Saturday's job
by pinegan

Comment by BakerBug:
Interesting use of selective desat.

Saturday's job
by pinegan

Comment by boyd2000:
Good selective desaturation. Nice scene. I'd like to see more faces.

with our hands
by pinegan

Comment by pinegan:
I have the same your feeling, excla (excuse me abbreviation ;) and zardoz:I like it but shame it has been ruined by my mistakes.
probably even shake has been the problem: the shot has been done at the last moment so experience is necessary I think.
Thanks a ot

with our hands
by pinegan

Comment by zardoz:
A nice picture but I think the problem is camera shake rather than focus. It's hard to tell from a reduced image. I think that maybe a USM with a large radius, maybe 10 or so, would help. It's a shame about the fuzziness because I really like the picture. It is a great moment and an excellent choice of crop.

with our hands
by pinegan

Comment by JamesA:
nice pic shame about the focus

Light
by pinegan

Comment by pinegan:
Thanks a lot Vamp!
I see you're just joined in dpc.
Welcome! I await to see your work.

Light
by pinegan

Comment by VAMP_hotography:
Well seen light - lovely shot.
I also like the gold in the writing.

yeah! sound(\'s) life
by pinegan

Comment by pinegan:
Tim... thank you!
Thanks for your sugggestions but for your support especially!

yeah! sound(\'s) life
by pinegan

Comment by timfythetoo:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

First off - welcome to the wonderful world that is DPC. I hope you dont find it as addicting as I do. It can lead to way too much time spent here. But you can also learn tons.

Now - to your trial by fire. ;)

You have an interesting character here for sure. But his impact is taken away by the soft focus and snapshot feel. It's cropped a bit tight around his feet and the guy walking out of the frame is a bit distracting. A better focus on what is in your frame before shooting would have helped some of these issues. That is something that comes with practice. As forthe focus/sharpness issues I cant quite tell where the focus is. Your shutter speed was fast enough that it should have stopped any action. I just cant see where you had the focus markers on. A tough first entry. But upwards is where you can go.

My first 4 entries were all 4 scores. I know how it feels to start here. Hang out, look at images that score well and study them, read descriptions, read how to threads, ask members questions. DPC has a wealth of resources to help you improve.. THats what we are here for. Most of all have fun and shoot what makes you happy. If it makes others happy too you will get better scores. If it doesnt then you won't. But try to stay true to yourself and have fun experimenting.

I loo kforward to seeing your future entries. PLease feel free to PM if you have any questions or if I may be able to help out in any way. Good luck!

Tim

yeah! sound(\'s) life
by pinegan

Comment by pinegan:
thank you for the comments
551st on 572? wow! what a start!