critique please: only been taking pictures for a little over a month and a half now... any friendly critique would be great thanks.

Iggiy32 Loc: SB California/STL Missouri

only been taking pictures for a little over a month and a half now... any friendly critique would be great thanks.

taken by holding an 18-55 mm F/3.5-3.6 lens backwards to the body, in an attempt to make a macro

18-55 mm F/3.5-3.6 lens

dirty busted up 75-300 mm f/4-5.6 not sure why my watermark didn't come out on this one

Jwilliams0469 Loc: Topeka, Ks.

I like the last two, mainly the last 1. The second I like the colors of but seems to be soft in focus. the 1st is just an eye and seems to be overly "something" not real sure what's wrong with it. The third has nice colors and is in focus as should be. What are you shooting with?

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

the hawk is fabulous. the details in the feathers, the hawks head bowed in repect from one predator to another. love it.

Iggiy32 Loc: SB California/STL Missouri

i added the lenses to the shots....

PalePictures Loc: Traveling

sinatraman wrote:

the hawk is fabulous. the details in the feathers, the hawks head bowed in repect from one predator to another. love it.

Couldn't agree more.

Last one is superb!

notnoBuddha

Very likely you are tired of reading this but yes the hawk is very nice. #1 - guessing you had your camera on auto focus which is pretty much a no,no that close and if in manual even harder since you could not see what you were trying to focus on. May want to choose a different subject -at least the eye of another.

Iggiy32 Loc: SB California/STL Missouri

notnoBuddha wrote:

Very likely you are tired of reading this but yes the hawk is very nice. #1 - guessing you had your camera on auto focus which is pretty much a no,no that close and if in manual even harder since you could not see what you were trying to focus on. May want to choose a different subject -at least the eye of another.

i actually had no control of my focus OR aperture since i was holding by lens up to the body, ass to front.

notnoBuddha

Iggiy32 wrote:

notnoBuddha wrote:

Very likely you are tired of reading this but yes the hawk is very nice. #1 - guessing you had your camera on auto focus which is pretty much a no,no that close and if in manual even harder since you could not see what you were trying to focus on. May want to choose a different subject -at least the eye of another.

i actually had no control of my focus OR aperture since i was holding by lens up to the body, ass to front.

Yes - I understand that is why I responded as I did. Very likely you were in auto and should not have been and to be in manual would have been even harder.

Iggiy32 Loc: SB California/STL Missouri

notnoBuddha wrote:

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ok, my mistake, so you mean on the lens its self the little switch, manual/ auto focus, would effect the picture even if its not getting any power from the body?
seems to me that your saying that both are not beneficial, so which would you suggest i use? unless there is some way to bypass it entirely... i was in manual btw

dkfotografi Loc: Midwest

Iggiy32 wrote:

notnoBuddha wrote:

Very likely you are tired of reading this but yes the hawk is very nice. #1 - guessing you had your camera on auto focus which is pretty much a no,no that close and if in manual even harder since you could not see what you were trying to focus on. May want to choose a different subject -at least the eye of another.

i actually had no control of my focus OR aperture since i was holding by lens up to the body, ass to front.

lol (: Nice photos, very much enjoyed them.

notnoBuddha

Iggiy32 wrote:

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You are correct - as you took that picture neither is any good for the reasons stated. As a general rule in macro shots use manual focus, as often auto will be fooled by objects other then what you want to focus on and will attempt to average which very likely is not what you want for tack sharp focus. In you situation though you could not have used manual focus since you were on the wrong end of the camera to see what was or not in focus.

joec Loc: Central Texas, USA

Iggiy32 wrote:

only been taking pictures for a little over a month and a half now... any friendly critique would be great thanks.

Might want to see if you can find a reverse lens adapter threaded with filter thread on one side and with the appropriate bayonet mount on the other--work well and are inexpensive.

Joe

henrycrafter Loc: Orem Utah

If you want to shoot close up and macro my suggestion is invest in a set of close up lens.
I have a set of stackable +1, +2, +4, +10.
I can vary the stack sequence and get amazing results.
Good luck with your closeup/macro adventures

Iggiy32 Loc: SB California/STL Missouri

thanks so much guys!!!

does anyone have any ideas about picture #2?

constructive criticism is welcome! i just want to know what i can improve on.

nikondaddy Loc: Mayfield,Kentucky

You taking photos with your unique point of view and if yoiu aren,t the master of your photography asking opinions won,t help you only taking photos and more photos ,will welcome to the digital world where everyone is a photographer for Lol, except you are not everyone you are a real photographer with potential.