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10/15/2003 06:17:23 PM · #1 |
Hey everyone
I am quite a beginner, here are some photos taken by my girlfriend and I, and I would be glad to have your views on `em, from every aspect possible :)
Michael
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10/15/2003 06:45:24 PM · #2 |
Well here's my opinion:
first, I think it would help if you had titles for the photos.
On the first one, the cat in the background either needs to be in focus or its head needs to be croped out so you can't tell what's in the background.
On the second one, it's a pleasant composition, nice colors, could be a bit sharper. It might help if you ran it through DCE enhancer from Mediachance.com
For the third one, ummm, most digital cameras have a "delete" function... just kidding on that, but I don't quite get what it's trying to tell. I hope I didn't offend in anyway... just my opinion.
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10/15/2003 06:52:25 PM · #3 |
| Thank you for your comments. It was such a special moment when I took that pic, that I had to hear someone else tell me that :) in order to get rid of it. |
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10/15/2003 08:11:21 PM · #4 |
Image 1 -
Decent color and quality. I think including the cat as soft focus is nice, but both eyes should be visible. It would be perfect if there were something on the branch of interest to the cat.
Image 2 -
Needs better focus and more brightness and contrast. It would be best to position one of the flower groups according to the rule of thirds (ROT). Also, it comes across as though you don't know quite what to do with DOF in it either.
Image 3 -
This image is dark, but I think works here to bring out the smoke in the sky. You should crop different to cut off more of the uninteresting foreground and top of the sky to draw attention to the smoke below the dark clouds. That smoke is the most interesting part of the image. It comes across as one of those "destroying the ecosystem" type images. Don't know if that is intended but I think it is the best of the lot.
Message edited by author 2003-10-15 20:13:24.
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10/15/2003 08:17:22 PM · #5 |
thanks,
The DOF problem is inavoidable, since it emenates from my camera limited F range. But I took into consideration the brightness/contrast problem, and the cut off of the eyes. About the smoke you are right - this is refineries smoke at bright early daylight.
Thank you very much
Michael.
P.S
Soon I will bring the changes about and show you the results. :) |
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10/15/2003 10:27:55 PM · #6 |
There are a few things that you can do to increase DOF. I have a piece of junk camera, and I wanted more DOF, so I made a little black cap that covers the lens and it has a tiny hole in it (you'll have to experiment with the hole size) to reduce vigneting, but that will act like a very small aperture (like the F64 on a extreme aperture lens) The camera should adjust exposure automatically. It definitelly works on my camera. try it, it might work.
BTW be sure to put the camera on a tripod if you're going to be shooting at such small aperture because the camera will definitelly lengthen the exposure time.
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10/16/2003 12:38:43 AM · #7 |
Here's an example of how mine works. there is some vigneting, but when I do close-up photos, I almost always crop tight, so for me that's not a major problem. You can tell that I get a heck of a lot more DOF with the cap on.
//www.cnw.com/~ulicip/Challenge/DOFCAP.JPG |
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10/16/2003 12:41:28 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by WhidbeyPix:
Here's an example of how mine works. there is some vigneting, but when I do close-up photos, I almost always crop tight, so for me that's not a major problem. You can tell that I get a heck of a lot more DOF with the cap on.
//www.cnw.com/~ulicip/Challenge/DOFCAP.JPG |
This would make for a good tutorial.
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10/16/2003 07:16:00 PM · #9 |
thanks, i will try the holey cap idea. I am amazed by the quality of the people here. thank you all
Michael |
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10/16/2003 07:52:49 PM · #10 |
I like the first one the most. Has some interest and takes a second take to see the cat in the background.
In general though my immediate thought is light, light, light. Learn to see interesting light - learn to recognise how it changes. Go for a walk as the sun is setting and see how the light and shadows interact. Try and become more and more sensitive to how the light changes through the day - then try to capture that. Photography is more about good light than good subjects and it is what makes good pictures stand out. You don't even need a camera - it just requires attention. |
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