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newbie in need of a helping hand
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hey guys well i turned 30 recently and treated myself to a cannon eos 450d which was my present to myself . i brought it new from amazon with 2 different lenses and i also brought a seperate flash . so kit in hand i have decided to give myself some time just learning my cameras functions without manual help .. after several hundred pics i feel im happy with my purchase but am now at the stage i want to progress and push the boundaries on what i can do and expose the functions of my camera . please be easy on me as i am a learner im looking for advice on a beginners course in cork or if anyone wants to meet up and show me some tricks or anything i would much appreciate it ….i dont as of yet know what i want to take pics of so im snapping anything really … anyways heres a few of what i have taken
photos for critique should be posted into the relevant critique forums, cant guarantee you’ll get much response posting them here!
As mentioned above, you should put thse into the Nature forum where you should get more help.
From my own point of view, it looks like you went mental with the sharpening and saturation tool or something similar on the second one to the point that it looks fake. It may not be this but there is something drastically wrong with the photo.
Anyway, the best advice I was given about wildlife is to try and get to eye level if you can and to focus on the eye. This should give you natural looking photos. After that you can start worrying about composition and light etc. Have a trawl through the Nature forum here and see what the others have posted and try to replicate that first off then once you have got the hang of it you can start experimenting with your own ideas etc.
I don’t click on links to images but what advice I can offer after Meaghan and Ballyman is to look at the composition. There’s a lot of merit in taking heed of the advice I was given – the most important part of an image is the background. Both images have distracting surroundings and backgrounds assuming the points of interest are the mallards. Try to wait until they’re isolated. If not, try to get a shot where you don’t see half a bird…it does look distracting.
I’d agree with Ballyman too re the positioning of the shot – get down to a low level for these type of shots. Take the same idea when photographing children – the image is far more engaging when you can see then eye to eye and not looking up at you.Alan
thanks very much lads for the tips … as i also mentioned is there anyone locally in cork who would like to hook up and go out snapping shots … 2 minds are better than one and also it would help me on my way to improving the pics im taking
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