Beginner's Critique - Pass it on

[NikonNyc]

Hey MR. Harvey I have some settings you might want to try out..

Wow a great opportunity here. Having a lower aperture value would have been great here to let in more light, with a dusk shot you definitely want to be careful with the iso value focus more on the shutter speed to allow more light and detail to come through.
If the opportunity presents itself try

ISO400-800
Sp 1/2-1/4 try that @400
Fs 4.0
do some test shots and adjust from there.

 

[Shrimpy]

I'm gonna give this thread a bump, and start it off fresh.

Here's my picture, taken this past fall. Nothing special, but I thought it was neat

 

[TamiyaGuy]

Haven't posted here in a while, so here goes. Wow, great computer generated pic Bif and Bullitt. To be honest, I could see that the one Bif posted was CG: the top of the building looked too crisp to be true. But still, very good. Gotta love Terragen, eh?

It is a Factory 5 replica of a '65 Shelby Daytona Coupe. :thumbup:

WHO DA MAN??? Lol, I've never seen a photo of that car in my life, and I only saw it on GT2 about 4 years ago. The smallest things stay in your mind...

Right, photographs. I really like that one. The colour is fantastic, and the dappled light on the leaves give the viewer something else to focus on rather than the pumpkin (but not too much). However, the top-right hand corner seems really distracting, maybe a crop would fix it?

One from France here. Beautiful wheat fields.

Edit: Ah, nuts. I think I over-sharpened it a bit in SlowView. Sorry 'bout that.

 

[Shrimpy]

Thank you for your critique, now its my turn!

I like the overall composition of the picture, and the "path leading forever" kind of feeling. Certainly a beautiful location. I would have like a little more of the path to be brought into focus, because to me it looks almost "two-layered" I guess. There's the in focus front layer, and the out of focus back layer, it doesn't really flow out of focus, if that makes sense? And the color on the sky is a little bland, maybe some editing could fix it?

I'll post another, this is actually one of my favorite shots, its always struck a chord with me so to speak.

 

[Jen Puleo]

I love the fall so I'm always a sucker for fall pictures. I'd prefer to see less of the water since it's out of focus otherwise I really like it.

 

[Bigfatts]

Wow, that's a nice pic Jen. I am so new I can't find anything to critique so maybe someone with more experience will step in. Here's mine:

It's one of the first pics I've taken with my new Canon S5iS. It was getting dark fast and starting to rain when I took the pic so I kinda just had to snap it fast.

 

[Shrimpy]

I like the picture there, if only it were lighter out! Theres some noise in the picture, which I'm sure can be attributed to the dark lighting, so thats okay. Also, the out of focus leaf in front is a bit distracting.

Some barn in upstate NY

 

[Jen Puleo]

Just curious but where upstate? I live upstate myself. I like barns. I'd prefer to see less weeds though, more barn. I find old stuff like this really interesting. Oh & B&W might give it a whole new look too.

I just posted this, should have come here first.

 

[Shrimpy]

Thanks for the critique!

And to answer your question, I should correct myself. It's more central NY in the village of Camillus, which is about 25 minutes out of Syracuse.

 

[Marcopolo9442]

okay, the bug, looks pretty good, if you can I would crop it a bit more, maybe play with the saturation and curves a bit to give it a little more color and "pop" to it. but I am just saying this stuff because I am supposed to critique it, but I really like it and it would be great with some slight adjustments IMHO.

Okay, here goes with mine *gulp* -

don't hold back, if it is a boring or terrible photo let me know. I have been using a digital camera for a couple years but haven't had many critiques yet.

 

[alby]

I love the reflection off the wall. The scene is georgeous. Do you have a picture of the mountain with the clouds not in the way? I really don't know what else to say other than it's a beautiful picture.

"The Golden Ticket"

Napa Valley, CA

 

[NikonNyc]

Alby good shot! wish I could have seen the whole bottle in this shot.

here is mine..

 

[Shrimpy]

The composition of this shot is good, and I like it but its lacking in some areas. The color is on the bland side and its a tiny bit dark.

Heres mine:

 

[Line of Best Fit]

This is good, but I get a bland feeling from it. You could have tried different angles, changing where the subjects are placed, you know? A shot with those wicked stereotypical pool table could have been sweet too.

Something from camp:

 

[Shrimpy]

I don't know if I'm missing something, but I don't really get what the subject of the picture is? All I see is a wall :???:

I know this one has a strange color/tone, but it's what I was aiming for.