RETAKES and a new photo Hope these are better than before. C&C Please Thank You

[photo guy]

Here are some retakes and a new photo. I started to take photos tonight at sunset and continued for roughly an hour or so. Hope these are better than the last bunch from the park. Some were with Tripod and some were not. C&C Welcome. Thank You

Bonus: Taken with my Kodak P&S no flash used, no tripod used. This photo is showing part of the old campground that the park used to have



#1 DCSF0662 f/2.8, 1/25 sec., ISO-800, no flash, Auto mode Taken with my Fuji with no Tripod. This photo shows part of the playground across from the duck pond in the zoo area.



#2(T) DSCF0717 f/3.1, 1/45 sec., ISO-800, no flash Taken in Landscape Mode with my Fuji WITH TRIPOD. Taken from the main entrance road area going into the main zoo area via crossing the main bridge.


#3(T) DSCF0688 f/2.8, 1/4 sec., ISO-800, no flash, Auto mode Taken with my Fuji WITH TRIPOD. This bandshell area is across from the old campground in the main area before the zoo part. This is also the same spot my parent's were married.


#4 DSCF0647 f/2.8, 1/60 sec. ISO-100, no flash, Shutter Priority Mode taken with my Fuji w/o tripod. Photo of the duck pond walkway taken from just before the main zoo parking lot.


#5 DSCF0646 f2.8, 1/12 sec. ISO-100 no flash used, Taken in Aperture Priority Mode with my Fuji w/o Tripod. Same view as above.

 

[LightSpeed]

I'm pretty sure you're gonna get it, here.
So prepare yourself.
I give you an E for effort.
And a D for determination.

 

[cgipson1]

All I am going to say is GO HERE>>> http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...t-shots-christmas-lights-c-c.html#post2432998

examine! learn! Emulate!

 

[Kerbouchard]

I'm afraid they really aren't very good.

In a few of them, the background might be decent if you had a foreground element. Basically, they lack a subject.

Do you, perhaps, have an example of something that you are looking to achieve? Perhaps, if you will give us a link to something that you are impressed with and would like to do something similiar to, we could tell you how to do it.

 

[photo guy]

To cgipson1: I just checked it out. Thanks

 

[Juice]

The first one is the same as your last ones. Blurry, and a picture of nothing.

2. Looks better that anything you've put up yet since you can actually see what the lights are attached to, but the lack of tripod is killing you.

3. Great, you used a tripod, but why is the severe majority of the photo black? Crop it. This still falls victim of not knowing what the lights are attached to.

4. Better, you can see a little of what is going on here. Composition needs work though. It looks like your subject is the gazebo, so get closer to it and shoot that.

5. Why did you post this? Underexposed, throw it out.

6. Lack of tripod apparent, try again with a tripod. I would get closer to the arches and shoot those, since I'm not really sure what you're trying to show here.

When you use a tripod, you can do any exposure you want, so open up the shutter.

These are a little better than the last set you posted, but you are making the same mistakes even after people stressed the importance of using a tripod. Why?

 

[photo guy]

I don't have any links to post. Sorry.

 

[Kerbouchard]

I don't have any links to post. Sorry.

Well, crap, now you are going to make me be Bitter Jewler.

If you can't show us an example of what you are trying to achieve, can't figure out how to take the shots you want to take, and won't apply the advice already given, why do you keep posting?

Seriously, I want to know. I, honestly believe many of the members of this forum can take a shot of anything and can explain to others how to do the same thing. Sometimes, it may come down to needing additional equipment but we can tell you how it's done. What I can't do is explain to somebody how to take a shot of something when they can't tell me what they are trying to achieve.

What are you really trying to accomplish in these threads? How can we help you achieve that?

 

[photo guy]

To Juice: I use a tripod a lot for my other photography (emergency scenes) and wanted to try something different with the new photography (all other). I chose to switch off using both cameras tonight with to see what I could do. I do not use the Kodak much so I decided to use that tonight too. I do have some photos from back in October that I took with the Kodak P&S when I had it mounted on my monopod if you want to see those as they are nicer than tonight. The reason why I posted some of these photos like this is to show I was changing my setting on my Fuji when I was using it to see which would work more for this. I am sorry if it didn't impress anyone. Thanks for the C&C.

 

[photo guy]

I am trying to learn more photograhy of all different areas other than what I am majoring in right now (emergency services / emergency scenes). I know it takes time and that is fine. I normally don't take photos of christmas lights and thought it would be something different to learn on as far as lighting and night shots.

 

[LightSpeed]

I think it may have been the self promotion and the build up , that did you in.
All in all, these look pretty much the same as your last time out. In other words this is a re-run of the last epic event.
We all know what happened with that thread.

I do hope you continue to improve though.
There is nothing wrong with trying.

 

[cgipson1]

I am curious about one thing! In other threads, we ALL stressed "USE" a tripod! And yet, in every shot.. you specifically mentioned that you DIDN'T use a tripod.. like you were trying to tell us something! Why??????

 

[photo guy]

Thanks LightSpeed

 

[Kerbouchard]

I am trying to learn more photograhy of all different areas other than what I am majoring in right now (emergency services / emergency scenes). I know it takes time and that is fine. I normally don't take photos of Christmas lights and thought it would be something different to learn on as far as lighting and night shots.

But what were you trying to learn? Yes, those are Christmas lights. They are also recognizable as Christmas lights, so from a purely documentary sense, you were successful, but the pictures don't speak to me. They don't make me wish I was there. They just look like a snap shot of Christmas Lights.

In a lot of cases, some photographers seem to forget how important the subject is. None of these photos have an interesting subject.

When I think of Christmas Lights, I think of brightly lit homes, an inviting presence, foreground elements including lit Reindeer or Santa's or even inflatables(done tastefully) or mangers or at least some sort of foreground element, a Christmas Tree in the window, and smoke coming from the Chimney. Just close your eyes and imagine it. Now that's a photo worth taking.

The photos you are trying to take lack a subject, lack a theme, and wouldn't be interesting even if they were perfectly captured. Yes, as others have pointed out, there are some composition issues, but the composition issues are primarily being caused by subject issues.

 

[photo guy]

To cgipson1: I did label which pictures I DID USE A TRIPOD on. It is labeled above each shot if a tripod was used or not. So please don't say I didn't when I did on some. Thanks