Introduction: Hey there!!

[Jay_Ryan]

Hi everyone!! I'm Jay, an obviously new kid in town. I thought I would start with a combo intro and critique request. I have been shooting for four years this month. Up until March last year I was using a Fuji A205 P&S then bought my S3 in April. The photo here is of the first dozen taken with the S3.

What do you think?


I appreciate all comments positive or negative... Thanks.

[ken52278]

I like this photo! Where are they - - - is that a landfill? Anyways, that is not important. Fire and firefighters are almost always a good subject to shoot, fire in itself exudes action, without very little effort! I like the composition in this as well, the right mix of fire, firefighters and tires!!lol! No, really, it is an excellent photo! Good job!

[Molokai]

The picture is great! But the one thing I see is that the water looks more like snow on the tires.But the action in great

[Manila_Joe]

Welcome to DPS. I'm sure you'll enjoy your time here. I have learned a lot from the people here.

As for your picture... Don't change a thing! The colour is great, composition is wonderful and the emotion is captured perfectly.

[Murtasma]

Fantastic image it tells a story which I feel all good images tell reguardless of techinical aspects. I see no problem with your work at all. Exposer is good sharpness is good composition is good. A shot I would print and mount on my wall.

Now if only I could get rid of these feelings of starting a fire just so I could take pictures of firefighters at work.

[Jay_Ryan]

Originally Posted by ken52278

I like this photo! Where are they - - - is that a landfill? Anyways, that is not important. Fire and firefighters are almost always a good subject to shoot, fire in itself exudes action, without very little effort! I like the composition in this as well, the right mix of fire, firefighters and tires!!lol! No, really, it is an excellent photo! Good job!

It's a tire shop or at least what was left after about 45 minutes of burning. And thank you.

Originally Posted by Molokai

The picture is great! But the one thing I see is that the water looks more like snow on the tires.But the action in great

Actually, that was foam used because water would have spattered flammable liquids around causing the fire to simply spread.

Originally Posted by Manila_Joe

Welcome to DPS. I'm sure you'll enjoy your time here. I have learned a lot from the people here.

As for your picture... Don't change a thing! The colour is great, composition is wonderful and the emotion is captured perfectly.

Thank you Manila_Joe for the welcome! Also, thank you for your opinion. As with everyone else's thoughts, they are appreciated.

Originally Posted by Murtasma

Fantastic image it tells a story which I feel all good images tell reguardless of techinical aspects. I see no problem with your work at all. Exposer is good sharpness is good composition is good. A shot I would print and mount on my wall.

Now if only I could get rid of these feelings of starting a fire just so I could take pictures of firefighters at work.

LOL... That was a running joke among my friends... How I must've been aching so badly to try out my new camera that I 'created' the opportunity. But really, just a matter of right place, right time. One thing I really like about the Canon S3 over my SLR is the strong zoom factor without shelling out big bucks for the glass that would have been required to get that shot. I was about 60 metres (approx 75 yards) away from the action.

[kimspics]

I said "WOW" at first glance!! what a grat pic. the composition is good and I love the different shades of grey from the smoke - what an intense awesome picture telling a story !!!!! great job

[Jay_Ryan]

Originally Posted by kimspics

I said "WOW" at first glance!! what a grat pic. the composition is good and I love the different shades of grey from the smoke - what an intense awesome picture telling a story !!!!! great job

Thanks, kimspics. What a great welcome from everyone!

[Ewie]

Great image, well done... I think you nailed it and would'nt change a thing...

[spellbound]

Wow! Not often you can capture an image such as this. Well done.

Oh...and welcome