Study Group 28
Alice Meronek










 
Lynn Ronan
Kathy Brand
Jon Fishback
Benny Baughman
Alice Meronek
John Pitt
Edwin Roth
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Title - Morning Sunbeams

How I did it. 

I shot this photo in November from across a field, into the edge of a pine wood.  I loved the streaking of golden light thru the pine trees.  I cropped it almost square, leaving in the small spruce tree for an anchor.

 COMMENTS:

Lynn Ronan I see this as a very pleasing image. I’m drawn to these scenes also. I think the placement of the pine on the left is good. I would try a crop a bit off the top and warm up the light through white balance or in the color channels. You’ve captured a nice feeling I think.
Kathy Brand

Cropping it square was a good idea and I like the light coming through the trees.  You might want to lighten up the small spruce tree a bit so that detail matches the detail of the tall trees.
Jon Fishback I like the spruce tree on the left.  The  branches on the right, not so much.
Benny Baughman Keeping the golden backlight trees visible was a good idea. I feel something is missing at the bottom. I would have like to see just a little more of the grass or none at all. This is where I get the missing feeling.
John Pitt  
Edwin Roth

The golden back lighting really makes the image...the image is nicely exposed as you get a real feel as to the surroundings and the mood.
Member Bio
Member 5 - Biography

My name is Alice Meronek and I'm from Almont, Michigan, USA, and about 60 miles north of Detroit and about 50 miles from Canada.  I work at Commercial Steel Treating Corp., an privately owned, metal heat treatment plant, in accounting.  I belong to the Detroit Photo guild camera club and have been taking photos since junior high school when I bought a Leica camera at a garage sale.  I still shoot film with a Canon camera now, but do scan all my photos into the computer.

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