Seeking Feedback on my Latest Photos

[elementgs]

Evening, I'm looking for feedback on the photos below.

Thank you!

 

[HikinMike]

I personally prefer seeing the images here. I don't like clicking links...

 

[elementgs]

I personally prefer seeing the images here. I don't like clicking links...

I can appreciate your reasoning, they are all 500px links though, a professional website. I'll edit it regardless, I apologize.

 

[elementgs]

Edited with embedded images. Thank you.

 

[Designer]

That's quite a few photos, shorthand version:

Pretty good
Better
Not bad
looking for more
same here
nice, needs leveling

 

[mmaria]

post less photos and you'll get a better feedback

#2 for me

 

[JMarro]

I'm not sure specifically what your looking for critique on, however, it would help if you put up some of the exif info for the photos. The first three are my favorites, so my comments will be directed toward these photos.

First is the composition. Your horizons are almost directly in the middle of the photos. Now this isnt always a bad thing, but I don't think it works for these photos. Since the sky is a bit boring especially half way above the horizon, I would have tilted the camera down a bit and put the horizon in the top third of the photos.

The first photo has nice leading lines. It may not have been possible with your lens setup, but I would have gotten much closer to the ground (then again it may have cut off the horizon) and used a wider focal length to get a bit more of the cliffs on either side of the image. Furthermore, a longer exposure may have worked better for this image. Instead of the freezing the roughness of the waves, I believe a smoother ocean would have flowed better.

The second photo has very nice foreground elements and is probably my favorite of the bunch. Again I would get just a tad closer to the ground on this one and adjusted the horizon. The reflection of the mast that intersects with the closest left side boat kind of bothers me but you could take that out in post or reposition the composition on site. Also, I would brighten up the boats and background elements a little.

The third image also has good leading lines and nice elements. I assume the light was falling so your shutter speed was longer than the others. I would have upped the ISO or lowered your f-stop number (depending on what f/stop you were using for this one) to freeze the waves right as they went over the foremost rocks. The rocks need to be lightened up quite a bit and the horizon adjusted like the others.

The location looks superb for landscape photos.

Thank you for posting and I hope my comments give you the critique you were hoping for.

 

[ronlane]

#2 for me as well, although, if you cropped it just a little to make the edge of the rock the right edge of the picture. This moves the first boat be at the bottom left third and takes out the boats and stuff in the upper right corner.

#6 would be a close second without the fence.

 

[elementgs]

I appreciate the feedback. What I was attempting to accomplish by posting so many pictures was diluting the selections and forcing a choice.

#2 scored 97.9 on 500px, my highest to date, and I can't figure out why. It's also the favorite amongst you all and I just don't understand it.

For all intents and purposes its my least favorite picture.

Is it just the foreground that is appealing to everyone and what causes them to overlook the background?

 

[Braineack]

feedback: http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...-2014-potm-nomination-thread.html#post3282444

 

[Braineack]

Is it just the foreground that is appealing to everyone and what causes them to overlook the background?

composition, subject, colors, quality, mood, etc.

 

[Designer]

#2 scored 97.9 on 500px, my highest to date, and I can't figure out why. It's also the favorite amongst you all and I just don't understand it.

Being able to tell the difference between a good photograph and one that is merely o.k. is one of the key skills to have as an artist.

Suppose you go out and make 100 photographs, and come home to check them over. Let's be optimistic and presume 10 of those are keepers. Out of those ten, perhaps one will be worth posting up for critique or entering a contest. Out of every ten contests you enter, suppose you actually place first once. That makes your success rate uuhhh... 1 in 1,000. I'd say that's pretty good.

Now on the other hand, let's say you post up all 100 or enter that many contests. Even though your success rate will theoretically be the same i.e.; 1 in 1,000, people are going to expect far less of you and your skills overall, and might even get tired of looking.

 

[HikinMike]

I can see why. I prefer not to see man-made elements, but that's just me. I like #1 and #3 because of the leading lines. I like the #3 a bit better because of the colors.