Bricks

[JillD]

Just stumbled onto this site and would appreciate some feedback. I also look forward to giving feedback on the wonderful photos I see here.


Philadelphia, PA


Victoria, BC


Victoria, BC

[Markyboy1]

Love the 3rd one Jill well captured

[Jediboy]

H JillD,
Welcome to the forum.

I like the 'urban' feel of the photos, but the second and third look a bit under exposed, and I'm not sure where the focus is in the second photo.
And for me, the first and third have slightly awkward crops - on the bottom of the door, and the third with the bike being cropped.
I don't want to sound too critical, because with a couple of minor tweaks you've got some great photos.
(I'm no expert and these are just my observations).

Chris

[Sabrina_De_Winter]

Hi, and welcome

I like the idea behind your photo's,
I'm no pro , but I fully agree with Jediboy.

Mabe rotate or perspective the first one a bit too, at the left side of the picture you can see that the spaces between the door and the side of the photo are not ecqual.

Regards

[markgozz]

I don't want to sound like a copy cat but I agree with Chris and Sabrina .

The first image is nice but could do with a small tweak on the composition .
The second works quite well in pulling you into the scene but once there there's no real focal point of interest and may be a deeper DOF would help too .
The third is also suffering from a case of bad composition .

These are just my own preferences but I would be interested in what you think of your own work .

Welcome to the forum

Mark

[JillD]

Thanks for the constructive criticism everyone.

Markgozz: what I think of my work - I like the color and texture. I like the repition of the graffiti on #2 (although I do see everyone's point about a lack of focal point). For #3 I was in a small courtyard and I was backed up as far as I could go (on a 50mm lens - I prefer the quality of picture vs. kit zoom lens). I suppose I could have tried from another angle but I didn't think of it at the time. What bothers me most about #1 is the shadow at the bottom of the door

Thanks again to everyone for taking the time to give thoughtful feedback - it gives me a starting point for improvement.

[markgozz]

I can see what you were going for with the graffiti and I think it was a very good idea but I also think it would of worked better if it was in focus with the rest of the scene soft .
Your dilemma with the quality of your prime lens vs the versatility of the kit zoom is one you will come across again and again but ask yourself this is a good quality badly composed image better than a slightly soft well composed one , only you can answer that .
Yes the shadow is a bit of a distraction but it's the crop that catches my eye first , I find the simpler the image the more perfect it needs to be ( perfect symmetry ) and with the lines of the brick work they need to run true too .

Nice ideas and that's the best starting point in my opinion , the technical bits will come with practice .

Mark

[JillD]

With the zoom kit vs. prime lens - I think (for myself) I will do more with the prime lens. It makes the camera much smaller so I am more apt to take it places. I just need to learn how to work with/around the limitations it presents. And since it's an older lens and not made for digital cameras it has forced me to begin to learn the camera/manual settings.

By the way - Jediboy - I also agree that #2 & 3 are under exposed (especially 3). At that time I hadn't figured out how the histogram info could help me (although I'm not sure why I didn't take more photos at different apertures/speeds) & I couldn't see the images very well on my review screen. They are a couple years old. I have since been slowly figuring things out

[keyserj]

Hi Jill

Image 1 is a bit cut off at the bottom and slighty overexposed, image 2 could use a little more depth of field but I like the leading lines, the third image is really nice but you cropped some of the image out with the portrait composition, try a landscape with a slighty lower angle.

Hope this helps...

Justin