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SklarDo people want critique in here nowadays? I haven't been active in here in a while
I would suggest that anyone who posts request critiques on their photos if they want help improving. That might keep people who just want to share from getting butt hurt by those offering unwanted criticism.
SklarDo people want critique in here nowadays? I haven't been active in here in a while
Yes. If you're posting a photo on a public forum, you should EXPECT critiques. If you don't want negative criticism on a photo, stick to posting it on your mom's Facebook wall so she can tell you how wonderful you are. Receiving critiques/criticism is the only way you'll improve your photography.
jblaskiYes. If you're posting a photo on a public forum, you should EXPECT critiques. If you don't want negative criticism on a photo, stick to posting it on your mom's Facebook wall so she can tell you how wonderful you are. Receiving critiques/criticism is the only way you'll improve your photography.
I'll critique the second one, I like the shot although there are a few things I would change. First off it seems underexposed, Id brighten the shadows and darken the highlights a little. The composition looks good, but I'd go for a much lower angle so that those rocks in the foreground are much closer, almost rest the cam on the ground. A few things you could do in post as well, straighten the horizon a little and bring up the saturation and the reds saturation to strengthen the sunset effect.
If you want to improve your mountain shots, do what a good friend of mine (who specializes in landscapes) preached to me. Foreground! Foreground! Foreground! It creates a sense of scale and interest. It gives the image a place to begin instead of just seeing half of a mountain. Trees, rocks, roads, reflections in water...all would make good foreground. Give that roughly the bottom third of your images with the main subject filling the rest. Try that and see what you think next time you're out shooting.
If you want to improve your mountain shots, do what a good friend of mine (who specializes in landscapes) preached to me. Foreground! Foreground! Foreground! It creates a sense of scale and interest. It gives the image a place to begin instead of just seeing half of a mountain. Trees, rocks, roads, reflections in water...all would make good foreground. Give that roughly the bottom third of your images with the main subject filling the rest. Try that and see what you think next time you're out shooting.
Agreed! That particular shot is more reflective of my obsession with the minimalist style of the work of people like Adrian Pirlet, a style I've been playing around with a lot in the past year or two and really enjoy.
I'm kind of an astrophotography nut so here's my latest work. Interestingly enough all that image takes is good software a DSLR a fast telephoto lens a tripod and TIME. that one image alone took over 20 hours of work.
It's a meh shot but it was all I was really able to get today. Anyone have any idea how I could have brought more attention to the background, specifically near the horizon line?
JGWIIt's a meh shot but it was all I was really able to get today. Anyone have any idea how I could have brought more attention to the background, specifically near the horizon line?
13 year old step-son. He's about 5'1 and 130lbs or so. Wife is like 5'3"ish. He was slightly closer to the camera than her shooting fairly wide so he looks bigger.
Just got a PSA to people who are taking photos in precarious areas like cliffs or urbex. I'm only saying this because I nearly saw a girl die just to get a damn instagram shot. She's spinning around and whipping her hair and flashing model poses not more than a foot from the edge of a 200ft cliff. Since she's not tied into anything she's literally one heel slip away from death.
Keep the badass photography alive and well but if you can find some way to do it safely please do because it's not worth dying for. Bring rope, harness, gear, etc... A photo is not worth your family putting on a funeral for you. It's not worth them thinking you committed suicide. Life is what gives us everything that we live for, don't be so careless about it.
Less of a direct message to anyone, more of something I just needed to say.
john18061806Just got a PSA to people who are taking photos in precarious areas like cliffs or urbex. I'm only saying this because I nearly saw a girl die just to get a damn instagram shot. She's spinning around and whipping her hair and flashing model poses not more than a foot from the edge of a 200ft cliff. Since she's not tied into anything she's literally one heel slip away from death.
Keep the badass photography alive and well but if you can find some way to do it safely please do because it's not worth dying for. Bring rope, harness, gear, etc... A photo is not worth your family putting on a funeral for you. It's not worth them thinking you committed suicide. Life is what gives us everything that we live for, don't be so careless about it.
Less of a direct message to anyone, more of something I just needed to say.
you should see some of the shit the instagram way2ill/illgramer bros do on top of buildings
Bakerpowyou should see some of the shit the instagram way2ill/illgramer bros do on top of buildings
That's what I'm talking about. People get inspired by that content, they trust themselves and their surroundings too much. Then one stroke of bad luck and it's all over. I'm not trying to be the fun police here, I'm just saying that I wish people would use safety gear because it's extremely selfish not to.
