My photography - 4

PoeticFolly · 02-10-2013

Thank you.

MonicaLewinsky · 02-11-2013

I like it

Zen · 02-25-2013

Gorgeous. Words can't describe the beauty of simplicity.

PoeticFolly · 03-03-2013

Posted by Zen

Gorgeous. Words can't describe the beauty of simplicity.

Thank you, my friend.

Isaac · 04-04-2013

I love it. I especially love photos taken shortly after rain, because everything looks more...serene.

AgentBaby · 04-08-2013

Are those lights condoms ?

PoeticFolly · 04-12-2013

Are you three quarters ******ed?

Posted by Isaac

I love it. I especially love photos taken shortly after rain, because everything looks more...serene.

Thanks, bud.

MonicaLewinsky · 06-21-2013

Take some more pictures plz ty

Alexei · 06-29-2013

Ok.

Vivid · 01-22-2014

Not bad. Keep it up.

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Steam Wizard · 01-23-2014

Nature at its finest <3 I really like the bee one and the red/green plants, nice job!

Vivid · 01-23-2014

So, how often do you photography?

Believe it or not, I'm actually pretty good.
even though i fall at everrry thing els.

Posted by AgentBaby

Are those lights coconuts?

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PoeticFolly · 02-13-2014

Oh wow this thread had a lot of views. I'll take some more pictures later next week hopefully.

Ash Ketchum · 02-13-2014

Posted by PoeticFolly

Oh wow this thread had a lot of views. I'll take some more pictures later next week hopefully.

I'm excited!

Draenin · 02-14-2014

Posted by XENA*

Rule of thirds? I think i'll do my thread so yours stays focused on your photographies and so more people will see them and help me improve

It's something that every new photographer should know. Here's a decent article with some good examples of it.

A lot of beginner photographers tend to center objects in their photos just to get a good grasp of how to focus on a subject. But after a while, keeping subjects centered in several pictures will get kind of boring.

By doing that all the time, you might also be missing out on other elements you could get in frame along with the object to make it more interesting visually, like landscapes, objects in the background, and so forth. By remembering the rule of thirds and playing around with the placement of your subjects, you can usually get a much better composition going on.

Posted by PoeticFolly

Looks pretty good. However, I'd like to critique them if you don't mind, in the interest of offering advice for the future.

Don't take it the wrong way, because nobody is a master of it, even if they shoot professionally. :p

#1: There are quite a few leaves and blades of grass that are out of focus here, and it's kind of hard to see the mushrooms, which I assume is what you wanted your subject to be. The mushrooms are in focus, but visually you have to kind of 'fight past' the other foliage to see it.
#2: This is a bit better, but the same problem is in this one too. If other plants get in the way, try to move in closer or just move / pick the grass so it's not in the way. You can probably get in a lot closer if you focus manually instead of letting a lens auto-focus because it goes by your camera's light metering system which is a lot like letting your camera guess at what to focus on depending on how much light it's receiving.
#3: I'm kind of a sucker for wildlife shots, and this one is great. Both the flower and bumblebee are nicely in focus, and there's excellent play going on in the background between light and shadows. Good job.
#4: This is a much better shot than the first two. There's nothing in the way, and I like that you decided to include the rest of the forest in the background. If the camera wasn't directly on the ground when you shot this, you could try setting it lower for an angle that includes both the mushroom and rocks as well as the tree canopies. Just a thought.
#5: Not bad, but the sky there seems a bit overexposed. You're losing some detail on the plants up near the top-left, and it looks kind of unnatural. Overexposure tends to saturate colors a little too much, which means you start to lose details like plant textures and so forth, which is something you really want in shots like this.
#6: A bit better, although the top of the dandelion is a little overexposed as well. Direct sunlight tends to be the main cause of overexposure in outdoor shots, and you can tell if something is overexposed because it will look very white and washed out. To compensate for this while shooting, try closing your aperture by a stop or two in order to reduce the amount of light coming in. You can adjust exposure in an image editing program later, but it's wise to get the most balanced exposure you can while shooting so you don't risk losing details that you can't recover later.
#7: You've got some nice bokeh going on in the background, but the light in the foreground is very blurry and there's very little detail in the 'glass' portion of the light. It's also super dark, and you can't see much else.
#8: Since this one suffers from the same issues, I'll explain more about shooting in the dark:

First of all, shooting in a dark environment is always an annoying task because cameras, like your eyes, require a lot of light in order to see anything. But unlike your eyes, cameras don't adjust as well or as quickly.

You can get more detail in the dark by adjusting your ISO (Light Sensitivity) to be much higher, but doing so will also introduce a lot of noise into your photos, which you generally don't want because it will probably need to be removed later. But sometimes it's a necessary evil, so try to go with a lower ISO setting unless the situation calls for it.

Secondly, you can open your aperture to a very wide amount (F/2.8 usually) in order to allow the camera to take in more light before the shutter closes. You'll want as much light as possible on the sensor before snapping the shutter closed, and it's best to also go with the fastest shutter speed you can.

Slower shutter speeds are generally for long exposures, which can make a picture blurry, as can accidental camera movements, which is why a tripod or flat surface is more ideal if you're shooting photos in the dark. It kind of looks like the shutter took a long time to close in both #7 and #8, which resulted in too much of the red and blue light hitting the sensor when you only needed a little bit.

Hopefully all of this is helpful. Please do post more, and keep at it, man! :]

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PoeticFolly Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: In your heart Posts: 2,813	Thank you.

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MonicaLewinsky Monica Lewinsky Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merica' Posts: 1,507	I like it

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Zen Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Where do you live. Posts: 409	Gorgeous. Words can't describe the beauty of simplicity.

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Isaac Impulsive Spender Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Irvine, California Posts: 1,401	I love it. I especially love photos taken shortly after rain, because everything looks more...serene.

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AgentBaby Banned Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Start Place Posts: 78	Are those lights condoms ?

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MonicaLewinsky Monica Lewinsky Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merica' Posts: 1,507	Take some more pictures plz ty

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Alexei Inactive Era Player Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Universe A,Milky Way Galaxy,Earth,Euro-Asia,Russia,Moscow. Posts: 1,816	Ok.

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Vivid Hey Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: FL, USA Posts: 1,547	Not bad. Keep it up. ))

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Steam Wizard Banned Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 251	Nature at its finest <3 I really like the bee one and the red/green plants, nice job!

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PoeticFolly Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: In your heart Posts: 2,813	Oh wow this thread had a lot of views. I'll take some more pictures later next week hopefully.