Great photos, sharpness, exposure, etc. Only suggestion is crop turkey photo so less of bright out of focus log-- it takes up almost half of the photo and draws your eye away from the turkey-- one person's opinion :)
I have read that turning off the IS was more important on older is lenses, but the newer lenses with IS, this is not important (like the new Canon 70-200 2.8 version). Is this true?
docrob wrote:
Joyfullee wrote:
I think it's a very good shot! Would have preferred to see the whole tree, but other than that, you have a fine piece of work there! :thumbup:
come on people - this is bland and boring. I don't like to be rude either but if we keep saying WOW AWESOME GREAT SHOT DON'T CHANGE A THING - then no one will ever learn.
Ok, so it's "bland and boring!" What suggestion do you have to improve? How about a "learning critique!" :)
RMM wrote:
It looks slightly out of focus to me. Anybody else?
Definitely not in focus. Zoomed in and can't find any focus area
iresq wrote:
Amazon has it for $1500 and no tax and free shipping. BH same price.
Last I saw on Amazon was $1375
It's better, but the background is still distracting
I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, a good photographer, NOR a critic of any kind (unless it concerns art or a horse), but I took the liberty of PPing this, only to show you what I'd have done if it were mine.
I cropped, got rid of the yellow bag and the pole, added some shadow behind the tail so it wouldn't blend in with the rock, took the rock out from under his mouth (EEK, or did he have something white IN his mouth...?) I greened the grass a little more, very, very slightly blued his eye, brightened, contrasted and sharpened the whole thing. I'm sure the pros here can do far better![/quote]
A couple of thoughts on the Hawk picture, after reading all the posts. A great picture, but part of the reason it may not "pop" is the narrow band of color. You might try converting it to Black and White, and/or playing with the contrast. Don't know if it will help, but worth playing with!
If your using the CF portion look at the pins. They get bent easily and one bent pin-- no go!
Looks like no one know the answer of the compression ratio for the canon camera JPGS. I know I sure don't. You might be able to get close by opening your RAW photo up in a program like Photoshop and then save it as a JPEG with different compression amounts. Look at the size of these files and it might at least give you a "ballpark" idea
I agree with BBNC. When Imlooked at the photo, my first impression was positive, but I couldn't figure out what the guy was doing
I've never understood why someone posts their photo on a forum in the critique area and is upset about the critique! I guess if you can't take the heat, don't step in the fire! I just finished reading the Steve Jobs biography. The guy was almost vicious in his critiques, and some people couldn't take it-- but look at the products Apple produced under his leadership. Without the critique, I won't learn and grow!
I don't understand why anyone would want to get a Nikon when they can get a Canon! . . . just trying to stir up some controversy :)
When I first got my DSLR I shot in both, after reading up on the subject. The confusing thing was I had two copies of everything! Then I purchased Lightroom and now I shoot everything in RAW I import into Lightroom, get rid of the junk, and when I need a jpeg just export the JPEG(S) out of Lightroom. This works well for me and not so much duplication