Need some critique!

[thelightwithin]

Hello, I want to get some constructive criticism on my most recent work. I'm actually a filmmaker, but photography has been one of my most beloved hobbies over the last couple of years, I have rarely shown these before as I don't consider myself a 'good' photographer but these are the shots that I like the most, I would really like some opinions and advice as to how I could improve my work, what is it that I'm missing (besides a better camera), I am really passionate about this and I want to learn from my mistakes, if you could please turn me to the right path, I would deeply appreciate it!



Camera: Canon PowerShot A630
Focal Lenght: 7.3
F number: 4
Exposure time: 1/80
I used the porch lamp as light source.


Camera: Canon PowerShot A630
Focal Lenght: 7.3
F number: 2.8
Exposure time: 1/60


Camera: Canon PowerShot A630
Focal Lenght: 7.3
F number: 3.5
Exposure time: 1/80


Camera: Canon PowerShot A630
Focal Lenght: 7.3
F number: 4
Exposure time: 1/80

Thank you for your time!

 

[ABJayce]

May just be the computer I'm on but the first one looks like it needs a little more light, just enough to differentiate the background and subject more. I like the Second, ash tray, picture the most. Good eye on the shooting angle in the third picture. In the fourth picture I like the textures and the bridge in the distance is a nice touch. I say good job. I like them all

 

[2WheelPhoto]

Nice pics

#1 might can be improved if you drop the shadows a point or too and raise the highlights a few points

edit: also # 1 has some distraction going on at the edge of the photo

 

[amolitor]

What 2WheelPhoto said about #1. I like the dim/dark feeling.

I get a sense that you like mysterious elements poking into the frame, which isn't a bad thing per se but in #1 they just look like accidents. Make them more obvious, or get rid of 'em.

#2 isn't bad, but it feels like a bit of a cliche. I'm somewhat mixed on it.

The last 2 are pretty good. Anything that gets a little bit of a new look at that bridge is a triumph. I like the last one a little more than the third one, but they're both good ideas. Not, I think, great, it's not clear to me that it's possible to overcome the sheer photographic weight of history that bloody bridge has, but you've made some good tries at it.

 

[thelightwithin]

Thank you for you comments! about the first picture I agree I had a hard time getting it close to what I had in mind, unfortunately my camera is quite limited in low light situations and that's as far as I could go without the image becoming to grainy, But I'll try tweaking it a little as suggested. amolitor are those elements you talk about the very dim lights in the background? and thanks! on the last two, I experimented with tons of angles, I really wanted to get something rather unusual, a different view of that bridge, I tried hard. Thank you so much! I'll keep practicing!

 

[Starskream666]

The 3rd one is the only one that stands out as a real photo that not anyone with a camera could just take. Saying that I wish you had taken it from a few inches back so you could see more of the fence for framing.