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Photo of the Day - December 2008
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Thanks for the info. It's not many 15 year olds who have a studio in their house. I am jealous, I just don't have room for one (i'm in a 2 bed flat).
One day I will have a studio, I used to love working in the studio.
I don't have much experience in portraits, and much prefer landscapes, but my sister asked me to take a picture of her family for thier christmas card this year. I obliged. I found getting my nephew to smile was near impossible, and this was as close as we could get. C&C appreciated.
Camera: Pentax K200D
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/180)
Aperture: f/16
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash fired
That's quite a difference!I'm a primarily JPEG shooter, maybe it's time to convert.
It most definitely is!
Once you go RAW, you'll never go back.
Truer words have never been spoken.
Thanks! I tried not to go overboard.
Comments and critique please. I'm just starting out and really want develop my skills.
This was taken a couple of weeks ago.
This was taken a couple of weeks ago.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 3.2 sec (16/5)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 100
I don't have much experience in portraits, and much prefer landscapes, but my sister asked me to take a picture of her family for thier christmas card this year. I obliged. I found getting my nephew to smile was near impossible, and this was as close as we could get. C&C appreciated.
Camera: Pentax K200D
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/180)
Aperture: f/16
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash fired
I think the lighting works well enough, and the peaks dusted with snow make a nice background, especially set against a pretty blue sky like that. However, this image probably would have worked better as a vertical. The female is cropped too much by the bottom of the frame. Also, the "line" where the golden grass meets the green trees is running right across the middle of the frame, which isn't the best compositional situation. Try to place lines like that at the "thirds". Likewise, it's best not to place your subjects smack-dab in the middle of the frame; doing so just chops up the image too much, leaving negative space on either side of them. It's better to place your subjects on one side of the frame and thereby allow the setting to be more cohesive and dramatic.
Comments and critique please. I'm just starting out and really want develop my skills.
This was taken a couple of weeks ago.
This one also has compositional problems. You have a lot of sky, a lot of dark hill at the left, and what one presumes is the subject (the dead tree) is pretty much right in the middle of everything. I wonder what it would have looked like if you had gone with a horizontal framing, placing the tree towards the left, and allowing more of the better-lit side of the lake into the shot. I also would have crouched down a bit to hide the structure visible just below the tree (a drain pipe?).
Thanks for your C&C. I did take other photos that positioned the family more off-centered, but the baby was frowning, and lighting more stark (the flash couldn't fill the shadows) I did, however, crop the photo differently, hopefully it helps...
Thanks for your help
Thanks! I had to set the camera on timer and duck out of the immediate area so I wouldn't show up.Nice work, i can see the camera
When you look through the viewfinder, you've got to think "Is this exactly how I want my picture to look?"... because, once you've pressed the shutter, that's what you're going to get...
In general I'd suggest taking more time... to find the best viewpoint, and to fine-tune the composition by moving a few paces left or right... to make all the elements in a picture tell a 'story'. Most pix work best with a single subject: the element that caught your eye in the first place.
The camera captures everything, so look into all four corners of the pic, to check the composition is as you want it. What you leave out of a picture is just as important, IMO, as what you put in.
Really, Really like this shot. Great work!
Amazing shot Steamie!! You guys are great!! I'm just getting into photography (bought a D60, should be in tomorrow). The places you guys are taking your pictures looks like paradise! Enjoy that, don't take it for granted
Thanks very much guy's , glad you like it. Look forward to seeing some of your shot's from the D60 wgr73
Another one from the shore .
Here is mine for today, not an interesting subject or anything because I have been indoors studying for the last few days. I did go out today and bought a "nifty fifty" 50mm f/1.8 as a present for myself. I was testing it out by taking pics of my MacBook.
In about 1 week I will have more interesting photos to post because I will be in Dubai & Maldives!
In about 1 week I will have more interesting photos to post because I will be in Dubai & Maldives!
I would agree. General rule for me (which I have been reminded of on more than one occasion) is that if I am shooting landscapes to shoot in landscape.
It is quite rare, not to mention pretty difficult, to shoot good looking landscapes in portrait format unless there is a very specific thing that you want the viewer's eyes to focus on.
Lone hiker in B/W
I tried to convert one of the previous photos to b/w. In my opinion it's better. Any C&C?
I tried to convert one of the previous photos to b/w. In my opinion it's better. Any C&C?
Lone hiker in B/W
I tried to convert one of the previous photos to b/w. In my opinion it's better. Any C&C?
I definitely like the B/W!
