Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ken, Welcome to the PAW club from another newbie (< 1year)! It's sometimes difficult, but very rewarding. Be prepared for positive feedback, negative feedback, and (most often) little feedback at all. That's ok...just use it all to improve what you're doing. You asked for feedback, so here goes: it's a nice family shot with the potential to break out of that classification. I find the boy's expression quite interesting and positioning very good...the girls' expression not as much so and the positioning of her head relative to the beam behind her not ideal. If it were me, I'd consider cropping it down to just him. I think the colors might actually work better that way also. Of course I'm only talking photographically...if these were my kids, I might keep the full version for personal reasons. Technically, may I suggest something that I learned early on when I began my PAW...that you experiment with "Save for Web" in photoshop. The image you posted is WAY bigger in terms of file size than it needs to be for web display...likely chasing away some viewers. It's 1.5MB (1500KB) for 900 pixels on the large dimension. I try to keep the web versions of my images to 50-100KB for 700-800 pixels in the large dimension, and the difference is not readily apparent on the web. Your viewers will thank you! Hope you find this helpful. Best, Aaron >My first PAW has been posted, and I'd appreciate feedback. >http://homepage.mac.com/kennybod/PhotoAlbum8.html