Jim Lockhart
by Jim Lockhart
Taken 2/11 at the J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Fort Myers, FL. A great place for viewing wildlife, especially birds.
I have been taking snapshots all my life, but have become more serious about photography and plan to upgrade my Canon SX30 soon. Took an online course with Sean Arbabi last Fall and loved it...still absorbing everything he taught us.
I like shooting landscapes, both grand and intimate. Also birds and whatever else I find while hiking and paddling in my home state of CT. Macro photography has always been a life long interest too.
Happy to be a member here and hope to learn and contribute as much as possible.
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4 commentsThen we have the lines doing their thing over in the lower left. All of that contrasted with the fractal leaf structure of the trees and the edges of the water and so on.
I also like this presentation with the rail rising from left to right rather than the imagined horizontal flip.
Color-wise, I like the blue shades in the shirt against the blues in the sky and the white pants suggesting, perhaps, missing clouds; what might have been....
I have a few nits to record, however, which I think prevents this image from achieving another level of success. First, and foremost, there is a rather obvious deviation from horizontality if one looks at the spindles of the deck on the rightmost edge of the image. Clearly a perspective crop could have resolved this.
Secondly, I question the slightly off center placement of the subject's head to the right. Why not use a square crop here with the abovementioned correction?
But that said, I like it. One asset yet unmentioned is the fill light on the face of the subject. Good job overall.
Ding has been a hangout of mine for many years. One of my favorite places for spoonbills and reddish egrets is about 100 yards in the direction you are facing. But mostly it is a place for socializing with fellow photographers (my wife calls them my cronies). Ding is closed till fall for their repaving project, but next time you're there, if you see a gaggle of long lenses with photographers not paying attention, stop by and chat.