to the rest of my photos. Here are some more =)

under the bridge


Driving


Man, I wish I hadn't have cut off his feet!


I seriously love this can it is soooo out of place


late evening bike ride


focus is way off but I love the colors the water makes and the canoe


lonely bench


I really like how it looks like there's a fog or something at the base of the mountain even though it's only the difference in wildlife. pretty much it though

I hate chihuahuas, but the chihuahua picture is the only one I like. On the canoe one: what colors does the water make that aren't black and white?

perhaps I phrased that incorrectly: I love the way the water reflects the light. It goes well with the yellow in the canoe =) I really don't know how to describe it, it looks very sily and silvery smooth! What don't you like about the rest? Is there somethingI could've done to improve them? I can always take a similar photo because the river is only about 4 or 5 miles from my apartment.

This post was edited by irdesi on Aug 10 2010 03:23pm

#1: "under the bridge"
This picture makes awesome post editing material. I like the way this photo is composed, although I personally would have moved myself a little more towards the right ----> in order to get a greater diagonal angle.

#2: "Drivin
This road looks exactly as when I took U.S. 54 to Guymon, OK, to shoot a random quinceañera. There were no mountains, however. The picture sports a beautiful sky, but remember that is is alway safe to shoot landscape with a 2/3 horizon rule. The horizon also isn't straight.

#3 "Man, I wish I hadn't have cut off his feet!"
The picture looks ok even with the feet cut off. Overexpose it a little and make it black and white. You'll see one epic looking chihuahua. Remember that the sun's color temperature is different during different times of the day, and because of this the color of objects under shade also differs. I would say that the area where the chihuahua is too blue and needs more yellow. however, the sunlight in the back better balanced to an afternoon sunset (needs more yellow imo), although overexposed. If you want a really good colored chihuahua photo, fix both white balance issues separately.

#4 the can
I don't see anything interesting about this picture. If you're trying to portray how 'off' the can looks compared to the nature of a river, then you need to show more of the can vs less of the nature of the river.

#5 late afternoon bike ride
Dark, despite there being enough light to make this brighter only from the sun. Not my kind of picture.

#6
I like the leaves on the right. The texture of the water is pretty cool. Focus is off, as you included. The yellow makes a lovely contrast to everything. I dislike the angle because it's from a stalker-ish view.

#7

Composition is off. Move back a little if your intention was to include the top portion of the bridge. Shaded area is underxposed. Once again, you need to get into post editing. Unless you control your lighting conditions and use filters, post editing should be your best friend.

#8
Too desert-like to be around where you live. You've been traveling? Looks like you took this from a car in motion, considering how blurry the ground is. Remember to raise your shutter speed and not be afraid to bump up the iso. A grainy picture > a blurry picture. Once again 2/3 rule on horizon. Gj on exposure. Looks a lot like where I live.

Under the bridge-
If you name it under the bridge, change metering to center-weighted or spot to expose for the bridge. In that shot, the skys are blown out and the bridge doesn't have any details.. bracketing the photo and merging them into a HDR in post would be good.

Driving-
Something doesn't feel right about this picture.. perhaps it's because the road only occupied a small portion of lower left corner.. if it extends to the right a little more.. i think that would be a better photo. The red spot on the right side somewhat distracts me from the shot. Also, something about the size of the mountain and clouds doesn't appeal to me.

chihuahuas-
Like you said, only if the legs weren't cut off

Can in water-
It doesn't appeal to me. The can is not sharp, it's too small in the frame (not enough detail/ emphasis on the can itself). The ripples in the water and reflections are a huge huge distraction.

late evening bike ride-
Underexposed shot, good luck if used correctly.

People on canoe-
Branches in the corner of frame, distracts from the shot. Subject is soft. Composition is bad.

Mountain-
Read into hyperfocal distance. Foreground is out of focus.

I dont' think the math will help her

Rofl wow. I didn't even notice your post above mine.. We both posted the exact same time.

And there is no math involved man! "Theres a app for that"

Yes I have some business to take care of in El Paso, Texas and I believe that was taken on my way here. I'm going home next week.

Thank you for the honesty as always =) Now to move on to Eek's response on a different reply

I read the next reply and you Completely lost me

Wery wery nice pictures