What do you think?

babidoll85 · Nov 7, 2007

So I am completley new to the site and actually have never submitted any of my photos to be critiqued anywhere ever. I figured I would give it a shot :wink:

I am very new to photography and still learning all the basics to get myself into manual mode. I am also very new to photoshop so my pp might not be the best either. Ok so now that I have gotten through my forewarning Here is my first picture. I am hoping by getting some criticism I can figure out the things I need to be more aware of...Well I guess thats what you want critique for anyway right? Ok ok enough rambling..here it is.

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babidoll85 · Nov 7, 2007

Ok, now that I look like a fool because there is no picture, what am I doing wrong?

Sideburns · Nov 7, 2007

upload it to photobucket...and use the "forum" tag.

babidoll85 · Nov 7, 2007

Sideburns said:
upload it to photobucket...and use the "forum" tag.

Ok then do I paste it into insert image? At least thats what I tried to do and it still is not working.

kundalini · Nov 7, 2007

Before you actually post it, make sure you read the information for each of the forums. You started this out in the "General Critical Analysis".

For having only 3 posts, continuing in this forum could seem to be brutal.

hawkeye · Nov 7, 2007

just be sure to drop the image url between the tags

babidoll85 · Nov 8, 2007

Thanks for posting my pic. And as to the previous poster, I don't mind if it gets brutal. I would just like some opinions on my picture. Personally I love it so even if someone tells me it sucks that ok.

Alpha · Nov 8, 2007

I'd like to see much richer shadows, and some tonal variation in the grass.

babidoll85 · Nov 8, 2007

MaxBloom said:
I'd like to see much richer shadows, and some tonal variation in the grass.

Will my pp help that at all, or is it all about the lighting when the photo is taken? Also, what about my B&W conversion? I will post this is color too in a minute.....

Alpha · Nov 8, 2007

Post a high res version of the color shot and we'll see what you've got to work with

babidoll85 · Nov 8, 2007

Alex_B · Nov 8, 2007

ok, that looks like you had some very difficult light there! The boy backlit which leads to overexposed grass. So there is not much contrast in the grass and it will not be rescued easily.

the composition appears a bit odd to me. but as we all know, this is a personal thing. It looks a bit as if you had no idea if the boy should be on the right side or in the centre. The fact that he is looking to the right does not really help either. To me he would belong to the left half of the frame, maybe even in a square crop or in portrait orientation.

babidoll85 · Nov 8, 2007

Alex_B said:
ok, that looks like you had some very difficult light there! The boy backlit which leads to overexposed grass. So there is not much contrast in the grass and it will not be rescued easily.

the composition appears a bit odd to me. but as we all know, this is a personal thing. It looks a bit as if you had no idea if the boy should be on the right side or in the centre. The fact that he is looking to the right does not really help either. To me he would belong to the left half of the frame, maybe even in a square crop or in portrait orientation.

Actually I wasn't even planning on this picture. I was at a tball practice and I saw this little boy picking up the ball and it sparked all kinds of interest

The composition is a bit odd and I couldn't quite figure out what it was, but I think you are right. I had a split second to take the picture and it just kind of ended up like that. I really hate to center my pictures (I know...) so he ended up on the right side, but it does seem awkward that he was kind of looking to the right. Nothing a little cropping wont fix (I hope anyway!). Anyway just a little about the feeling of the picture....I really love that you can't see his face. I just kind of picture it as a photo from long ago..maybe a little boy outside yankee stadium finding the baseball. Ok so I know that sounds a little corny, but I guess that was what I was feeling. Thanks for the response.

Alpha · Nov 8, 2007

I tried everything I know in PS, and for quite a long time. It's just too overexposed. I'm sorry.

babidoll85 · Nov 9, 2007

I appeciate you giving it a shot though:sillysmi: Maxbloom, yesterday while I was checking out the site I came across alot of your posts and you seem to really know our stuff. How long have you been doing this?