Be gentle please
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In my humble opinion:
1 needs focus on beak as well as eye
2 needs more contrast. Try adding highlight and shadow... that'll do it. (great composition though)
3 did well to get red - digital hates red
4 needs more depth of field, so that the tops of the petals are in focus as well
5 probably just me, but in shots like that I like to see the bottom of the trees as well. Also some 'pools of light' on the forest floor add a lot.
Keep it up. Where was number 2 btw?
Steve
1 needs focus on beak as well as eye
2 needs more contrast. Try adding highlight and shadow... that'll do it. (great composition though)
3 did well to get red - digital hates red
4 needs more depth of field, so that the tops of the petals are in focus as well
5 probably just me, but in shots like that I like to see the bottom of the trees as well. Also some 'pools of light' on the forest floor add a lot.
Keep it up. Where was number 2 btw?
Steve
GetCarter said:
In my humble opinion:
1 needs focus on beak as well as eye
2 needs more contrast. Try adding highlight and shadow... that'll do it. (great composition though)
3 did well to get red - digital hates red
4 needs more depth of field, so that the tops of the petals are in focus as well
5 probably just me, but in shots like that I like to see the bottom of the trees as well. Also some 'pools of light' on the forest floor add a lot.
Keep it up. Where was number 2 btw?
Steve
1 needs focus on beak as well as eye
2 needs more contrast. Try adding highlight and shadow... that'll do it. (great composition though)
3 did well to get red - digital hates red
4 needs more depth of field, so that the tops of the petals are in focus as well
5 probably just me, but in shots like that I like to see the bottom of the trees as well. Also some 'pools of light' on the forest floor add a lot.
Keep it up. Where was number 2 btw?
Steve
Sorry Steve. Taken in the peak district last weekend. Have a few more to post if you like.
I do agree too with Mr Carter. In my very amateurish opinion, I think the beak looks a bit soft - is it out of focus?
Number 2 I (personally) don't think works well as black and white - love the shot, but I think in a really rich colour it would do the shot a power of good.
Regarding your black and whites, have a search through this forum for how to change them. It's not just a case of converting to grey scale (unfortauntely
) there is a lot too it and the final results really prove why.
Nice shots though, especially the tree one I think it has just the right amount of light coming through. Very nice
Number 2 I (personally) don't think works well as black and white - love the shot, but I think in a really rich colour it would do the shot a power of good.
Regarding your black and whites, have a search through this forum for how to change them. It's not just a case of converting to grey scale (unfortauntely
) there is a lot too it and the final results really prove why. Nice shots though, especially the tree one I think it has just the right amount of light coming through. Very nice
TonyHetherington said:
I do agree too with Mr Carter. In my very amateurish opinion, I think the beak looks a bit soft - is it out of focus?
Number 2 I (personally) don't think works well as black and white - love the shot, but I think in a really rich colour it would do the shot a power of good.
Regarding your black and whites, have a search through this forum for how to change them. It's not just a case of converting to grey scale (unfortauntely) there is a lot too it and the final results really prove why.
Nice shots though, especially the tree one I think it has just the right amount of light coming through. Very nice
Number 2 I (personally) don't think works well as black and white - love the shot, but I think in a really rich colour it would do the shot a power of good.
Regarding your black and whites, have a search through this forum for how to change them. It's not just a case of converting to grey scale (unfortauntely
) there is a lot too it and the final results really prove why. Nice shots though, especially the tree one I think it has just the right amount of light coming through. Very nice
Thank you Tony.
All comments will be logged in the brain for the trip to the lakes this weekend.
want some good shots of the lakes.
Works so much better as colour, I think as they are so rich - very nice shot!
First up... I ain't no wildlife photogrpaher, so forgive me... I think this is the kind of sharpness that one needs to see in a close up of a creature (unless it's any of the male participants on this forum, for which GPS would probably suffice) - www.stevecarter.com/wild/w46.jpg
Martin's pic composition wise here is about as good as it get's methinks http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v52
and bobs for sharpness: www.lockstockphotography.com/microstock-photography/00071_coco.jpg
It's a good pic, but you need sharp lines and at least to see the eye to make it work (adding contrast hinders that!)
Sorry if I'm being a pain, but what the hell, it's a Monday.
Martin's pic composition wise here is about as good as it get's methinks http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v52
and bobs for sharpness: www.lockstockphotography.com/microstock-photography/00071_coco.jpg
It's a good pic, but you need sharp lines and at least to see the eye to make it work (adding contrast hinders that!)
Sorry if I'm being a pain, but what the hell, it's a Monday.
Edited by GetCarter on Monday 2nd April 15:48
GetCarter said:
BTW Simon, where are you going in the Lakes? I just moved from there and have good knowledge of where and when to get shots (in the quieter north lakes). Loads of pics on me' website.
Steve
Steve
Parents have a small cottage in Cartmel.
Any advise really welcome.
Thanks Steve.
digger man said:
GetCarter said:
BTW Simon, where are you going in the Lakes? I just moved from there and have good knowledge of where and when to get shots (in the quieter north lakes). Loads of pics on me' website.
Steve
Steve
Parents have a small cottage in Cartmel.
Any advise really welcome.
Thanks Steve.
Cartmel is great, but a shed load away from where I was. Will you get up to Buttermere, Loweswater, Crummock, Wastwater, Derwent et al? If so I'll post some locations. But it's a different world to Cartmel.
Edited by GetCarter on Monday 2nd April 17:42
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