Some 'shrooms and other things...

[Blue_In_AK]

[ConsAreLiars]

1. I like the last (gray sky ---> many-greens earth) especially.

And the second to the end as well. But you could do better with the previous ones. In all of them, there's something there, but it doesn't quite come through in the images. I see what you saw and experienced, and that is reward enough, but the pix don't quite get there (imho). My advice would be to get a bit closer in most of them. Sometimes (usually) less is more. Here's one example of what I mean.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. I agree...

I would have liked to have gotten closer, but I didn't have the right lens with me, plus the ground was very wet. I tried to do the best I could with what I had. (God, I sound like Rumsfeld talking about the army...ack!)

[F.Gordon]

3. I think I see a Grizzly Bar' in that one photo

:scared:

I really like #1 and #4.

When Landscape people critique my crap they always tell me I need to snap tighter, but when 'people' people critique my crap they say I snap too tight. I get all confused like. :crazy: Both are good suggestions, I guess. But I like breaking rules. Just do my own thing and keep the suggestions in my head when I'm out and about..... before I take a snap... run the list through my 'heads up' display.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. I know what you mean...

Sometimes when you get too close, you lose the sense of place, but when you step back, you lose the detail, and things tend to get cluttered up. Always a balancing act, I guess.

We're heading out to the State Fair today, so my next batch of photos will no doubt be people, farm critters and giant veggies. I can't wait to see the 81.7 pound kohlrabi. :) I guess the cabbages didn't do as well as usual this year because of all the rain, but the root crops went crazy.