my first photos for c&c

[marmots]

well these are the first photos i am putting up for c&c. i dont have good equipment yet, just a point and shoot compact camera compact camera, i try to use its features to there full extent, but it doesnt offer much. i need an slr but i am only 14 and missed my oppertunity to get a summer job . so heres what i have

 

[Samanax]

#1 - Would work better if you didn't clip off the top of the yellow part of the flower.

#2 - Ummm...too busy.

#3 - Neat shot...not quite sure what I'm looking at but the composition is good...good use of leading lines...has a mysterious feel to it.

 

[William Petruzzo]

I'm not crazy about the first two. I agree that the second is definitely a bit busy. The first is okay, but it just doesn't grab me.

However, the third is outstanding. I think I love everything about it. It's abstract but doesn't scream abstract. It invites you in to ask questions about what you're seeing, even entertains the imagination. It makes me think of a short film I saw once called 'More'.

Very well done.

 

[marmots]

ty i agree on the second and first never liked them much either but i posted them anyways

 

[Jeffro]

Ok what is the 3rd one?

 

[marmots]

ita two stacks of magazines with a maglight at one end

 

[marmots]

here are a couple other shots of the same thing

this one is a little diferent though

to me it looks like something moving really fast, but i know it sucks

 

[marmots]

no1 else?

 

[RJohnston]

I like the first one, depending on the editor you have, if you could sharpen it a little bit or add just a little contrast, think it would bring up some of the fine detail. But there is really nothing wrong with the subtle shading.

Getting in close really focuses attention on the flower. Next time if you could to that with the second one, maybe capturing just the two blossoms in the middle that would help.

One important thing to remember about photography. Shoot what pleases you in the way it pleases you. For no matter how you do it, it is not possible to please everyone. If you change what you do to suit one person, then the other who likes it will not like it.

Photography is an art as well as science, use your creativity to make it look what you like, even if break some technical "rules."