Recent content by mikeWest

What are your thoughts on this? I like the composition and the reflections. It's a bit too motion blurred but I'm not sure why, I was taking it on a cheap tripod but I can't imagine that a cheap tripod shakes enough to cause visible blur? I was also hoping to get this shot with the wheel turning...

I feel like you should've exposed more for the tail than the sky. The tail is a bit too dark. Also needs more airplane ;)

Thanks for the replies guys. This confirms my initial feeling that if you think it's bad, it's probably bad. Splitting it into two images is a good idea except they both end up being very low res and I could just go and get individual shots of the planes (the green one is still there ;)). KMH...

So I got this picture and I can't tell if it's a good composition or a bad one. Which probably implies the latter. I like the juxtaposition of the big plane under construction as the backdrop to a little Cessna. I like the Boeing insignia in places, and I like that there is some "mess" around...

I don't think the lights add anything to the picture. It's a shame not to have landmarks around to include.

For #1 it'd be nice to have the people in focus rather than the bubbles. 2 and 5 are awesome. In 4 there is shadow on his face :-/

Really nice. Don't like that yellow explosion of light in the top right though. Reflections on the car are great. Not sure what the juxtaposition of the girl and car are supposed to be doing though.

fjrabon -- you're right -- agree with you on that. I wish there was a boat or something else there :-/ Jaemie -- yup that's Lake Union, next to gas works park.

Like it. Would've liked to see the blue boats featured more prominently in the picture or not at all.

So I'm giving up on #1. I don't think it's worth fighting for. Here is #2 -- with WB fixed: I'm wondering what folks think of the composition. Was this even a shot worth taking? Would you have positioned it this way? Jaemie -- I agree with you about the 2 lights (lamp and structure). I can...

Fair criticism all :) Here are the pictures inline: (1) (2) I'm looking for criticism on composition, exposure. (What else is there?) What should I have done at the time of shooting to get the White Balance correct? I believe it was set to Auto. Should I have set it for incandescent light...

I suppose one bump is in order. My biggest issue is that at night it's hard to judge exposure well. Anything from "can see the colors" to "looks like taken during the day" can be reasonable, but I have no intuition for how long to expose for and what side of the scale to fall on. It seems...

I like the crop as is. I wouldn't want to see more of the arm, I can imagine what it looks like on my own.

Looks great! (Food & pic)

I like it. The serving thing in the front is distracting, it'd be nice if it wasn't there at all.