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06/03/2005 07:41:23 PM · #1 |
Okay I was wondering if I posted some pictures if anyone would like to give me some feed back on them. Anything would be apprictaed. Thanks so much, I'll only post one picture at a time though.
^ my friend (model) Sara playing in the water. I likes how you can see the water moving as she played in it. What do you think? |
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06/03/2005 07:47:00 PM · #2 |
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06/03/2005 07:47:32 PM · #3 |
Almost a perfect light gradient from lower left to upper right makes for very comfortable viewing. The model is easy on the eyes as well, but the blown highlights on her t-shirt need to be toned down. Overall composition is very appealing. I would clone out that little bright spot in the dark background.
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06/03/2005 08:47:45 PM · #4 |
thanks for the reply...here's a self picture of me...again comments are greatly appricated.
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06/03/2005 08:57:26 PM · #5 |
Pretty nice image, I think the dark areas in the rocks are a bit to dark, rule of thumb is that you want to see detail in the dark areas as well as in the light areas. I like the playfullness of the image and I do like the water around the young womans feet.
Very nice photo.
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06/03/2005 09:27:14 PM · #6 |
i was wondering if anyone happened to know if there was a way i could change my topic from "new to photography" to something else possibly? okay and i swear this is the last picture i'll post for a while so i dont bug you all.
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06/03/2005 09:59:56 PM · #7 |
First shot: Wow, what a tough exposure. By playing around with masks and levels in Photoshop (if you have it) you can bring out more detail in the background. You do have blown out highlites in her shirt and a little bit in the water. The water part is fine, but the shirt is distracting a little. Compositionally, if you framed the shot with the model a little off centered it would help add some pop to the shot, however, for as centered as it is, if there were more background details in the dark part it would probably look fine!
Second shot: The self portrait is a little bit noisy. Was this part of the effect you were looking for? If not, what ISO was the camera set at? Your camera may have difficulty with lower light shots like this one. I can't tell from the detail if your focus is off a touch or if it's just soft...
Third shot: Another tough exposure... What were you trying to achieve with this shot? Is it a landscape primarily or a portrait? As is, your model doesn't really add anything to the shot and I find it a tad bit distracting that you have her framed with no feet but all the leg. Too bad the water fall is blown out because that is wehre I keep finding my eye going with the leading lines from the cliff face. Looks like a very beautiful place to shoot!
Hope it helps!
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06/03/2005 10:02:47 PM · #8 |
| You are not bugging any of us. Please keep posting. Good work and welcome to DPC. |
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06/03/2005 10:32:56 PM · #9 |
Welcome, Meranda.
I probably shouldn't comment on the photos, since I'm working on a laptop at the moment...but what the heck....
The second one....It does have some noise in it, and the model's left side face is a little hot, but I really like it...it has a lot of potential IMO. If you could reshoot this with the same composition and expression, just tone down the light/flash, I would really love that one.
Third one...I'll have to agree with TooCool...I assume that the subject is the model...she doesn't take up enough of the frame. Great location, just not enough model. Maybe move her closer to the waterfall, and expose for the brighter areas...hopefully, you could bring the shadows up a bit in post processing and not blow out the hilights.
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06/03/2005 10:36:17 PM · #10 |
second looks out of focus, and a rule of thumb is to always focus on the eyes when doing a headshot like this.
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06/03/2005 10:38:07 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Meranda:
i was wondering if anyone happened to know if there was a way i could change my topic from "new to photography" to something else possibly? |
What do you want it changed to? |
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06/03/2005 11:08:33 PM · #12 |
I dunno what I want it changed too but yeah.
I liked this photo but I must be my own critic, I like the feet but I wish the shoe wasnt blocking the other foot, and I wish the point in the foot would have been semi-better. I like the reflection on the water of her body. But when I get a program like photoshop I'll edit all of these and see what you may think of them after I use all the advice I have been given. Thanks for all the comments, they are greatly appricated. |
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06/03/2005 11:26:24 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Meranda:
I dunno what I want it changed too but yeah. |
Well, we can't change it unless you pick something. :) |
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06/03/2005 11:27:52 PM · #14 |
Your photos are quite large. If you are going to post photos in the forums, please post them in a smaller size, or post clickable thumbnails. A tutorial on how to do this is in the LEARN section of DPC. We do try to keep the forums Dial-up friendly. Thanks.
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06/04/2005 11:27:47 AM · #15 |
Hey Meranda,
Don't feel bad. I did the same thing too. You can go back and edit your post and change your large images to thumbnails and hyperlinks.
I'm still not sure if I am doing it the best way, but it seems to work.
Glad that you are here. You have a lot of enthusiasm and you will learn a lot from these people. The tutorials are great too.
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06/07/2005 05:36:35 PM · #16 |
| hey thanks for the comments...i'll post more when i become un-lazy/get batteries |
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06/07/2005 05:43:39 PM · #17 |
| In the first shot you posted the lighting is beautiful - very mystical. |
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06/07/2005 07:17:56 PM · #18 |
Proper lighting is the hardest thing to get right in photography. Proper lighting is your biggest issue in your images. Specifically, you have overexposed portions of all your images. You want to watch for and avoid that in the future.
1-Your first image attempts to capture backlighting and is a noble try. Backlighting is, by far, the hardest lighting method to do. Having the model lighted against a darker background is the right approach for doing backlighting but unfortunately the backlighted area is a little too large and overexposed. The fact the image is half dark and half lighted, though correctable in post processing, just should not be done in the first place. There are things like cropping and post processing you can try to improve it, but reshooting is recommended.
2-Your self portrait also is overexposed around the right side of the nose. You generally don't want that to happen. At first glance it looks a little more like being out of focus rather than purposely soft focused. The grain and soft focus does give you an introspective look and that is probably your intent. You might try different angles and perspectives when taking self portraits to see what happens. You could surprise yourself with more interesting angles.
3-The third one has the best lighting on your model. However, the waterfall on the right is severely overexposed and should be cropped from the image entirely. It is distracting and competes with your model for attention. You should be a lot closer to your model and give her a lot more real estate in the framing.
Btw, if you enter any challenges you are certain to get the highest rated images for your camera. Right now there is only one image submitted for that camera and it only got 4.33. You are a lot better than that. :)
Good luck with your photography and welcome to DPC.
Message edited by author 2005-06-07 19:21:00.
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