Some new photos that I took tonight while out and about. C&C Welcome. Thank You

[thereyougo!3]

What Im wondering is, wouldnt the lights be overexposed if he exposed for the house? I think a different time of day might be better as well.

I was suggesting manual bracketing photos. Exposing the areas you want exposed, how you want them exposed. Then merging the photos in post.

Yes very true. but since this guy is new im not sure if he would know how to do it.

I personally think that the biggest problem isn't that Photo Guy is a beginner. I'm not sure he knows what standard he is at. If he thinks he can take photographs of light displays without a tripod then he clearly needs to learn very much indeed about how exposure works before he even starts considering composition. We've all been there. You just get exposure working ok and then you start getting composition working and then this means that then you have to get exposure right in relation to the composition. You always have to adjust. This means lots of trial and error. The problem comes in realising what error is. That involves admitting that it is an error. Until that admission you will not learn anything and therefore not move forward. We all go through tho stage and it's the most challenging aspect for any of us.

 

[thereyougo!3]

Yes very true. but since this guy is new im not sure if he would know how to do it.

I am now going to only use the Beginners since I get more response there even though I have been doing photography for over 2 years now.

From what he says - he's not all that new

I love your new avatar - Your point is well made as usual and demonstrates that you can do things for years and yet learn very little until you're pushed in the right direction. If someone does something wrong for years without learning something then it matters not how long they have been doing it. Experience is everything but experience isn't decided by time but by what lessons you learn.

 

[Kbarredo]

Yes very true. but since this guy is new im not sure if he would know how to do it.

I am now going to only use the Beginners since I get more response there even though I have been doing photography for over 2 years now.

From what he says - he's not all that new

I love your new avatar - Your point is well made as usual and demonstrates that you can do things for years and yet learn very little until you're pushed in the right direction. If someone does something wrong for years without learning something then it matters not how long they have been doing it. Experience is everything but experience isn't decided by time but by what lessons you learn.

Like what my martial art instructor always said. " Its better to practice something right once than practice it wrong a thousand times".
The first time I had my pics c c I was pretty hurt. Then I read an article that said never to "own" your photos. Look at them as if they are someone elses. Only through self criticism and perseverance will you get better.

 

[MTVision]

Phot guy - I emptied my mailbox so I can get messages now!

 

[GeorgieGirl]

I took these three photos of houses and yards decorated while out and about tonight. I welcome C&C on these. Thank You.

#s 1 & 2 are of the same house, it just took 2 photos to get the whole display photographed. #3 is a shot I took showing how this was 1 of 3 houses in a row decorated in a neighborhood.


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Hopefully by now you have some good idea about the impressions of these photos, and on a postive note this is a good place to start to evaluate what is there and what you actualy want to accomplish. There is still time to go and walk about again with some new approaches. My add would be to work with your ISO, you can take some shots without a tripod by boosting ISO or even using your automobile as a stable surface if you decide to try it again; possible go with both approaches and work it out by trial and error to see what you think ends up giving you the best results. Its practice. And for these sorts of shots, they are usually better visions in the mind's eye than one that can be duplicated in the camera's.

 

[manaheim]

oh ok... now i understand why all the ire in the other thread.

 

[GeorgieGirl]

....and they say girls are emmotional....

 

[bentcountershaft]

I feel compelled to ask, if you aren't going to make any effort to tell us what you like and don't like about your photos why in the hell do you think any one else here should?

 

[blackrose89]

I can understand in this instance why the OP is upset. I normally find it very infantile when people whine about the negative feedback. But in this case ( if I'm not mistaken) he was apprehensive about posting these photos in the first place. And we all said "go for it" then he was bombarded with mean spirited negativity in the first page. Sooo although I don't condone people becoming defensive and whining when people are only trying to help, in this case I can understand it'd be a little disheartening when you were afraid to let your guard down and when you do you get mostly negativity. Just sayin.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

He was also asked a question at the third post that has yet to be answered.
The question is not rude.
The question is not mean spirited.
The question is not snarky.
The question has been ignored.

Just sayin'

 

[TMBPhotography]

YES! YES! YES! FINALLY, someone comes out and says what I've been thinking since I joined here. I am a noob so my word holds no weight. but yes, if you talk down to someone who knows nothing of photography and is just coming here to learn by being rude to them, isnt going to make want to continue doing it. Yes, some might not be good at it but thats not for us to decide. He or she needs to decide for themselves if its something they love to do.

 

[Overread19 7]

He was also asked a question at the third post that has yet to be answered.
The question is not rude.
The question is not mean spirited.
The question is not snarky.
The question has been ignored.

Just sayin'

Maybe its then time to respect the OP's choice and not press the issue about the question any further. For better or for worse there is no point badgering the OP if they have already made a firm choice in this regard.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

You call it badgering, I call it ample opportunity to actually engage the OP in discussion about the images. But in true forum form, it's more interesting to discuss negative comments innit. Might as well close this one down then, right?

 

[Ballistics]

If these were posted by someone else, how would you critique them?

If these were posted by someone else, how would you critique them?
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If these were posted by someone else, how would you critique them?

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*sigh*

How about you stop beating around the bush and ask the damn question already! Jeez!:lmao:

 

[photo guy]

To bentcountershaft: In one of my first posts to this site (the fire photo that was published in the paper), I did give my opinion of that photo and ended up with a lot of negative feedback and now people are asking me to do the same again so I can continue to get nasty remarks. I will not post any new photos until I feel like things have subsided with the really rude remarks and bashing. I don't mind polite remarks or criticism as long as it doen't turn nasty like it has been lately.