Chris DeYoung

I like it, but I think it depends a bit on what you want it to be. In particular, you said “The landscape guy in me still wants to leave a bit of the ground in the shot to give it scale and depth.”

Is it a landscape? If so, ok. If it’s an abstract though, then it doesn’t need scale or depth, at least not in the sense you’d apply to a landscape.…[Read more]

Samsung Galaxy 8, taken and processed with Lightroom CC mobile.

I like it, though if you’re going for creepy (and you’re okay working with photoshop), how about more hands? And maybe make them all left hands, or right hands? 🙂 Might not work, but I’d be curious to see how it comes out.

I still can’t find an easy workflow for EXIF data.  *sigh*

The image I posted has EXIF data, but I don’t know if the forum software preserves it or how to view it, so here it is again just in case.

Filename – IMGP7758.jpg
Make – RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
Model – PENTAX K-1
XResolution – 240
YResolution – 240
ResolutionUnit – Inch
Software – Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.1 (Windows)
DateTime -…[Read more]

Old subject perhaps, because cardinals are generally photogenic? But mostly, new lens, 150-450 zoom. Whee! Also perhaps new, image made with Pentax gear, which I expect is becoming increasingly rare. 🙂

(Though this isn’t the shark tank, CC is always welcome for me if you notice something to point out.)

I recently picked up a Dell G7 gaming laptop for a general purpose mobile platform; it’s okay, but quite noticeably slower than my desktop for running Lightroom (classic). I haven’t tried to do much in Photoshop on it at this point.

Another thing I notice is that the color is only okay on its display; the gamut is a little limited. It’s fine for…[Read more]

High key version

I did a little experimenting with black and white; a low key version and a high key version. This is fairly quick and dirty, but you get the idea — lots of room to play with!

Hi Katie,

I like the composition and the idea here, nice catch.

A couple of suggestions — one, it looks to me like it could be straightened slightly; the horizon rises to the right a bit, so the background trees lean a little left overall. Two, it’s a little hard to be certain with the resolution in the post, but it looks to me like your focal…[Read more]