New to Photography

Giovanni · Oct 9, 2005

Hey everyone, I'm 17 and I recently recieved my parents old Minolta and have I've started to get more and more interested in photgraphy. I have some pictures I've taken recently and just wanted to know how they are, Thanks Alot

-Mike

Force of Nature · Oct 10, 2005

i absolutely love that 2nd one, the angle you have got there is great, iwould also like to see it in black and white, it would give such a great mood and feeling to the image.

Giovanni · Oct 10, 2005

Thank you very much. I Did the black and white for you. I'm not sure if it looks all that good though, but here it is for you anyway.

Force of Nature · Oct 10, 2005

hmmm neither am I that convinced, could I possible have a fiddle with it, see what I can come up with?

Giovanni · Oct 10, 2005

Yea sure, that'd be great.

Force of Nature · Oct 11, 2005

yeh black and white doesnt really work for me now either!

this however looks more autumnal

LaFoto · Oct 11, 2005

Hallo Giovanni, and welcome to the forum.

You are introducing yourself with some nice photos here and I really like that tranquil scene in the first. The bench has never so far convinced me too much, neither in your original nor in your black and white version. Too little contrasts, I think, in either of the two. Now Force of Nature has worked some brilliant autumn colours out of your original, with the turquois of the bench in stark contrast to it. That is nice.

And ever since I first saw your photos I have wondered why that bench IS there?

Giovanni · Oct 11, 2005

Well, thank you. I wondered the same thing when I was out for the walk I had no idea why a bench would be sitting in the middle of the forest like that. I had to take a shot of it though it looked so untouched almost like it belonged there.

Thanks again.