Photography and other things.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Soaring Over

I like how the photographer\, Jenaya Launstein, captured the entire owl in focus from wingtip to wingtip. I think she could have cropped the image better to have the owl centered while still maintaining the images details. I.E. an owl flying over grass. A little more cropping wouldn't take that detail away.

Hanging Out

I like that this photograph, taken by Max Waugh, captures the Osprey as it rises from the water and looks toward the photographer. What I don't like about it is that the editor cropped the rest of the bird's winds out of the shot and what you can see of them is blurry on the left. He even put his logo over the blurry portion which looks like he's trying to cover the wing up partially.

Monday, November 5, 2012

When you give a Moose a Muffin...

This picture was taken by my cousin, Shannon Ireland, in the Snowy Mountains of Wyoming. I like that this picture is full of fall colors in the foreground, some snow, and then it blends into the forest in the background. I like how the yellows and reds are separated into different bands which create more interest.
I also like this photo because bull moose are rarely seen together in groups like this, especially large groups , since the re-introduction of wolf populations.

Monday, October 29, 2012

The Desert Lily

In this shot of an ordinary cactus blossom near Pompey's Pillar, I really enjoy how the flower stands out from the cheat-grass surrounding it. One of the details that degrades this shot is the 2 blades of grass that over lay the blossom, making for a distracting element.

Pictured in this shot is a lily pad blossom from a lake in the Beartooth Mountains near Dean, Montana. I really like how the detail of the flower shines through and makes for a crisp shot. I think that if I zoomed out a bit more and let in some of the surrounding landscape create a background for the shot, versus having only the flower in the shot, it would make a better piece of photography.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Moss on the Flipside

These were both taken on a patch of public land by Lockwood. The first shot really captures what I was going for, which was the textures and follows the rule of thirds. The second shot even though it caught the detail of the moos, I don't like how it breaks the rule of thirds The tiny strip of leaves on the right draws attention away from the tree. I feel like this would have been a better shot if i shifted the camera to the left to get more of the log in view.