New camera... a few photos C&C please

[Jessielee13]

I just bought a Canon Rebel T1I and have started playing with it let me know what you think please

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[OrionsByte]

I like the first one, but if you were shooting "for real" you'd probably want to either use an ornament that wasn't quite as reflective, or find something more interesting for it to reflect. It's tough with a spherical reflective object like that because you're always going to end up with the camera in the reflection. Play around with the saturation on that one; you can make it a little extra festive.

I'm not fond of the focal point in the second one - basically you've got part of the branch in focus and everything else out of focus, which just makes it look like you missed. I'm not sure if that was intentional or not. However, the reflection in the ornament in this one is a little less distracting because it's out of focus, so that could be a tip going forward too.

Nice job, enjoy your new toy!

 

[AprilEye]

I like the first one, but if you were shooting "for real" you'd probably want to either use an ornament that wasn't quite as reflective, or find something more interesting for it to reflect.


Nice job, enjoy your new toy!

Here is an example. You can use it as a type of self portrait!

 

[o hey tyler]

Yes, it can also show the laziness of the OP who didn't get out of their chair to take the photo...

 

[Jessielee13]

Hey cut me some slack it was like the 3rd day i had the thing and if you could see the other side of the chair my 10 month old is using the footrest as a stool to stand with