Not a backslapping or well done thread. Critique only.
I will start it off with a pic.
You can only post the next pic if you have given some critique on the previous pic
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_glass_blower.jpg)
BUMP
C'mon it is supposed to be a tog site afterall :P
Alf, i had ago in shadows/highlights in PS, brought the background out quite nice, also took the kinda highlights on his head down a bit, would be worth having a play around.
My Turn now
Done this one to death from the noise it had in, any thoughts on it would be good
vxisme
Never critised a photo, 1st for me but for what its worth.
i like the golden colours in the sky pity about the dark areas, with my limited experience maybe if you layer in photoshop and each layer looking at the shadow and dark areas where you can increase the dark areas to bring out more detail, then flatten the layers, i'm sure it may improve the shot --Then again it may not!!!,
I,m new to all this what do i know :D
soltek
you now have to post a pic after the critique
ok this shot i took by accident out of my bedroom window, well not by accident i saw it, crabed my camera and took the shot no pre thought a snap really.
Well its a cracker. I cant fault it at all. Superb colours. Lets see what others have to say and see if we can get more involvment and pics posted in here
RR
Alf
This is a good idea and I started a kind of "are you interested" thread on the same subject in the general discussion. Admin. might be interested. I also like that you want it not to be an "atta boy" thread, but real critique.
The difficulty with this thread is that it's buried in an area that many people may not look. Also because the images are small it's not the best was to critique an image. A photograph has many subtleties in it...i.e. tonal value, lighting, etc., that can't be appreciated small.
I'd post an image here if I knew how to upload it to a thread! I've only uploaded to my gallery so far.
northbeach
to add a photo go to REPLY [see] additional options click ,then browse where your photo is stored select open you then should see it in the the [attch] box as a attachment like this photo you can cc if you wish.
soltek
This is a nice study of Daisy, nice eyelight and you caught a good expression. Detail in the coat is excellent, no dark spots where it gets lost. Only thing I find a little distracting it the white part of the b.g. but I realise with dogs that you have to get ''em where you find 'em sometimes.
One little note about a critique thread such as this - if the responder has to then submit an image does that mean we're limiting the responses to one?
So here's my submission.
hi Sheila - there's not much I don't like. I cannot fault your composition whith the gradual looming from the little to the largest of thee smoke stacks. there is a good feeling (or should I say disgusting feeling) of them belching out their noxious, choking crud.
whether its intentional or not I'm not sure about the hard edges to the dominant black cloud. on the one hand the flowing shape echoes the outer edges of the chimneys, also singles it out, but does it need to? it looks to me thatthe shot might have degraded over continued saves (would it do this?) would be nice to know whether you intended that effect - how will be know?.
(hopefully in a hundred years, if mankind is still here, no smoke like this)
my submission is the heron which I shot last thursday evening. while I quite like it I feel its lacking.
northbeach
sometimes when shots like yours show smoking towers chimneys ,etc they seem to romance the scene, i lke what you have done here ,to me this shot shows the reality of pollution i like the nitty gritty approach you have taken good shot.
Pippa
i like the colours produced here, the deep refletions in the pond of the trees is quite good ,nice sharp photo but i find that i am staining to look at the heron i don't need to ofcourse but the photo lends it's self to that ,for me anyway, maybe a tighter crop of the photo may help to lend a pleasing restfull scene.
BEWARE!! :D
ON BOTH COMMENTS, ;) though lol, It takes me all my time to critise my own work in which i do poorly i am only a newbie on the digital front, so take these comments with a pinch of salt if you feel i tend to offend your work in any way :tup:
Soltek, just a quick note before you upload yours/
offended? mind? absolutely not. even if you said it was crap, and explained why - thats ok in my book. much rather hear a truth.
this photo was taken when i visited london it was shot in colour it.s my first attemt to play with the colours in cs2 ;)
soltek, some pictures i feel were taken just so you can tweek it a little, i think the tweaks are perfect for the shot you have taken, well done.
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/gunniglealan/DSC_3522-1.jpg)
thanks for your comments Alan :tup:.
I think the rules are that once you comment on a photo, you have to also contribute by sending in your own photo, to keep the thread running :D Not sure though :o..
one on it's way
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/gunniglealan/DSC_4541.jpg)
Hi Alan
For me the full frame image would be suited better to a tighter crop, would show off the detail and main subject nicely.
Donny
Have now had this lying around the desktop since May, my main problem lies in the presentation of it, i really think ive messed this one up big time with this vignette, thoughts please.
Hi Donny. I agree the vignette isn't helping. Problems with it imho are it has a kind of notch at the top, it would look better with a base colour of black, on a colour pic I wouldn't make it opaque so I suggest opacity of the vignette layer. Nice pic underneath though.
So here's one I've had on my flickr for a while and nobody's commented on it. This in itself isn't totally unknown to happen but I was quite pleased with it so was hoping for a bit of a reaction. As you can probably tell its an hdr which might put some off and there's not much to the sky. Whaddya think?
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2115/2323154353_b2b71817da_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/veggiesosage/2323154353/)
A cracking HDR Andy, like the light and the fact its not overdone, the detail is superb, the angle is spot on Imho a good all round image mate.
Right o another wee go at this one, we could be here for a while..lol.
Andy - The pink tinge puts me off and I would like to see the blue sky boosted a little.
Donny - Nice shot overall, but, the vignetting spoils it for me.
One from me
Straight from cam, cropped and converted to jpg
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_Bench1.jpg)
Andy, it seems to leapfrom the screen, nice one
my effort
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/gunniglealan/DSC_2873-1.jpg)
Nice one also, i wondered if the wee wall would be better cropped out, keep the interest on the building itself,
My effort is one of Composition, have i cropped this too much..!
Hi Donny,
My first critque on this site...
I like the bold blue sky and green grass but do agree that it has been cropped a little too much for my liking. Personally I would have preferred to see a little more of the fence by taking the shot from a bit more the left so you could get more of a square crop.
Heres one of mine....
Ooops sorry i didnt see the bit about giving c&c for the previous image
I like the perspective but not sure about the stone wall along the bottom of the frame and there is something creeping into the frame on the left hand side, i would possibly crop a little from the right to place the cathedral central in the frame.
The clear blue sky sets the image off nicely and i like the detail in the brickwork from the lighting
ok first image post on here, i would really appreciate C&C on this and a few others ( to be posted later) I am hoping to start selling some work as large format prints so please be honest, are the exposures good, what about the cropping?
(http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo134/Rovers_Andy/HerringGull2.jpg)
Thankyou
Andy
I'm hesitant about commenting on exposure because I'm viewing on a rubbish monitor ::) I like the angle, use of DOF and limited colours - I'd be happy to have taken it! Not sure I'd have cropped any differently - I think it suits a central placing for the bird.
In my opinion it needs a little increase in contrast (a standard S curve does the trick), also I find the out of focus lines running through the image a little distracting as they give the appearance the image is tilted and a few degrees rotation would help matters without the gull appearing not straight. :)
And now I have to post one it seems..did you forget Sue. :)
(http://www.pbase.com/paulsilkphotography/image/113251192.jpg)
I had not spotted this rolling critique when setting up the First Impression and Second Opinion thread where there is no obligation to submit a photogragh when posting a comment.
In my opinion the sky reflected in the car's bumper appears less dramatic and not quite in balance with the darker sky (seen in direct view over the car); nice overall effect though and interesting angle in composition Paul.
Here's my shot
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11049/normal_Outinblue.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=13505&fullsize=1)