Lenspiration | Ian TenHaken | Mentions https://www.lenspiration.com/members/ian/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Ian TenHaken. Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:10:29 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 624b8ccc09ffa2df78c4d46d23d33892 Lyd-B replied to the topic Spring has sprung in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/spring-has-sprung/#post-38457 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 23:20:00 -0400 Hi @ian! Just a couple quick thoughts I had…

– I appreciate the fact that you mentioned that you took the time to clear unwanted twigs and sticks. That is SO important! So often it’s the little time spent now that saves lots of time later.
– I think a little more vibrant color and contrast would be good in editing. Perhaps tweak the highlights,…Read more

]]> 274e5b2e016735e2861e15c4d802b104 John Machen replied to the topic Spring has sprung in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/spring-has-sprung/#post-38230 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 01:27:07 -0400 Hi @ian!
I like the composition and the way you filled the frame with this shot! Great job on that.
I noticed that the crocus flowers in the foreground were just a little out of focus and also “overblown”. So I ran it through Lightroom and did some basic editing and fixed the highlights, and it looks better. What kind of camera were you using?

]]> f8d0fdff2e43ede76c78f82c629b5fc1 James Staddon replied to the topic Golden Rod in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/golden-rod/#post-34042 Tue, 09 Oct 2018 02:02:29 -0400 I think you’ve got something here, @ian. I feel like your photo is of something more than just an object. You’re speaking feelings of warmth and Indian summer. A little more space on the right, and bingo! It’s well edited.

]]> 9e1bb44ef79aed23eeffd596dd704464 James Staddon replied to the topic Smile for the Camera in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/smile-for-the-camera/#post-34038 Tue, 09 Oct 2018 01:47:27 -0400 Hi @ian, welcome to the forums! It was neat to see how you said this was one of your favorite pictures….one of my favorite pictures when I was first getting started was of a toad, the one I attached. It’s not nearly as sharp as yours! But I loved it so much I entered it at a local photography contest and it actually won a ribbon! A couple years…Read more

]]> 47215cb729c8bcd9a30a31cfcc045014 Ben Glick replied to the topic Golden Rod in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/golden-rod/#post-34028 Mon, 08 Oct 2018 22:34:29 -0400 Hey, @ian this looks amazing! I would only have one critique, and this is for if you would really want to take your photo to the next level, I can’t tell if you did some contrast, it looks like a little, if you look at the stalks of the flower, they are completely blacked out, and it pulls attention away from the quality and genuineness of the…Read more

]]> 0c5ede7591b2d72464501f8023b6592f Kina Lamb replied to the topic Smile for the Camera in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/smile-for-the-camera/#post-33929 Tue, 02 Oct 2018 18:07:57 -0400 @ian Yes! I like that better. 😀 Did you already ‘reduce the noise’ on Photos? I do that to most of my photos. 😀 Then maybe you could ‘sharpen’ it and possibly add some ‘definition’? I can’t think of anything else. 😀

]]> d55d7994b63144f13a68f597ed573df2 Weston Auker replied to the topic Golden Rod in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/golden-rod/#post-33923 Tue, 02 Oct 2018 02:28:23 -0400 @ian I like that last photo! I would encourage you to keep the rule of thirds in mind. In this case, framing a little farther right would have removed some of the left edge clutter as well as giving room for the golden rod to “bend towards the center”. It tends to make a picture more life like because the subject has somewhere to go. Not sure if…Read more

]]> 4952aa5505c708c21f8132af0f163457 Kina Lamb replied to the topic Golden Rod in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/golden-rod/#post-33921 Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:12:19 -0400 @ian – I can tell! Wow! It looks even better! 😀

]]> ff81263e5c8a57b1519bdc113e67e095 Kina Lamb replied to the topic Golden Rod in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/golden-rod/#post-33908 Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:02:55 -0400 @ian It looks good! 😀 Unless I’d seen the purple/blue spot before I probably wouldn’t have noticed it (and if I did, it wouldn’t bother me.) It may seem excessive, but do you think you could maybe add more light to the picture?? Oh, and what photo editor do you use so I can talk in familiar words? If you’re using Photos (previously iPhoto) I…Read more

]]> 99a726981f456ab447ad86c7554793f4 Kina Lamb replied to the topic Smile for the Camera in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/smile-for-the-camera/#post-33907 Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:52:14 -0400 @Ian I think lessening the vignette effect may be a good idea, since half of the frog’s head is dark and half of it is light. If the frog’s head was in the middle of the picture, a little vignette may add to the picture, but I think in this case it kind of takes away, because the vignette is creeping up into the frog’s head – I hope you get what I…Read more

]]> 846ea870f7a261c9a18387205a7a06b1 Caitlin Compton replied to the topic Golden Rod in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/golden-rod/#post-33888 Sun, 30 Sep 2018 01:20:33 -0400 Welcome to the forums, @ian!

Nice photo! I think the second shot is a lot better. Your subject has a clearer/sharper focus in this one as opposed to the first one. I love the warmth of the light in the second image, also. It looks so inviting!

For the next time, you could try to simplify your shot by not including as many things in your image…Read more

]]> a58b737ad85eaafd52bf9f19de7af716 Kina Lamb replied to the topic Golden Rod in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/golden-rod/#post-33885 Sun, 30 Sep 2018 00:07:22 -0400 Of all the pictures you’ve showed me so far, @ian, I think I like this one the best because of the lighting and colors. And I think I like selective focus better.

Also, if you have the ‘retouch’ effect on your editor, I’d suggest taking out that light spot near the middle that’s blue and purple. It’s a little distracting. (If that’s possible -…Read more

]]> 5587791477c3af80bbe891a282bfcef5 Kina Lamb replied to the topic Smile for the Camera in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/smile-for-the-camera/#post-33884 Sun, 30 Sep 2018 00:01:33 -0400 Did you add ‘vignette’ to this one @ian?

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