Beginner's Critique - Pass it on

Line of Best Fit · Aug 7, 2008

Ahah. Nah, it's a windowsill.

The softness there gives it a really nice look. The branches and wires, not being sharp and all.

floppydisque · Aug 7, 2008

I think the picture might have been more successful if all the posts of the rail were more visible so that they filled up the frame. Right now I think there is a lot of empty space.

I went to the beach a couple days ago and took this picture of one of the kids there.

Line of Best Fit · Aug 7, 2008

I'm not sure if this is good with positioning, you know, thirds and everything. Does this count as a portrait? I don't know, maybe you can crop it tighter.

But maybe you were thinking of something like this with mine.

Yeah?

Solthar · Aug 8, 2008

Line of Best Fit said:
I'm not sure if this is good with positioning, you know, thirds and everything. Does this count as a portrait? I don't know, maybe you can crop it tighter.

But maybe you were thinking of something like this with mine.

Yeah?

While i love the concept, I'd like to see it from a slightly less extreme angle, and the white space at the right either removed or replaced with a more interesting backdrop. Also a tad noisy.

How about a two for one?
Here's a before and after shot of my first HDR attempt - done by hand in gimp from a single source image. Feel free to critique both the composition and the actual HDR itself :greenpbl:

Before:

After:

Line of Best Fit · Aug 8, 2008

The HDR looks good. But I'm not sold on the composition. It's just off.

I posted this in a previous thread, to no response.

TamiyaGuy · Aug 8, 2008

I like the vingette on the image, and I like the composition as well. However, I feel that the image could do with a lot more DOF, the way the bottle cap is blurred looks odd to me. It might make the image less unique, but that's just my opinion.

To Bifurcator: I am so sorry, I completly missed your post at the bottom of Page 3. Just for you, here is the original image, completely untouched bar a tiny bit of sharpening from the resize. Also, here's a shot from a different angle, so feel free to rip both to shreds, people!

Fun fact: Imageshack hates me atm, so this message has been through one computer restart!

BoblyBill · Aug 21, 2008

Both images are plagued with objects being in the center. Exposure is good but composition needs work. The bottom picture has half of the subject cut out of the picture.

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Remote · Aug 22, 2008

Hey, pretty cool. Not sure if it's supposed to not be centred, but whatever, that's just me

Montana · Aug 22, 2008

Looks like a tad loss of shadow detail, but nice image. Personally I like tighter flower crops to show more detail, but that may just be personal preference. It looks to be natural light, but some of the shadows are rather bold (harsh) in my opinion. Obviously the central flower is the "main" subject, but the background is too in focus causing my eyes to be a tad distracted from the larger flower. A little more background blur would help this I think.

Here is one of mine.... I wanted to show movement with the slower shutter speed. Any tips also appreciated.

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Derrick

mermaidear · Aug 22, 2008

The sky looks amazing, and I really like the windmill moving. The bottom half of the photo is a little too dark for my taste, so it looks a little boring. But the rest is beautiful.

I feel like everyone else's "beginner" photos don't look beginner in the least.
Maybe I'm extra beginner, hehe.

K1W1 · Aug 23, 2008

focus on subject was good maybe less back ground or less focus on background to increase interest in main subject.
heres mine

OregonAmy · Aug 23, 2008

Montana - what shutter speed did you use for the oil derrick pic?

Here's one of mine - took it last weekend.

It was about 7pm and the sun was setting; my back is to the sun here and I was having a hard time capturing the yellowish light the sun was casting on the flowers. I was working on a narrow DOF here with my new (first!) dSLR.

18mm, ISO 200, f/8.0, 1/250s

DannyB · Aug 24, 2008

I love the DOF but like you said I think the lighting could have helped out and the petals seem to be blown out a little bit. Take it for what its worth...I'm still a noob!! Great shot though!!

Got bored and figured...Why not?