Well I made it. Photograph of the Day at Photography Cafe with one of my Squirrel shots from Brownsea Island over the weekend.
Here is what “Big Al” had to say
Jane’s POTD is all down to timing and composition. The ground behind is blurred yet in sufficient focus to show that subtle diagonal slope. The squirrel leans away from centre and (crucially) faces towards the centre. The charm of this character is the pair of tufted ears and they stand out well against the darker blurred background.
It’s been a while since I got POTD at Photography Cafe, so it was a nice surprise to find myself awarded one for this shot of Flotsam in West Bay Harbour, I dual toned it in Lightroom to bring out the textures and did a slight crop to 10×8 format.
This is what the image reviewer “BigAl” had to say:
When you think of sand you think yellow-orange (in the red spectrum) so it was quite interesting to see the effect of a blue spectrum tint. I found it refreshingly different. Note the darkening of the edges which puts attention on the subject and adds strength to the diagonal formed by the objects on the sand.
For the second time in a week I am delighted to receive Photograph of the Day for one of my shots from Jordan, this time one of the little donkeys who work so hard in Petra. I had lots of donkeys in my shots as they gave a nice sense of scale to my images and looked much nicer than most of the tourists.
Here is what “Big Al” the sites photograph commentator had to say
Without the donkey, Jane would’ve been lucky to get in the Crackers list because the scene is very much all one subject. But the one subject in the foreground makes a magical transformation and gives scale to the picture. Normally one would have a relatively large foreground object; but here the subject has to be smaller to give the sense of being lonely against the vast terrain. Finally, and very nicely too, the donkey faces into the centre and is right in front of the path leading down. That’s a magic extra.
Built on Simply Works Core
Powered by WordPress
Copyright © RJT-Photography
Imagination : Dedication : Inspiration
