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You could probably afford to let the shadowy area feel a little more shadowy. Not necessarily crush the hell out of it, but allow a little more attention to be drawn to the place where the sunlight is actually reaching the valley floor?
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Marshmallow Blue posted:The first 2 are pretty cool. Actually the third scenery looked bad in person but I liked the pattern of the dead shrubbery in the sidelight and thought it would make a good square composition with the tree in the middle. On the other hand I almost didn't post the second shot, but now that you've mentioned it I took another look and I actually like it, especially for the colors. As I said, I have a hard time figuring out what to shoot, and then I have an even harder time going through my exposures to sort the good from the bad, so thanks for you feedback!
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Entenzahn posted:As I said, I have a hard time figuring out what to shoot, and then I have an even harder time going through my exposures to sort the good from the bad, so thanks for you feedback! Shoot everything, you can figure out what you like and don't like when you get home. On a good day I'll take around 75 photos and like 10 of them. Some are repeats, some missed focus, some I don't like. The many people better than myself probably take even more photos.
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Cameras come with continuous high speed settings for a reason, just take 100000 pics and play the law of averages. Or you could read some books and look at some good landscapes and forge ahead with growth.
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Kujaroth posted:Another from Nepal. I like the composition, but I'm not sure I like the wb/colors you went with.
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When you're starting out with a particular art it's beneficial to make lots of attempts. Gradually you learn what's working and what isn't, and you slow down. Relevant quote from Art and Fear. quote:The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality. His procedure was simple: on the final day of class he would bring in his bathroom scales and weigh the work of the "quantity" group: fifty pound of pots rated an "A", forty pounds a "B", and so on. Those being graded on "quality", however, needed to produce only one pot -- albeit a perfect one -- to get an "A".
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Thanks again for all your advice. I'll keep shooting regularly of course. It's just that I don't really have any formal training in this field and, being new, I find it hard to tell the good photos from the bad photos when I look through them at the end of the day. So in the beginning I think I really need someone to point at my shots and say "This sucks because this rock is way too dark." Is there a good place, apart from this forum, where people give each other critiques on their photos? I think there are feedback groups on Flickr but I remember most of them to be viewsharing rackets that spam your feed with "AWESOME PHOTO MAN PLEASE FAVE MY STUFF".
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Kujaroth posted:Another from Nepal. I agree the shadows need to let be shadows, otherwise it can feel a bit flat/HDR'd. But otherwise I really like the processing, especially the clouds/sky and peak in the distance.
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Entenzahn posted:Thanks again for all your advice. I'll keep shooting regularly of course. It's just that I don't really have any formal training in this field and, being new, I find it hard to tell the good photos from the bad photos when I look through them at the end of the day. So in the beginning I think I really need someone to point at my shots and say "This sucks because this rock is way too dark." Is there a good place, apart from this forum, where people give each other critiques on their photos? I think there are feedback groups on Flickr but I remember most of them to be viewsharing rackets that spam your feed with "AWESOME PHOTO MAN PLEASE FAVE MY STUFF". I don't think too many people in here have formal training. It comes from reading books (Understanding Exposure), practicing, and time. I have been shooting a while now and I still end up taking shots that looked better in person, but for one reason or another (my skill) didn't turn out. It's really frustrating when it happens when you're shooting a roll of medium format film. Hanging around the forum has, I think, started to make me a better photographer. I wouldn't really bother with the Flickr nonsense. Pretty much the only people I interact with on Flickr are from here or a website I run.
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Suicide Watch posted:
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big scary monsters posted:I love this shot, but please sort out the dodgy spotting or whatever those splotches in the sky are. Looks like sensor dust to me. Not really bothersome, though; I didn't even noticed until you pointed it out.
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ZippySLC posted:I don't think too many people in here have formal training. It comes from reading books (Understanding Exposure), practicing, and time. I mostly use flickr to look at other peoples stuff to help me improve and make me feel like a poo poo photographer even though I work for a wire. You can always get better and it's good motivation. Take lots...and lots...and lots...of photos. That's really the only way to improve to start. Then you'll start getting more selective and self critical. That's when you really start getting better.
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big scary monsters posted:I love this shot, but please sort out the dodgy spotting or whatever those splotches in the sky are. Yeah those are annoying. It's sensor dust and when it's really bad or if I'm making prints, I'll spot-heal it out in photoshop, otherwise I've mostly given up on it. They mostly only show up at small apertures starting at f/8.
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Speaking of taking lots of pictures, here's a dump of photos from my recent trip. Sorry about the large amount!       
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Entenzahn posted:Thanks again for all your advice. I'll keep shooting regularly of course. It's just that I don't really have any formal training in this field and, being new, I find it hard to tell the good photos from the bad photos when I look through them at the end of the day. So in the beginning I think I really need someone to point at my shots and say "This sucks because this rock is way too dark." Is there a good place, apart from this forum, where people give each other critiques on their photos? I think there are feedback groups on Flickr but I remember most of them to be viewsharing rackets that spam your feed with "AWESOME PHOTO MAN PLEASE FAVE MY STUFF". You cant do anyworse than Wario IRL, so just take pictures of stuff that looks cool to you.
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Owns. alkanphel posted:
Again, owns. Also owns.
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Kujaroth posted:Another from Nepal.
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Alright, I'll keep taking photos! Here, here are some more photos:  These didn't get much of a reaction in PAD, so I guess the first one's already OK and the second one's beyond saving. It was a really overcast evening and I tried to work with the resulting blue-grey haze around sundown but it didn't work out. I don't know how I could have salvaged this situation tbh. The water and sky in this are amazing. All your pictures have great colors, but this one really makes me stop scrolling every time.
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Not sure if I'm done with this yet, I need to sit on it for another week I think. Chernobyl Power Plant by TomOlson, on Flickr
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Saint Fu posted:
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RangerScum posted:Not sure if I'm done with this yet, I need to sit on it for another week I think. Chernobyl is pretty awesome (from a photography standpoint, shame about that whole irradiating the earth part). Though I had to scroll down before I figured out what it was.. that arch they're building had me thinking it might be decaying blimp hangar.
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GobiasIndustries posted:
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vote_no posted:Speaking of taking lots of pictures, here's a dump of photos from my recent trip. Sorry about the large amount! Mr. Despair posted:
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Suicide Watch posted:
Neither, its in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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