2016 Project 52, Third Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko

Another shot from PortDalhousie


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Early morning at Confederation Park.

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f8, ISO 200,100mm, 1/640"

This is a good one, Joe...I love it...waiting has its rewards...and this one is just about it. Good job.

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Originally Posted by joebranko

Early morning at Confederation Park.

http://i68.tinypic.com/2zeifc6.jpg

f8, ISO 200,100mm, 1/640"

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Sailboat at anchor.

Dawn at the lake shore, Confederation Park

ISO 400, f 11, 1/160, 96mm.

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Toronto Skyline backlit by the sunrise.
f8, 250mm, 1/320", 400iso

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Unusual shots, Joe...I much prefer #1 between the two of these...

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Originally Posted by IzzieK

Unusual shots, Joe...I much prefer #1 between the two of these...

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Thanks Izzie. My 250mm lens was not quite up to the task
of capturing this skyline about 30km away. But I thought I'd give it a shot anyway🤔

#2 has some artistic potential to be explored! A good challenge--Looks more like a middle eastern site than Toronto for those of us not steeped in the profile of specific buildings!

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Originally Posted by Urbanflyer

#2 has some artistic potential to be explored! A good challenge-

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Thanks Judith. I'll have to give this more thought.

Canada Goose: Backlit by Sunrise

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All good and some potentially tricky exposures have come out well.

Lovely shot Joe:) The yellow color cast adds to the look of the water but I think the color of the goose needs correcting a bit selectively :rolleyes:

Another sunrise:

http://i63.tinypic.com/15q3jmx.jpg

and some shots before the sunrise:

http://i64.tinypic.com/izw2np.jpg

http://i65.tinypic.com/2yv40sh.jpg

Beautiful colors! Are you still focusing on composition as your goal for improvement for the year?

I liked the abstract quality of the second one. The improvements in composition that would attract me as a viewer are these:

1. cropping in just a little from both sides and possibly a small amount off the top
2. increasing saturation just a smidgen except in the very top of the sky.
3. increasing clarity in the orange water to provide just a little more textural interest.

Clearly, once again, this is all personal preference. You have wonderful colors as a starting place!

Enjoying your new set of images; all have something special about them :)

Some more tricky scenes which have been well handled.

I like #2 and #3 Joe :) IMO the setting sun in the first image deserves a better composition. Nice colors and I like the calmness but the big tree doesn't work well.

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Originally Posted by Urbanflyer

Beautiful colors! Are you still focusing on composition as your goal for improvement for the year?

I liked the abstract quality of the second one. The improvements in composition that would attract me as a viewer are these:

1. cropping in just a little from both sides and possibly a small amount off the top
2. increasing saturation just a smidgen except in the very top of the sky.
3. increasing clarity in the orange water to provide just a little more textural interest.

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Thanks Judith. Yes still working on improving composition. Your suggestions are welcome. Here are the changes I have made based on your suggestions:

http://i68.tinypic.com/f2rhwz.jpg

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Originally Posted by bnnrcn

I like #2 and #3 Joe :) IMO the setting sun in the first image deserves a better composition. Nice colors and I like the calmness but the big tree doesn't work well.

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I will try an alternate composition:

http://i65.tinypic.com/5nokk7.jpg

This has removed half of the offending tree and ( hopefully) makes the sunrise more prominent.

It looks better than the original Joe. I shot something like this in the past ( setting sun through a big tree) too and I had the same problem with the composition. So, I usually don't prefer to shoot those kind of scenes now unless I'm sure it is a great composition :)