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p.1 #1 · Midas touch

The shots below are from White Draw area in Southern Arizona.
There is a special light around winter solstice time, when sun shines at very low angle so every peck of dust and every blade of grass are touched with gold hues.

1. In the morning

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2. In the evening

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2. Azure and gold

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C&C welcome.

Jul 26, 2012 at 07:13 PM

Matt Tilghman
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p.1 #2 · Midas touch

I think 1 and 2 are really cool. I love the sharp reed tips in the top right of #1... my eye keeps being drawn to them. In #2, I might crop some off both the top and bottom

Jul 27, 2012 at 12:28 AM

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p.1 #3 · Midas touch

I'd like 1 & 3 way more if the swimming coots were at rule-of-thirds intersections. I think the top of two should be cropped so that there's nothing showing beyond the green field; the bottom, possibly also, but not as important as the top.

Jul 27, 2012 at 01:36 AM

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p.1 #4 · Midas touch

Hey Sasha,

#1 is very different. Nice. In #2, I would also crop off the top so that none of the background is showing. In #3, I would crop some off the top.

Jim

Jul 27, 2012 at 06:11 AM

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p.1 #5 · Midas touch

Matt, Ernie and Jim, thank you for the comments and critique.
I tried to crop #2 and 3 per suggestions, but I like #3 in original version more.

Here is re-work (contrast and saturation increased)
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Jul 27, 2012 at 10:20 PM

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p.1 #6 · Midas touch

The first is nice and you might want to move your subject out of the center, at least give the coot more space in the direction it is facing. The second is a beauty. Removing about 1/8 from the right and maintaining the frame ration while removing from the top will bring more focus on the reads and birds.

Morris

Jul 27, 2012 at 10:36 PM

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p.1 #7 · Midas touch

Morris, thank you for suggestions, I agree that the compositions are not perfect.

Aug 08, 2012 at 06:04 PM

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p.1 #8 · Midas touch

Hey Sasha,

I really like your edits. I think in each of them, they do look really nice now. Good work on going back and working them a bit more.

Jim

Aug 08, 2012 at 06:13 PM

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