I have definitely qualified for many Darwin awards over my lifetime and I would have gone closer but my wife was freaking out so I had to let it go and switched to my 100-300 lens before it left the gravel.
The last one in particular is very nice. Love the way you've reduced that one to the essential attention grabbing elements. Heck, you could even turn that one into a bit of an abstract by cropping just enough off the top to lose the sky. Nice!
#4 is my favorite. I like the foreground in #2 the best, but in both #2 and 3 what distracts a bit is the non-painted hills that are in the compositions too. Moving slightly to eliminate those hills would really be a great help in those 2 shots.
JimFox wrote:
#4 is my favorite. I like the foreground in #2 the best, but in both #2 and 3 what distracts a bit is the non-painted hills that are in the compositions too. Moving slightly to eliminate those hills would really be a great help in those 2 shots.
Jim
You are right Jim. Unfortunately I had a prime lens on my EPL1 (60mm) and couldn't zoom. Plus it was raining.
In any case, these are not excuses, I realize I need to learn so much about composition/vision etc..
Sadly, I don't have 1 artistic bone in me.
But, I love nature and LOVE taking pictures.
I feel fortunate though to live in Portland and PMed Mark Metternich about some private tutorials in the near future.
I like the last one best.