Look at those angles. I've got a thing for slants lately. Don't worry, I'll grow out of it.
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I'm not certain but I think that must have been like 7 years ago.
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So this is what you get:
And:
Anable I love that second shot.
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Ominous, gritty, cinematic (cinemascope and/or anamorphic-like aspect ratio), framing is pretty dead-on, which helps this symmetrical composition, I like it a lot. It reminds me of something outta Andrjez Munk's "The Passenger." Great job.
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There's intent and planning behind them.
With the sunglass shot I was experimenting with lighting, and with the outlet shot I was trying to get the "D:" face in an interesting way.
"Trying" and "experimenting" being the operative words. :P
Aparently both are failures.
Crits are welcome. ;-)
First, I'm going to have to assume that both of these pictures were taken in less than ideal light. That's most likely the reason they came out blurry like that. Standard indoor lighting is horrid for photography. With the glasses shot, I'm sure there was ambient sunlight, but not enough to allow the picture to come out crisp. The sensor on your camera (or any camera for that matter) is complete garbage compared to your eyes. Just because you see it, doesn't mean the camera will capture it.
Both of your shots suffer from too much background noise. If the sunglasses shot was supposed to be about lighting, then the laptop it's sitting on is just a distraction. If the outlet one is supposed to be about the face, then the plugs above it, the plugs in the background, and -to a lesser extent- the plug coming into the shot, are all distractions. Keep your subject in mind and make sure nothing in the picture pulls your eyes away from them.
Finally, your white balance is off in both of those shots. I'm not saying mine is aways accurate, but there seems little artist merit in not balancing them for these shots.
I'm not trying to be a dick, I'm sure no one here is. Just some friendly advice. Keep on experimenting.
Honestly, the birds have such little visual impact here due to their scale in the photo that unless their grouping was incredibly dynamic
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their position isn't going to look like anything more than arbitrary no matter where they are in the frame.
Nice lighting and crisp focus on the kitty though.
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Then when I got home I sat in my car for a little bit and these delightful creatures parked in the tree right in front of me.
I really like this shot, Jonis. I like the simple geometry you have going on and the composition is perfect. I also like the muted colors and that small amount of lens flare helps to bring the contrast down just a little which further ties all the color together.
I like the diagonals you have in this one, Jamp. Are you scanning from negatives or from prints?
Here's some shots from around the lab today. I was bored, and wanted to play with my new camera (Pentax k10D)
Crits and comments please, I know some of them are kind of grainy, unfortunately, I didn't have the best lighting
If you do want to shoot at ISO1600 on your K10D, though, I'd invest in something like Noise Ninja. It's really nice to have for higher ISO stuff. Also be sure to be spot on/slightly overexposed when shooting at high ISO on your K10D, as if you have to push the exposure in PP with high ISO you'll notice some vertical banding like you see in your very first shot.
I'm kind of happy with it as far as an exercise in dark field photography goes, because I reckon the edges of the glass are lit up ok.
But it's not level and it really shows how much I need to work on reducing noise and learning photoshop, so it gets a kind of 'meh' grade from me.
Crits?
Is the crop too weird? The original image was horribly composed so I revised it a bit. Not sure if it came out normal.
A sculpture over at MoMa. Easily my favorite thing there.
Once I graduate HS this year I'll be heading to college, where apparently I'm to spend two years dabbling in film. I imagine there's a LOT less room for error, as you can't fix improper exposure and what not through Photoshop. Any tips on the transition from digital to film?
The crop is not so much weird as it is awkward. Not sure the style that you were looking for. Overall it looks like a cool pic due to the left and the mushrooms looking like a horde of screeching bats. Up to you on which direction you are going, if you are trying to make the center the main focus, then the width of the crop has to be better.
Also, if that is your favorite sculpture at the MoMa. I can already tell you have issues.
I'm in the same boat, I'm really looking forward to not knowing anything. But, hey, that's what learning is for!
And just to say something on topic: once I get my camera (I really hope I get it next week, though I've been saying this for a while), I plan to make full use of my senioritis and take many, many photos. At which point I'll start posting in this thread.
Holy crap I'm a senior too. Man, that's a demographic I didn't really expect to see in a photo thread.
In both of these my eye is being drawn right out of the frame. I really wish there was a point of interest in either of the to draw my eye back in to spend some more time with each photo. The "Jesus Saves" sign in the 3rd one does a good job of this.
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I would say not being able to see the result of your photo immediately is going to be the most challenging and exciting part of shooting film, and you shouldn't be depending on fixing exposures in photoshop in the first place, so I would really disregard that concern, but like bombardier said, film has a higher latitude anyhow and you can do a lot in processing B&W.
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Digital's catching up!
EDIT - not all sources agree!
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/Cramer.shtml
http://www.weddingphotousa.com/wedding_articles/film_vs_digital_for_wedding_photography.htm
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