Pictures
Nov 15, 2011 21:33:31 #
I hope these pictures come through, and would appreciate some feedback on them as to composition, and what I can do better. I am using a Sony A200, and still learning the ins and outs of its settings. I worked as a "studio" photographer 40 years ago, and am trained to "document" but am trying to break out of that training and do more artistic work. I have a suspicion that I need a better lens, but am shooting with the stock one that came with the camera. Any and all feedback welcome, but please, spell things out for me, apreviations can be confusing.
Photographer at Zabriski Point, Death Valley
Badwater Basin at sunrise, Death Valley
MesquiteDunes, Death Valley
Nov 15, 2011 21:41:59 #
Oh these pictures make me want to go there!!! I love them. I would just give them a little zip by adjusting the levels a tad in photoshop. Do you have photoshop?
Nov 15, 2011 21:42:32 #
AuntieM wrote:
I hope these pictures come through, and would appr... (show quote)
Love the last Dunes Pic.
Ian
Nov 15, 2011 21:47:40 #
You did a wonderful job on these. I love Death Valley. I will go back after the first of the years to try my hand again at the wonders of this National Park.
Nov 15, 2011 21:52:43 #
I would be happy to critique your work, but you are way ahead of me and I just find your pics amazing..I think once you learn to ride a bike.....
Nov 15, 2011 21:56:57 #
They're all very well done but the dunes photo is a KEEPER and FRAMER if ya ask me!
It's fascinating to me that a well experienced, accomplished studio photographer would find it a challenge to do landscape/nature photography, too.
Too cool... we all have our niche!
(I'm getting ready to try my hand at studio stuff here pretty soon and am just as nervous and anxious about that! *snickers* )
It's fascinating to me that a well experienced, accomplished studio photographer would find it a challenge to do landscape/nature photography, too.
Too cool... we all have our niche!
(I'm getting ready to try my hand at studio stuff here pretty soon and am just as nervous and anxious about that! *snickers* )
Nov 15, 2011 22:30:46 #
I don't have Photoshop, can't afford it. Working on a very limited budget. I have Paint Shop Pro, but find it very frustrating to work with. I am constantly going back and forth to the Help menu, but that really doesn't tell me what the reasoning behind the "fix" is. There are some books that I have found on Amazon that purport to be "for dummies" books, so may get one of those to find out the whys and wherefores of editing in that program. Thanks for all the kind words, but it pains me not to get on "film" what I see in real life. If I could only figure out my histogram and what the optimum in a picture is, and how to get it, I would be on my way to feeling more secure about my camera. Oh well......try, try, again. At least I don't fly 2,000 miles for a vacation and get home and find that I missed a shot "by that much" like I did with film.
Nov 15, 2011 22:35:01 #
tilde531 - I wouldn't stress too much about studio photography. I did advertising shots of electronic equipment, and it didn't move, stayed in one place as long as I needed it to, the lighting was of my making and could be moved and repositioned, and I had all day to take the shot I wanted. Shooting outdoors, you get what lighting and subject is available, and don't have long to get the shot that you know is there.
Nov 15, 2011 22:56:15 #
Great pictures - I love them all - I am from KY and we see a lot of green here, but I am fascinated by the desert!
Nov 15, 2011 23:05:19 #
Nov 15, 2011 23:16:03 #
I like the dunes the best but lm a desert rat,,they are all very nicely done,,Kenny
Nov 16, 2011 07:33:17 #
Love the dunes!
Just a suggestion--in landscapes, try including elements in the foreground, middle ground, & background.
Keep sharing!
Just a suggestion--in landscapes, try including elements in the foreground, middle ground, & background.
Keep sharing!
Nov 16, 2011 08:28:24 #
Nov 16, 2011 18:06:22 #
Nice shots, I like the one of the dunes best also...... good job on them.......
Nov 16, 2011 18:24:21 #
On the first photo I think a landscape orientation where you can see what the photographer is shooting would have been better. It is still a very nice photo but I am left wondering what is off to the left of the frame that he is photographing...
In photo number two I would have more foreground and less sky. The textures in the basin floor provide interest, the empty sky, not so much. Bring the top edge of the photo down to the top of the mountain on the left. Having the horizon in the middle of a photo, most-but not all of the time- can be boring. Also the horizon is just a tiny bit tilted lower on the right.
In the third photo, my favorite, there appears to be some vignetting (dark spots) in both upper corners. also I would try to clone or crop out that little strip of flat, non- rippled sand in the bottom right side.
All in all three very nice photographs that with a little bit of tweaking could be optimized.
These are just my opinions,
Eric
In photo number two I would have more foreground and less sky. The textures in the basin floor provide interest, the empty sky, not so much. Bring the top edge of the photo down to the top of the mountain on the left. Having the horizon in the middle of a photo, most-but not all of the time- can be boring. Also the horizon is just a tiny bit tilted lower on the right.
In the third photo, my favorite, there appears to be some vignetting (dark spots) in both upper corners. also I would try to clone or crop out that little strip of flat, non- rippled sand in the bottom right side.
All in all three very nice photographs that with a little bit of tweaking could be optimized.
These are just my opinions,
Eric
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