A rookies first review
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1. Good image, well exposed. Ideally you want to capture animals more in a 3/4 forward profile (so that they are looking toward you, not away from you), but you also have to take what you can get.
2. Slightly (~1/3 stop) over-exposed, but that's minor. Critical to good animal photography is the sharpenss of their eyes. In this case, I think the point of focus was more on the chipmunk's haunch rather than it's head. Also try and avoid cropping so that you lose little bits; in this case the very tip of the tail.
3. A rather bland image with no discernable main subject. In cases like this, circular polarizing filters and/or graduated neutral-desnit filters can really enhance skies and improve the contrast between clouds and sky.
4. Very nice, good and sharp, needs a much tighter crop to focus the eye on the main subject however.
5. Another nice close up.
Overall, some very nice work there. A couple of general comments. Try and avoid centering your subjects. As a general rule, the "Rule of Thirds" makes for a more pleasing image, that is, off-setting the main subject from the middle of the image by 1/3. In the case of macro and close-up work, this doesn't always hold true; what's important for those types of capture is to make sure your subject doesn't get lost as it does in the case of the grass-hopper. Don't be afraid to crop aggessively - there's nothing wrong with having the subject take up more of the frame.
Just my $00.02 worth - your milage may vary.
~John
1. Good image, well exposed. Ideally you want to capture animals more in a 3/4 forward profile (so that they are looking toward you, not away from you), but you also have to take what you can get.
2. Slightly (~1/3 stop) over-exposed, but that's minor. Critical to good animal photography is the sharpenss of their eyes. In this case, I think the point of focus was more on the chipmunk's haunch rather than it's head. Also try and avoid cropping so that you lose little bits; in this case the very tip of the tail.
3. A rather bland image with no discernable main subject. In cases like this, circular polarizing filters and/or graduated neutral-desnit filters can really enhance skies and improve the contrast between clouds and sky.
4. Very nice, good and sharp, needs a much tighter crop to focus the eye on the main subject however.
5. Another nice close up.
Overall, some very nice work there. A couple of general comments. Try and avoid centering your subjects. As a general rule, the "Rule of Thirds" makes for a more pleasing image, that is, off-setting the main subject from the middle of the image by 1/3. In the case of macro and close-up work, this doesn't always hold true; what's important for those types of capture is to make sure your subject doesn't get lost as it does in the case of the grass-hopper. Don't be afraid to crop aggessively - there's nothing wrong with having the subject take up more of the frame.
Just my $00.02 worth - your milage may vary.
~John
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Heya d-ran, and welcome to ThePhotoForum.
As you can see, I went into your post and edited it some: I put spaces between each photo so they no longer run one into the other, and I numbered them. Makes commenting easier.
And had not tirediron been here before me, I would have said the very same that he said, but ever so often he beats me to it, and when tirediron has been around, there is little more to say...
As you can see, I went into your post and edited it some: I put spaces between each photo so they no longer run one into the other, and I numbered them. Makes commenting easier.
And had not tirediron been here before me, I would have said the very same that he said, but ever so often he beats me to it, and when tirediron has been around, there is little more to say...
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