First Post......

Gambrel

Hi! I am a long time lurker and now I have decided to join up with you guys and gals:clap . I am pretty new to photography and I figured if I posted images here and got some feed back. The only thing it can do for me is make me a better photographer.
My main goal is go get a photo in the 2010 Capture Cincinnati book. This is my first attempt. I do alot of Drag Racing photography so I am out of my norm here. What can I do to make this image better?:bow C & C is welcome!

thomasjm

I really like it. I like how you made the sign to be the focus, and the railroad tracks are great for the composition.

Perhaps one suggestion would be is to use a bigger aperature and to try to ever so slightly blur out the end of the tracks to make it look like it almost disappears.

Gambrel

I should pick up my 50mm prime this week so I will try and shorten the DOF. Do you think a train going by with some motion blur would ad or take away from the photo?

Thanks for your feed back!

Dogdots

Welcome to dgrin

I like your first posting. Looking forward to seeing more

Gambrel

Dogdots wrote:

Welcome to dgrin

I like your first posting. Looking forward to seeing more

Thank You!

Miguel Delinquento

Very nice first post Gambrel, and welcome.

I especially like your capturing the light and texture of the scene.

Putting a train in that frame makes it a totally different photograph. Not better, not worse--just different.

M

FlyNavy

Very nice!

gnooj

Excellent first post! Digital Grin is a great resource for photographers of all levels of experience. Looking forward to seeing more.

ritewinger

This is a fine shot. The only thing I have to offer, when you ask for C&C, you should add the EXIF to aid those whom would offer help....

Gambrel

ritewinger wrote:

This is a fine shot. The only thing I have to offer, when you ask for C&C, you should add the EXIF to aid those whom would offer help....

Whoops!

Shutter 1/500
F4.5
ISO 200

schmoo

Hi Gambrel and welcome!

I like your sepia processing on this one. I actually had a double take on the sign because the shadows are a bit dark, I thought it just said "Priority Trespassing" (which would be fantastic in my book, hehehe).

The shot is cool but I don't see much of a story here that compels me to keep looking. Unless, of course, this is an area that locals would know for your book. It might totally be a well-known spot and in which case, just ignore me.

Gambrel

Thanks Schmoo! This is the kind of info I was looking for. This is not a spot alot of local people would know about. I am pretty sure the book has been out a few years so I want to try and capture the spots that people may not know of. I just knew it was missing something and I couldn't figure it out. I might try it with the train rolling by and see if that adds alittle story to the photo.

Thanks