Anyone having success selling their pics online?
May 21, 2012 15:48:46 #
Perry wrote:
quote=CaptainC Let me ask you a question - are t... (show quote)
I have the same lens....and the same complaint about "soft" focus. The lens is sharpest between 80mm and about 135mm with the f between 8 and 14. I wasn't pleased to read the reviews on the lens....but for price and low weight there is always a compromise. Read the review on slrgear.com Nikon lens. As I've read before....it's all about the glass....and great glass is pricey and heavy.
Keeping the limitations of the lens in mind, I was able to get some amazing photos...fairly sharp...out in Utah last week.
Keep shooting
May 21, 2012 15:56:06 #
artBob wrote:
The advice you've gotten seems good to me, as well as the compliment that you are mostly picking interesting subjects. I like to play, so I've taken the advice about getting in tight with your subject, leaving room to motion, and telling a "story"--and applied it to two of your pics.
I do not see these as an improvement. The boat is still not interesting and the turkey is now cramped. The turkey was shot wrong in the first place - nothing will help that image.
May 21, 2012 17:59:16 #
Keenone
Loc: Gisborne, New Zealand
I prefer the unedited version but can't see what they're talking about in relation to lack of focus.
May 21, 2012 18:07:15 #
What about the rule of thirds? I personally think some pics look better with the subject centered and some when it's not. If you're looking at a pic to judge, with you ALWAYS discount a centered shot? I shot the Blue Angels a couple years ago at the local AFB and have a couple different crops of some of the same pics (one per a suggestion on UHH)and, depending on the plane(s) and/or maneuver I go either way. Just my opinion.
May 21, 2012 18:22:11 #
The rule of thirds will help make a composition look "nice." If a person wants to make an expressive or interesting photo they'd better have a bigger understanding of composition than this, just one of a "bag of tricks." For example, a quiet or peaceful take on the subject might look great if centered.
May 21, 2012 18:39:11 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
IMO I think what the photographer wants is to draw the viewer's eye to the subject he/she wants the viewer to see.
May 21, 2012 18:39:49 #
Pic 2 is better--photographically--than the original. Both are too static, in my opinion. If you could have got the goose doing something; stretching his wings or perhaps a more colorful background. It needs a bit more "snap." And that is my opinion.
ALYN
ALYN
May 21, 2012 18:45:04 #
I think this camera club I just joined is going to be great! 3 out of the next 4 meetings there is an educational program with competitions (misc. subject print and digital) and one of the sessions is a portrait shoot, with lighting and backgrounds provided. I've never done anything like that before. Whether I embarrass myself or do a good job, I can hardly wait to experience that part of photography. I've finally decided that tomorrow I'm going to enter a moon pic and my egret pic. Even if I get last place, I intend to learn something!!
May 21, 2012 18:50:18 #
planepics wrote:
I think this camera club I just joined is going to... (show quote)
Now THAT is the way to approach it! You cannot help but learn when you start doing competitions/critiques.
May 21, 2012 19:00:02 #
CaptainC wrote:
quote=planepics I think this camera club I just j... (show quote)
Here's the moon. I still can't get a good exposure. EVERY time I take pics (about 8 or 10 at a time), I change settings and have to PP like crazy. It's either overexposed or so dark that it's impossible to lighten up. This is the best one I've gotten. I think it would be easier to take pictures of bouncing tennis balls.
May 21, 2012 19:06:55 #
planepics wrote:
quote=Perry quote=planepics I have an egret pict... (show quote)
It's a beautiful bird. The eye being obscured tends to mar an otherwise lovely specimin, even if the branches in the foreground tend to distract. I wouldn't point any of this out to you if you would have got this shot in the wild and you didn't have better access to it. (You aren't trying to sell that pic either... LOL). I love the color and the clarity of the bird's plumage though and I would love to know the lighting, what camera, lens, and settings you used to get that shot. My thought is that if you were able to get that much detail in an obscured shot, how much more beautiful would that bird have been under better circumstances?
May 21, 2012 19:08:12 #
Just received this link in my email...What Buyers Want from Photographers: 2012 Survey :
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May 21, 2012 19:09:15 #
planepics wrote:
quote=CaptainC quote=planepics I think this came... (show quote)
I like it. I was so bummed when it clouded up on us here in Michigan the night of the "super moon".
May 21, 2012 19:12:52 #
betsout06 wrote:
quote=Perry quote=CaptainC Let me ask you a ques... (show quote)
Thanks for your encouraging words. I will have to keep that in mind about my lens when I am at it's limit. Any particular settings you would suggest to help with the soft focus issue?
May 21, 2012 19:14:01 #
robert-photos wrote:
Just received this link in my email...What Buyers Want from Photographers: 2012 Survey :
http://www.photoshelter.com/mkt/research/2012-photo-buyers-survey
It is free for registering your email address.
http://www.photoshelter.com/mkt/research/2012-photo-buyers-survey
It is free for registering your email address.
Thanks, I will check it out.
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