Okay--I'm ready for a critique!
Sep 22, 2011 13:32:55 #
I have been using this forum for three to four weeks now and love it. Have learned so much from so many talented people. Decided it is time to be critiqued on some of my photos. I just grabbed three from the archives, but not necessarily favorites, just ones I thought were okay - want to know whats wrong with them and have learned a great deal already from watching the critique of others photos - time to get some help with mine.
Thank you so much. Hope I know how to do this now!!
Thank you so much. Hope I know how to do this now!!
A july wedding
A june wedding
colorado
Sep 22, 2011 13:34:00 #
Oops - looks like I got my niece where I thought I had Colorado
and the clouds where I thought I had another couple - oh well, does not matter - please critique these guys instead!
and the clouds where I thought I had another couple - oh well, does not matter - please critique these guys instead!
Sep 22, 2011 14:37:24 #
I love the young cook in the kitchen if you use photo shop at all it might be nice to get rid of the half of a person in the background ...I feel like it detractes from the subject.
Sep 22, 2011 14:42:51 #
You are right - I have lightroom but dont have photoshop yet, so that is something I will have to do after getting photoshop.
Thank you so much!
Please anyone else wishing to give pointers and critique - would very much appreciate the honest opinions.
Thank you so much!
Please anyone else wishing to give pointers and critique - would very much appreciate the honest opinions.
Sep 22, 2011 15:12:41 #
the clouds with the trees in shilloutte is terrific. i love the shapes and textures of clouds. the wedding couple composition is freat loved the red flowers and the bottle of wine and glasses. I dont do portraits so i dont know if it is a techniquely correcrt photo but the mood says romance. the third is very cute agree about cloning out person in background.
Sep 22, 2011 15:42:24 #
Here's a suggestion for a Quick adjustment:
Straightened and re-cropped
image of girl brightened
eyes only sharpened
What do you think?
Straightened and re-cropped
image of girl brightened
eyes only sharpened
What do you think?
Sep 22, 2011 15:45:09 #
Wow - that is much much better! Thank you! Never even thought to do that - but makes big difference - thank you!
Sep 22, 2011 15:45:50 #
Thank you - downloaded the wrong photos but need critique on many of them. Thanks for your positive input - but dont be afraid to tell me what is wrong as well.
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much!
Sep 22, 2011 18:00:50 #
Hi, I love the subjects on each of the photos.
The little cook has such a cute expression and the shot is so colorful. I did a little edit on each. Hope you don't mind. I'll put each in a separate comment. The little girl I straightened and cropped which also got rid of the women in the back. I also sharpened it a tiny bit and did auto contrast.
The little cook has such a cute expression and the shot is so colorful. I did a little edit on each. Hope you don't mind. I'll put each in a separate comment. The little girl I straightened and cropped which also got rid of the women in the back. I also sharpened it a tiny bit and did auto contrast.
original photo
edited photo
Sep 22, 2011 18:03:14 #
The thunderheads are awesome. The silhouetted trees are a lovely touch. It did only auto levels and auto contrast as it is almost perfect.
original photo
edited photo
Sep 22, 2011 18:06:18 #
Love the bride and groom pose, colors and background. I did a lightening of only the shadows on the bride and groom. The rest is perfect. All of these edits were done with Adobe PSE9
original photo
edited photo
Sep 22, 2011 19:31:58 #
Sep 22, 2011 19:51:49 #
You had better get to work on some of my photos, you are a magician.
Well done.
Ian
Well done.
Ian
Sep 22, 2011 19:56:27 #
The difference is that I'm not using Elements and hitting Auto-This and Auto-That. The software that lets me have such pinpoint control is a Photoshop/Elements/Lightroom Plug-in from Nik Software called Vivesa 2.
Sep 22, 2011 20:04:29 #
Nice photos. I would have put bride and grooms heads in the light or used an off camera flash to highlightthe faces. PhotoShop is second best to use.
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