Love them or hate? C&C please.

[tirediron]

Definitely much better! Your exposures are a lot more even with far fewer blown areas and/or deep shadows. I can't tell on this monitor if it's a compression or focus issue, but #s 1 and 2 look a little soft. #4 I think is a little extreme; think "rule of thirds" here, and aim to put the subject about 1/3 of the way into the iage. Regardless, you're definitely getting there. Keep practicing!

 

[vtf]

I took the liberty of gradually sharpening this photo.
The basics should always be covered and I think everyone has covered it pretty well. I did notice your shutter speed is 1/60th which is basic speed, on this pic it was 1/30th which is too slow on moving objects even when they appear to be still.
This pic is sharper when reduced to actual size. The viewing size on here is much bigger than it was in PSE.
I first used selection tool in PSE and selected back ground to blur out distractions.
I next went to sharpening and selected whole body. About 15%.
I next went to girls face and selcted it and did another round of sharpening
I went to the eyes, selected and use unsharped mask just a tad.
Next I kept eyes selected and adjusted the contrast on them.
I know its not great but I hope it helped.
Work on your dof until you're use to it then work on focusing on the eyes in portraits not the center of the frame as appears in the case of your latter photos. Takes a lot of practice, keep it up and hope to see more.

 

[Nautifish]

Thank you so much.:thumbup:

 

[mrpink]

Time of day. You are taking outdoor photos in the worst time of the day. Try going out about one hour before sunset. You will be shocked at how much better your photos turn out.

Please take the sunglasses off the models head.

Vtf's edit is good, but you can't sharpen blurry. Keep a close eye on your shutter speeds 1/30 (first set of photos) and 1/60 (last set) are not fast enough to prevent motion blur- so it doesn't matter how well you focus, if your shooting objects in motion (people and puppies are "in motion" all the time) you need to be at least 1/125 or faster for a nice sharp image. I would like to be somewhere around 1/250 if I have an active puppy in the shot. On camera fill flash will help freeze motion as well.






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