A few for C&C

er111a · May 22, 2010

you don't have to cc them all.
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BONUS!! these are two pieces I did, you can cc these if you want to
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oh and check out my new avatar

Live_free · May 22, 2010

shmne · May 22, 2010

I like the splatters you got on your painting, very clean actually. Both of them are pretty nice.

As far as this set of photos, I'd say they're mostly snap shots again :| most of them are out of focus, and ignoring the PP just not that interesting. You aren't really designating a subject or point of interest, you have things that are the focal point but they just don't finish up the image or tell a story in anyway.

I think what is really holding you back is that you just need to stop, think, and really examine the area. Look around and study what is going on, learn to look for lighting and interesting spots that could help you out with lighting. Compose slowly, even if the subject is moving if you compose quickly and miss the shot it still isn't a shot worth keeping.

Most of what you shoot is still, though, so you can take your time and really check the composition as well as focus.

er111a · May 22, 2010

thank you for your thoughts

Bitter Jeweler · May 22, 2010

I think #1 is a nice shot. I like the PP. Nice line and form. Simple, effective. If I *had* to nit pick, I wish the ball was just a couple inches more away from the wall.

I can get behind #6 as well, just wish it was pulled out a hair more.

Why did you not bother to straighten #5, I mean, you love photoshop, and there are tools for that.

er111a · May 22, 2010

what did you say about #6? lol and I didn't because I think it looks better that away, did you notice there are 3 of me

lol oh and I learned my tripod is crooked

. and no thoughts on my two pieces of art

rusty9 · May 22, 2010

er111a said:
oh and I learned my tripod is crooked .

don't blame your equipment. a crooked tripod is an easy fix. or you could fix it in photoshop.

honestly those paintings you posted are the best things you ever posted here.

first shot is the only good one imo

er111a · May 22, 2010

rusty9 said:
er111a said:

oh and I learned my tripod is crooked .

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don't blame your equipment. a crooked tripod is an easy fix. or you could fix it in photoshop.

honestly those paintings you posted are the best things you ever posted here.

first shot is the only good one imo

haha I wasnt blaming it I was just saying. thanks I think lol I never really considered myself a painter truth be told, and I like the first one as well

er111a · May 22, 2010

er111a · May 22, 2010

haha thanks erose

#6 is a tricky one is it? lol and no thought on the bonus

JohnS. · May 22, 2010

I'm new to photography but these are all just my opinions:

#1: I like it. Although the background is confusing for me. Maybe if it was on a basketball court or something, it'd be more fitting. That's just me
#2: It's a little crooked (tilted to the right a touch). And it doesn't look centered. Just little things that throw it off for me on pictures like that. I don't get what I'm looking at either lol.
#3: If you were trying to focus on the flower, focus more

. It's still a little blurry.
#4: I personally don't like the multi-color thing going on. The house is crooked, the subject (if it's that little machine) is out of focus.. I'm not sure what to make of it.
#5: Again, blurry. Don't know what's going on.
#6: Too dark IMO. I don't like the coloring (how you left some stuff b/w and some stuff color). Is that contrast or something? Looks too..."rich"?

Bitter Jeweler · May 22, 2010

er111a said:
what did you say about #6? lol and I didn't because I think it looks better that away, did you notice there are 3 of me lol oh and I learned my tripod is crooked . and no thoughts on my two pieces of art

You gave me an excuse. You didn't answer my question.
Why didn't you straighten it in photoshop? You love PP and that is part of PP.

#6, I think it's a little tight. I just think with a little more of the scene, it might be that much better.

As for the bonus garbage...

BuS_RiDeR · May 22, 2010

Number 1 gets my vote.

It really caught my eye.

er111a said:
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ababysean · May 22, 2010

I like the basket ball one.

I don't see what others see about the painting.... lol the paintings themselves look like something my preK did in school last week.

bentcountershaft · May 22, 2010

1. I like this the best of the bunch but would have preferred the ball to be further away and a lower angle of view.

2. Not liking or disliking this one. Just "meh" feeling. The three rings remind me of John Bonham though, so points for that.

3. This could have been the best of the bunch had it been in focus. Good composition and decent colors.

4. This does nothing for me. At all. It's as if the camera was hanging around your neck and you accidentally hit the shutter button. It wasn't one of those happy accidents either.

5. This one looks like bad security cam footage in color. The place has some potential for a decent shot. This wasn't it. I'd go back there and experiment. Start with a level tripod. That lighting could lead to something cool and dramatic.

6. Lower the camera and move to the right. And level. Look down the aisle and show some of the floor. The lines in this don't lead anywhere, they just act like speed bumps for your eyes.

7. This would appeal to me more if there were more randomness in the positioning of the circles. It looks too formulaic, with two vertical rows and then some filler.

8. Same thing as 7, except three rows.