Couple Beginner Shots....C&C

[rell804]

1. This is a shot i took off a pier with Canon Rebel and 18-55 Lens.....

2. This is a pic of the pier i took first shot off of...same camera

I know these arent great, just practice shots.

 

[MissCream]

Holy tilted horizon!!!

Straighten it out and boost the contrast a bit. It would also be a bit better if the boat house wasn't smack dab in the center.

 

[tirediron]

Agree with Miss Cream's comments; additionally work on the basics before getting into things like monochrome conversion. Try searching 'Rule of thirds' and 'Golden mean' for hints on composition.

 

[Trever1t]

They're referring to basic compositional rules. The key to a good shot isn't just the subject, rather the composition is equal if not paramount. Your subject matter is good, I understand what you're looking at but overall they lack.

 

[PASM]

The Diagonal Rule also
Photography - Basic Photography Lessons, The Diagonal Rule

 

[bigtwinky]

Holy tilted horizon!!!

lol...that's what I was going to post!!!

 

[MissCream]

I was going to add Batman to that but someone said it other day... lol

 

[rell804]

Thanks for all the criticism, it helps me alot, i will look into all the things you all mentioned.

 

[rell804]

This is more difficult then i thought lol......i read some of those sections and its all chinese to me buhahahaha. Someone care to break it down in a PM??

 

[MissCream]

There is A LOT more to it then you can send in a PM :greenpbl:

Over the last three years what I have been doing is reading the articles and if there was a word or term I didn't understand, I googled it. There really is no fast way to understand everything.

Just wait until you get to the point where you want to learn off camera flash. That was a lot of work to try and learn!

 

[rell804]

Thanks, im now intimidated lol....JK....ok i will start reading the articles...ok so like the first pic, if it was you, what would you do with the camera?? I know why it looks tilted because look at second pic, i was standing on the slanted part of the Pier when i took it.

 

[MissCream]

Well,

I would move to the left, a lot and probably would have gotten a bit closer. The I would set my camera on my tripod put my ISO at 100, my aperture at about f11, depending on the background (I cant see it). There are a lot of other factors that I don't know because I wasn't there, but thats what I would start at.

 

[rell804]

Thanks Alot, i will try to go to same spot again and retake to see if i can get it better.

 

[MissCream]

Just keep shooting. It does get frustrating when you don't understand things but I promise it gets easier! One thing I used to do was rush, I always felt rushed and I never used to slow down and actually take in what I was doing. When I started really looking at my surroundings I noticed the background and little things in it that I didn't want. So I guess my advise would be just to slow down and try to put what you feel about the scene into the picture. Good luck!!

 

[AprilEye]

Holy tilted horizon!!!

Straighten it out and boost the contrast a bit. It would also be a bit better if the boat house wasn't smack dab in the center.

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