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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

05/12/2005 12:09:00 AM · #1

...I would appreciate any comments on a couple of my photo's. Please don't feel like you have to hold back, I know it's not personal and I can't learn if you don't tell me! :)

I don't know how well this one is going to work due to the size, but we'll give it a try.

And two more....

Thanks in advance for your time

Curious

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

05/12/2005 02:30:20 AM · #2

Hi John,
I really like the second and third snow leopard pictures. I wonder if a tighter crop would add impact. They seem like they would make great individual photos. I'd be tempted to experiment with the channel mixer and the monochrome settings, not that they look bad in colour :) I notice someone left a comment on this picture for you (In case you didn't realise)

The other two photos seem to me to be well executed but don't really have any emotional impact on me.

Kieran.

beamsclan

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

05/12/2005 02:38:08 AM · #3

All are nice shots. Refer to the child on te slide--I would find it more appealing if the child was looking at the camera or if I could at least see more of an expression (fear, excitement) on his face.

Dan

mpemberton

05/12/2005 03:03:41 AM · #4

posted comments for each.

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

05/12/2005 01:59:50 PM · #5

Thanks everyone for your comments.

Snow Leopard:
On the full size photo's, the halo effect isn't there, so it must have happened during resizing. I thought to crop the open space on the right, but wasn't sure, but now I know! :)

mpemberton: You suggested stacking the photo's. Would that just be for web presentation or for wall display too? I do have the starting photo with its mouth closed, but I seemed to have zoomed a little closer on that shot as its head is larger in that one. Do you think that would take away from the series?

Kieran: Great idea! I'm going to give that a try and see how it looks. There really isn't much color in the shot anyway, so why not? :)

Guitar Player:

mpemberton: I purposely didn't want the mans face in the shot. To me, I thought that would have taken away from what I was trying to capture. Musicians perform for the public because they need to make money, but most musicians I know play for the love of the instrument and music. When they are not playing for a crowd, they seem to be in their own little world, and that's what I was going for. I must have missed it in the composition, or maybe the overall color.... Good to know!

Slide:

mpemberton: I would have never thought about the socks. I'm so glad that I included this shot for critique, as I even was able to learn from it too.

Dan: You don't think it would have looked too much like a snapshot had he been looking more at the camera? I think he was a little too freaked out to look up! :)

Thanks again to everyone for your comments.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

05/12/2005 02:19:35 PM · #6

What I see here is a shooter that has a good grasp of his tonalities and pallette, and a strong sense of composition, basically. The images are visually rich and satisfying. I'm gonna take a minority view here and say that in both the people pictures the inclusion of more "face" would detract from what's happening in the image. people aren't just about faces; sometiems bodies can tell us more, and to include the face will often draw attention away from the body language.

I'm especially fond of the "slide" image. I love the truncatiuon of the child's body, the lopsided centrality of the composition, the near-facelessness of the child.

Good work!

Robt.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

05/14/2005 04:44:01 PM · #7

Thanks for taking the time to view and comment Robt!

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

05/14/2005 05:04:20 PM · #8

Hey John, your steel guitar player was from State St. in Madison, right? I shot him the other week:

Message edited by author 2005-05-14 17:05:15.

Beetle

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/14/2005 05:06:32 PM · #9

Originally posted by gppacecar:

Guitar Player: I purposely didn't want the mans face in the shot. To me, I thought that would have taken away from what I was trying to capture. Musicians perform for the public because they need to make money, but most musicians I know play for the love of the instrument and music. When they are not playing for a crowd, they seem to be in their own little world, and that's what I was going for.

Good point, but your composition seems to achieve the opposite effect.
You are cropped in on him very tightly, almost like you're trying to "get through to" him.
If you had stepped back a bit more, given him more space, your point would have been clearer to me.

05/14/2005 11:13:29 PM · #10

Originally posted by strangeghost:

Hey John, your steel guitar player was from State St. in Madison, right? I shot him the other week:

That's the guy. I am in Madison often for business and had the opportunity to go out and shoot one afternoon last fall. I like your take on the shot!