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My first photos
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Hi everybody!
Just wanted to get a bit of feedback on some photos I’ve taken from my new camera. Only got it last week, it’s a Canon 1100d… really enjoying being out and about with the camera, but would be great to get some feedback so I can start getting better!
Thanks a million for taking the time to look at my photos,Maj
Really like these mate, i’d like to see the 3rd one straight on and with more color :) like a tweak saturation. Keep up the good work!
might be worth getting a Graduated filter to stop the sky from being washed out. I got one a while back and it was an amazing investment. I got the Cokin starter kit in dublin for like 50euro.
Hi Maj. Welcome to the site. I like #3 too & as Edg3 says, a straight on view & a bit of tweaking would make this great. Just had a look at your Flickr & you seem to have a very good eye for various photographic styles. Well done
Thank you miki g! That’s really given me a boost! Have always loved photography and I’m just thrilled to have finally been able to get my first camera :-)
first camera is always the experimenting one.
And Miki is right, flickr helps you see what others do and gives you ideas and direction sometimes :)
edg3 wrote:
Really like these mate, i’d like to see the 3rd one straight on and with more color :) like a tweak saturation. Keep up the good work!
might be worth getting a Graduated filter to stop the sky from being washed out. I got one a while back and it was an amazing investment. I got the Cokin starter kit in dublin for like 50euro.
Thanks for this advice! Thought I had posted a reply to you already… have read about filters and thought it might be something I should get, but I wasn’t too sure. I’ll do a bit more reading!
Think I will head down and try the window shoot straight on tomorrow.. it’s only down the road thank god! I’ll post my further attempts.
Thanks a million again!Hey mate have to agree with the above remarks a graduated nuetral density filter would save the skies highlights being blown out or even if you messed around with the camera metering and metered off the sky or some other bright part of the image it would bring down the exposure until you get the hang of your camera so you can do it manually. The third shows a really artistic eye the one thing I would pick up on the composition is that you cut off the corner of the window sill if your going to do that cut a big chunk out in your composition and make it look like it what you wanted. When you see people trees windows half in or cut in the frame it doesnt sit easy on the eye. If you pushed the contrast on this image it would give it that really gritty urban decay look that would probably suit the pic. look forward to seeing more of your stuff mate.
just lookin back over the second perhaps a tighter crop would suit making the star of the show (the cat) more into the frame and cutting out that distracting blue from behind out of the frame . As it is its the blue that draws your eye when it should be the eyes of the cat. this crop would also take the cat out of the centre of the image and place in a eye pleasing spot of about a third way in
Thanks for your comments, really good suggestions. And it’s great to have my attention drawn to things like the window sill being cut out, great advice I can only learn from.
The contrast.. I would have to do all this on photoshop wouldn’t I? I don’t have any programmes like that yet, but I know it’s something I really, really have to learn.
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment!I agree with Snappy :)
Yeah i wasnt to sure about getting a filter set, first thing i thought was “will i ever REALLY” use it. In Austria i had it on all the time! Used it for all my landscapes, cant believe i hadnt one for so long. I only have an ND4 and a graduated ND4, got a deal on them with the holder and ring so I went with them, but they are well worth the money i have to say.
google picassa is free to download and it will allow you do a limited amount of post processing. At least you will cut your teeth on it. Also photoshop is free to download on a 30 day free trial and you can just go to you tube any time you have a question on it. its a great resourse mate.
1 nice use of layers and the rule of thirds …..but definitely a grad nd needed
2 just needs a crop
3 would be a lovely shot straight on
and to all the above if you really want free photoshop cs? ……….there’s always a way to find it !! :-)As for photoshop i was testing out elements, the cut down version of photoshop, em, full :) its not bad, its got the basics but its not as well laid out as the full version, the upside is the hugely reduced price and if your not planning on using PS alot then it’d be perfect.
As for 3, i was thinking about it and if i’d the chance to capture it i’d take a few steps back, capture from the ground up with the window either centred or slightly off to one side, if possible of course, give it an old fashionedy look then in photoshop or, whatever you have, try GIMP its free and a little more like photoshop/MS paint :)
yeah i would 2nd GIMP , its a great free piece of software and performs almost all the actions/functions that photoshop cs does . adjustment layers , dodge and burn , crop, levels , curves , you name it gimp has it
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