* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #815 / Revived #035 on 2023 11 29 *

Very inviting. What's on a menu?

Like that shot! Serenity, cold, calm, beauty. Perfect mood capture.

Wild, colorful and intriguing.

Though there are American Robins, there are no "Canadian" geese 😀 Of the two Canada Geese photos the one I've attached is the more successful IMO, for the reasons given by ChrisOly. For me the story is "Look at me! I'm the star! I'm the boss!" So this shot works best.

The Mallard ducks: the colors and clarity are very nice, though I'm not sure of the rest. They seem to be thinking they wish they'd flown south already!

I'm reluctant to guess since I've been spectacularly wrong before, lol, but it feels like infrared. The glowing softness of the whites and lighter tones, along with the very black blacks, is much more appealing to me than a "sharp" capture would be. The difference IMO is documentary vs. mood, and the mood as I see it is the experience of a idle meander through mounds of stuff that were once someone's treasured memory, no longer desired. "Make me an offer!" they say to the stranger who has no emotional attachment whatsoever.

I love the pov of the three umbrelllas, with a lot of underneath view and each slightly askew from the others. The perspective makes it difficult to see the end of the row, which makes it feel like the tables go on and on. I love that part.

I'm rarely a fan of out-of-focus foreground, and have no idea why. Cropping the foreground at the closest-to-us point where the first table begins keeps my eye from wandering to the bright area underneath.

You've written your knowledge of the current scene and what is coming; however, that seems unnecessary to me. I feel the visual story speaks for itself very well.

"The Princess of Mars"

Great carousel, colours, movement, child play, fantasy world. Visually captivating.

Here, the focus and DOF on just the one eye, and nose squashed by the glove, is effective. You can feel the tension and excitment.
Boxing has never been a sport for me, but this photo is good!

It's great when buildings like that not only fulfil a purpose, but also look good too.
The captures here have nice light!
IMO, number 1 & 3 could be straightend up a tad by changing the perspective a bit

Very clear and sharp , lots of details with the eye in focus like it should be ;-)
Nice posing and compostions !

That's an interesting story with some great photos to back up your memories from 70 years ago.
I espcially like these 3 shots
The horses have a wonderful light on them. But as you implied, the fence is obscuring them a bit.
The whole area here looks really beautiful with those lush greens and autumn colours!

Lovely, snow transforms everything!
Nice composition and good snow texture and contrast here. It makes me want to put on my snowshoes!

Nice matching colours.
Brings back memories of several past holidays, where I've also chanced on similar scenes of table on a sunny balcony with sun umbrellas, all waiting expectantly for the next guests

A Cool street photograpy shot indeed! With a clever title that makes all the difference.

With the chap here in the jacket, giving his advice and suggestions to the worker, it reminds me of the very old song from Bernhard Cribbins called, "The hole in the ground", it didn't end up too well for the chap in Jacket and bowler hat :-)

I don't think you need to improve anything in the 2nd one!
Nice colours, a good moment, nice and sharp. All with nice light with some reflections too.
With F5.6 and 1/4000s you've frozen the action, capturing all the little water drops in the air. And the DOF is narrow enough to blur the forground a little and blur the background a lot; separating the main bird nicely.

"madness all the same"

Hi, this is my first contribution to this site, after being introduced to it by fellow site member ‘Fireplace33’.
If asked, I call myself a travel photographer, and tend to like taking action or ‘fun’ shots over portraits.
Occasionally, I take set shots like these:
I used a single OCF through an umbrella to highlight the subjects, whilst trying to make use of the sunset and capture the surrounds.
As I don’t do this very often, I always feel like I am rushing before the moment disappears…
The models are myself and my wife, using a tripod and timer for the selfies.
CC is welcome. I would love to hear your thoughts…