Newb, first post. Three photos.
I've never shown any of my photos in a public forum like this. I've been shooting for about two and a half months, every day. I haven't felt that I had anything good enough to actually share, but I'm willing to take my first step today. I realize this isn't the best work out there. It is only an honest representation of where I'm at, right now.
Equipment: Nikon D5100, 50mm 1.8G, 18-55 kit lens, cheap home made light modifiers, etc.
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I look at these and see ways they could be improved, so I know you more experienced people will have even better ideas. I'm hoping someone out there will be kind enough to take some time to really dissect these images. Please feel free to be brutally honest. I wouldn't have shared them if I wasn't prepared with a rather thick skin.
Equipment: Nikon D5100, 50mm 1.8G, 18-55 kit lens, cheap home made light modifiers, etc.
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I look at these and see ways they could be improved, so I know you more experienced people will have even better ideas. I'm hoping someone out there will be kind enough to take some time to really dissect these images. Please feel free to be brutally honest. I wouldn't have shared them if I wasn't prepared with a rather thick skin.
Please feel free to post any reworks you do of my images. Crop, skew, munge, edit, share.
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#2 is warm (red/orange). The tree lends nothing to the photo. You need a horizontal line to emphasize/compare the height of the jump. His expression and pose is priceless!!!!
#3 The leading line of the fence is very good and dynamic but again the photo is flat in its lighting. The position of her head adheres to the rule of thirds and helps to create a strong subject placement in the photo. Her shirt is busy and takes attention away from her.
You get better by posting and asking for help so keep it up.
Hope this helps.
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Thank you for taking the time to reply. I really appreciate it. Flat light is my enemy at the moment, I seem to be _really_ good at producing flat light in almost every shot. In 3, for example, would I have a better result moving the reflector to a more oblique angle? More to the rear of the subject, or not quite that far?
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They don't look flat as much to me as just underexposed.
3 is a good shot, just needs the exposure tweaked.
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Have you checked your histogram?thumb
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This is one of the reasons I stopped posting here...obviously an admitted newbie who is dealing with light issues and has admitted so. Do you really think he knows what a histogram is or how to read it? Since you brought it up...how about you give us a lesson. What do you look for in a histogram and what adjustments do you make to get it where you think it should be?
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By definition, anyone posting here has access to search facilities - whether topic specific (Dgrin) or net wide.
If I come across something I don't understand, I'll try to find out about it by myself first ... I don't know what others do?
If these routes to understanding give an incomplete / garbled picture, they generally also give sufficient info to know what additional (more targetted) Qs to ask in order to flesh out the basics.
Re the second part - yes, I could describe what I do / go about it - but there's already a wealth of info around done by far better ppl than myself - and let's find out where the OP's at first?
I agree with the tips already mentioned, btw.
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I have no teaching inclinations nor a master degree in photography.
If you stopped posting here is your business, not mine.
If you look at my posts you'll find I have only 117.
I am a newbie myself and proud of it, but I have improved a lot with the C/C's from the knowledgeable ones here.
I have got from point A to point B very fast and forced to learn by myself from others critique, good and not so good and sometimes harsh.
A histogram is nothing if you don't know how to read it, I just honestly tried to propel him into discovering a tool he will need and use day in and out, not to show any type of supremacy of knowledge which I don't have.
I hope this changes your opinion, if not, who cares.
I hope RyanS truly understood what I meant writing: HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR HISTOGRAM?
By the way, # 3 W/B is my preferred.
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http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-histograms.shtml
They both seem to do a nice job explaining.
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I, for one, do plan on posting again.
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