Your white ducks are nice, but they are too bright. Over exposing them has cost you most of the feather detail If you have any post processing software, or a histogram feature in your camera, check the histogram for each shot. You will find that you have lots of information piled up at (and beyond) the right hand limit. Basically, that's bright detail that was lost. Shooting white subjects is tough If your camera allows you to use EV Compensation try adding -1EV's of Compensation the next time you shoot a white subject on a dark background. You will be much happier with your results (this also works in reverse for a dark subject on a light background using +1EV's of compensation)
Your male duck is exposed much better (but the tailfeathers are a little over exposed-not by much though ) Mallards are tough because of those bright white tailfeathers and their dark heads and eyes. A better angle of light (or possibly a fill flash) probably would have helped here. Still, as I mentioned, this one has a much better exposure
I just wanted to mention one other thing. The key, IMO, to getting feedback on pics you post is to do likewise for other folks pics. IOW, people tend to post to your pic threads if you have posted to theirs. Sort of a give and you shall receive mentality :cool The more comments you make about others shots, the more comments your own shots will garner. At least, that's the way I've seen most communities operate.
Your white ducks are nice, but they are too bright. Over exposing them has cost you most of the feather detail If you have any post processing software, or a histogram feature in your camera, check the histogram for each shot. You will find that you have lots of information piled up at (and beyond) the right hand limit. Basically, that's bright detail that was lost. Shooting white subjects is tough If your camera allows you to use EV Compensation try adding -1EV's of Compensation the next time you shoot a white subject on a dark background. You will be much happier with your results (this also works in reverse for a dark subject on a light background using +1EV's of compensation)
Your male duck is exposed much better (but the tailfeathers are a little over exposed-not by much though ) Mallards are tough because of those bright white tailfeathers and their dark heads and eyes. A better angle of light (or possibly a fill flash) probably would have helped here. Still, as I mentioned, this one has a much better exposure
I just wanted to mention one other thing. The key, IMO, to getting feedback on pics you post is to do likewise for other folks pics. IOW, people tend to post to your pic threads if you have posted to theirs. Sort of a give and you shall receive mentality :cool The more comments you make about others shots, the more comments your own shots will garner. At least, that's the way I've seen most communities operate.
Thanks for sharing,
Steve
Hi Steve Cavigliano ,
Thank you very much for your advice...I will definitely check those features out on my Camera. I am pretty new to this photography thing, I took my frist photography course at ODU this past semester. (I got an A! ) And, this coming fall I will be taking Advanced photography. One of my problems is editing my pictures and kicking up the midtone, sometimes maybe too much...I need to work on that :uhoh . But I am REALLY REALLY : enjoying photography, I want to be a photographer as my career but I just don't know where to start! Lol. I will also most definitely give my opinion/response to other people's work, because I really do need to/want to know what I should change, fix, or keep the same in my way of photgraphy!
Again, thank you so much and when I have time later I look forward to viewing your pictures. :
Steve,
I absolutely love the picture from your profile! I know that might be weird but I went to San Francisco with my Grandmother, Brother, and Step-Brother for my graduation present in 2003 and the Golden Gate Bridge was amazing...I got some pretty good shots but that was before I got my Digital Rebel so it was just a cheap little camera. I would have to scan them and post them. That will probably take a while! You've gotta love Digital! Lol. But great job on that and all of your other pictures. I noticed a lot of pictures of I'm guessing fellow photographers...what do you do for a living? I am trying to see what kind of options are out there in the photography world! It just looks really exciting to me! I would love to just travel the world and photograph all that I can!
Thanks, and I look forward to hearing back from you! :
Steve,
I absolutely love the picture from your profile! I know that might be weird but I went to San Francisco with my Grandmother, Brother, and Step-Brother for my graduation present in 2003 and the Golden Gate Bridge was amazing...I got some pretty good shots but that was before I got my Digital Rebel so it was just a cheap little camera. I would have to scan them and post them. That will probably take a while! You've gotta love Digital! Lol. But great job on that and all of your other pictures. I noticed a lot of pictures of I'm guessing fellow photographers...what do you do for a living? I am trying to see what kind of options are out there in the photography world! It just looks really exciting to me! I would love to just travel the world and photograph all that I can!
Thanks, and I look forward to hearing back from you! :
Thanks iluvhim
Our resident Pro Andy snapped that one on one of our frequent trips to SF. You're right, there's soooooo much to see and shoot there. Not to mention all the great places to eat there :eat
Most of us, Shay excluded, have day jobs to help support our passion. Funny you should mention options in the photography world. Andy and I were discussing this and came to the conclusion that only a very small % of Pros make over $100,000 per year So it doesn't seem like a good choice if you are looking to make big $. You can pick up quite a bit of pocket change though, by shooting youth sports, events, children's portraits and/or the occassional wedding. The problem here is that you are capturing other people's memories and you better know what you're doing or those memories can be lost forever (can't exactly re-enact a wedding cuz you messed up some shots ).
My advice would be to see if your local JC offers some photography courses (especailly on post processing/Photoshop) and keep shooting and posting for feedback. Try to be a secondary shooter at events or weddings to get some experience under your belt, so to speak. Once your confidence and portfolio cover the types of shooting you want to do, you'll be ready to offer your services out there to the general public :
It takes a lot of work, patience and can be frustrating, but it's like anything else you want to be really good at. Ya gotta pay your dues.
Hanging around places like this and soaking up all the info that's provided can really help. But, there's no substitute for shooting experience.
Thank you so much...that is the kind of advice that I am looking for! I never thought of being a "secondary photographer" at an event. DUH! Lol. What a good idea. Especially since I haven't had that much experience. My boyfriend's family owns a business and they really support me wanting to be a photographer, as does my family, so I was their official photographer at their "yearly convention" I guess you would say. It was a week-end event. They even paid me for it! So that is really the only even that I have done and I had so much fun doing it . I really want to check into getting a job over the summer at a Children's studio or something. I work as a Summer Camp Counselor but I haven't heard back from them yet and if I don't that is what I really want to do. But thank you again, and I look forward to even more advice!!! Lol. :
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from another angle...
Not that clear after I brightened it a little bit...could be better.
Your white ducks are nice, but they are too bright. Over exposing them has cost you most of the feather detail
Your male duck is exposed much better (but the tailfeathers are a little over exposed-not by much though
I just wanted to mention one other thing. The key, IMO, to getting feedback on pics you post is to do likewise for other folks pics. IOW, people tend to post to your pic threads if you have posted to theirs. Sort of a give and you shall receive mentality :cool The more comments you make about others shots, the more comments your own shots will garner. At least, that's the way I've seen most communities operate.
Thanks for sharing,
Steve
Thank you very much for your advice...I will definitely check those features out on my Camera. I am pretty new to this photography thing, I took my frist photography course at ODU this past semester. (I got an A!
Again, thank you so much and when I have time later I look forward to viewing your pictures.
I might add that one of my 1st posts was duckys just like yours, and I received the same help
I think I have improved ever since, and your off to a great start.
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I absolutely love the picture from your profile! I know that might be weird but I went to San Francisco with my Grandmother, Brother, and Step-Brother for my graduation present in 2003 and the Golden Gate Bridge was amazing...I got some pretty good shots but that was before I got my Digital Rebel so it was just a cheap little camera. I would have to scan them and post them. That will probably take a while! You've gotta love Digital! Lol. But great job on that and all of your other pictures. I noticed a lot of pictures of I'm guessing fellow photographers...what do you do for a living? I am trying to see what kind of options are out there in the photography world!
Thanks, and I look forward to hearing back from you!
Our resident Pro Andy snapped that one on one of our frequent trips to SF. You're right, there's soooooo much to see and shoot there. Not to mention all the great places to eat there :eat
Most of us, Shay excluded, have day jobs to help support our passion. Funny you should mention options in the photography world. Andy and I were discussing this and came to the conclusion that only a very small % of Pros make over $100,000 per year
My advice would be to see if your local JC offers some photography courses (especailly on post processing/Photoshop) and keep shooting and posting for feedback. Try to be a secondary shooter at events or weddings to get some experience under your belt, so to speak. Once your confidence and portfolio cover the types of shooting you want to do, you'll be ready to offer your services out there to the general public
It takes a lot of work, patience and can be frustrating, but it's like anything else you want to be really good at. Ya gotta pay your dues.
Hanging around places like this and soaking up all the info that's provided can really help. But, there's no substitute for shooting experience.
Good luck,
Steve