Photography By Yours Truely

These are just some of my work. I hope you enjoy them.

Very nice, especially the Bluebird.

Prefer the natural photos..... not sure about the enhanced images though.

turtle73, good job! I love art, the 5th, 7th, 9th are my fav.

Nice pics, but how do you get the aged effect as you've done with the group photo?

Very nice Turtle.... and a good variety.

It's funny how the wheel turns. It wasn't that long ago when colouring b&w pics was the go.... even with pencils.

They are very beautiful pictures. I love all..


Pim

Could I get a date with that girl with the basketball on the head please ....

Lemme know asap please.


Cheers

I like 1,2,3 and parts of 4. I'd like to combine number 1 with number 3 and myself somewhere in there.

Blogger is cute too. I'm wondering if that is her daughter or herself at a younger age.

Would you just look at what life has to offer...

Hi Turtle, Welcome to CS & nice to see your photos. I like the hobby myself, though not done anything serious in a while.. Anyway, hope you don;t mind but thought I'd give you some feedback on them, though I am no expert:

Goodspirit - There is nothing really to catch the eye here & seems a pretty flat day, (ideal for flowers with soft even lighting), though you could try making it B+W, something/someone on the path would have added more interest..

Smalltown: I find the central tree too dark, though printing it as a negative may make a difference & possibly crop a bit of the bottom..

Subject: Nice shot, but I'd definitely crop it just below the '23' as I find the jeans & field a distraction.. Not sure what relevance the basketball has, but otherwise its good.

Family: Really nice shot & wouldn't change it, though maybe try same thing with oval shape.. Also, Tiff, this is a Sepia effect & am pretty sure most photo edit tools, (Photoshop, etc), provide this & even go further with scratches added also.. Even a lot cameras & phones have it as an instant option also.

Youth Portrait: This is my favourite it is perfect as it captures that 1920/30's feel perfectly.

Flowers 1: Lovely photo, but I'd crop the sides off as the other stems & flower in background on the right lead my eye away & think this would make a bigger impact.

Flowers 2: It is nice, but could impact more by cropping away the black background on the left & top.

Flowers 3: Another lovely shot & idea with the coloured flowers is a great touch, but I think you have done too many. I'd suggest you try it only with the 3 central buds & maybe also try cropping in closer to them.

Hunting Buddies: Good photo, but taken near mid-day as light is a bit harsh & coming onto the wrong side of the dogs.. Best time for portraits is early morning or late evening, which I'm sure you know, though nothing says you can't break the rules.

Abstract Fire: Really cool effect & I wouldn't change it, it just Works!! Only improvement would be in getting the cat to look at the lens, but is far easier said than done!!

Blue Bird: Another cracking photo, though I'd like to see it enlarged a bit more & also crop the top & bottom away as it distracts the eye, and if you can, maybe try using the Blur tool on the trees behind to further emphasis speed, but don;t go overboard as it will not look natural..

Thank you again for sharing them & I might get back into it myself after September..