Dubai Fountains Please critique - DPChallenge Forums

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

08/20/2011 04:37:59 PM · #1

Hi there,
Im completely new to photography and have only just bought my first DSLR, been playing around with a few macro shots and some mountain biking pictures, but i took this whilst in dubai last week and i quite liked it. No photo editing has been done yet and i just wanted to see peoples opinion on it and mainly where im going wrong.

All critiques are most welcome

It not letting me post a url to the flickr addres for the photo, how can i get round this?

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

08/20/2011 04:45:45 PM · #2

Just post the address to the flickr as a text, and one of us will parse it for you and make it into a link. You need a minimum number of posts in the forums before you can post links, so get out and talk a lot meanwhile :-)

R.

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

08/20/2011 06:00:12 PM · #3

flickr.com/photos/jamespriestley/6063233966/

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

08/20/2011 06:01:17 PM · #4

link:

dubai fountain

Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DL Macro for Nikon

08/20/2011 06:04:53 PM · #5

much appreciated, do you need to pay a subscription to upload picture to this site portfolio?

Nadine_Vb

Nikon D2X

08/20/2011 06:07:23 PM · #6

Here you go:
Dubai Fountains

You can tick the "show short URL", grab that link and paste it when selecting the Insert Hyperlink button.
The normal, long, link didn't work when I tried to insert it.

Edit: and Wendy was faster than me :D

Message edited by author 2011-08-20 18:09:56.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

08/20/2011 06:13:26 PM · #7

Thanks you very much for posting it for me, much appreciated

tanguera

Nikon D750

08/20/2011 06:17:53 PM · #8

A wonderful image, James! You're off to a really great start. You have a nice composition which gives us a sense of scale, there is enough detail to show the beauty of the fountain and the water, really good and animated silhouettes. You might want to straighten the image a bit as it tilts slightly to the right.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

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

08/20/2011 06:18:51 PM · #9

Originally posted by jamespriestley:

much appreciated, do you need to pay a subscription to upload picture to this site portfolio?

If you want to have a portfolio at DPC, yes you need to be a paid member, $25.00 a year, such a bargain. You can link to other hosting sites without paying for membership, but you have to reach a minimum activity level first; that protects us from spammers. I'm not sure what that minimum is, but someone will know. It's not a lot.

R.

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

08/20/2011 06:26:14 PM · #10

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by jamespriestley:
much appreciated, do you need to pay a subscription to upload picture to this site portfolio?

If you want to have a portfolio at DPC, yes you need to be a paid member, $25.00 a year, such a bargain. You can link to other hosting sites without paying for membership, but you have to reach a minimum activity level first; that protects us from spammers. I'm not sure what that minimum is, but someone will know. It's not a lot.

R.

Thank you very much i'll get it straightened asap!

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

08/20/2011 06:28:19 PM · #11

Here it is leveled, as suggested by Tanguera, with Photoshop's skew tool (rotating would have forced a tight crop), and a little more local contrast added, not sure that part's an improvement... Very nice shot.

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

08/20/2011 06:38:33 PM · #12

Are the signs leaning because of perspective issues? I tried adjusting the perspective a bit in photoshop. Also, I'm tempted to do a tight crop on the bottom to get even more of a sense of power from the fountain.

Last small thing -- I cloned out the reflections on the sign on the right. I like the camera flashes going off, but not the reflection.

Very minor things that I'm not sure improve the shot or not. Very nice shot! (In the future, I'd be interested in seeing the same shot from a lower point of view, so that the silhouettes are actually in front of the bright bottom part of the fountain.)

08/20/2011 06:41:09 PM · #13

Yeah, i know what you mean, i was on a raised platform behind them, Just need to go back to Dubai and try it again!! :)