Delurking myself

[ajgauthier]

hi all :-) Great to be here and finally posting. Here I have a series called Urban Nature which was inspired on a trip to Chicago...first time ever in a big city! I'm usually out hiking or somewhere in nature and found the "nature" I found in the city fascinating. I was able to do some of the same type of shots I do whilst hiking (Tree Canopy, Waterfall Through Trees) I realize the photos themselves aren't too perfect, it was a cruddy gray day, and my PS skills aren't quite good enough to bring out more green in the trees and such...so it's more the "artistic idea" I was going for posting this.

http://ajgauthier.smugmug.com/photos/26406033-M.jpg

http://ajgauthier.smugmug.com/photos/26406038-M.jpg

http://ajgauthier.smugmug.com/photos/26406039-M.jpg

http://ajgauthier.smugmug.com/photos/26406036-M.jpg

http://ajgauthier.smugmug.com/photos/26406031-M.jpg

http://ajgauthier.smugmug.com/photos/26406034-M.jpg

[BrettG]

:wave

I'm just seeing red X's in your post. I can go to your smugmug gallery and see them, so I'm not sure what's wrong...

[Edit - ok, now I can see the last 2 that I viewed in your gallery, so maybe the problems on my end :scratch :dunno ]

[Andy]

you must ensure that "external links" are turns *on* for the galleries you are linking from. go to customize gallery and fix that :D

[WaterfallRich]

I really like 'Waterfall through Tree' and 'Tree Canopy' :thumb

[ajgauthier]

you must ensure that "external links" are turns *on* for the galleries you are linking from. go to customize gallery and fix that :D
:doh

should be fixed

Adrienne

[ajgauthier]

I really like 'Waterfall through Tree' and 'Tree Canopy' :thumbthanks! :D

[ajgauthier]

:wave

I'm just seeing red X's in your post. I can go to your smugmug gallery and see them, so I'm not sure what's wrong...

[Edit - ok, now I can see the last 2 that I viewed in your gallery, so maybe the problems on my end :scratch :dunno ]
'k - think I fixed it! Though sometimes, I get red X boxes and all I do is right-click and choose Show Picture and it pops in. I think it's an IE bug or something. But, I did have ext links turned off...so...all should be fine now. thanks for letting me know :-)

[BrettG]

'k - think I fixed it! Though sometimes, I get red X boxes and all I do is right-click and choose Show Picture and it pops in. I think it's an IE bug or something. But, I did have ext links turned off...so...all should be fine now. thanks for letting me know :-)
Yes, I can see them now... Nice shots!

[Angelo]

AJ - very nice set. I like each of them :thumb

Welcome to dGrin.

[ajgauthier]

hiya! Thanks for "liking" the photos! In particular, I'd like to ask a general sort of question. The answers will help me in the future, as, I tend to shoot on instinct on framing a shot, or doing post processing in PS...no real book knowledge or classes or workshops going on there.

If you say you "like" the photo...what in particular catches your eye about it?

If a certain photo doesn't "speak" to you...can you pinpoint why?

Thanks! It's nice to have a place where I can get useful feedback and also see some great images myself to learn from :-)

Adrienne :D

[Angelo]

OK - I like that you set your sights on a theme and followed through (on most) with a nice mix of man-made and nature. :thumb

If you want detail may I suggest you limit your thread to fewer pictures and try numbering them so we have a way to reference the critique. I think you'll get lots of good feedback if viewers aren't overwhelmed. IMHO

hiya! Thanks for "liking" the photos! In particular, I'd like to ask a general sort of question. The answers will help me in the future, as, I tend to shoot on instinct on framing a shot, or doing post processing in PS...no real book knowledge or classes or workshops going on there.

If you say you "like" the photo...what in particular catches your eye about it?

If a certain photo doesn't "speak" to you...can you pinpoint why?

Thanks! It's nice to have a place where I can get useful feedback and also see some great images myself to learn from :-)

Adrienne :D

[douglas]

Nice series Adrienne, I really like the framing in #4 and 5.

Best regards,
douglas

[USAIR]

Welcome to Dgrin
Great urban series :thumb

Thanks
Fred

[erich6]

Nice idea A.J. You may want to post a particular one you're most interested in getting critiqued in the "Whipping post" forum. You'll get lots of technical critique there.

In general, I think you need to increase the color saturation a bit on all of these and the first and last ones are a bit overexposed. I like the graphical elemens of the canopy shot the best.

Erich