Two more from the Fair

[Rainforest]

Tiny pics cooperated so I'm posting three more. These ukuleles are for sale every year though the colors change each year. (It's tack sharp in LR but not so much here)..
The last one is similar to the one in the other post - I actually like it better :-)

[Mike Buckley]

The second photo is by far my favorite of your photos of rides and I like the others a lot. It's an ideal combination of color, motion, perspective, lines and overall composition. Nothing short of a total winner!

If the first photo isn't as sharp as when it's displayed in Lightroom, that's probably because you didn't sharpen it enough for the small output you used to display it here. It's a great concept and executed well, which makes me wish you hadn't displayed it here in such a small size.

The two photos are so colorful that I recommend that you put significantly more space between them so they don't compete with each other.

[Rainforest]

Thanks for the sharpening tip Mike and your kind comments too. It would have been nice to get the full circle. I stood where I could to keep the tripod safe and not impede folks and called it good.

I added one more since you looked!

[Mike Buckley]

I'm reasonably confident that including the full circle wouldn't have necessarily made the image any stronger. It's often ideal to leave some information up to the viewer's imagination and this composition is a good example. It's also possible that including the entire circle would have messed up the relationships involving the diaganol line, the center of the circle and the rest of the image. It's also possible that including all of the circle would have compelled you to use a vertical format, which might not have been as strong as the square (or is it nearly square?) format.

[Wavelength]

Very colorful and really impressive!!!

[John 2]

Wheeeee - although I don't think I would risk a ride going that fast. Two more very nice images Susan.

[Shadowman]

Nice shots.

[IzzieK]

These are two more pretty images, Susan. I kinda like #1 best between these two.

[Rainforest]

I'm reasonably confident that including the full circle wouldn't have necessarily made the image any stronger. It's often ideal to leave some information up to the viewer's imagination and this composition is a good example. It's also possible that including the entire circle would have messed up the relationships involving the diaganol line, the center of the circle and the rest of the image. It's also possible that including all of the circle would have compelled you to use a vertical format, which might not have been as strong as the square (or is it nearly square?) format.

It is square but doesn't look it.. I see what you mean about the balance as it is.

[Rainforest]

Thanks All for your comments! I appreciate them all. Wheeee ;-)

[NorthernFocus]

Both of them are awesome, Susan. The line of static bulbs pointing up into the spinning wheel is interesting. Makes the mind do a double take on what it's seeing.

Regarding the sharpening, Mike is likely on to it. In general sharpening should always be done at final image resolution. But my typical workflow is to optimize sharpening at full(or print) resolution. Then in addition when resizing and exporting from LR for web display I simply use the output sharpening/screen/standard and it seems to work well.

[Bob44]

Very colorful and nice work on these.

[lovelife65]

These are fantastic

[bnnrcn]

Both nice and colorful

[Rainforest]

Both of them are awesome, Susan. The line of static bulbs pointing up into the spinning wheel is interesting. Makes the mind do a double take on what it's seeing.

Regarding the sharpening, Mike is likely on to it. In general sharpening should always be done at final image resolution. But my typical workflow is to optimize sharpening at full(or print) resolution. Then in addition when resizing and exporting from LR for web display I simply use the output sharpening/screen/standard and it seems to work well.

Thank you Dan - it should be easy enough to check that box, I'll give it a try.

[Rainforest]

Very colorful and nice work on these.

Thanks Bob and Sharon - the PPing was fun.

[Rainforest]

Thanks Binnur.