Where is a good place to post pics for critique? (Picture now added)

[macbrooke]

Well maybe not "critique" but for helpful opinions and information to make them better
I've been playing around with my new camera and took a few pics yesterday I was generally happy with.. but would like to know if there is anything I can do to improve on.

 

[emorydunn]

Well maybe not "critique" but for helpful opinions and information to make them better
I've been playing around with my new camera and took a few pics yesterday I was generally happy with.. but would like to know if there is anything I can do to improve on.

Lot's of people post photos here for a critique and usually get really good feedback.

 

[deep diver]

Well maybe not "critique" but for helpful opinions and information to make them better
I've been playing around with my new camera and took a few pics yesterday I was generally happy with.. but would like to know if there is anything I can do to improve on.

We've got a really good group going at the Fortnightly Challenge. We would love to have you join us at https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/873757/

 

[Designer Dale]

The Challenge is good. Photo of the Day can be a bit daunting because some of the photos posted are so fantastic. At least that is how I felt when I first started posting photos about six months ago.

You could just go ahead and post in your own thread asking for comments and critique. You will find that the people in the photo forum are very helpful.

Dale

 

[macbrooke]

Oh I know its so helpful here
This is the forum where I feel most comfortable, it also helps that it is mac specific as well.

I am going to post a pic I posted on another much larger forum, and a comment I got was that the skin tones are unnatural (whatever that means because my son is really exactly as you see in the pic) and that my white balance was not good.

Ok I tried to add the picture but it did not show up, so I am now going to just post the link?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48147485@N05/4412360315/

 

[jaysen]

Oh I know its so helpful here
This is the forum where I feel most comfortable, it also helps that it is mac specific as well.

I am going to post a pic I posted on another much larger forum, and a comment I got was that the skin tones are unnatural (whatever that means because my son is really exactly as you see in the pic) and that my white balance was not good.

Ok I tried to add the picture but it did not show up, so I am now going to just post the link?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48147485@N05/4412360315/

Good composition... Only a few minor things I'd critique you about... Colors look a little soft to me ? but only slightly - I can tell a lot in the red pole. Tree in the background is too distracting.

Great model, nice eye - Good Job ! keep it up.

 

[macbrooke]

Thanks!

That pole is actually as you see it, not red but some kind of weird salmon pink rose color.. LOL The settings on the camera are vivid! and I didn't use any PP aside from uploading it into iPhoto and cropping it somewhat.


I kind of liked the tree there!

This is the other one from the same set.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48147485@N05/4412360315/ My son is really that fair, I did not alter the image, I like it aside from the green bench in the background.

 

[TSparger]

If they are nature related images then I would recommend:

http://www.naturescapes.net

 

[chrono1081]

fredmiranda.com.

Careful though, those people have teeth

 

[macbrooke]

Nature? meh not really... The closest I get to that is when my kids are outside as you see in these pics
My true interest I gravitate towards is portraiture.

 

[Ruahrc]

The photo seems a little unbalanced to me. There's no visual interest on the left to balance the items on the right. Cropping the image away might draw more attention to the subject. As it is, the tree is too centered in the photo and distracts the viewer from the main subject, due to its position. It is also getting close to that dangerous "sprouting from the head" location that also distracts from the main subject as well.

Otherwise the exposure seems pretty good except maybe seems like a little red channel blowout in the pole, as evidenced by some color shift along its length. But I could be wrong.

Ruahrc

 

[HBOC]

fredmiranda.com.

Careful though, those people have teeth

This website is great. I have been there for 6 years. However, there are cliques on that site. Some of the regulars post stuff i think is "whatever". I have stuff that may be stellar, but is boring to me, lol. Maybe i am just too critical of my own pictures that i don't post there.

a great site that i have been posting to for years is photosig.com

 

[chrono1081]

This website is great. I have been there for 6 years. However, there are cliques on that site. Some of the regulars post stuff i think is "whatever". I have stuff that may be stellar, but is boring to me, lol. Maybe i am just too critical of my own pictures that i don't post there.

a great site that i have been posting to for years is photosig.com

Agreed about the cliques!!! Its bad sometimes. I got jumped on cause I called a crap photo crap (but I explained why in detail, the picture being a senior portrait and the senior was blurred out completely and the picture focused on a bum on the street corner) but since it was a favorite everyone told me I was wrong haha.

Aside from the cliques I do like the site.

 

[chrono1081]

Found the OPs photo!

Here is my take:

I would have cropped a bit off the top and just a hair off of the right side so that the pole is the very edge of the frame (instead of towards the top where you can see a little on the other side of the pole.)

The colors are nice and the exposure is spot on. I'm a little unsure of the tree in the background. I notice it too much. I think cropping some off the top and making the kid the dominant force in the picture would keep me from noticing the tree to much.

Other then that it looks sharp and in focus. I love vibrant colors in pictures and this has them