Harsh critiques are welcome
Mar 29, 2012 11:08:46 #
Hello folks, my name is LJ, I'm retired and I've been a hobby photographer for over 40 years. Now that I've found this site Im hoping, with your help, to fine tune my skills and some day be able to kick my keeper to delete ratio up a few notches!
Although I shoot with kit quality glass I refuse to use that as an excuse, harsh critiques are welcome!
Thanks and have a great day.
Although I shoot with kit quality glass I refuse to use that as an excuse, harsh critiques are welcome!
Thanks and have a great day.
Mar 29, 2012 11:35:57 #
Mar 29, 2012 12:40:21 #
I'm no expert, but I don't think the kit lens did anything bad. It's a nice shot, although the lighting seems to be uneven. The white parts of the hummer are blown out and I'd really like to see the right wing and more of the left.
Are you using the built-in flash or a hot-shoe? Do you have a diffuser?
Are you using the built-in flash or a hot-shoe? Do you have a diffuser?
Mar 29, 2012 12:52:24 #
Mar 29, 2012 12:56:00 #
Mar 29, 2012 13:02:03 #
snowbear wrote:
I'm no expert, but I don't think the kit lens did anything bad. It's a nice shot, although the lighting seems to be uneven. The white parts of the hummer are blown out and I'd really like to see the right wing and more of the left.
Are you using the built-in flash or a hot-shoe? Do you have a diffuser?
Are you using the built-in flash or a hot-shoe? Do you have a diffuser?
No flash, 1/2000 wide open f @ 100 ISO with bright sun light and shooting into a shadowed backdrop, thats how I got the black background.
Mar 29, 2012 13:06:38 #
Sirsnapalot wrote:
Hello folks, my name is LJ, I'm retired and I've been a hobby photographer for over 40 years. Now that I've found this site Im hoping, with your help, to fine tune my skills and some day be able to kick my keeper to delete ratio up a few notches!
Although I shoot with kit quality glass I refuse to use that as an excuse, harsh critiques are welcome!
Thanks and have a great day.
Although I shoot with kit quality glass I refuse to use that as an excuse, harsh critiques are welcome!
Thanks and have a great day.
More birds
Mar 29, 2012 16:11:03 #
Sirsnapalot wrote:
Hello folks, my name is LJ, I'm retired and I've been a hobby photographer for over 40 years. Now that I've found this site Im hoping, with your help, to fine tune my skills and some day be able to kick my keeper to delete ratio up a few notches!
Although I shoot with kit quality glass I refuse to use that as an excuse, harsh critiques are welcome!
Thanks and have a great day.
Although I shoot with kit quality glass I refuse to use that as an excuse, harsh critiques are welcome!
Thanks and have a great day.
Hi Sirsnapalot: Over all it's not a bad catch. The kit lens may not have helped. I know how difficult it is to capture a humming bird. The bird is slightly out of focus, possibly do to camera shake or the lens was slightly out of focus. Also some of highlights like the birds breast are blown out while the colors of the bird are very muted. Like I said it's not a bad catch when you consider you are shooting in bright sunlight at a subject in the shade and one that also moves very fast. I'd say over all you did a better job on a humming bird than I've ever been able to capture.
Mar 29, 2012 18:10:09 #
travlnman46 wrote:
quote=Sirsnapalot Hello folks, my name is LJ, I'm... (show quote)
Youre right about them hummers not wanting to stay still long enough in order to get the proper focus, they are no couch potatoes!!
Thanks for your input
Mar 30, 2012 06:33:08 #
Mar 30, 2012 06:35:40 #
Mar 30, 2012 06:56:36 #
The hummer image quality isn't very good overall...and the critiques already stated are true.
The second shot is a bit on the fuzzy side but that's mostly noise or something...I don't know..did you crop it pretty hard?
The third shot of the black and white bird is the best...more clear, sharper and better overall...better background, less noise.
Are they all taken at a bit of a distance and then cropped pretty severely?
The second shot is a bit on the fuzzy side but that's mostly noise or something...I don't know..did you crop it pretty hard?
The third shot of the black and white bird is the best...more clear, sharper and better overall...better background, less noise.
Are they all taken at a bit of a distance and then cropped pretty severely?
Mar 30, 2012 09:04:56 #
Mar 30, 2012 09:36:58 #
rpavich wrote:
The hummer image quality isn't very good overall...and the critiques already stated are true.
The second shot is a bit on the fuzzy side but that's mostly noise or something...I don't know..did you crop it pretty hard?
The third shot of the black and white bird is the best...more clear, sharper and better overall...better background, less noise.
Are they all taken at a bit of a distance and then cropped pretty severely?
The second shot is a bit on the fuzzy side but that's mostly noise or something...I don't know..did you crop it pretty hard?
The third shot of the black and white bird is the best...more clear, sharper and better overall...better background, less noise.
Are they all taken at a bit of a distance and then cropped pretty severely?
Thanks folks!
Yep rpavich,
I have a bad Case of overcropitis, mostly done to get rid of undesirable background. I know I can open my F and blur unwanted backdrop but when shooting wildlife sometime you gotta take what you can get, they're not very patient models and when shooting full manual, quick camera adjustments takes A lot of practice!
Mar 30, 2012 09:42:40 #
Sirsnapalot wrote:
quote=rpavich The hummer image quality isn't very... (show quote)
Lol...fellow over-cropper here. :)
I had to learn the hard way that unless I was using a massively expensive L lens that extreme crops don't work...not usually anyway.
Getting closer creates an image with a much higher image quality...
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