Rodger in Edmonton

hi KW, I like the Old timer. Is he a real Marshall? and I did watch the Christmas video, a nice happy melody and message it is indeed. A Merry Christmas to you and your's too. My fave  ...

... a little lower to put the folks on the rule of thirds intersect point.. people on 1/3rd horizon on 1/3 hopefully magnifies horizontals more I see your effort to do this , it seems that dark ...

Thank you Tusk.... " I catch him -.....I  KILL 'him"

Top one is my winner, IMHO a sky or turf crop could enhance sky o turf bias at will.

You say you will " dance the light fantastic" this phrase is close to a certain band that only cerebrals know... tell me are you familiar with the line and philosophic truth written in 1978 that ...

The house has the B&W look John, steps back into time really well. Middle one does not hit my keys. The third is deadly , IMHO amogst your best long views, feels like beeing on a zip line and ...

Would bull sharks or other nasties get into this area at high tide? I recall the Jaws movie was based on sharks going way inland c 1900s??

IMHO the composition is pretty good, tones are a tadsoft,form is pretty strong , textures are outstanding. The dynamic range seems limited, perhaps some dodging and burning would magnify the lines ...

Excellent application of the Dutch angle, shadowing works aok.

I like it NYC, the cheeky bird - nice touch!

That's a very clever one Vidau, it took a few seconds for it to turn from absract to portrait like  and reveal itself , it has a great illusion effect , really works well. Well done!

A great shot with natural lines and a great frame and lead in line to the people. CC: slight crop left , right to the tip of white triangle, dodge & burninng will magnify those footprints and ...

Thank you Ny Wrecker, I am finding tough sledding with limited dynamic range shots, I think I will back off the light/dark method for a more balanced view. PS as kids we begged our parents to take ...

my misnomer, grew up in Quebec where we exported loads of hydroelectric power and everyone called transmission towers hydro towers.

Thank you Tusk, I did the edit, I had started to clean more clutter but thought the PS Gods would strike me down for excess PP but certainly brings more focus to it . ...top left pedestal corner is ...

Thank you very much John, I seem to have a film noir bug in my head, and have been a repeat offender for a lack of dynamic range and redid this to improve based on the thread feedback. The car idea ...

A great set John, my faves in order are 1,4,2,3. # 1 has a great textural flow and the hydro towers and lines are superb. # 2 is very interesting, the long look and step angles gives it a " man ...

Thanks Tusk, too much metaphor and not enough light as another distinguished member noted a close up of the figure and title would have worked better. Have to shake to film noir tilt .

Thank you very much for this feedback Steve, it is very instructive to help improve. I did retrace the letter but spent so much time on the title text it gained relative magnitude but not absolute ...

Two looks of a GG poster in the hood. May the photons be with you. ^^ More a film noir portal look ...for should one fall into the Gatsby syndrome, they cannot see anything around them, thus there ...