Pictures from California

[AugustMyhrman]

Just got back from California and thought I'd share some of my shots. Anything good? What's bad and can be improved?

Shot on Canon 600D w/ 18-55 IS

 

[Designer]

Welcome! Only three shots?

I like #3.

If you are looking for a complete critique, we need a little more to go on. Please post one photograph, and ask all the questions you have about it.

 

[D-B-J]

I'm a fan of the third, mostly because I love the colors.

First:
It appears under-exposed, noisy, blurry, and the sky is really lacking in intensity. As it is, I see it as a snapshot, and nothing more.

Second:
I love the colors in this photo. The two big issues I see right at first are the blown-out sky and the truck in the way of the buildings. I almost wish you had tonemapped this image, and brought back some definition in the sky.

Third:
I like it. You might have improved this by shooting from a lower angle, and you would have silhouetted the building and person against the sky, rather than the sky AND the water.


Hope this helps!

Best,
Jake

 

[AugustMyhrman]

Thank you! #3 is also my favorite. I only had time to post three since I had to lower the file size...

 

[AugustMyhrman]

Thank you for your comment, and yes, this certainly helped
I shot all of these photos on "the go" and unfortunately didn't have time to set up a tripod, hence the blurriness in #1. When you say that the sky is lacking in intensity, what do you mean? Do I need to make it more colorful?

#2: Unfortunately the truck got in frame just before I shot it. I focused on the buildings as I was on the move, and didn't notice until later.. And what is tonemapping?

These shots were all taken within a week of purchasing my first camera, so thanks for the critique!

 

[D-B-J]

Thank you for your comment, and yes, this certainly helped
I shot all of these photos on "the go" and unfortunately didn't have time to set up a tripod, hence the blurriness in #1. When you say that the sky is lacking in intensity, what do you mean? Do I need to make it more colorful?

#2: Unfortunately the truck got in frame just before I shot it. I focused on the buildings as I was on the move, and didn't notice until later.. And what is tonemapping?

These shots were all taken within a week of purchasing my first camera, so thanks for the critique!

By intense I mean it lacks significant contrast and deep color. The typical "WHOAH!" factor. And tone mapping is when you take an image, make a copy, and change the exposure of one (i.e. darken it to bring back sky detail), and then merge them in photoshop, photomatix, or another program. If you just got your camera, I suggest not getting into that quite yet.

Best,
Jake

 

[AugustMyhrman]

Ok, thank you!