Mary Fran Loggans Photography

Thanks for your comment on my humble work it was very nice of you I have only just scanned your work so far but from what i have seen so far I like your work alot nice photos in you folders I will be back to have a closer look and leave some words again thanks for yours....talk again soon best wishes and keep safe....allan and caroline.....

beautiful portfolio. nice color & composition. diverse & well presented. regards!

Mary, You have very nice pictures in your portfolio! Great work, keep it up!

Well ... you must really love animals ... all kinds of them. You have a nice set of images here. I do have one suggestion. Use Photoshop to enhance your images. As far as I can see ... you post them the way they come out of the camera. This is a good thing on one hand ... but on the other, the images will look greatly improved after they passed through PS. You will be amazed. A bit of level correction (to enhance contrast and exposure), a bit of saturation (to enhance colors) or desaturation (to create black & white images) ... and this is enough for the beginning. Just try it.

Congrats.

Thank you all, Andrei is correct, I have done little to no editing. I just uploaded photoshop and it appears I now have a new skill to master! It looks as though it will take me a while to work with it so bear with me and my photo's until I learn to use it. Thanks Again

Thank you for your comment on my portfolio. I like very much your nature photos, especially your butterflies photos ! Good work ! I'll keep one eye on your portfolio to see your new butterflies photos !

What a great portfolio.

It is magnificent.

Your pictures are a form of beautiful art.

Pleasure to watch them.

Thanks for stopping by my portfolio. Keep up the good work. Stephen

You've got a good review and suggestions on your forfolio. I really appreciated the simplicity of your presentation as others took notice. I hope you'll be able to master PS in a short while and shoot more pictures for us to see.Thanks and best regards Mary.

You do have a lovely eye for composition and your photos are light (in atmosphere) and very aesthetic to look at. I am very interrested to see what your gallery holds once you learn how to tweak you images in photoshop.

It is nice when you follow a line and find such interest at the other end. A much misused word these days but, simply lovely. Regards Ken.

Mary Fran--a beautiful portfolio, quite colorful and full of nature--a real pleasure--thank you ML

Hi Mary Fran,

Therese sent me the link to your site. Beautiful work.

You have lots of wonderful pictures Mary and they show how you enjoy both photography and nature in general. We have many similar interests and I look forward to seeing more of your creations.

You havy a very good eyeshot. More Landscape. Babis

Thank you Babis,I'm hoping to do more landscapes soon. The photography has been " a way to get away" without leaving the property---tending the horses makes leaving very difficult--yet I'm amazed at the variety of life I've found in one summer on a few acres.

Mary, You have some beautiful work here and you have inspired me to revisit some of my insect work. Your dragonfly and butterfly work is wonderful. - Nate

WOW Mary, You sure don't look like much of a beginner by your portfolio :) Your portfolio is awesome. You have done a wonderful job on all of them. Thank you for your comment, I always enjoy hearing feed back from people. That is how we learn. And your learning suggestions are wonderful, I do appreciate them very much. I have a question for you, Do you do any editing to your photos, or are they all right from the camera? I am still learning my little Olypum C-60 Zoom. It is supposed to be a great camera, and it does take nice shots, but I haven't learned alot about it just yet, cause Auto seems to do the best job...LOL If you have any suggestions there, besides compositon, I would love to hear them. I need help with editing as well, seems I just can't get the contrast or sharpness right for some reason. Maybe cause it's not working with a good original LOL Again thank you so much and I look forward to hearign from you more.

Cheri =)

Wonderful portfolio Mary Fran...I am jealous of all the photographic opportunities you have to capture leaves changing...and you have a great talent for it...I look forward to returning and seeing more beautiful images from you....regards...LJ

Excellent portfolio. Your photos are so beautiful. Thanks for your kind remarks and identifying my wildflower.

I feel flattered by your comment on my portfolio. You have beautiful insects, mammals, flowers and landscapes photos. You obviously like nature. Congratulations and thanks for your time. Best regards, Flavio.

Your portfolio still just amazes me. You have some really great photos here Mary Fran....I just love looking thru your portfolio. Great job... Cheri

Mary, your pictures just show me peacefullness !, Bravo, I'll be visiting again Denis

Mary Fran, I am very, very impressed with what you've included in your portfolio so far. This is some absolutely wonderful stuff. You've a great eye for composition, and I think your Photoshop skills are improving as well. I particularly love your flowers and landscape images; you've got a real knack for showing off the beauty of New England. I will be back to see what new things you've added. Keep up the great work. Best Regards, Chris

What a wonderful collection of images! A joy to browse through!

Mary Fran, I love your portfolio. Your pictures are sharp and clear and the fall leaves are breathtaking. Thanks for rating one of my photos. I really hope to someday take pictures like you do.

Debbie Slocombe

Wonderful portfolio Mary Fran... especially your macro work. It looks like your farm provides you with a limitless source of inspiration and a grand canvas onto which you work your magic. Thank you for sharing.

Mike K.

Hello neighbor! Thanks for your comment on my portfolio. I thoroughly enjoyed going through yours. Beautiful, vibrant photos that are full of life! Looking forward to more:)

Well what can I say your portfolio has grown! and your eye for a photo has got? well only one word will do at that is ....OUTSTANDING!!!!!. all of them are great....keep on clicking and haveing fun....be safe and lets have lots more..........allan

Congratulations on an outstanding portfolio - I shall be returning often. Thanks, Maldwyn

What a great Portfolio ! The colors are so beatiful, it is a real pleasure for the eyes ! Excellent work .. Congratulation !! Sylvie

You have a very nice portfolio. Thank you for a very pleasant experience.

Mary, you have a great Porfolio to many good images to mention, I like the animal ones very much.

I really enjoyed browsing through you photos.

Mary Fran,

i loved many of your pictures...the colors you found in the foliage and flowers were my favorites. you have a great eye for finding beauty. some were just unbelieveable.

Nick

Mary, you clearly have great talent, a great eye and a beautiful property. i certainly cant do better, but i noticed that at times you tend to photography nature as if you are documenting it rather than making a story of it. upon reviewing my own gallery, i find i am guilty of this too. i would expore some new compositions rather than shooting the subject center-on. also, some of your shots have strong shadows - you may do even better at dawn and dusk. keep up the fantastic work. Nick

Thanks Nick, that's a very good observation. I'm still trying to break out of the beginner's mode--still too focused on a clean shot and not a creative composition. A bit trigger (shutter) happy you might say. Also a good note on the shadows, I see it especially in the chipmunks. I've been experimenting with a flash, so I'm hoping that will help. Thanks for the feedback.

There are some great photos here. It's amazing how close you got to some of the birds, I presume there were all while just walking around. I love some of the foliage leaves also.

Viewing your porfolio has made my day. sooo beautiful. do you market your work? you should. Joe B.

Thank you Joe, what a lovely compliment. I've got all of 6 months experience with this and find I nit pick quite a bit, so I haven't tried marketing. There are a handful of them here I'm really pleased with (and might consider trying to sell) and the rest are waiting to be replaced by something better! I've picked up some great tips however by sharing some of these and am progressing, albeit slowly.

Thank you so much for the idea on bird captures!! Guess I'll have to go get myself a bird feeder - excellent idea! You are the bird master!!! Your bird shots are incredible!! As is your whole portfolio! I just bought my first SLR so I'm looking forward to practicing getting those perfect DOF shots like you have!! Thanks again for the great idea!

You're welcome--there are some awesome photographers in this category, I'm a beginner. Watch carefully where you put the feeder, I was limited and end up with some distracting backgrounds (vertical branches) and a lot of pruning!

Excellent portfolio. I especially loved the birds folder. Thanks for your comment in one of my image.

Regards Anis

I have discovered your beautiful work; your approach to all the delicate living creatures is very impressing. Kind regards, Catalin

Hi,I've looked at your portfolio and all your colours seem vivid and vibrant is this a trait of Canon camera or use of filter?(or even pp) I have enjoyed looking through your portfolio,an excellent collection.Perhaps my colours would be brighter if we had some sunshine in UK !! Regards Stan

Thanks Stan, the Canon does a pretty good job on colors, but I have saturated the more recent ones a bit, not PS, a weaker software that came with the camera. I'm working with PS, but I'm finding I lack the patience to do a lot---easier to just try to get the shot next time! Also another excuse to wander around outdoors. We've been pretty dreary here too.

Mary, you have some excellent photos here. It appears you live in a truly beautiful area and are blessed with many different little creatures. I think I need to send you some black squirrels. As for my Blue Jays in flight, I too live in a good area for wild lift. Lynde shores in South Whitby, Ontario and Cranberry marsh are a natural stopping over point for migrating birds. We at times see flocks of up to 1000 blue jays come through in early Fall, so my flight shots are really easy as they are hungry. We leave peanuts on the road and they will com in grab them and take off. As long as you?re ready and have a high shutter the flight shots aren?t too hard to capture. Rob

Thanks Robert, we do have a good supply of creatures at the moment. Your Blue Jays in flight are awesome and something I'd love to capture just once. They have some beautiful colors. I've never seen a black squirrel before---really different. My husband grew up in Michigan and they had them there. We sometimes have no squirrels or chipmunks, a good sign we have fox and fishers around so I'm photographing them frquently as they can quickly become scarce.

Lovely portfolio.

Hi again.. So what is your definition of a beginner?? :) I opened your portfolio and was blinded by the awesome amount of colours you have on the page.. Some wonderful shots of creatures I will never be able to photograph in the wild here in the uk. But then I guess we got stuff here in the UK that you dont see over there.. Great portfolio I will keep popping in to visit.

This is wonderful work Mary Fran :) Your love of color and light is everywhere and your dedication (neverending patience) to beautiful animals and landscapes is priceless, wow. I could look at these all day.

I do not know why I've never gone through your portfolio before. It is magnificent! You have such a range of talent and artistry. Gosh, your landscapes are fantastic. And you know how I feel about your outstanding bird photos. I picked up some ideas on flower photos from you too. All-in-all, a very excellent collection of art.

Thank you William, wonderful encouragement at a good time, last few days have been full of "almosts", missed some beauties, was considering taking a break or starting a folder entitled "The Idiot Photographer" :0)))

Welcome to the 1% club. I only expect 1% of my shots to be any good. The other 99% were practice for that good one. You have no idea how many great shots I've taken only to forget to change the ISO or the shutter speed and end up with a teasing image filled with ubiquitous digital noise. Arrrgh. I doubt if the pros do much better...digital film is pretty inexpensive.

Very Nice Work! And thanks for the tip! You are right, if you request critique on the same day you unload, it appears in the 24 hr and 3 day TRP. Otherwise is does not! Regards, B.

Great color shots of New Hampshire Mary. The wildlife shots are nice too. You have done a great job of catching the fall colors.

Awesome, awesome work here.

You have a very nice portfolio. I particularly like your Autumn in New England portfolio...a very good eye for composition and color in this series. I would certainly like to put the New England states on my calendar for Fall photography next year.

My only 'critique' would be that you have a large portfolio. Have you thought of possibly reducing it to your best works? Perhaps you could set a limit of having a total of a couple of hundred images in your portfolios and then rotate another hundred images in and out out of your single photos portfolio. This would make it much easier to peruse and appreciate your outstanding images.

Great work!

Hello Mary,

I wish you, your family and your friends a merry Christmas and a very happy new year. Thanks for all your support, ratings and comments on my photos in 2006. It helped me a lot to improve my shots and I hope I will be able to learn a lot more from your valuable inputs in the coming months. Wish you a successful 2007 with a lot of nice photos.

Rejith Warrier

Hey Mary Fran

Just wanted to stop by and say Merry Christmas to you and your family, and may the New Year bring you much happiness.

I thank you for all your help, comments and suggestions you have given me in 2006. I hope it continues in 2007 as well. I love your portfolio and someday I am going to sit down and comment on each and every one of your photos because they are all just awesome my friend and so are you.

Take care and have a wonderful holiday.

Best Regards, Cheri

As we approach the turning of the calendar, Mary Fran, I wish for you and your loved ones health and happiness in the new year. The year 2006 was made more special because of the nice words of encouragement, support, and advice from you. I always look forward to your postings and hearing from you as you review mine. Again, best wishes for a Happy New Year!

Mary Fran, I would like to wish to you and your family Happy New Year and a lot of nice things to shoot, keep the good work, i'll keep visiting your pages. Happiness can be seen throught the eyes of a creator.:O) DL

Thank you for your critiques and ratings through out the year. Happy New Year and all the best, take care.

Congrats, Mary Fran, great work you do ! Greetings from Portugal

Nice portfolio Mary! Looks like you have a few backyard bird feeders. Love the fall colors as well, especially the shotes with the white horse in the foreground. I'd also like to thank you for the nice comments on my Grizzly picture. All the best to you in 2007.

Yes Joseph, a few feeders and a crowd of takers! NH is mostly all forest,and we back up to miles of deep woods. I need to be careful though, as I don't want to attract any of your subjects! We have black bear, only a real problem if they have young around (so they say).

Mary Fran, you have a wonderful portfolio going. I enjoyed all. I am so glad I stopped in. Best wishes in 2007. Kind Regards Andrea

Mary,

I wouldn't worry about black bears too much. As long as you don't try to hand feed them they pretty much won't bother you. My wife and I used to be concerned about them but not anymore. The mothers are real mellow as well. I once ran into a black bear that was chasing a ground squirrel. He was so focused on the squirrel he didn't notice me until it was almost too late. He burst out of the trees less than 20-feet away, took one look at us, woofed like a big dog and ran away.

Grizzlies are a different story, very unpredictable. The one standing ended up charging a hiker a few minutes later. It was only a bluff charge but gave the guy a good scare. The bear was real mellow as long as us humans respected his space...that guy tried to get too close. The only trouble is each grizzly has it's own definition of what too close is...and it changes!

Does make for exciting photography trips though. I do enjoy your bird feeder pictures, keep it up and maybe you'll see a black bear scamper through one day.

Thanks for the info, I might then stick around just long enough to take a shot with minimal handshake!

Your portfolio makes me smile. So many photos and non of them with a trace of negative energy, not even neutral. Everything is sunny, colorful, healthy, clean, shinny, happy and full of life. I don't know what I like the most. Maybe leaves...

very beautiful portfolio. ciao Roberto

You have a very extensive and beautiful portfolio. I'm originally from Ontario, which has a similar climate and "feel" as New Hampshire. In fact, your work makes me feel quite homesick.

Thank you very much for commenting on my photo.

Best regards.

Tanks for comment. You have a fantastic portfolio

Your portfolio is absolutely beautiful, enjoy looking at it. Thanks for commenting on my photo.

Thank you Samir, Roberto, Andrew, Gino and Hettie for your kind comments, all are very much appreciated. Andrew, I've seen a few portfolio's that made me homesick for Maryland, so I know the feeling.

Goodness, what an impressive portfolio. Beautiful colors. Had did you capture so many little critters? Did you use any special equipment or was it a long lens? Curious.

Thanks Michael, yes a zoom lens and a lot of sitting very still for the birds and squirrels. The bugs are plentiful!

Thanks for you comment on my boat. I am fascinated where this rule of 1/9 that others mentioned has come from? Maybe I am missing something.

Now to your portfolio. Wow what can I say to capture the animals that well aint easy and I take my hat off to you.

I noticed one comment above about using Photoshop to 'enhance' the picture. I use Photoshop elements and its a bundle of laughs to learn and great to touch up a picture. However when you romp through this site and look at page after page of photo enhanced pictures where the contrast has been cranked up and colours brightened etc I have a longing for seeing a light touch with the touching.

Its a great medium to learn though aint it

You're welcome Paul. Better than half my shots are untouched here-due to a lack of expertise and software up until September. Generally speaking less is more most of the time for my tastes, yet some processing is a necessity in digital IMHO. I do, however, find some heavily processed but very well done photo's very appealing and inspiring. I'm still not up to speed on changeing settings for lighting conditions, so most of these--not all as I am sure is evident-were taken in good light giving good color and minimal need for additional saturation. I have gotten very good though at just putting the camera away on some days!

I am just starting out & with 3 little children don't find much time to enjoy my photography. However your portfolio is a real inspiration to me & I visit it whenever iI feel I need guidence. Thank you for inspiring me.

Superb portfolio, Mary. thanks for taking the time for commenting on my photo and going beyond the "call of duty" to try to help me better it. Keep up the great work. Jeff

All your work is very good but I espescially like those bird shots, so detailed. I will keep coming back to see how it should be done. Please keep posting.

Hi once again, Mary. I came across another photographer who does that similar kind of dreamy look as the one that you mentioned to me. Check out this one: http://www.photo.net/photos/josephine

Thanks Jeff, yes another one in that style. It's one of the few alterations I really go for, dreamy, mystical, like an excellent painting.

just wonderful...

Hi Mary, this is a really great portfolio, and you're so generous with sharing with us so much of your work. It must be great living with these beautiful creatures. I'll come back with pleasure! Best regards, Teresa!

Mary Your photos are so beautiful very impressive work . Mary I did what you said and change the rating my 10yr old granddaughter rated some picture when I was away from the pc I help with the picture almost all of these photo are hers thanks for telling me now to change the rating I won't let her rate any more she don't want to hurt anyone feelings she doesn't understands. Have a blessed day

Mary Your photos are so beautiful very impressive work . Mary I did what you said and change the rating my 10yr old granddaughter rated some picture when I was away from the pc I help with the picture almost all of these photo are hers thanks for telling me now to change the rating I won't let her rate any more she don't want to hurt anyone feelings she doesn't understands. Have a blessed day

Wonderful nature shots, excellent color and composition throughout! Thanks for sharing!

Just beautiful, what great work in your portfolio, love them all. Thanks for rating my photo.

Dear Mary Fran,

I am a 39 year old mother of 3, and think I need a vacation at your place!! It is absolutely beautiful!! Your images are amazing. I love the vibrant colors of your images and the DOF on the images of the birds is great! I would be like a kid in a candy store having such beautiful scenery to photograph! I'm in Louisiana, so we don't see such vibrant colors as the seasons change, if they change at all! Cyrus led me to your site - seeing your portfolio has lifted my spirits this morning.

Stacey

Thanks all, I'm overwhelmed by all of your kind remarks. Having less than a year's worth of experience at this I'm very encouraged! Stacey, I never noticed much of what I captured here "until" I started photographing. The macro lens led to an amazing little world of discoveries I had been oblivious to. The zoom lens led me into the Avian world and yet another set of discoveries. So you may find yourself surprised at what is in your own backyard!

I will not use so many words, but i want to say that you have a very impressive and interesting portfolio. Very beautiful images of birds. Keep up the good work and keep sharing it with us. Best regards Lennart KV.

Thanks Lennart, much appreciated and valued as I have great respect for the work you do. Your beautiful landscapes always catch my eye even before I see the artists name.

Saw your bird shots on the critique forum and came here as fast as I could. I'm just now developing an interest in nature photography & it's clear that I have a lot to learn in this portfolio. Will be spending a lot of time here.

Incredible body of work, full of color and details like the squirel and chipmunk and the flowers. Your bird gallery is very impressive you bring them to life. Regards Anthony

Thank you Anthony and Roger, very much appreciated.

I have paid you a visit to personally thank you for your support of my explanation to Jan the psychological and historical origin of the aesthetic guidelines as we know. AWESOME has been your word choice to describe my elucidation. It's a proper word to encapsule all my joy of visiting your portfolio and having found experience, passion, technique, insight, and your predilection for visual communication with the viewer in one single word. I wish you all the happiness in the world and am willing to invite you to my tiny portfolio which feels dwarfed against your colossal collection.

Thank you Arash, sincerely appreciate your feedback. I'm a bit addicted to this photography thing so I carry the camera around like most women do their handbag! I'll be by, it was a very enlightening explanation. Anyone interested in understanding some of where the rules in art came from see comment section on Jan Piller's portfolio.

Wondered your pictures here and they pleased me so much. Especially the flowers with her excellent colours. i love nature too. Best wishes.

Hello Mary Fran, I am in awe of your work. Thank you for the direction on my hawk photo. I however see I cannot hold a candle to you! Your work is truely amazing. The colors are so vivid and your shots so pure. Thank you for displaying your wonderful talent. You truely are a Top Photographer. Regards, Melissa

Thanks Melissa, but I must disagree, your work is excellent and many of these aren't properly processed as they should be!

Hi, Mary Fran. Your work continues to be so talented and artistic. I hope you start entering some competitions back there and become better known. You have the ability to compete very nicely with the pros. Let me know if you find another site to display your work. I would not want to miss out on your art. Thanks for all the sage advise you have offered to me. And Good Luck with your photography career!

I absolutely love your work. Now that I live in China, it is so wonderful to see such exquisite shots of East Coast birds. Thanks!

Thanks Jeffrey, sounds like you may have some interesting new wildlife to shoot though!

Great work... Love the blue jays and cardinals!!!!

Hello Friend!

Well here it is another year is passing away and we are coming into the holidays. I think time starts to go faster as we get older, it was just yesterday I wished my friends Happy Holidays and here it is again the end of a year. The holiday lights are starting to be put on some of the trees here in Dallas, we were out last night and some were lighting the trees. I wish for you all a holiday season with family and friends, after all is said and done all we have is each other.

I want all of you to know just what your comments and ratings on my work means to me, your words are my motivation, my drive to discover, to learn this art that we all love, thank you for taking time and thank you for caring about my works. At the same time thank you for letting us see your world, our lives are so much the same, we all care about our families and friends and we all share the same things, maybe someday our photos will help make for a lasting world peace. May you and your family be blessed this season.

Happy Holidays and Happy Shooting

Ken

Hi Mary,

I so enjoyed browsing your portfolio. I love all of your New England scenes. There's nothing like true New England foliage. It makes me homesick. I have an aunt in Center Harbor, and my grandparents and another aunt in Manchester. I was born in Concord. Can't wait to visit again! Beautiful pictures. I really like your bird pics. I'm just starting to get into birding, and I'm looking forward to getting some great shots like yours.

Regards, Amanda

My Congratulations to your Portfolio!