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seandeeeezy

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Last week when at Huntington Beach, it got super foggy. Luckily I had brought my camera. Here are a couple photos from that day. I'm looking for any critiques. As for photo #5, it looks a little dull. I'll have to go back in Capture 1 Pro and fix that.
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Your photos are showing up as Google error messages. Perhaps try uploading to TPF directly, from your PC.
Google 403 error message_TPF.webp

Here's a screen cap of what I am seeing. This issue has seemingly become more common on TPF as of recent weeks. Perhaps it has something to do with the permissions you have set for the photos, or for your hosting account with Google.
 
Your photos are showing up as Google error messages. Perhaps try uploading to TPF directly, from your PC.View attachment 137063
Here's a screen cap of what I am seeing. This issue has seemingly become more common on TPF as of recent weeks. Perhaps it has something to do with the permissions you have set for the photos, or for your hosting account with Google.

Sorry about that! I'll fix it


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Solid framing/composition on the guitar-playing fellow. And, WOW--the sharpness on the first shot of the boy is excellent! The HB sign and the people and the walking-in person is very well executed for that type of locational-detail shot. It's harder than it might seem to make a good shot of a landmark/street sign like you did, so bravo on that one. The pier in fog shot is OOF, and that hurts it, but it still has "mood" to it. The smiling/laughing boy shot in fog is okay, not great, but still has a wonderful expression and good eye contact with the camera, definitely a keeper, but not an A+++ level shot, since the framing of him is a bit low, with too much topspace to be considered the ideal framing. Outstretched arm and ginormous wristwatch reaching toward the pier...ehhhh...maybe the second-weakest shot of the five I think, yet still decently-composed with the way the hand and fingers dominate the frame's total width quite well.

You did well in keeping the quality and level of the light pretty consistent, and the white balance being a slight bit too blue-ish HELPS keep that fog-vibe in mind, to me at least. These might be considered too cool in WB by some, or inaccurate, but I actually prefer a bit of blue for foggy lighting conditions, as opposed to being too warm, too yellowish, which looks like a forest fire is burning nearby on foggy day pictures.
 
Solid framing/composition on the guitar-playing fellow. And, WOW--the sharpness on the first shot of the boy is excellent! The HB sign and the people and the walking-in person is very well executed for that type of locational-detail shot. It's harder than it might seem to make a good shot of a landmark/street sign like you did, so bravo on that one. The pier in fog shot is OOF, and that hurts it, but it still has "mood" to it. The smiling/laughing boy shot in fog is okay, not great, but still has a wonderful expression and good eye contact with the camera, definitely a keeper, but not an A+++ level shot, since the framing of him is a bit low, with too much topspace to be considered the ideal framing. Outstretched arm and ginormous wristwatch reaching toward the pier...ehhhh...maybe the second-weakest shot of the five I think, yet still decently-composed with the way the hand and fingers dominate the frame's total width quite well.

You did well in keeping the quality and level of the light pretty consistent, and the white balance being a slight bit too blue-ish HELPS keep that fog-vibe in mind, to me at least. These might be considered too cool in WB by some, or inaccurate, but I actually prefer a bit of blue for foggy lighting conditions, as opposed to being too warm, too yellowish, which looks like a forest fire is burning nearby on foggy day pictures.
Thank you! That means a lot! I've been trying to put myself in different lighting situations so I can learn what settings to use for them. It was funny, because I was just walking around while thinking to myself "ooo that'd look cool if I shot it this way." And then I'd try it out haha.

The one with the foggy pier, I liked the composition, but I wasn't too happy with how it came out super grainy. I do like its mood though. I was trying to go for the gloomy feel. Also, I think I just did some poor editing on my son where he's smiling. I made the entire photo too dull without brightening him. I'll have to go back and see if I can fix that.

I appreciate all your criticism. Means a lot!
 
You've hit upon some good thoughts, like the idea of trying to pre-visualize, then attempting to execute that vision. Also another good idea, trying different settings for different shots and conditions. And probably one of the most-important concepts: realizing that the final-final form of an image is not always the first edit! Many times, I'll come back to a shot I like and re-do it, and think it's better the second time.

Sometimes, I like to wait until the feelings and the emotions of a day are well forgotten, and only THEN will I sit down to edit the images. My experience is that shooting, and then immediately editing an entire shoot will mean that "some images"will get edited right, and others will be less-than-ideally-edited, so I am always willing to go back and revisit a shot and re-do it.
 
You've hit upon some good thoughts, like the idea of trying to pre-visualize, then attempting to execute that vision. Also another good idea, trying different settings for different shots and conditions. And probably one of the most-important concepts: realizing that the final-final form of an image is not always the first edit! Many times, I'll come back to a shot I like and re-do it, and think it's better the second time.

Sometimes, I like to wait until the feelings and the emotions of a day are well forgotten, and only THEN will I sit down to edit the images. My experience is that shooting, and then immediately editing an entire shoot will mean that "some images"will get edited right, and others will be less-than-ideally-edited, so I am always willing to go back and revisit a shot and re-do it.

I think I'm starting to feel the same way. When I'm done shooting a set, I already have a couple favored photos that I want to give immediate attention to in the editing process. The rest kind of just get stored and forgotten. But when I'm going through old photos, I'll see one that I didn't give attention to and start working on it.

So now that you mention that, I think that's what I'm going to start doing.


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The smiling/laughing boy shot in fog is okay, not great, but still has a wonderful expression and good eye contact with the camera, definitely a keeper, but not an A+++ level shot, since the framing of him is a bit low, with too much topspace to be considered the ideal framing.

I went back and touched it up a little bit. I thought my first attempt was a little too dull. I went ahead and edited the original post with the newer edit.
 
Yes, the edit is brighter, and looks better!
 

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