Study Group 10 Mark Aksoy

Study Group 10
Mark Aksoy

Mark Aksoy

Cliff Banks

Bob Altman

Bob Barley

Rene Ross

Margaret Boike

Rich Krebs

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December Image

Title -A Last Look At Fall

How I did it - This image was taken last month along a nature trail on the campus of nearby Haverford College. I used my Nikon 12-24mm zoom (at 12mm) on my D80. In Photoshop, I added selective saturation to blue sky and yellow leaves, before cropping in from the right and sharpening.

COMMENTS:

Mark Aksoy

Cliff Banks I like this type of picture. The angle of view is compelling, holding ones attention. The picture on my computer is a little light, maybe some more saturation or problem on my screen. Nice picture.

Bob Altman Great combination of silhouette and selective saturation. Your cropping formed a vignette around the yellow leaves. Very good shot and great post work. I have a Sigma 10-12 wide angle lens that I have been using as my prime lens. I shoot wide but go in tight and I am getting much sharper and clearer shots than with my other lenses.

Bob Barley Good use of converging lines. Good colors and interesting silhouettes. Well planned crop, too.

Rene Ross

Margaret Boike The colors of the sky and leaves look very natural. I like the clouds peeking through the branches, adding some interest. I think the branches coming into the center of the frame from all four corners give the image nice balance. I can't think of anything I would change. Nice fall photo.

Rich Krebs Nice Image. The leaves look very small so the trees were tall. I think a closer shot would have been better.

Member Bio

Mark Aksoy- maksoy@aol.com - 1 star

Biography - I have spent most of my working life as a research scientist - first as biochemist, and now a pharmacologist working in the Pulmonary Division of Philadelphia's Temple University Hospital.
My interest in photography goes back to childhood when my father let me click a few pictures with his Kodak Retina camera on family vacations. It became more serious when I purchased my first SLR (a Pentax) and joined the Delaware County Camera Club in the early 80's. I also bought a computer (a Commodore 64) about that time, but it never occurred to me that computers and photography might someday coalesce into one single endeavor. I did marvel at my computer's immense 64K of RAM - more memory than I would ever need, I thought!
Yet, by 1995, my beloved Commodore was on the verge of becoming an antique, and I bought my first PC - a Pentium 90. For 6 months or so, I had the fastest computer on the block! This, in turn, led to my growing interest in digital imaging, which continues to this day. I presently have Canon Powershot G5 and Nikon D80 cameras, plus a Microtek 4700 flatbed scanner, Dimage Elite 5400II film scanner, and an Epson 2880 color printer. I continue to use a variety of imaging/graphics programs: Photoshop CS5 and plug-ins; ProShow Gold for slideshows; Photomatix for HDR; Bryce and Poser for 3D work; and Ultrafractal for fractal designs.

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