emtprose Loc: Illinois

New to site....hope this is where I post photos. Trying to put together what Ive learned in my photography class. Im a beginner, dont do editing yet

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DNW

Not bad! I took the liberty to sharpen it up a bit. I to need to work on my focal points.

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emtprose Loc: Illinois

How did you sharpen it? It made a difference with the photo

SWFeral Loc: SWNM

Generally I like the feel yet for me it's two different scenes: the left half with the sun and grasses and the right with the man made structures. All the objects seem to have equal importance, which makes all of them less important. Perhaps the closer grasses in focus with the background blurred would be more effective. And by the way, composition is more important than post-processing.

Dr.Nikon Loc: Honolulu Hawaii

DNW .. took the liberty to add sharpness and clarity.. which helped .. , but SWFeral gave a good criticism.. sharpening ..blur the background more and ....and here is the experience talking ...suggetions of Merritt... from SWFeral .. there are really 2 different scenes in this picture .. the man made objects and the grains..., each equally important .., yet cancelling each other out ...as they are in the same picture ..

I took the liberty (dint hijack the photo) to do just what SWFeral suggested .., although the saturation is to my liking and to others ..too much .., but take a look at the grains ..clarity and highlighting and of course ..I took out 50% of the right side of the photo ...applied a few post processing techniques .. and ...yes I could have removed the wind turbines in the background as well as the shaft at the far right ., but no need for now ..

The point is .., it is your shot .., and that will never change .., learn from that shot and seeing what to do with it is the learning curve ..

Once you learn composition ...then you can start to learn post editing ....you are on your way to making good photos ... this I hope was a good lesson from DNW .., SWFeral..., and myself ... and you will always remember it ... hope the help was appreciated ..

Yours

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J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Nice shot and welcome to UHH.

CPR Loc: Nature Coast of Florida

I like it. If it was mine the only thing I would do is to remove the bits of plant sticking out from the windmill.

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

I agree with CPR...you are working with a silhouette, and everything doesn't have to be tack sharp, and a little blur in the grasses suggests breezes. I would remove the plants that look like they are coming out of the windmill, otherwise, I think it's a fine shot as is!

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Modern windmills have not shown themselves to be photogenic to me.

CPR Loc: Nature Coast of Florida

I like the combination of Mother Nature and ConEd.....

emtprose Loc: Illinois

Thanks everyone for your critique's, I really do appreciate the help on how I can make my photos better. I will certainly be posting more photos

dat2ra Loc: Sacramento

I like your photo and think you show a good eye in catching the natural with the engineered landscapes. I agree with removing the grass from the windmill stand, and I would have positioned my camera so that there was a gap between the windmill blade and the frond to its left (rather than having them run together). You could do this in Photoshoot if you wanted. In addition, I'd remove (crop) the fence post? tower? from the right, and the bit of grass at the extreme right. This would bring the windmill into greater prominance. Again, good shot and I hope you find our comments helpful.

emtprose Loc: Illinois

Thx dat2ra, I do find the comments helpful!

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Unless you plan to start serious editing real soon now, you need to come back from the field with a better selection of images. Learn to view each situation realizing what will cause issues {such as tree seeming to grow out of a person's head}, and then take several pictures of each scene so you can pick the best starting point. Windmills like this one tend to rotate slowly, so if you had taken several pictures from slightly different angles or {if the blades were rotating} a short burst, surely you would have had one image in which the blades of the windmill weren't touching the blades of grass.