clouds

[msbritnee]

This was taken in Tubac, Arizona.
I'm a new photographer who's hoping to be able to play with the big boys eventually. Be as harsh as you want. I believe that every criticism helps me grow
(but please don't say my picture's ugly and leave it at that. if there's something's off with it do explain please and thank you )

With my camera. The setting was
focal length 4.3
Exposure time 1/1,250

[samnooshka]

I don't like giving criticism as i don't want it to come across harsh, so if it does, please do not take it in the wrong way.

My personal opinion is that i would have more sky and less road, the road isn't adding anything to the shot. The clouds a lovely, the typical fluffy clouds that kids would draw (or as my mum says "a simpson sky" LOL) and as your title is called "clouds" i would have expected more of them in the shot. Your horizon cuts through the centre of your shot, so i would move it down into the lower third of your image.

[Michael_2010]

Funny thing about clouds. Everyone loves them. Big fluffy ones, thin lateral ones, dark stormy ones, etc., but only meteorologists care anything about photographs of them. lol

Are you sure about those camera settings? Was the aperture set at 4.3? Did the camera select that setting, or did you do so for some reason?

[RecurrentNerve]

That's the focal length, not aperture, nes pas?

I agree with samnooshka, I would have had 1/3 road and 2/3 sky. But you have captured the clouds nicely, sharp and nice light.

[windrider86]

I read once from a great photographer to not be afraid to take pictures of the "pretty" things. Clouds are some of them!
When you come accross a scene that you really like, step back and check out the scene. I mean really check it out. What is that you like? What is that you dont like? Walk one way and see if the view is different, then do the same the other way. Kneel down, stand up, What view makes the most interesting sense?
One of the biggest mistakes that are made is coming up to a scene and because you see it and go "wow" you take a photo. Well, that's great, doesn't mean your camera will agree with you.
P{art of the art of photography is knowing what scenes will work and then knowing what to do with your photo afterwords.

[douglas]

Agree clouds are always nice...all kinds. Your picture is about the clouds, not the road so it needs cropping. Hope you do not mind, I tried cropping, slightly increased the contrast, and a tad of sharpening



And welcome, keep posting
I will remove this from my Flickr, and file tomorrow. Douglas

[msbritnee]

@douglas thank you for doing that it really showed me what I should do

[msbritnee]

i think i was off with the camera setting. I need to recheck the camera setting

[Krusty79]

It's not easy to get a good shot with non-sunset clouds as the subject. Here are a couple of other threads on shooting clouds:

My best Clouds

Cloud Shot - Composition and Settings

You'll also want to keep your horizons level.

Greg