Few Pictures

[EchoingWhisper]

Could you comment and critique some of my pictures here?


Pride of Malaysia by Michael Leong Qi Jin, on Flickr


Silhouette of the City by Michael Leong Qi Jin, on Flickr


Closer Than You Think by Michael Leong Qi Jin, on Flickr

 

[EchoingWhisper]

No one?

 

[tevo]

#1 Like the wide angle shot
#2 Like the wide angle shot
#3 Don't like really, uninteresting

 

[photo guy]

1st photo: Like
2nd photo: Too Dark
3rd photo: what are we looking at? a pair of pants or a denim coat? Don't like

 

[WesternGuy]

My first impressions, FWIW...

#1. Nice shot, well sort of, not enough detail in it to make it interesting for me.

#2. Underexposed - I can see that it is a city scape, but that is about all - there is no detail in the buildings - would have also liked to see detail in the sky on the left of the image. This might be the sort of image that could use a graduated neutral density filter.

#3. As others have noted - no context - abstract? close up? This one does nothing for me.

Regards,

WesternGuy

 

[EchoingWhisper]

My first impressions, FWIW...

#1. Nice shot, well sort of, not enough detail in it to make it interesting for me.

#2. Underexposed - I can see that it is a city scape, but that is about all - there is no detail in the buildings - would have also liked to see detail in the sky on the left of the image. This might be the sort of image that could use a graduated neutral density filter.

#3. As others have noted - no context - abstract? close up? This one does nothing for me.

Regards,

WesternGuy

For #1, yep, I'm facing posterization in the picture even though the original was a 16bit file, any way to solve it?
For #2, I think I can brighten it up a bit, originally this wasn't a silhouette. Could you tell me how a graduated ND filter would benefit this picture?
For #3, Yea, bad photo.

EDIT: I am still trying to find a way to make the silhouette nicer.

 

[EchoingWhisper]

#1 Like the wide angle shot
#2 Like the wide angle shot
#3 Don't like really, uninteresting

1st photo: Like
2nd photo: Too Dark
3rd photo: what are we looking at? a pair of pants or a denim coat? Don't like

Thanks. 3rd one was the pants I'm wearing now.

 

[fjrabon]

For #1, yep, I'm facing posterization in the picture even though the original was a 16bit file, any way to solve it?
For #2, I think I can brighten it up a bit, originally this wasn't a silhouette. Could you tell me how a graduated ND filter would benefit this picture?
For #3, Yea, bad photo.

EDIT: I am still trying to find a way to make the silhouette nicer.

graduated ND filter allows you to darken the sky, so that it stays detailed and dramatic, while brightening up the lower parts (the skyline).

 

[fjrabon]

1) Kind of cool, but like has been said, needs more detail. The lights to the far left of the picture are very WTF inducing. I have no idea what they are.

2) Love the sky and its coloring, but city skyline silhouettes only really work when there are interesting buildings in teh silhouette. These are all roughly the same height and are just kind of 'there' in this picture. Also, everything to the left of the furthest left building should be cropped out. Gives the feeling that the skyline goes on forever that way.

3) THis looks like you were just testing out a macro filter at a camera store. In fact, this is the exact shot I took when testing out a macro filter at a store once.

 

[EchoingWhisper]

1) Kind of cool, but like has been said, needs more detail. The lights to the far left of the picture are very WTF inducing. I have no idea what they are.

2) Love the sky and its coloring, but city skyline silhouettes only really work when there are interesting buildings in teh silhouette. These are all roughly the same height and are just kind of 'there' in this picture. Also, everything to the left of the furthest left building should be cropped out. Gives the feeling that the skyline goes on forever that way.

3) THis looks like you were just testing out a macro filter at a camera store. In fact, this is the exact shot I took when testing out a macro filter at a store once.

1) Yep. It was a crop, I haven't gotten my hand on a telephoto. The lights on the left are lights from a small casino city on the mountain. If I could show you the 100% crop, you'll see buildings there.

2) Okay, I'll try that.

3) Haha, I was bored!

 

[EchoingWhisper]

Is this better, WesternGuy? I've 'used a ND grad' in Photoshop.

 

[Postman158]

I like the first two, but the third is uninteresting to me. Your edited version of number 2 is much better.

 

[fjrabon]

Is this better, WesternGuy? I've 'used a ND grad' in Photoshop.

way, way better. good job on the edit.

 

[EchoingWhisper]

Is this better, WesternGuy? I've 'used a ND grad' in Photoshop.

way, way better. good job on the edit.

Thanks.

 

[WesternGuy]

Is this better, WesternGuy? I've 'used a ND grad' in Photoshop.

Quite a bit better. I might even be tempted to "apply" the filter so that even more of the foreground buildings show - sky is good.

As far as how an ND grad would help - you have sort of answered your own question - in this case, a one, or maybe a two stop, ND grad would allow the foreground buildings to get better exposure so that they show up, while keeping the sky from overpowering the image. That's all.

Cheers,

WesternGuy