critique my shot please - DPChallenge Forums

05/21/2005 12:01:53 PM · #1

any pointers would help.

Tech Details:
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Date: May 20, 2005
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: .4"
Post Processing: Using Adobe Photoshop CS
Unsharp mask, increase contrast, brightness, saturation

Message edited by author 2005-05-21 12:08:43.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/21/2005 12:02:57 PM · #2

ahh. sorry. how do you all make small thumbnail images that point to your dpchallenge portfolio images??

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

05/21/2005 12:06:11 PM · #3

Originally posted by reemas:

ahh. sorry. how do you all make small thumbnail images that point to your dpchallenge portfolio images??

Yes - you can edit that post - use the last button on the toolbar and enter the image id # and it will thumb it in there for ya. :)

jensmustang

Canon PowerShot S2 IS

05/21/2005 12:09:37 PM · #4

I think its really neat,,,gorgoeus,,Awesome,,I love the colors,,the refections on the water,,the night lights,,great job!!

Kylie

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35

05/21/2005 12:10:22 PM · #5

Easy to critique this one: Perfect.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/21/2005 12:14:08 PM · #6

Can only add "Wow" to what Kylie said. Great job!

jpochard

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

05/21/2005 12:18:02 PM · #7

Left you a comment on the photo.

oOWonderBreadOo

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

05/21/2005 12:22:21 PM · #8

It's beautiful!
The only thing I could think is to maybe make it a horizonal image? Just a little too much in the foreground...

DanSig

05/21/2005 01:32:08 PM · #9

this is a butiful image, but it's to centered.
here is the image with guidelines, and the same image cropped to fit the rule of third.. hope you don't mind :)

ace flyman

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/21/2005 01:41:48 PM · #10

Rules are ok, sometimes a center crop works, I like the above, but I also like the fill the orignal shot gives, what about cropping the top to keep the fill ?

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

05/21/2005 02:12:07 PM · #11

thanks for the rule, i didnt know of that. the diagrams were nice too!

this one was tough for me to crop. i wanted to ditch some of the sky, then i wanted to lose some of the water. each time i tried cropping i felt something was missing. finally i left it.

also, i took a vertical image but it looks to narrow and the shot wasnt as sharp. im still new to photography, but i know one mistake i made. i should have used iso 200 or 400, instead of 100. then i could have had a faster shutter speed and a sharper overall image. this was taken handeld with IS on and was one of my better takes since the rest were too soft. (i didnt get much of a seleciton since i didnt have many sharp images) maybe ill go back on sunday and try again...

Message edited by author 2005-05-21 14:13:44.

deapee

Kodak V803

05/21/2005 02:34:16 PM · #12

I think that's a ribbon-winning shot there! Absolutely beautiful. If rules weren't meant to be broken, there wouldn't be rules -- the rule of thirds is just a guideline -- don't change a thing, it works well.

Of course, if it were entered into a challenge, you'd get a few people voting it 1's just because you 'didn't follow the rule of thirds' -- come on people -- this is an art of our expression -- not a classroom!

Good work, and definately keep shooting!

deapee

Kodak V803

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

05/21/2005 02:35:25 PM · #13

oh by the way...please charge a higher price. $.60 is way too low -- the shot is truly amazing.

dahkota

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

05/21/2005 02:37:53 PM · #14

Originally posted by deapee:

Of course, if it were entered into a challenge, you'd get a few people voting it 1's just because you 'didn't follow the rule of thirds' -- come on people -- this is an art of our expression -- not a classroom!

Don't you feel a little like Sisyphus?

:)

d

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

05/21/2005 03:16:18 PM · #15

I think you picture is wonderful. Great color and lighting. However I think the square Crop may not be the best look. Take out the areas that is not needed in the photograph and make it more of a 1.5:1 aspect ratio incase you would like to print. Hope you don't mind but I tried to see what it looked like. Here's what I came up with. What you think?

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

05/21/2005 03:22:39 PM · #16

sdw65 - i dont mind at all. i like the idea of going 1.5:1. but im afraid too much cropping will make this soft shot look worse when i try to print it. im not familiar with DPI, aspect ratios and cropping - when were talking printing, so im not sure how to go about something like that yet. your edit is definately nice.

i do also like the original, because the wide angel grand view of the scene is appealing.

on a side note, i started with a 8mp 3526 x 2304 and now it's 2304 x 2304. not sure how that affects printing aside from the fact that i cant print as large and the apsect ratio is different.

Kylie

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35

05/21/2005 08:13:02 PM · #17

I hope that you continue to follow your own "eye" while you learn; I personally think your image was just right originally and is why it grabbed everyone. I think this is a case of the centeredness and perspective all working together beautifully.

thatcloudthere

Canon EOS-1D

05/21/2005 08:54:23 PM · #18

Originally posted by SDW65:

Yes, my thoughts exactly...nice crop! great photo, too!

ebertdj