MikePDX

Another from the little creatures.  I was trying to learn about lighting these figures to add drama.  There was just no way the guy on the right would look anything other than goofy.  He reminded ...

I'm blown away by the sheer emotion that comes through in this image, even without reading the story.  And your explanation really adds to it. I like the edits Andrew proposes, especially because ...

My contrarian streak is quite prominent this week - sorry. ;-)  For me, the tree dominates too much of the scene.  I do like the little branch along the bottom, though, so I would suggest maybe a ...

Mike, a striking image worth fixing if possible.  It feels like maybe you lifted the shadows too much.  Could the sharpness of the rock edge be an over sharpening artifact ? I don't know your ...

I have a mixed response to this image. I like the concept and the framing (with some slight exceptions to follow). For me the color version is better because the B&W seems quite cold and ...

Well... it could just be a small boy... :-D I guess, scale doesn't have a lot of meaning when you're dealing with found pieces.  These two figures were not originally meant to go together, and in ...

Just a boy and his dog.

Another from my recent work with the little creatures.  I've been having WAY too much fun with these guys! Oh Sh*t! Any number of other titles also come to mind: (1) Incoming! (2) Run for Your ...

I looked through these several times before I got even a hint that they were modern-day shots.  Well done!  That, together with the choice of "aged" sepia toning, gives the viewer a very effective ...

I feel I've pushed this about as far as I can. The next step would be complete graphic art, which I'm neither prepared nor skilled to do. This is a quick phone camera shot of the setup in my ...

I'm in agreement with Pete here. The composition works to tell a story different from a shot with him a step or two back. And I like it. He has already checked her out and is moving on. One ...

VERY nice!  The light is perfect, the clouds are perfect, the reflection is perfect, the framing is perfect.  The camera is almost incidental.

Back again with another try to get some sort of story with these figures.  I made a little set to put them on.  This time the lighting is straight from an overhead fluorescent fixture which has ...

I like this image for all the same reasons others have mentioned, but I was struck by one additional thing. This seems to be a case where a time-lapse video would be a great opportunity to enhance ...

Ho Hum... Just another sunset at the Oregon Coast.

Oranges (even without being candied) and chocolate go together very well.  Yum!  This is a shot that deserves to be very large, and I'm guessing that even the original size in the gallery doesn't ...

Roel, you have managed to put your finger on exactly what was missing from my feeble attempt.  So no apology is necessary at all.  My overly simplistic view was that I could create a narrative out ...

This is very much a work in progress.  A good friend makes these creatures out of scraps of metal and parts of old electronic equipment.  He has done literally hundreds of them, each one unique.  ...

That first shot is a definite postcard scene! I don't know if this suggestion helps or not, but I might suggest a change in the order, as modified above.  Go from big scene to intimate detail, then ...

It seems to be a quiet week.  And I haven't anything new to post.  So I hope you'll indulge me another small photo essay as a follow on to last weeks submission.  They often say the sequel isn't ...