Technically looks pretty crisp, and as a whole looks really nice. The only thing that's bugging me a bit is that the angle of light hitting the house doesn't match up with the angle and position of the moon. Of course if you were to make it completely accurate though the house would technically be mostly backlit, which obviously wouldn't be nearly as photographic.
I'm going to have to agree with Quarters. The angle of the shadow on the house is what really kills it for me. I love the composition but the shadows really bug me.
I just found this thread tonight and have browsed through it for about half an hour. This photo was quite enjoyable. Thank you. I don't mean to discredit any of the other pieces of work that I have seen I just respond to particular pieces that force me to pay attention to them or bring back my curiosity the second time around.
This is my first time posting on this thread, so rip me up as much as you want :P
I've done amateur photography/photoediting for over 6 years now and I finally think I'm getting good/decent at this. I still have yet to experiment with any HDR stuff, but please let me know what you think of this photo.
I like the general composition of the shot, but I wish there was some more contrast between the immediate foreground and the hills behind it. Just a bit too much negative space for my taste. Ironically, this is definitely an instance where HDR could've been used effectively.
I actually like the second photo better. There's more interesting things happening with the composition, and the gray levels/contrasts in the sky and water reflection are nice.
I went to see a comedian tonight, he's the guy who did the evolution of dance video on YouTube. Pretty cool little outing although my 60D is still with Canon :(
I finished a photography unit at my College the other week. I went around my town (Tamworth) taking pictures of graffiti and street art. I think I took around 100 pictures in the end, but I was thinking of making a panoramic shot of the paintings that expand across underpasses.
It was really amazing some of the examples I found when I actually stopped to admire the graffiti around Tamworth.
Visiting my parents in Idaho for Easter. The weather is beautiful here... so much better than Portland this time of year. I can finally let the dog out to run without having to worry about a muddy mess.
Here's another fun one. I'm a little disappointed that the focal point is a little in front of the dog's nose, but the exuberance he's showing almost overrides that, IMO.
Awesome photo ragingterror. What were your settings?
I'll start posting here frequently. I don't get out to shoot as much as I like, luckily I got kittens a couple months ago so I always have subjects at home when I haven't been able to shoot in a bit. So you will be seeing a lot of these guys.
September Canon 5D Mk II - 1/160 f2.8 ISO 6400 Tamron 28-75mm
Milo Canon 5D Mk II - 1/200 f2.8 ISO 2000 Tamron 28-75mm
Both were edited using raw editing in photoshop. Just adjustments like vibrance, exposure, ect. No filters or brushes used.
I try and get out and shoot in the city and parks in LA, so expect more than just my kittens, although there will be lots of those. Excited to jump in, feel free to offer constructive criticism.
Both exposures were taken with a Canon EOS 7D and the EF 24-70 f/2.8 L lens. The settings for the close-up shot were 35 mm, f/3.2, ISO 100, 1/2000 sec, AF point set over the eyes. The second shot was one of a series of high-speed burst fire exposures shot with the exact same settings except for the focal length (70 mm) and the AF mode (Servo, with the AF point centered on the dog’s nose). Sadly, AF missed slightly on this, the most dynamic shot in the group. For your shot of September, I have one suggestion. If you look at the upper right corner of the image, there is a rather large space of nearly pure black tones. This is a bit distracting and tends to pull my eye away from the cat. Some things you can do to help with this would be a tighter crop, selectively lightening the area with a layer mask (though this will introduce even more noise), or find a way to splash some light into the background, whether it be with a lamp, mirror or flash unit.
Given the amount of noise, my personal preference would be to add more light to the scene. I wouldn't be surprised if getting the cat to hold still long enough to make all the necessary adjustments was a serious challenge, though.
On a related note: what was your focusing mode? Getting an AF point to precisely hit the nose or eyes of a subject tends to be a challenge in low light. If you managed to get the cat to hold that pose long enough for manual focusing with the lens wide open, I am impressed.
One other thing. I've noticed someone has made a habit of coming in here and neg-modding images. The purpose of this thread isn't just to share some of our work, it's to collectively critique each other for the purpose of improving our skills. Neg-modding images is essentially the equivalent of telling someone they suck without giving any sort of reason that can be logically followed, and it is therefore not helpful to anyone and a complete waste of time. If you have something you want to say about somebody's work, be it positive or negative, then man up and actually say it here.
I refer this person to the rules of the thread, outlined in the very first post:
Come and show off your photography...obviously. I'll try to find mine here...
Rules: 1) Don't be rude. Supply constructive critisism if you dislike something someone has posted. 2) This thread is for the posting of photographs you have taken and discussion of photography. 3) Digitally enhanced is fine, just let us know what and how. 4) If you are providing a link to a DeviantArt gallery or the like, include an example of your work.
Neg modding of people who have posted images is not acceptable. If you can't offer some sort of advice to help someone improve or leave a reasoned explaination of why you don't like something, don't come in this thread.
Happy snapping!
My previous post is the sort of discussion we are looking for here, and it's not that much of an ask. If you can't abide by these rules, you are not welcome here and should kindly GTFO.
Both exposures were taken with a Canon EOS 7D and the EF 24-70 f/2.8 L lens. The settings for the close-up shot were 35 mm, f/3.2, ISO 100, 1/2000 sec, AF point set over the eyes. The second shot was one of a series of high-speed burst fire exposures shot with the exact same settings except for the focal length (70 mm) and the AF mode (Servo, with the AF point centered on the dog’s nose). Sadly, AF missed slightly on this, the most dynamic shot in the group.
For your shot of September, I have one suggestion. If you look at the upper right corner of the image, there is a rather large space of nearly pure black tones. This is a bit distracting and tends to pull my eye away from the cat. Some things you can do to help with this would be a tighter crop, selectively lightening the area with a layer mask (though this will introduce even more noise), or find a way to splash some light into the background, whether it be with a lamp, mirror or flash unit.
Given the amount of noise, my personal preference would be to add more light to the scene. I wouldn't be surprised if getting the cat to hold still long enough to make all the necessary adjustments was a serious challenge, though.
On a related note: what was your focusing mode? Getting an AF point to precisely hit the nose or eyes of a subject tends to be a challenge in low light. If you managed to get the cat to hold that pose long enough for manual focusing with the lens wide open, I am impressed.
All in all, nice work.
Thanks for the feedback. My room has terrible lighting, not to mention yellow walls! This was before we changed our ceiling lamp, the lighting was very low and the dark coffee table and couch do appear a bit too dark. I think I can do a bit since I shot in raw with fill light and exposure, then just edit that area in as a separate layer.
This was manual focus, but he was climbing and standing on the cardboard box for a good min before this. The AF was not working with how dark it was, I just got lucky really.
Returned from a trip to the Turks & Caicos earlier this week. Got a bunch of photos you can check out on ye olde Flickr stream. For now though I would just like to post my favorite part of the trip, which was going through an above-ground limestone cave.
Unfortunately for my mother and myself (the photographers in the family), my father and sister eventually grew impatient with us after about a half hour of straight photography (we had about an hour guided tour prior to that) and forced us out. Otherwise I could have been in there the entire day.
