driftwood

[shelg]

just getting into photography I would like everyone to critique every aspect of this picture.It will only make me a better photographer

[lputman]

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[fletch]

Originally Posted by shelg

just getting into photography I would like everyone to critique every aspect of this picture.It will only make me a better photographer

I find the first step to becoming a better photographer is to crtitique ones own work, try to understand what is good and what is bad about it and what I would do differently. If you were able to express some of that thought process in your post it would give people a place to start and also generate some involvement in the processs. It gives people some reassurance that if they spend time and effort on your photo it will at least be read.

I could tell you the sky is way too blown out but you might know that and I'd have wasted my time.

[kencaleno]

just a touch of contrast and a touch of sharpening:Notice how sky is not blown out,and shadow areas have detail in my version.

By the way, On becoming a better photographer,this is what I preach to my photography students: (Whether you try it, or not is entirely up to you, but I know it works)

My advice to becoming a better photographer-

1.Get hold of a manual Film SLR and buy 3 films

2. Use up film #1-probably will be 75% crap -study the resultant prints, and work out what you should have done

3.Film # 2 Should hold a better percentage of maybees

4. By the time you get the resultant prints from film #3, you will be on your way to becoming a better photographer

(Buying films and paying for processing should slow you down and make you think before you waste a frame)

5. Afterwards.......... grab that Dslr and get to it!-I guarantee you will notice the difference..

Regards, Ken

[shelg]

great advice on the films.I'm sure it will improve my work never thought of that

Originally Posted by kencaleno

just a touch of contrast and a touch of sharpening:Notice how sky is not blown out,and shadow areas have detail in my version.

By the way, On becoming a better photographer,this is what I preach to my photography students: (Whether you try it, or not is entirely up to you, but I know it works)

My advice to becoming a better photographer-

1.Get hold of a manual Film SLR and buy 3 films

2. Use up film #1-probably will be 75% crap -study the resultant prints, and work out what you should have done

3.Film # 2 Should hold a better percentage of maybees

4. By the time you get the resultant prints from film #3, you will be on your way to becoming a better photographer

(Buying films and paying for processing should slow you down and make you think before you waste a frame)

5. Afterwards.......... grab that Dslr and get to it!-I guarantee you will notice the difference..

Regards, Ken

[shelg]

no i did not realise that the sky was blown out.and yes i'd like to be critiqued of everything.The composition etc etc.

Thanks,

Originally Posted by fletch

I find the first step to becoming a better photographer is to crtitique ones own work, try to understand what is good and what is bad about it and what I would do differently. If you were able to express some of that thought process in your post it would give people a place to start and also generate some involvement in the processs. It gives people some reassurance that if they spend time and effort on your photo it will at least be read.

I could tell you the sky is way too blown out but you might know that and I'd have wasted my time.

[fletch]

Originally Posted by shelg

no i did not realise that the sky was blown out.and yes i'd like to be critiqued of everything.The composition etc etc.

Thanks,

I think you missed my point. I'm trying to get you to say what you think of everything before we go delving in and crtiquing the image. To crtique the whole image I think its a bit blah and ordinary but that doesn't help much unless I tell you why.