Hi Jen,
Here's my 2cts. You have a good eye, but these shots need some work.
The first one is a little crooked & would look better if the pole on the left was cropped out (as Justin suggested). Also, it has quite a bit of noise of some kind. Not sure if it's a result of reducing your file size - it's only 21k, so that's where I'd put my money - or high ISO setting, or being fully zoomed out on your lens. If it's ISO noise, try running it thru Neat Image. It's free, if you don't have it. You can find it easily with Google. I'm not familiar with your camera, but I'm assuming it's a point & shoot of some kind. What I found with my p&s is that if I zoomed beyond the optical zoom limit, the image degraded more and more as I increased the digital zoom, so I'd suggest staying within the camera's optical zoom range.
I really like the second shot, but your focus ended up more on the outer edges of the shot than on the flower. The flower itself is a little over-exposed, maybe from a flash?
The third shot just looks completely blurred & over-exposed to me. Nice composition, but the image just didn't come out.
Again, that's just my 2cts. Hope it helps.
Tim |
