First pic post C & C Please

[crhennes]

First ever pic post and looking for some C & C from everyone. Please be gentle as I am truely a newb at this and to photo software. I used Bibble 5 to tweak the picture a little. It was taken in Amish country in Ohio around one of their winery"s down there. It was taken with a Cannon 30D (not the newest I know) using a efs 18-55mm lens with a hood. Tried really hard to get him to look at me for the photo.

 

[silentanathema]

It looks oof to me. it would be more insteresting IMO if you go really low and shoot up at it.

 

[lyonsroar]

Please be gentle as I am truely a newb at this
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It's PERFECT. Print that sucker, frame it and stick it up on the wall.

 

[photocist]

This is a snapshot.

Out of focus, subject is centered, very little going on.

 

[rehab]

Next time try something like this,

Make sure if your going to focus you do so on the subject, as it looks like its a bit off.
Neal down, very rarely should you have stand at normal height and take a picture
google rule of thirds for photography (i would have put the head in the bottom right intersection)
Try to get as close as you can but i can understand seeing an animal of that size and horns like that you would be a bit skeptical.
Lastly, I would have taken 5-6 big steps to the right and zoom in as far as i could.

 

[WesternGuy]

I am afraid I have to agree with others, the image is just a little fuzzy and the animal is dead-centred (well almost) - follow up on the suggestion about "rule of thirds". It may be possible that some of the fuzziness is an artefact of "shrinking" the image to get it to a size that you can post on the web - don't know. Parts of the background seem to have a pinkish tinge to them - not sure why this is so. It is too bad that he wouldn't look at you, because one of the more important aspects of animal photography - domestic or wild - is to catch the eye and have it in sharp focus. This is a good start, keep on trying - try different angles, different backgrounds - you could almost make a "project" out of following this animal around for an hour or so, provided he isn't bothered too much by your presence and seeing what type of images you could capture - head on, head up would be great...try getting down to his level as well, and maybe see if you can blur out the background with a different aperture - just a suggestion.

Cheers,

WesternGuy

 

[crhennes]

Thanks everyone for the input. Like you said I will keep at it and do better. I have been doing nothing but read about photography. Going to go out and see what I can do!