a few from san francisco

[jeeps805]

biker fly by :


kids in front of cafe :


Golden Gate Bridge :

[jeeps805]

hmmm.....that bad huhh....29 views and no bad/good comments....

[jprippin]

jeeps,
I know your frustration, sorry
First one, Kind of busy , very colorful but the subject is ?
Number two, much the same. Kind of just a snapshot, the big frame doesn't really define a subject...
Well hate to be a *****, but the last one doesn't really tell me much about the bridge, nor the person in the foreground
The deal is whatever is the subject, it should be clear.. and by the composition if the shot has something else in the shot, it should bring your eye to the Subject... if that makes sense..
Don't be discouraged , poke around the critique forum and see other work and that gets positive feedback
particularly regarding composition
Patience grasshopper
John

[ABERS]

jeeps 805

Seem to remember responding to your request for critique before.

http://www.photoradar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5526

With no response from you after a three of us spent time and trouble trying to accede to your wishes!

It's a two way street.

[rbarry]

Hi Jeeps805,

The first shot could have been better with a wider field of view and possibly an even slower shutter speed, to give the impression of greater speed of the cyclist. I assume your intention was of a humorous nature in reference to the sign, which you nearly achieved.

I assume the second shot is a landmark building, but as John commented it looks like any other holiday snapshot.

The third shot has the most interesting subject matter, but as John has already replied, the foreground tourist in the middle of the frame is a major distraction. On the other hand the father and child to the left hand side looking through the scope add interest to the image. The bridge is leaning over to the left as the horizon is tilted right to left.

This is only my opinion and I'm far less qualified than others on this forum. The problem with asking for critique is that you need to sort out who is giving you objective advice and who's advice is relevant. Most people will not want to discourage you, but it may seem that way to you. Others will not want to offend, so you either get no replies or you get misleading sympathetic comment.

As I said, this is just my opinion and I may be wrong, so try to look at your work compared to others of similar subject material.

All the best, Rick.

Here is what I would do with the Image of the bridge:

[littlebro]

Wow rbarry thats an impressive piece of cloning, as for the shot could have been better vertical,imo.

[alfbranch]

Jeeps
Another thing you could do to help us critique your work is explain what you were aiming for.

[jeeps805]

Thanks all for your time and comments....

Rbarry, how did u take that lady out of the picture???? i cant figure how to do that...thanks

[rbarry]

As littlbro commented, it's done through a cloning brush, in this instance Photoshop cs5. (other image editors are available).

Because the girl was obscuring the stantions of the bridge and the bars of the railings, there was a certain amount of guess work/trial and error. However, the image I used of your's was only about 65kb; had it been your original it would not have stood up to scrutiny in the relatively small amount of time I spent altering the image. You may notice where the bridge joins in the centre could do with better alignment, I didn't use any scaling tools to clone the parts I copied. The foreground safety railing doesn't match the first join down the steps properly and the strap from the girl's bag can still be seen in that area too. The made up/cloned stantion for this side of the bridge has faint white vertical lines through it; this section was cloned from above the roadway. I did a bit of cleaning up here, but it still shows some of the vertical tortioning cables that were in front of that section.

If this were created from your original it would look awful full size. It would need more time to get right as the detailed cloned areas would have to be positioned perfectly and adjusted for perspective to match.
On the positive side, straightening the horizon in CS5 takes about 10 seconds!

Please don't take this the wrong way, but it will pay dividends if you respond to the advice given to you when someone has taken time out to help you. Maybe you were unaware of the replies you got in the link Abers posted above, but try to keep up with your own postings so you can thank those that made the effort to help you. A response from you will more often than not illicit additional replies, which in turn may help you further as well as keeping your posting current, thus generating more exposure (no pun intended!)