First Post - Garage Lock

[Matt M]

Took this with my moms canon point & shoot, i recently recieved a Canon G9

[xxpinballxx]

NIce shot! I like the DOF. I think this would fair well with some post work...maybe a bit of distressing and a bit of vignetting.
G9 is a great camera....Congrats on it and keep on shooting.
Don't mean any offense but if thats you in the avatar you look young!
A long life of learning and shooting. Is this hobby a passion for you?
We here are DPS have alot of info between all the members and am sure any question you might have someone will have the answer or Nicole will find it!
Welcome and enjoy the forums!

[Matt M]

thanks. i love my G9 its awesome, still learning how to use it. I am pretty young compared to most of the people here, I'll be 16 soon.

[xxpinballxx]

well good for you....i wish i had started that young.

[geotography]

Matt,

For a young person, you have captured the aged look of this lock quite well. The focus is very nice and I particularly enjoy the light in the photo. The flat finish on the metal is very good. The photo has a mystery about it...makes me want to know what's inside the garage...probably just a car or stuff, never-the-less, the mystery still remains. What is the brushed, stressed, antique effect in the lower left corner? Is that applied? The suggestion I would have would be to crop the right a bit...play with that and see how you like it. Ultimately it will be what you like.

The lock draws the eye beautifully - Nice Photo!

[Darren Rowse]

really nice shot. Welcome to DPS. Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

[Matt M]

Thanks darren! I've been reading the blog for a while now so I thought I would post some of my work and see what people would think.

[Matt M]

oh and to answer geotography's question, I think that dark spot in the left corner is just a dark spot on the door. It just looks weird.

[peeperita]

great job on the exposure and subject.....

if you have a larger original to work with i would suggest a crop that brings the lock out a smidge from the left side of the frame and shaving a bit off the top and bottom.....but that's just me....

great eye on you, mister!....

peeper