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Thanks for posting.

My own photos are not remotely good and therefore I'm in no way qualified to critique other's work but I find the road on the left really distracting. Feel free to ignore my critque though.

snomer said:

My own photos are not remotely good and therefore I'm in no way qualified to critique other's work but I find the road on the left really distracting. Feel free to ignore my critque though.

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I'm sure your photos are just fine and you opinion is welcome at least in my opinion and I'm sure Hal feels pretty much the same way. The great thing about photography is there really is no "right" answer and if an image pleases you then you have succeeded.

I hope Hal doesn't mind but here is "my" quick interpretation of his photo, cropped it a bit, I did get rid of the road on the left side, I adjusted the levels a bit and slightly reduced the contrast. I'm sure the next person would do something different, which is more than fine.

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A beautiful pastoral scene. I have no problem at all with the road on the left, but I would certainly bring out the details of the corn and the road. If you shot raw, you could do a great deal along that line.

Very good observation about the distraction of the road in my image. Compositionally it serves no purpose, It doesn't lead anyone, or anything anywhere and it is very easy to clone out. In the following image I almost got rid of the road, but left a trace of it. Maybe to help define the cornfield. Not that the cornfield needs any definition.

You have a very good eye for evaluating photos. Keep it up and trust your instinctual or original ideas and practice your photography. Take a lot of pictures and develop your own style. Read a little about composition too. Michael Freeman's, The Photographers Eye . is a great one to start with. It is illustrated and full of ideas about composing photos

Thank you for commenting on my image. Please post some of your photos. There are a lot of interesting things out there. Try to take a picture each day; I try to shoot at least one image a day. Post those you really like and ask others to critique your work.

I really enjoy shooting and my post-processing skills are limited. I do watch exposure and contrast rather closely though.

HGrebllo

Thanks again for your interest Snomer; I look forward to seeing some of your images in the forum.

Respectfully,

Hi Terry,

Thanks for the encouraging words to the previous poster. Your tweaks to my image are very good.

Thanks for looking and thanks for the processing

Hal

sabrina81 said:

A beautiful pastoral scene. I have no problem at all with the road on the left, but I would certainly bring out the details of the corn and the road. If you shot raw, you could do a great deal along that line.

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Ah, Sabrina, that is how our cornfields look. Hal's corn is much, much too dark. And I would like to see more of the road. I think it forms a more definite side to the image.

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Thank you Sabrina81, for looking and for your comment on my image.

Hal

Thank you ****.

HGreblo

sabrina81 said:

A beautiful pastoral scene. I have no problem at all with the road on the left, but I would certainly bring out the details of the corn and the road. If you shot raw, you could do a great deal along that line.

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I like this one Hal. This corn must be destined for one of those silos on the right. Is this guy a pig farmer?

I agree with **** Sabrina. Very nice job of adjusting colors and adding detail. I might also adjust the horizon as it is bowed up a little in the middle, and then add a little more road and crop some off the sky and right side.



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David Nall said:

sabrina81 said:

A beautiful pastoral scene. I have no problem at all with the road on the left, but I would certainly bring out the details of the corn and the road. If you shot raw, you could do a great deal along that line.

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I like this one Hal. This corn must be destined for one of those silos on the right. Is this guy a pig farmer?

I agree with **** Sabrina. Very nice job of adjusting colors and adding detail. I might also adjust the horizon as it is bowed up a little in the middle, and then add a little more road and crop some off the sky and right side.



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Hi David,

Thanks for the suggestions and the tweak. I do believe the farmer has some pigs, but he is a local farmer who plants corn and sells it to local buyers. Michigan produces a lot of corn.

Regards,

Hal