pontiac1940
CE Members
Posts: 6,361
Open to constructive criticism of photos: Yes
Member is Online
|
Post by pontiac1940 on Feb 15, 2020 16:45:08 GMT
Near Gold Canyon, Arizona, February 14, 2020  |
|
|
|
Post by hmca on Feb 15, 2020 16:55:42 GMT
Like the way you set the smaller photo against the larger blurred background, Clive.
|
|
pontiac1940
CE Members
Posts: 6,361
Open to constructive criticism of photos: Yes
Member is Online
|
Post by pontiac1940 on Feb 15, 2020 17:10:03 GMT
Thanks Helen. That is using Lillias' method from last week.  Thanks Lillias Spoke to a local who said they were not blooming on Thursday but some were open on Friday. |
|
|
|
Post by cats4jan on Feb 16, 2020 13:22:19 GMT
Really like the concept - the blurred background - And you've used my favorite technique for framing -- glow around your featured photo
nit picking here --
-title is not centered and the color of title seems off for the page -
And don't be afraid of using two fonts when creating a two-line title - (cursive and block usually work)
it's a little hard to find two fonts that work well together, but the effect can be very cool
-your logo is too large --- I don't think of a logo as an element of a page, so it shouldn't intrude -
However, to rethink my own comment - in looking it over again, I'm not sure size is what is bothering me -
To be honest, I break 'my rule' all the time - I use a cat logo and it's always an element of my page LOL
|
|
pontiac1940
CE Members
Posts: 6,361
Open to constructive criticism of photos: Yes
Member is Online
|
Post by pontiac1940 on Feb 16, 2020 14:34:03 GMT
Thanks Janice.
Good points.
The title is not centered but aligned with the left edge of the inset image. However, its size could be smaller. Could be too large, but my mind was trying to emulate a "official" poster you might see on a website for the California poppy.
The title color bugs me a bit as well. I used the color picker a couple of times in the actual flower, but I agree that it looks too yellow.
Clive
|
|
|
|
Post by cats4jan on Feb 16, 2020 15:38:10 GMT
It’s funny, but my eye did not lead me from the title edge to the photo edge. It should have. I often do exactly what you did - line up a title with a component of the page.
Another suggestion. How about incorporating a year in your logo, so when you look back, you will know when you completed your project.
— just noticed the year in your logo - was it always there???
|
|
pontiac1940
CE Members
Posts: 6,361
Open to constructive criticism of photos: Yes
Member is Online
|
Post by pontiac1940 on Feb 16, 2020 15:44:41 GMT
just noticed the year in your logo - was it always there??? HA! Yes, been there forever. I started making a ©/initial/year stamp maybe 10 years ago .. something like that. .. only about 4 years. I make a new one every winter for the new year and then forget how to make sure the new brush stamp is saved correctly. |
|
|
|
Post by cats4jan on Feb 16, 2020 20:18:12 GMT
I can’t believe I missed it. Wow. I’m truly brain dead.
|
|
Thanks 
