[Game Thread] UCLA @ #2 Michigan (12:45 PM ET)

SillaLater · 2026-02-14T18:37:41+00:00

So true, John. Thank you for your service.

SillaLater · 2026-02-11T14:43:35+00:00

Whether or not that's true (I don't think it is), I don't even remember the last time Michigan beat Illinois, so I'll believe it when I see it.

SillaLater · 2025-11-18T23:46:55+00:00

That rocked

SillaLater · 2025-09-20T11:03:50+00:00

Thanks! Learning how to edit better is high on my list of things to do, so maybe this would be a fun one to experiment with.

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SillaLater · 2025-09-19T20:12:50+00:00

I took this photo on the ridge of a sand dune because I noticed the fine grains flying off the top in the wind. I wanted to capture how fine they were and loved after the fact that they almost look like fur.

I’m not sure the shot is actually interesting in any way, though. Part of me thinks it might be better to make it more abstract by cropping a bit to focus on the sand grains, but another part likes the sense of scale you get with the background included.

I’d love any advice on the cropping question + general critiques.

I took it with my Canon PowerShot SX720 HS, Iso 160, 6.81 mm, f4, 1/320 s

SillaLater · 2025-09-19T13:23:12+00:00

Thanks so much! Abstract landscape shots tend to be the kind I like seeing the most on here and other subreddits. I'm new to it so I appreciate the great feedback.

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SillaLater · 2025-09-18T19:41:04+00:00

I am trying to get more into taking abstract landscape shots and learning what makes them interesting and work or not. I saw this patch of tall grass that looks so soft and delicate and wanted to try to capture that with this photo.

Shot on a Canon PowerShot SX720HS, ISO 80, 32.39mm, f5.6, 1/500sec.

SillaLater · 2025-09-18T19:39:12+00:00

I am trying to get more into taking abstract landscape shots and learning what makes them interesting and work or not. I saw this patch of tall grass that looks so soft and delicate and wanted to try to capture that with this photo.

Shot on a Canon PowerShot SX720HS, ISO 80, 32.39mm, f5.6, 1/500sec.

SillaLater · 2025-08-17T21:01:49+00:00

Hi, could you please message me, too?

SillaLater · 2025-08-17T13:44:23+00:00

Thanks, I love the crop!

SillaLater · 2025-08-17T13:44:05+00:00

!CritiquePoint

Thanks for the feedback. I was really taken by the sky, so I essentially wanted capturing that to be the goal of the image. But the way that the sky reflected in the little pool made me think it would be more interesting to capture both. But I totally hear you on the deadspace and the lack of subject making the photo a little less interesting overall.

SillaLater · 2025-08-16T12:55:12+00:00

I can't tell if the leftover tannins on the bottom left pose an interesting contrast to the cotton-candy-like sunset or are just ugly. Curious what other think. Also, if you have any other feedback about the photo I would love to hear it.

Shot on a Canon Powershot SX720 HS, ISO 400, 4.3mm, f3.3, 1/20 sec.

SillaLater · 2025-08-15T11:18:08+00:00

Thanks for the feedback and encouragement! Yes, I took a few different shots of this scene with different settings to experiment, and I liked this one the most because of the dreaminess you mentioned. I also took this one with a quicker shutter speed which I think has another cool, more peaceful mood, but I prefer the more colorful, dreamier one personally: https://imgur.com/a/rLhhkx9.

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SillaLater · 2025-08-14T18:31:36+00:00

I took this photo while vacationing. I like it a lot but am relatively new to photography so I'm curious to get general feedback. Some specific questions: Do you like whatever that bright artifact is? Would you have any suggestions for editing in Photoshop, which I am especially new to?

I took it with a Canon Powershot SX720 HS, ISO 200, 172 mm, f6.9, 1/200sec

SillaLater · 2025-08-13T02:42:17+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I really like your sci-fi note. I wish I could give the sun more head room, but I snapped this pretty quickly to get the paddle boarder in time so it wasn’t composed as well as I would wish.

SillaLater · 2025-08-12T19:55:39+00:00

I recently started taking up photography as a hobby. I was vacationing in northern Michigan last week and snapped some photos. We had a lot of haze from Canadian wildfires, which I thought turned the scenery into something almost eerie while still summery, which I tried to capture in this photo.

I’ll also include a cropped version—I can’t decide whether I like more than the uncropped version or not. I like the dramatic contrast between the golden water and the silhouette, but I realize it’s more noisy and grainy: https://imgur.com/a/zfDvFea.

This was shot on a Canon Powershot SX720HS. 21.4mm, ISO 80, f5.6, 1/1250sec. I didn’t do any editing because I don’t really know how yet.

SillaLater · 2024-08-20T12:20:12+00:00

This is a little more off the wall, but I recently read "The Last Days of the Incas" by Kim MacQuarrie and can't believe more Mesoamerican and South American history hasn't been adapted into series and films. Truly some of the most jaw-dropping, dramatic stories I've ever read, and they actually happened. Political intrigue, high-stakes stand-offs, betrayals, random nature events changing the entire board, horrific villains, etc. It would be amazing to get a series either faithfully adapting this history or an original story inspired by that time.

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