a few photos from the general areas i like (problem in my camera too)

[zeealex]

well, hopefully this will get more views than on another forum i partake in, usually theres this idiot who gets all the attention there, even though i've been with this hobby for years, i still call myself a beginner skill wise, i just know what to take a photo of, not the exposure and the aperture and stuff like that, it's all gibberish to me, but if someone could kindly explain in understandable words (not from wikipedia) what they are i'll be grateful

yeah what the heck is with the image button? i swear it doesn't like me, well nothing does but hey.
oh well looks like i'm going to have to manually enter the BBCode :er:

that was back before the camera was being an idiot
now all my images look rather faded when i get them on a PC why is that?

<-- faded looking, not as vivid as the others.

i understand that with a little HDR toning in PS it'll look okay but i want to know why it happens in the first place? :/

oh critique on composure and whatnot is much needed, i need to know what i'm doing right or wrong thanks.

 

[Geaux]

yeah what the heck is with the image button? i swear it doesn't like me, well nothing does but hey.
oh well looks like i'm going to have to manually enter the BBCode :er:

Go to the image button, hit URL, then uncheck that box under it. Works for me that way.

 

[zeealex]

ah thanks can you smell the fresh meat XD

 

[Sonoma]

what no critique? no comments on the actual images, **** my life i get it everyone doesn't like me and my useless mind, fine, **** it. it's obvious that everyone doesn't like me and my little point and shoot while you lot all have your fancy pantsy DSLRS, thanks for destroying what little confidence i have.

Those comments will destroy every chance you ever had for any kind of critique!!

Your photos have only been up for an hour give it some time and relax, dude. And yes, all the photos need work, like focus and composition. It comes with practice.

 

[tirediron]

C&C per req:

1. Not the most interesting image as-is; a tighter crop around one group of blooms might have been better (taking care to trim the dead ones away first). Had the bee been in sharp focus, it would have add greatly to the image. Unfortuately, your exposure off; you've blown the highlights in the blooms.

2. Out of focus and poorly composed; in a group situation like this, try to avoid capturing bits of the animals (the beak and chest image left). It might take a few minutes or even a few hours of waiting to get 'the' shot, but it's worth it in the end.

3. Cute little cayman (I assume)a tighter crop and different angle so that he wasn't partially obscured by the plant would have helped. Take this back and try tweaking the elvels and curves a bit to improve the exposure as well as reducing the green cast.

4. It's part of a fish of some sort...

5. Way too much going on here without a noticeable distinct subject.

6. Cute, crop more tightly to the otter though. Increase your saturation.

7. This is an interesting setting, but it lacks a distinct subject. This would be a great place to pose a pretty girl in a bathing suit!

Overall, they're not a bad set of images, but I would suggest a lot more practice in the composition of your work. Search the terms 'rule of thirds' and 'golden mean' as well as 'photographic composition'. In future, please limit your posts to no more than four images for C&C and number them. With respect to your question on the aspects of exposure, I recommend the tutorials here. They are some of the most clearly written I have found.

Edit: I'll assume your last post is meant in good humour, otherwise I will be a bit annoyed, having taken the time to provide the requested critique.

Edit2: It seems that the Cambridge in Colour 'site to which I linked is down right now. I assume it should be working again shortly.

 

[ManhattanShutterBug]

Aperture is how much light goes into the camera (size of aperture also is a factor in determining your DOF), shutter speed is how long the light goes into the camera for , ISO is how sensitive your camera is to light (always uses lowest ISO possible to reduce noise), metering is how your camera measures light and the exposure you make with your camera is the amount of light that passes through the lens into the camera and onto the film or CCD sensor. You should pick up a photography book or read about this stuff on the internet its pretty important to know if you want to take good photos.

#1 is out of focus, noisy and the flowers are blown out

#2 Is blurry and noisy

#3 is very green, its soft and has some noise

the rest all look like they were shot through dirty glass. They all seem foggy to me.

What settings and equiptment did you use? Knowing that will be easier for people to tell you how to not make the same mistakes next time. Also I highly suggest you read some photo books, take some courses or read on line it willl help you alot

 

[zeealex]

i could really kill this computer sometimes, give me 2 seconds.

right, back in the room, i hope.

just a few notes my camera is old and falling to pieces so it wont take the best shots in the world.

1. damn! that's the enhanced version!
try this one:

 

[ManhattanShutterBug]

what no critique? no comments on the actual images, **** my life i get it everyone doesn't like me and my useless mind, fine, **** it. it's obvious that everyone doesn't like me and my little point and shoot while you lot all have your fancy pantsy DSLRS, thanks for destroying what little confidence i have.

Those comments will destroy every chance you ever had for any kind of critique!!

Your photos have only been up for an hour give it some time and relax, dude. And yes, all the photos need work, like focus and composition. It comes with practice.

Agreed. if you are getting upset over your p[hotos not being C&C'd right away then you are in for a shock when you hear what some peole will say when C&Cing your photos. you need THICK SKIN to post on here. You will hear the honest truth no sugar coating, while giving advice some people will be very harsh and blunt not because they are an @$$h0le but because they are being honest with you. If you take it all in stride and learn fom what people are saying you can greatly improve your work.

 

[tirediron]

...camera is old and falling to pieces so it wont take the best shots in the world.

This is like a painter saying, "My canvas is old, I can't paint good pictures!"

 

[ManhattanShutterBug]

The unedited of the bee looks better, the flowers have more detail but its still blurry.

 

[zeealex]

thank you so much for the critique people, looks like i have allot of work to do on my part
hey, tirediron, i didn't say i wasn't going to use it any more, it's got too much sentimental value for that talk, i was just saying my camera may take badly coloured images. but HDR toning should fix that up and it is a cayman i was snooping around for it's species all over the place! thanks.

4. It's part of a fish of some sort...

its a baby female nurse shark, it was staring at me in it's tank at my local aquarium so i took the opportunity while i had it.

Agreed. if you are getting upset over your p[hotos not being C&C'd right away then you are in for a shock when you hear what some peole will say when C&Cing your photos. you need THICK SKIN to post on here. You will hear the honest truth no sugar coating, while giving advice some people will be very harsh and blunt not because they are an @$$h0le but because they are being honest with you. If you take it all in stride and learn fom what people are saying you can greatly improve your work.

i'd much rather they be harsh and truthful than quiet and not, a good kick in the teeth is the only way people learn i suppose. i just don't like "ignorance" it drives me nuts, the view count only said 4 turns out to be a lot more than that, so yeah sorry bout the bad mood.
and my kodak Easyshare C713 camera and a mini tripod is all the equipment i have like i said, i still call myself a serious amateur. that will all change in january, when the DSLR and all the fancy pantsy stuff is coming into my arms.

going to tatton park soon, what would you guys (n gals) suggest tip wise? (it's all flowers and deer and a big house) considering my camera only shoots from ISO 80 to 1250 and 2.1 MP to 7.0 MP with 3x zoom and the macro filter is pathetically useless?
on second thought that might be better in its own thread

 

[Patrice]

Your duck photo is very blurry. Your shutter speed for that image is 1/13 sec, it is nearly impossible to hand hold a camera steady at that shutter speed. I'll not comment on the composition since that was done by someone else.

You need to read a bit about some basic camera functions. Shutter speed describes how long the shutter will remain open. Aperture describes the size of the opening admitting light to your sensor. ISO describes the amount of amplification done to the base response of your image sensor. Tomes have been written on all three subjects and the relationship between them, especially between shutter speed and aperture. The selection of ISO is usually a consequence of the choices made for shutter speed and aperture. (I've yet to meet a photographer intentionally shoot at higher than base ISO and then adjust aperture or shutter to accommodate a higher than base ISO.) Another huge area of study to delve into is post processing. The era of digital cameras has made photography instantly accessible to billions of people, old and young alike. However it has also brought a need to acquire a knowledge base of the tools required to transform that digital image into something presentable.

Modern digital photography is accessible to almost everybody with a few tens of dollars or more to spend, but to make a snapshot maker into a photographer requires careful study of a rather large knowledge base.

Enjoy the learning and enjoy the hobby.

And now here are a couple of rants just to make you feel at home. 1. Not a good idea to excuse bad photography on your camera. If you don't feel your equipment up to the task then don't request c&c and then make excuses. 2. Your keyboard obviously has a capacity to produce upper case characters, you could learn to use it a bit more.

 

[powasky]

Here goes:

#1- A tighter crop would've probably benefited this picture. The flowers are blown out and the bee looks underexposed. All in all it isn't that great of a capture, colorwise.

#2- This is noisy, and soft. I really don't know what else to say.

#3- Overly green, blown out highlights on the log and leaf, and noisy.

#4- Noisy again. Shouldn't have cut off the tail of the fish.

#5- Convoluted.

#6- Overexposed and blown out. The log is distracting and so is the fence.

#7- Overexposed, not interesting. You shouldn't have cut so many things off.

 

[zeealex]

interesting comment.

Another huge area of study to delve into is post processing. The era of digital cameras has made photography instantly accessible to billions of people, old and young alike. However it has also brought a need to acquire a knowledge base of the tools required to transform that digital image into something presentable.

what like using Photoshop? Photo shopping is one of my "strong points" I seem to know my way around and have improved many an image on there.

right, no blame game got it, i suppose I'll just have to get to know it more.
punctuation, I'm crap at it nuff said, never judge a book by it's cover, I could have learning difficulties for all you know. But i'll proof read.

@powasky

I'm beginning to think i need to set my ISO lower, but most of the pictures were taken in a darkened room so high ISO was applied.
aand probably my white balance too, not sure what happened with the over greenishness, i can't really explain that one.

Looks like I still have allot to learn yet, still getting a better camera though

 

[zeealex]

in response to number 7, are we looking at something more like this:

yes i know, it's noisy, you'll find it's the norm, not sure how to solve it, post processing does nothing spectacular.