first post....ironically of a post.

[BakkenBarbarian]

Hey, new guy here, just decided to get more serious about photography as a hobby since i moved out west, so many great opportunities. i thought this one came out pretty legit. tell me what you think, i'm always up for some c/c. Thanks!

 

[The_Traveler]

you will get more and better help if you allow editing

 

[BakkenBarbarian]

i'll consider it. i'd be more willing to send/know who has copies of my pictures.

 

[pic_chick]

it seems under exposed to me the details in the post are hard to make out a tad more contrast would be nice I like the photo other then that. I have never had any problems with other here edit my photos and very often they do a great job it is worth thinking about.

 

[KenC]

I don't think it's too dark overall. It's just that the highlights need to be lightened a lot and the mid tones a little - a two second fix in levels or curves. I'd also crop the right a little to throw the post off center.

 

[Mully]

As others have said it is dark and a contrast boost would help as well.

 

[BakkenBarbarian]

more like this?

 

[The_Traveler]

i'll consider it. i'd be more willing to send/know who has copies of my pictures.

you're kidding, right?

 

[Rick58]

i'll consider it. i'd be more willing to send/know who has copies of my pictures.

you're kidding, right?

Oh boy...

 

[BakkenBarbarian]

i'll consider it. i'd be more willing to send/know who has copies of my pictures.

you're kidding, right?

lew, your pictures aren't available to edit. despite the fact that i do not do this for a profession(i studied law) i would like to keep my work mine. because i want to learn and grow by doing things myself. no offense, but chill, its my choice.

 

[Atheist]

I think, compositionally speaking, that the post right in the center makes it feel unbalanced. It divides the picture in half. I think maybe pulling back a bit and including a little of the environment, and maybe the top of the post itself to give some idea of scale, would make it much more interesting. I'm not sure but it looks like there are snowflakes visible. In the West the environment is as rugged as the props and can give context to something as rustic as an old fence post. It's a shame to exclude it.

My two cents.

 

[pixmedic2 1]

i'll consider it. i'd be more willing to send/know who has copies of my pictures.

you're kidding, right?

lew, your pictures aren't available to edit. despite the fact that i do not do this for a profession(i studied law) i would like to keep my work mine. because i want to learn and grow by doing things myself. no offense, but chill, its my choice.

well, in all reality...not allowing your pictures to be edited isn't going to actually stop anyone from saving your image to their computer...its only going to stop people from editing your photograph and posting it with an explanation on what they did to help you visualize the end result of their processing.

 

[BakkenBarbarian]

you're kidding, right?

lew, your pictures aren't available to edit. despite the fact that i do not do this for a profession(i studied law) i would like to keep my work mine. because i want to learn and grow by doing things myself. no offense, but chill, its my choice.

well, in all reality...not allowing your pictures to be edited isn't going to actually stop anyone from saving your image to their computer...its only going to stop people from editing your photograph and posting it with an explanation on what they did to help you visualize the end result of their processing.

you have one of the most epic mustaches of all time, i really hope its real haha

 

[pixmedic2 1]

lew, your pictures aren't available to edit. despite the fact that i do not do this for a profession(i studied law) i would like to keep my work mine. because i want to learn and grow by doing things myself. no offense, but chill, its my choice.

well, in all reality...not allowing your pictures to be edited isn't going to actually stop anyone from saving your image to their computer...its only going to stop people from editing your photograph and posting it with an explanation on what they did to help you visualize the end result of their processing.

you have one of the most epic mustaches of all time, i really hope its real haha

thanks man..it is 100% real. its a work in progress.

 

[BakkenBarbarian]

That's great man. Anyways, my whole point of not doing the photo edit was the fact that I wanted to scope out everything here, and get acquainted to how things work and do some readings on the forums. It's not because I think I have some works of art or anything egotistical, I just wanted to get the vibe of the place, haven't even been here 24 hrs yet.