The First Day Of Summer

After a 3 1/2 hour hike and not much luck or photos on the card I decided to head back to my
truck and the trailhead. This particular trail of the Bruce Trail system in southern Ontario, Canada
allowed me to take a short cut back on a gravel road that would lead me back to the trailhead.

While walking on this road and enjoying "the first day of summer" I noticed from the corner
of my eye a daisy patch along the roadside. The light was beautiful as it fell on certain petals
and I took the shot keeping my eye on the histogram not to overexpose.
Alot of times when you think you have come up empty handed on photos, nature's beauty shows
up in the most unlikely areas.

Dwayne Oakes

Dwayne Oakes said:

After a 3 1/2 hour hike and not much luck or photos on the card I decided to head back to my
truck and the trailhead. This particular trail of the Bruce Trail system in southern Ontario, Canada
allowed me to take a short cut back on a gravel road that would lead me back to the trailhead.

While walking on this road and enjoying "the first day of summer" I noticed from the corner
of my eye a daisy patch along the roadside. The light was beautiful as it fell on certain petals
and I took the shot keeping my eye on the histogram not to overexpose.
Alot of times when you think you have come up empty handed on photos, nature's beauty shows
up in the most unlikely areas.

Dwayne Oakes

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Dwayne,

I could say it's untidy, but there's some orderliness to it in the array of petitioners asking alms from the church, each holding out their plate for sustenance. There's a split in the ranks 1/3 of the way to the left, in a dominant place as if something is coming.

Asher

I don't mean to be unduly negative, but this one doesn't work for me. Dwayne, your other images set a pretty high standard. The crop seems a bit off for me on this one.

Rachel Foster said:

I don't mean to be unduly negative, but this one doesn't work for me. Dwayne, your other images set a pretty high standard. The crop seems a bit off for me on this one.

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Rachel,

There's a lot I do when looking at such images. I know we're constrained by Dwayne's wish to leave the image uniformly speak for itself although global changes seem to be O.K. I would sharpen and brighten select flowers and use vignetting too. But that's just my approach to allocating importance. How would you crop or you would walk away?

Asher

Is this a share only or a C&C image?

Rachel Foster said:

Is this a share only or a C&C image?

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All images are for C&C unless otherwise designated! without that, one could post on any one of the other enthusiast sites and receive just gasps and applause. Here we risk both showing and also giving the reactions that are delivered here. Life is not all poetry. There are fundamental structures too. We somehow have to deal with both.

Asher

Let's see what other folks think.

Rachel Foster said:

Let's see what other folks think.

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Rachel,

In the context of the entire series of Dwayne's soft pictures of woodland scenes, often with a leading area of light, this fits in. If it came our of the blue, otherwise, I might think differently. I look at the context and the variations within the ongoing work. Ultimately the photographer has to prune even his/her favorites. Whether or not this will make it in a final selection, I do not know. However, it's fine enough for now as everything should be a stochastic as well as ordered approach and where it varies it will provide extra breadth or else it will be tossed out as not belonging or having too little impact.

I have considerable patience as something is developing. It doesn't mean I'm a sap and easy going, LOL Even the lion let's lots of zebra pass without eating them all up!

Asher

Great insight everyone ! Thanks again.

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes

Oops had a broken link.

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes