Photography Critique

EagleTime · 06-13-2009, 02:29 PM

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That is a fabulous image; excellent lighting.

tht00 · 06-29-2009, 12:16 PM

Kinda going for a mild Xpro look. Not sure how convincing it is... (I've never done real cross processing...)

ApparentlyNothing · 06-29-2009, 02:05 PM

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Kinda going for a mild Xpro look. Not sure how convincing it is... (I've never done real cross processing...)

Doesn't have to be "convincing" if it looks good, which it does.

tht00 · 07-02-2009, 10:22 AM

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Doesn't have to be "convincing" if it looks good, which it does.

I guess I'm trying not to over-process my images. It's seems easy to do with digital, and I see plenty of bad examples of that all the time. Thanks for the feedback.

ripaki · 07-04-2009, 08:00 AM

Olympus E-510 and Sigma UC 70-210mm

Broadcaster · 07-05-2009, 12:09 PM

Hey everyone,

I'd appreciate your feedback one these pictures I took and edited. I used a cheap 5 Mega Pixel Kodak Camera. For editing I used Photoshop. I know there not great I'd just like to get some feedback!

Railroad
Rail Drops
Driving Through South Carolina
Map of Atlanta
Murray Hill Theatre

Blessings, Broadcaster

tht00 · 07-05-2009, 02:52 PM

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Hey everyone,

I'd appreciate your feedback one these pictures I took and edited. I used a cheap 5 Mega Pixel Kodak Camera. For editing I used Photoshop. I know there not great I'd just like to get some feedback!

You've got some nice shots. Composition could be a bit stronger with them, but I like the ideas and I like your editing style.

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Railroad

I like this one. Editing might be a little strong for my taste, but I like the character you've achived.

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Rail Drops

My least favorite, I think. *shrug*

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Driving Through South Carolina

This one is alright. Not sure if your uneven horizon was intentional or not. Again, I like the character your editing gives, but might be just a tad much.

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Map of Atlanta

I like this one a lot too. Simple. Depth of field is great.

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Murray Hill Theatre

Again, editing looks good.

The biggest thing I see is that most of these photos would be stronger with some better use of compositional techniques. This website details the rule of thirds and diagonal rule pretty well. You do a good job with post-processing, so if you can match that up with a little stronger of shots, you'll have some fantastic photos. Good stuff so far -- I want to see more!

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Olympus E-510 and Sigma UC 70-210mm

It's an ok shot. It's hard to take flower shots that are unique.

The bokeh does well here, especially seeing all the flowers blurred into the background. That's really cool.

EagleTime · 07-05-2009, 04:29 PM

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Olympus E-510 and Sigma UC 70-210mm

I love the green tones and the crispness of the white in this shot. The shallow depth of field has kept the image from being too busy and allowing focus on only one or two places. Where it runs into trouble is that the clover blossom that is in focus doesn't keep the eye because the white is over-exposed and blown out so that the detail is lost.

If it was blown out in camera, there isn't really anything that you can do about it but if you just brightened it too much in post-processing, you could dial it back, assuming that you saved your original file.

Anyway, I really like what the image was meant to be; it's just the blown-out white that spoils it for me.

Broadcaster · 07-06-2009, 10:15 AM

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You've got some nice shots. Composition could be a bit stronger with them, but I like the ideas and I like your editing style.

Thanks for your feedback!! The link was very helpful! I'll definitely be working on getting better! So many times I have an idea in my head but since I'm so new to photography I have a hard time re-producing those ideas. Practice makes perfect!!

Thanks again for the feedback! I was extremely encouraged to read what you had to say

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Blessings, Andrew

Broadcaster · 07-10-2009, 01:51 PM

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This one is alright. Not sure if your uneven horizon was intentional or not. Again, I like the character your editing gives, but might be just a tad much.

I meant to comment on that... I didn't mean for it to turn out uneven actually. That picture was taken while driving. The window was even dirty. So, I'm not sure how it turned out clear!! My style of editing has been heavily influenced by Jeremy Cowart (what an amazing photographer) so I like going for a very dramatic look. I do think I probably did a little to much (especially to the Railroad Track picture). And yeah I'll definitely post more picture when I get the time (I just auditioned for American Idol yesterday so I've been kind of busy)!

Broadcaster

PontiusPirate · 07-10-2009, 04:54 PM

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My style of editing has been heavily influenced by Jeremy Cowart (what an amazing photographer)

*high five*

ApparentlyNothing · 07-11-2009, 12:02 AM

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My style of editing has been heavily influenced by Jeremy Cowart (what an amazing photographer) so I like going for a very dramatic look.

One of these days, I'm gonna meet that guy. So many people I know are friends with him personally. You'd think eventually I'd somehow cross paths with him, especially in a town like Nashville.

ripaki · 07-20-2009, 10:29 AM

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I love the green tones and the crispness of the white in this shot. The shallow depth of field has kept the image from being too busy and allowing focus on only one or two places. Where it runs into trouble is that the clover blossom that is in focus doesn't keep the eye because the white is over-exposed and blown out so that the detail is lost.

If it was blown out in camera, there isn't really anything that you can do about it but if you just brightened it too much in post-processing, you could dial it back, assuming that you saved your original file.

Anyway, I really like what the image was meant to be; it's just the blown-out white that spoils it for me.

Thanks for your critique, I is this version any better.

EagleTime · 07-21-2009, 12:12 AM

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Thanks for your critique, I is this version any better.

Yes, much better, ripaki. Now one can see the shadings of the petals. If you can brighten it a bit without blowing out to pure white, that would be good, too, but how bright it appears will differ from monitor to monitor, anyway.

Nice work.

metropolis4 · 08-18-2009, 11:22 AM

Ok, these are the one's I'm thinking about for the current contest. I haven't done any editing except making them square (and a little contrast on the brick and leaf one). I would love any critique/suggestion/criticism. I'm almost at the point of breaking down and starting to use editing software so any tips on editing I might do would be appreciated also.