1° The First Try

[hendric]

Well, I just submitted my first week of photo, another 51 to go... I'm still new with photography and the photo was my best one for the week please do give some pointers... thanks


>>1° The First Try<<
Shutter Speed: 1/250 second
Aperture: F/29.0
Focal Length: 29 mm
ISO Speed: 1600


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Hendric

[Doctor Atomo]

It's really cool, but I don't know what it is!
It seems pretty heavily processed, hard to tell if it is a photograph or a drawing.
That being said, it seems well composed and lit.
I am not sure what the little yellow thing at the bottom is, it does not seem to fit. Also the processing seems to have left the image a little flat.
It does work however, as it makes me want to know what is really being photographed, so it has the air of mystery...
Are you going to show us a wide shot so we can tell what it is?

I am guessing some sort of sculpture or... well, sculpture?

[navcom]

I agree with atomo here. It doesn't look like a photograph even though the EXIF says it was taken with a Nikon. It appears you post-processed it with CS3. Also not quite sure how this fits into the landscape/citiscape genre. Could you elaborate a bit more on what your composition is and what post-processing you applied? Thanks!

[windrider86]

Please take the time to read thru the guidelines and make sure you have included everything that is asked for. thanks

[hendric]

Originally Posted by Doctor Atomo

It's really cool, but I don't know what it is!
It seems pretty heavily processed, hard to tell if it is a photograph or a drawing.
That being said, it seems well composed and lit.
I am not sure what the little yellow thing at the bottom is, it does not seem to fit. Also the processing seems to have left the image a little flat.
It does work however, as it makes me want to know what is really being photographed, so it has the air of mystery...
Are you going to show us a wide shot so we can tell what it is?

I am guessing some sort of sculpture or... well, sculpture?

I didn't really change much of the photo itself, it is a sculpture in the city and i thought it would fit into the cityscape. i still trying to figure out how to make the photo stand out a little.

Originally Posted by navcom

I agree with atomo here. It doesn't look like a photograph even though the EXIF says it was taken with a Nikon. It appears you post-processed it with CS3. Also not quite sure how this fits into the landscape/citiscape genre. Could you elaborate a bit more on what your composition is and what post-processing you applied? Thanks!

I have been using manual setting eversince I got my DSLR on January, at the time the shape just reminds me of lightning bolt, so i was trying to capture it in a more drastic way but i wasn't able to get a "popping" photo so i try against the sky, and the yellow spot was probably the glare which i tried to get rid off(failed due to insufficient photoshop skills). any way to make it pop, post-productionly?

O and that's the link for the actual thing >> the actual thing <<

[navcom]

Now it makes sense. I think having a bit more of it's surroundings in the image might put it in better context and make it "pop" more. Right now it's very minimalistic. Not that this is bad...just not conveying what you want I think. Try to incorporate something in the surroundings into your composition. You don't need to overdo it...just a taste.