Pictures that I shot. Critique and comment

[Cody]

or a dark room

 

[Brett]

Now to play with photoshop then

 

[Seth]

Chop, quick and dirty but you get the point.

The red is way too pink and stark needs some blur.

 

[Seth]

Not sure if this made it better.

 

[Brett]

With all the gray in the chopper photo I would try to play that up. desaturate the image to a near b/w and maybe pop the red cross with a mask and some higher saturation. I would also crop the image so the pipes and lower structure are gone. The focus needs to be on the chopper itself. The concrete would make a nice hefty weight for the bottom of the shot. As it is your eye searches for the main subject.

Like so?

 

[BlackDog]

That is much better than the first shot of it.

Subject is defined, and looks purposeful. The overall image has much more power this way.

 

[spencurai]

You are trying too hard to take a "Photo"....if the scene doesn't strike you, don't take a picture of it.

 

[reddevil]

Do you mean, have the entire flag, pole and all, showing in the reflection? Not just the top like it is now?

That lens was a 55-200mm.........

I think it would look better if the pole in the reflection didn't bent at the top. If you move so that the reflection is farther from the edge of the window you don't get the distortion it would look better. I really like the way the windows reflect, I would just try to take the picture from a spot that you make the most out that.

 

[Brett]

You are trying too hard to take a "Photo"....if the scene doesn't strike you, don't take a picture of it.

Eh, I wouldn't say that. I was just taking pictures of whatever looked interesting to me that day.

 

[Badcop]

What camera and lense you using?

What coomputer software you using to edit them?

Just kind of curious..

 

[Brett]

Two more......

 

[Brett]

What camera and lense you using?

What coomputer software you using to edit them?

Just kind of curious..

Nikon D50, kit lens 18-55, and an extra 55-200 lens.

Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CS2

 

[Badcop]

Nikon D50, kit lens 18-55, and an extra 55-200 lens.

Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CS2

How you liking that camera so far? We just upgraded to the Nikon D40x and D300 both with the 18-200mm lens and for the outdoors the 75-300mm lense.

 

[Brett]

How you liking that camera so far? We just upgraded to the Nikon D40x and D300 both with the 18-200mm lens and for the outdoors the 75-300mm lense.

I like using it a lot.....but it's the fiance's, so when I get it depends on her

 

[Kiel]

I like the top fountain one, maybe a little too much black border at the bottom. The second one I think you shoould have just focused on the fountain not so much on the lights. I dig the fuzzy water motion

 

[Stephen]

Pictures look good, Brett. Lucky you can just download 'em! I have to process the film and print them in smelly chemically stuff! I'll let you know how mine turn out.

 

[Seth]

A shot like the fountain you can take two separate exposures (one for light one for dark) and blend the two in ps after.

 

[iceaxe]

The second fountain is a nice shot and composition, interesting backlight it puts the fountain in. The the lights at the top are blown out (ie overexposed) wich is a distraction, without them the image would be easier on the eyes.

 

[SAMI]

Like so?

this is exactly what i was talking about

 

[BroncoMama]

I know nearly nothing about photography, but the big fountain one is really cool.