Paying Tribute

[kfisher]

Yesterday a group of coworkers and I stood out on a freeway overpass to pay tribute to a soldier who was being laid to rest. I did my best and was slightly annoyed that the only angles I could think to use were from the side, back or down. I just wanted to hear some criticism, good or bad, on the pictures. Please copy/paste the link to flickr to see all 20.
Lance Cpl. Rick Centanni - a set on Flickr

Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: +0.3 EV

[kgb224]

Looks a bit noisy.
That is my only critique.
Kepp on capturing pictures and keep on uploading here at DPS.

[Createbeauty]

Disclaimer: I am not an expert

I love the composition and the shadow of the fence on the subjects as well as the flags. I do think the photo is a bit noisy. I am not sure what is in front of the lady with the black shirt (near her arm) but it is distracting and takes away from the photo.

[kfisher]

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I have a question though, what exactly do you mean by "noisy". I'm new at this and haven't quite gotten the terms down yet.

Createbeauty: Thank you for pointing out the flag in front of the woman. I never noticed it. These are things I need to start paying more attention to. thank you.

[Sterling]

Noise refers to the blotchy, colored grain that is visible mostly in darker areas of a photo. It becomes much more visible as the ISO is increased. In your photo, it can be seen clearly on the the green shirt and on the the lady's hand.

[Luckysticks]

Not an expert but I can see some noise but nothing to distracting. Also, looking at the properties on your Flickr account the ISO is set at 100, which is very low. I can't honestly see where the noise could be coming from??

I have however noticed that your exposure bias is at 0.3+ which I believe is over exposing the photo in some areas of the set. For example, the posted photo, I feel the sky is almost to glaring. Whether this could be what's causing the noise I don't know but this may well be the case.

Correct me if I'm talking rubbish as I'm still very much a novice at this myself.