Karl wrote:
Hi
I have recently bought my first digital camera, a Nikon D80 with it's
18-70 kitlens. I'm not experienced handling such devices, but I've
learned to play with Photoshop over the years. So far I'm exstatic
about the results compared to my K750i cellphone camera :-)
I don't dare take these to any critique pages yet (I'm such a complete
newbie), so I thought I'd check if any of you guys who all have
artistic skills have any opinions, in terms of artistic value,
compositions, and also technical issues.
Software used has been Bibble and Photoshop and the newly updated
Photoshop Raw plugin (beta) which finally supports the D80. Some
images shot in raw and edited, others straight to jpg (before I got
proper software). I don't have any additional equipment (yet), so any
filterlike effects is done in post. My typical workflow is assemble a
bracketed image for best sky and best ground with a gradient, multiple
"exposures" from raw file assembled, and color fixing in post. Some
are pretty much straight off the camera (size&crop), others are heaily
edited or assembled in post.
I have uploaded the images here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
but unfortunately you have to click "all sizes" for each picture to
show it in its largest supported size which happens to be a lot less
than the originals :-( Also this "free service" strips the images of
any exif data if they are automatically resized, so there isn't much
information that can be viewed textually. But if you see completely
wrong aperture settings, too contrasty, too little detail, blown
highlights (plenty :)) etc, let me know.
Anyone know of a free service like this that:
* Offers a decent upload mass and traffic load
* Doesn't strip exif data during resize
* Allows for creative commons licence, and not claiming any ownership
* Allows direct linking (at least to thumbnail versions)
Please try to be objective and constructive. What would you have done
differently? Would you rather have seen pure photographs, slightly
edited/fixed, or massive edits (if they do justice to the picture)?
Private replies are ok too, but maybe others here could benefit from a
discussion about composition?
Regards
Karl
WOW Karl
These pictures are one of the best I have seen.
If you don't mind I will keep them for further inspiration
But don't fool me, you may be new to RealCamra but you are a hell of
a pro in composition
I think you could benefit a tripod next time, some of your pictures
are just a little offset by a 1/4 degree
It's impossible to get a perfect picture by holding the camera in
your hands
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Category/category_slc.asp?CatId=1581
In some pictures, I think that you could have taken the picture with
the camera much closer to the ground, if not directly on the ground
the"New store" picture should have been taken at the height of the hips
lower the camera in the middle of the subject
My favorites are :
Majestic Crane
Black White Green
Wheel of history
Lines in landscape
Tree siluete
I am criticizing your pictures but I would not have done better.
And they are all very impressive
You should do a compilation of your pictures over music and put them in
a video format at (5second per frame)
Jean-Sebastien Perron
www.neuroworld.ws
