day and getting dull, thus the 1/40th of a second. It was the only shot of about 5 that wasn't blurred, the O.I.S on the FZ30 did it's job though:) Thanks again.
Hey Tristan, thanks for your comment on "Two Bees." I'm glad you liked it. I used a Sony Cybershot in Macro Mode. That was one of the many shots I had to take of those bees to get a nice clear one though. I looked at your website, you have a lot of nice photo's.
Hey tristan..well at least you liked the photo enough to leave a comment, so i do appreciate that. it's hard having random people in a photo like that without having an element of voyeurism in it if you know what i mean. I am happy with the way it turned out also:-). Once again, thanks for viewing and critque-ing!
Thanks Tristan for viewing “Water Baby” This one was posted by popular demand because lots of people seem to like although it doesn’t do much for me. It will be interesting to see how it rates.
you are dead-on with the polarizer. it can really wreak-havoc with a 10mm lens, you have to be careful all the time, although it can be very good when you dont ruin your pictures with it. i have another 360 panorama where it is much more blatant, i think in lake of the horns it is subtle enough, to not stand out, unless you're familiar with the effect
Thanks for looking in on`Bosham Harbour' and your comments, they are always welcome
I loooked in on your gallery and suggest you just keep pressing that shutter it looked pretty good to me !
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