Quote (TheBlackRose66 @ Nov 7 2010 09:12am)
All of these are, firstly, over sized. It's annoying having to shrink the window to view them at an enjoyable size. (That's coming from a 24")
Each of these are all lacking one major thing, a subject, a theme, something exciting that draws are attention.
Sure, you showed me you know how to use the aperture and get some DoF, but you failed to make the shutter speed work with it to keep the entire thing in an even exposure. (The sky in the first - it's brutally white!)
The ground isn't an enjoyable subject. As humans, we're drawn to like warm, dry, beautiful tones. A photo of a mucky wet dry road, is not the kinda' thing I want to look at more than once.
With your framing, you don't manage to hold the camera straight. Holding the camera on an angle, it something teen girls do taking mirror pictures for Facebook - don't do it if it doesn't work! (Again, - if it doesn't work.. and it definitely doesn't here)
I don't really know the theme of your project, so I can't say much about that, how you managed to forget the sheet at school yet still know what you shot for boggles my mind.
The last one would be the most pleasing shot here in my opinion, only because of that sunburst you managed to capture.
The tree flows vertically, and although you shot vertically with it (good) to still failed to crop a pleasing scene. The stop sign is good, but because of how detailed the tree is in the background,
our eyes flow up with it - into a dead end!
I feel you either used the P mode, or the Auto mode on a cheaper point-and-shoot camera, while these may not be bad modes to use when still learning, I feel you could have definitely worked
more creatively with what you had.
That in mind, I would suggest trying to play around with the settings and modes, the stop sign would be a great shot if the background was out of focus. It would create some gorgeous tones, and some bokeh that everybody loves.
Also, keep that car out of the frame! I don't want to see half a car in a shot with great potential of expressing some beautiful fall tones.
-Spencer
Oh my god... are you feeling well? You're being helpful?
