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I can give you a about to honest pieces of advice, but I fear that parents might not agree :P
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I am just new into taking shots with a DSLR and would love some feedback. In this shot I was wanting to portray just how large the area was in comparison to a lone person on top of the dune.
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I've been documenting an Osprey's nest all summer. This was taken a few weeks ago -- the Male adult hit the "light pocket" -
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This photograph of Bamburgh castle was taken as the last colours of sunset faded and the floodlights took over - hopefully taking advantage of both. I was tempted to crop out some of the dark foreground, but in the end felt that it balanced the dark clouds ....
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Ian.L.-I do like your shot because you are using a technique in Photoshop alongside a great image. This is I would say a color shot desaturated with a mask over the sunflower. Great image, which tells an urban story; and colorizing the flower that takes it one step further. I don't even mind the poll cutting the frame in half because it is separating the two roads.
Highway Royalty-Very pensive and a little grey, the image that is. Contrast need to be given a boost. Is this you? I do like the cropping of the image and the placement of the hands on the face.
quellybelly-I to like off center images. I would crop this image a bit. First crop off the clump of trees on the left to the road. Then come up a small amount from the bottom. This way your composition will work a bit better.
cyberdex-You need a bit more life in those trees in the background I would suggest to make them a bit lighter in post. The water exposure is good but the tree exposure is pulling down the total photo.
jetter1959- Great bee shot. Maybe it would have been better to get the front side of the bee. Not sure.
Forever…-Nice shot and good composition. I also like that you did not let any light get on her face like you have on the tree. Nice warm lighting. I would maybe have her not hugging the tree too tight maybe having a small bit of space between the face and the tree.
Michael Maz-Good shot I would maybe have gotten down a little lower so to get the light in the shot in the background. Even move in a bit closer to the subject.
Bigdoh-Great shot, love the expression you caught. Good eye to camera contact. The exposure needs to be lightened up a bit; face is too dark. Also be careful of your backgrounds. You don’t want to have a bad background with a great subject.
jamestux-This is my favorite image too. Good color combination of the background and the bird. I do like the line of the background with the tree limb, it works.
Chad Thomas Photography-I do like how you framed this image. Great eye to lens contact and your camera angle is perfect. You even watched your background making sure there were no distractions. Everything works
ACM A-There is no subject point to focus on. Plus the image is too dark, and I just got homesick. I lived on 53rd and 8th.
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Richard: Thanks for the feedback—this is one of maybe two successful captures I got on this evening when, with such a dramatic sky, I really expected more (the other is titled “The Navesink”). What I am learning is that it’s not enough to have something pretty—a successful image needs to convey something to me—even if it’s not obvious.
On this particular evening, there wasn’t much in the way of subjects that did anything for me—this one was a bit of fooling around, but subsequently whenever I scanned the shots from this day this one kept catching my eye. I think the barrel distortion and the traffic light for a subject are kind of funny, which is something I have been cautious about but should not be. As a serious work perhaps it’s trivial, but as merely a traffic light, it bends the rules a little. Thanks again.
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Sorry bout that Richard ;-)
Thanks for your comments though, I was hoping that the couple in the middle would be the focus point but maybe I have to crop even more for that. And yes it is way too dark - don't know what I was thinking.
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Thanks for your feedback Ricahrd, much appreciated, and thanks once again for your time.
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Hi Richard, thanks for the critique, I will play with contrast for a better result.
The B&W close-up is of my sweetie who is very shy and yes, rather pensive. He was out on our deck reading when I began snapping pix and after several minutes of silently ignoring me/camera he finally looked up for the shot.
Highway Royalty is my affectionate name for my motorcycle, but here I am for reference...
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Thank you very much richard, i really appreciate the kind words! i was worried about this shot because i slowed the shutter a bit to give it detailed softness. but i started having second thoughts about it.
it means alot!
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Many Glacier/Josephine Lake: the little tour boat turned in the water and made the swirl.
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Mr Aaron Sir :). Many thanks for your comments. They mean a lot to us
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pridstar-I know what the image on the beach is but you hardly can make it out. It is a bit distracting. You could crop this more into a horizontal bringing the top of the frame in to loose the black. The same on the bottom get rid of the black strip on the bottom crop to the water line. Do this and see the difference and post it again.
John Amadeus-Good placement of the subject in the frame. I am just bothered by the busy background, which is distracting you from the great face of the girl.
stokesley77-I like this shot. Well lit and the action of the waves in the water is a great added addition to your image.
werwin15-The only thing that needs to be fixed is the camera angle, which need to be higher to see more of the fish's face. Here there is no relation between subjects.
ViewsFromTwo-I would use a different background because the Jack is blending not standing out. The angle of the beads and the Jack could be laid out better. I do like the movement of the hand for the decision of one or the other.
xemox3333-Nice landscape. I would maybe have stood back form the tree or gone wider to show a bit more of the tree. It's a tree let it breath.
Brittas World Of Photos-Beside shooting it from the front and with you lighting control and your understanding of the background I would try to also shoot the flowers from the sides and the back. Shoot it fro 10 different positions and see what you get.
gugmi01-There is no one maid subject to this image. Your exposure is not there. Maybe if you stayed at this location until the sun came into a different angle giving depth to the shot. Before you shoot look to see how the lighting is affection your image. Keep shooting and welcome to the group.
Ken Wolf-First I would crop up from the bottom; there is too much ground. I would then crop from the left in getting rid of that wood thing on the left. Then you will see hoe the emphasis of the building will change for the better.
arabafenice690-yor composition is great and your subject matter is there but I would have like to see a bit more detain on the birds face. This maybe needs to be shot at a different time of ad or even with a fill flash.
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Anyone at all!
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Thanks, Richard, I'm really chuffed you like it! There was a lot of beginner's luck involved, I must have taken a zillion shots to get this one good one... ;-)
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Using the D40x kit lens f/14 55mm.
1st day of using a DSLR. Thanks in advance!
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I usually am very critical of my own work, and this is the first time I've actually posted a image for critique here on a Flickr thread. I particularly like this photo, but I cannot pinpoint specifics.
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Cropped per your suggestion. Thank you for your time and your expertise.
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eddiea1120-I like how you only have select flowers in focus, usually a shot like this would be shot with a high f/stop to pull everything in focus. I also like the use of the green background, which enhances the flowers.
elemmeno-Great shot. Not over lit by the sun. Good cropping to fill the frame.
openandshutter-I do like shots like this where it is a small section of something greater. The shows that there is art in anything, all you have to do is look to see.
Phooteinos-What I like about this shot is the streaking yellow from the taxi's. If there were no movement in the Taxi's this would have not worked. It works too with the plain background.
josephlee929-IF this is going to be an advertising shot you need to see the product you are shooting The name of the product must be in good sight to the viewer of the image. You added a prop, which is a watch, but you are not able to see the watch. First turn the bottle towards the camera and second if you want to have a prop, pick an object that you can see, that enhances the product. Try this shot again and submit it.
vinboy-I do like the lighting and expression on the boatman. I know what he is doing, you know whet he is doing but the viewer should see what he is doing by having the boat in the shot. You need to show the boat poll in the water.
2610ksj-Don't put yourself down. This is a good shot. To make it a bit more interesting bay you should have added a bike or a tricycle that is tipped over on the road. Or just add something that you would not ever see on the road like an ironing board.
alkaz03-This is too of a murky subject to be shot is this great light. Maybe if you shot this up close with a wide lens to show more of the beach. I would want to see more of the beach.
crafteelady62-All this need is better exposure and since you are shooting digital you are able to check exposure instantly. Also the trees in the foreground are in the way of the subject, which is the bridge. Maybe if the trees were the main subjects with the bridge as the background.
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thank you richard for your input. i will keep that in mind and i will submit another shot. I appreciate everything!
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Gooneramaaa-I do like the connection between the two people in the shot. I would maybe have pulled back a bit to let the image breathe. I would have tried to shoot from a lower angle.
varuniyer91-I think that since you can not see who the biker is on the bike, I would try and see what happens when you crop off the top of the frame to the top of the handle bars. Then the emphasis with be on the bike and its shadows. Here in this photo with the biker you lost that best part because the biker distracts from the best part of the image.
Oanh's photos-Nice shot. I have one suggestion and that is not to shoot up the nose it is not flattering to the subject, Be a bit higher than your subject or even on the same eye plane.
saliend odel agua- Beautiful image you have captured for a night shot I like the cross line of the photograph and the action of the man, well done.
Soul Touch-Sports actions shot are a bit different than the ones I shoot, but this is a great image. There is no wasted space in the image. Great pan shot too
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Cotton Jeni- I do like this shot. It has a good feeling to it. This was the perfect time of day to shoot this image; the boat in the water shows a direction of stillness, serenity. It looks like you were having trouble with the exposure in the background but the time a day you picked has that type of effect. There is a connection between the red boat mat and the filtered sky.
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This is a recent photo that I really like, but would definitely appreciate any constructive criticism!!
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"sunshine underground"
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Some people say I should make the background lighter - I could get it a bit lighter yet - and other say bring out the raspberries. This is as light as I want to go on the background, in fact I liked it better darker. As for bringing out the berries, I saturated the colors to just before it look overly done (again my opinion) and then the darker background I like would also help in bringing out the berries. The color saturation did bring out the dark red berry behind the black one. Until then I really hadn't noticed it. So my question is how do I decide what is better - whatever please me the most? Or is there a way I can incorporate use all opinions to improve my photo more?
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Facade of an abandoned steam generation plant. They boarded some of the broken windows with plastic panels but looks like some of the panels are in trouble too.
I would appreciate any feedback you might have and especially any insight on how to better crop wide angle shots...
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i can't put up any pictures, computer is being stupid.
can you look at a few of mine possibly?
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widdowquinn-This a great image. There is dramatic feeling in the sky you captured. You have also gotten clear detail in the two subjects in the shot; they don't melt together so you cannot see what it is. The highlight of this shot is the peering rays of sunlight coming through the clouds.
ian.millar-Beautiful shot. Do me a favor and try to crop it to a vertical format crop only to the dramatic yellow colors in the sky and crop up from the bottom showing a bit less water. Please do this and post.
capt782ppvfd-Very cool shot.
Mario Giuffrida- I would boot the contrast of this image in post and I would also crop the top down to get rid of the hot white spot on the top lest side of the image.
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StvJackson-The only change I would like to see is having this shot in not such a wide lens. I am subject is too spread apart. Overall it looks beautiful but I would like to see more detail in the rocks in the water.
karenportraits-This shot need a boost of contrast in the face. The lighting on the face is too flat.
Ken n Chris- Great shot. Nice use of the dark background to bring out the colors of the flowers.
Michael J. Lynch- There is too much of crop on the left. The left side of the photo is pushing it to the face of the lizard. Otherwise great shot.
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 Hand-held, 1 second exposure.
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Thank you Mr.Richard!
Your comments are very much valueable for me.
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Thanks Richard for the feedback, will do what you suggested.
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Many thanks for the comments, Richard - your encouragement is very much appreciated.
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NaNaLiL-First image-You should turn this into a frame shot using the rig in the background. Then you should try to lighten up the image to give that rig a bit more detail but do worry about the sun getting hotter since it is already hot. Try this and resubmit. Second image-I would have moved the flower a bit more into the frame, aim it to the corner coming from the corner. Third image-I would have like to seen more of the girl's eyes. The lighting one her face is a bit too flat.
jasondoan76-Nice shot. Great vibrant colors.
MauroW-Beautiful image. Better yet perfect image. I like the expression you captured and I do like the tonal range in the shot of the dog/
davidg-I would have like to seen this shot from the other side of the man so you can actually see the cigarette in his mouth. The subject is also too centered. I do like the lighting and the color tones which all match.
locong-Grat shot. I do like how you show the pattern in the ground. This also might have worked as a horizontal depending upon what else is in the shot. I also like the texture and tones in b&w.
sharaff-Great point of camera view on this image. The hands are wonderful. Did you try to also shoot this in vertical?
tim lebacq-I would have gotten closer and gone horizontal. Fill the whole frame with the front of the car. You have lost a bit detail on the lower part of the auto. I do like the tone you used. Great car.
happy boater-I would have shot this from an above angle or even gotten in closer. There is so much wasted space in this photo.
Purple man-Nothing is a bad if you try it once and it works. This image works for me. One of my most used shot of Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin has a light burst like in your photo and I too did not use a filter but every time it is printed I am asked why I used a filter.
mrcaveman-Your composition is great; the subject is on the right but looking towards the left so the space on the left side of the child is filled up with his eye line. Great shot. This is the way to crop in the camera.
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Taken handheld and in a little bit of a rush in Xcaret, Mexico. I have so many photos I want to submit to this thread, can't wait to hear feedback.
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I'm a bit nervous about this ... but hey, no learning otherwise.
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Hi Richard,
Thank you so much for your time! I tried different po- and compositions with an other of my favourite flowers, if you find the time, I would really appreciate your opinion, if this improves them (I find, they get a completely different meaning).
Static version:
www.flickr.com/photos/brittas__world_of_photos/2750100918/
Positions:
www.flickr.com/photos/brittas__world_of_photos/2811354942/
www.flickr.com/photos/brittas__world_of_photos/2810511581/
Thank you again for your time!
Britta
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thank you very much for your critique Richard..
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What an awesome thread, I would love input to my photos and I am very glad I found this group!! Thanks!
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Thanks for your help !
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"Purple man-Nothing is a bad if you try it once and it works. This image works for me. One of my most used shot of Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin has a light burst like in your photo and I too did not use a filter but every time it is printed I am asked why I used a filter."
Thanks for your comments Richard :)
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My first attempt at a portrait. Still can't make up my mind whether it works best in colour or black and white.
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I'm ready for it! (biting me nails)
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Ok I can't for the life of me figure out how to post a photo in a message so here is the link.
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Ok, this is one of the first shots taken with my new D60... I liked the sunset and I wanted to make something different...
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A picture of the wife while she passed out in my lap after a bit too much sangria.
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much respect for all Your work, thank You.
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Thanks Richard :)
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My contribution.
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pedrobj-Your horizon is not straight. There is an image at the bottom of the frame on the right side, which does not register in the shot that should be cropped out.
Usi-Man-This is not a flattering lighting to shoot this girl in. You should also have your camera on the same eye level as your subject. On your second shot; crop all that black area out of the frame on the left, having the head of your subject on the left side of the frame looking towards the right.
CptRichie-The balloon on the bottom left side of frame is distracting from the subjects on the right side of frame. Crop out the left bottom and you will see an improvement is the overall image.
dottor cemb-Nice shot. I like how your clouds are circling the building in the background. I would lave maybe popped off a flash in the foreground to give a little highlight to the flowers in the foreground. Or maybe lighten the foreground a bit in post.
Pallav Dhabalia-I would have like to seen more of the building. Your subject is the building, show me more.
MuhammadSarwar-Nice shot. Great composition. Glad you used a tripod. Keep shooting landscapes at night. Let me see more.
toying-since your clouds are the best part of your shot I would crop out more of the bottom area to show more of your sky. The chair shot is not working; the chairs are cutting into the horizon line of the shot. I do like your flowers shot, nice color and composition.
EdBickford-Nice colors. I would have liked to see a wider shot but this is fine. I would crop out the bottom right side of the frame where that think is in the water.
Ollie-Great shot. I think everyone would agree that this is one the best flower shots here. Lets see more of the same kind of shot but different flowers.
Bernie Kasper-I happen to like this shot because it is shot from an angle that is different. Great choice of f/stop and lighting.
DeTreeHuntRed-Good capture of the fireworks.
cessnacitationx-Too much is going on in this shot at the same time. Your foreground does not tell me anything and having a plane in the shot also does not tell me anything.
Ric0p-Nice use of the effect.
zuzana-Great shot. Great lighting on the face. I like the hand under the chin, it works here. Maybe a bit too much lip-gloss.
adiemus-Another great flower angle. I like your point of focus and your composition. The focus on the tip is just the right amount you need.
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Dede-S-I would crop from the bottom up half way to the lighthouse, cutting out half the amount of water seen. This will help to bring the lighthouse more into a central view.
kix-989-Nice shot. Great lighting
Ina Banina-The only thing that bothers me is the chin on top the hands. It is not flattering to your subject. I would also give more of a lighting pattern that a straight on flat light.
ajpr2-Great shot. Your mixture of different textures and the many shapes you have in this image helps the view.
Finiky-The light pocket did make this shot work. Great shot.
QCChristo-The clouds do help the shots mystery. This is right after golden hour. Were you able to shoot this shot earlier; like maybe 10 minutes or so earlier when golden light is at its peak. Great balance you have in this shot.
nakedblood666-Ouch, nice.
Iris 2007-Beautiful shot. Great composition and colors.
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Had perfect weather hiking around Colorado National Monument. While 'Balanced Rock' is the subject I like how the rock wall to the right looks like an old man studying the rock.
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