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Oct 2 2014 11:00pm
Been wanting to get into photography for years. Was finally going to buy myself an 'okay' beginner camera but then my uncle ended up giving me his older one.

Nikon D50
Sigma Lens 28-300mm f3.5-6.3
only got 3,3xx actuation

spent a few hours so far learning the basics : Aperture, Shutter speed, ISO, depth of view etc.
Hopefully after the first wave of my exams, I can spend more time messing around with this thing.

I shall post my 'attempts' later on!
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Oct 8 2014 11:15pm
My first crack at it. They're 'meh' imo.



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Quote (urmuddatrups @ Oct 9 2014 07:15am)
My first crack at it. They're 'meh' imo.

http://i.imgur.com/0yof7NT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hcJzR2W.jpg


The first one is great
Keep it up :P
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Oct 10 2014 03:40pm
1st one is geared toward stock photography. The subject is the entire frame: it's a hallway of some sort. It's a photograph that would best fit in a collection. As a stand-alone shot (if you're not going for a stock photo look), it falls apart: there's no subject, so it doesn't hold up much to a single-photo critique. It is good otherwise though: it's slightly on an off-angle, which gives a bit of extra sense of motion to the leading lines of the rails. The only existent foreground is the closest bit of the rails, which helps draw the eyes toward the leading lines of the rails. Decently framed, good choice of where the borders of the photograph end.

The second photograph is bleh.

The third photograph is again closer to being a stock photo. The subject is the glasses, but the glasses are boring, they don't tell a story, they don't generate interesting thought, they aren't visually euphoric in any way... the lighting is also sub-optimal. If the shot were lit properly, it could be considered a product shot... it would be a stock-photo type of product shot. Generic glasses shot. The framing isn't necessarily bad, a little odd, a little forced, but not by a lot. Your choice of a secondary subject (the table runs leading lines and serves as a slight secondary subject to draw away the harshness of a single framed subject) works...

That's what I see anyways.
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Oct 10 2014 09:30pm
Quote (Aranx @ Oct 10 2014 06:03am)
The first one is great
Keep it up :P


Thank you sir

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1st one is geared toward stock photography. The subject is the entire frame: it's a hallway of some sort. It's a photograph that would best fit in a collection. As a stand-alone shot (if you're not going for a stock photo look), it falls apart: there's no subject, so it doesn't hold up much to a single-photo critique. It is good otherwise though: it's slightly on an off-angle, which gives a bit of extra sense of motion to the leading lines of the rails. The only existent foreground is the closest bit of the rails, which helps draw the eyes toward the leading lines of the rails. Decently framed, good choice of where the borders of the photograph end.

The second photograph is bleh.

The third photograph is again closer to being a stock photo. The subject is the glasses, but the glasses are boring, they don't tell a story, they don't generate interesting thought, they aren't visually euphoric in any way... the lighting is also sub-optimal. If the shot were lit properly, it could be considered a product shot... it would be a stock-photo type of product shot. Generic glasses shot. The framing isn't necessarily bad, a little odd, a little forced, but not by a lot. Your choice of a secondary subject (the table runs leading lines and serves as a slight secondary subject to draw away the harshness of a single framed subject) works...

That's what I see anyways.


Thank you for the critique! I can definitely see what you're saying. There are some things you pointed out that I didn't even notice. I appreciate it and I'll definitely keep those in mind!
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Oct 27 2014 12:09am
My second crack at it.

http://imgur.com/a/YhD8Y#0

might be a little too much PS ;x
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Oct 27 2014 02:51pm
Very Nice
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Oct 28 2014 06:47pm
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Very Nice


thanks ^^
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