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| | | A Divided Wall in the Forest < on 5/23/2017 8:05 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | So me and some friends went exploring (hesitant to give location) and we visited an old-fashioned dam of some sort...we had been there before but we forgot to bring cameras that time...we missed the top of one of the dams that had some sort of hole in it, because there was too much poison ivy. We also found a lot of cool equipment, here are the pictures. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
[last edit 5/24/2017 6:34 PM by Gamewolf66 - edited 3 times]
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| Aran
Location: Kansas City Gender: Male Total Likes: 1848 likes
Huh. I guess covid made me a trendsetter.
| | | Re: ENORMOUS Abandoned Dam < Reply # 6 on 5/24/2017 7:24 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | You have some cool photos in there, but I'm going to be a bit harsh here. Cool your jets. Cool them WAY down. I know you're excited to share, but we just don't want to browse through 106 photos. First off, trim it down. Four to ten quality photos is good for an average post; up to twenty for a pic- heavy post. Any more, and you risk the audience getting bored, and ignoring most of your photos- and that's a high risk even for the pic heavy posts. Second off, quality. Most of your photos, I hate to say, are just not keepers. Your biggest problems are movement and angle. Clear photos are important. Blurry photos are often not worth keeping, much less posting. Blurring can be done for artistic purposes, but to be honest I don't think your skill level is even close to being high enough to make it work. I suggest investing in a tripod, or practicing taking steady free hand photos. Secondly, square up your shots. Think about what angle you want, and align your camera and subject matter accordingly. You have hints of this with the pipe shots, but it's just not enough. Third, diversify your photo set. A post full of photos of the same, or even similar things gets skimmed over. A post full of photos of unique things is examined closely. Go ahead, take as many pictures of the woods and creekbed as you want- just don't dump them on the forum. Lastly, truth in advertising. I didn't see an "ENORMOUS dam"- I'm not even sure what I saw. I saw a lot of green and a large wall with pipes in it. Maybe it's a dam, maybe not. The perspective just isn't there. I need shots showing the riverbed, showing the dam in its entirety. Right now, this post just feels like clickbait- I looked through 106 images hoping for a clear shot of a giant dam, and just got some rock wall that might just be a highway embankment. Clickbait is looked down upon here. I'm not trying to discourage you- quite the opposite, in fact. I'm hoping that by providing detailed constructive criticism, you can learn where you went wrong, and thus learn from your mistakes. It's okay- we've all been there. I remember someone (Blackhawk?) telling me that my blurry photo of a hankerchief in a airduct wasn't worth posting, much less keeping, and he was right. So keep exploring, keep practicing your photography, and keep an open mind to constructive criticism. You'll get where you want to be soon enough.
| "Sorry, I didn't know I'm not supposed to be here," he said, knowing full well he wasn't supposed to be there. |
| Gamewolf66
Total Likes: 24 likes
| | | Re: ENORMOUS Abandoned Dam < Reply # 7 on 5/24/2017 12:06 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Aran You have some cool photos in there, but I'm going to be a bit harsh here. Cool your jets. Cool them WAY down. I know you're excited to share, but we just don't want to browse through 106 photos. First off, trim it down. Four to ten quality photos is good for an average post; up to twenty for a pic- heavy post. Any more, and you risk the audience getting bored, and ignoring most of your photos- and that's a high risk even for the pic heavy posts. Second off, quality. Most of your photos, I hate to say, are just not keepers. Your biggest problems are movement and angle. Clear photos are important. Blurry photos are often not worth keeping, much less posting. Blurring can be done for artistic purposes, but to be honest I don't think your skill level is even close to being high enough to make it work. I suggest investing in a tripod, or practicing taking steady free hand photos. Secondly, square up your shots. Think about what angle you want, and align your camera and subject matter accordingly. You have hints of this with the pipe shots, but it's just not enough. Third, diversify your photo set. A post full of photos of the same, or even similar things gets skimmed over. A post full of photos of unique things is examined closely. Go ahead, take as many pictures of the woods and creekbed as you want- just don't dump them on the forum. Lastly, truth in advertising. I didn't see an "ENORMOUS dam"- I'm not even sure what I saw. I saw a lot of green and a large wall with pipes in it. Maybe it's a dam, maybe not. The perspective just isn't there. I need shots showing the riverbed, showing the dam in its entirety. Right now, this post just feels like clickbait- I looked through 106 images hoping for a clear shot of a giant dam, and just got some rock wall that might just be a highway embankment. Clickbait is looked down upon here. I'm not trying to discourage you- quite the opposite, in fact. I'm hoping that by providing detailed constructive criticism, you can learn where you went wrong, and thus learn from your mistakes. It's okay- we've all been there. I remember someone (Blackhawk?) telling me that my blurry photo of a hankerchief in a airduct wasn't worth posting, much less keeping, and he was right. So keep exploring, keep practicing your photography, and keep an open mind to constructive criticism. You'll get where you want to be soon enough.
| I'm so sorry...I didn't even know my post turned out like this...I thought the images would be put I to a gallery box you could scroll through. I feel stupid Edit: I changed the post title
[last edit 5/24/2017 12:09 PM by Gamewolf66 - edited 1 times]
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| Aran
Location: Kansas City Gender: Male Total Likes: 1848 likes
Huh. I guess covid made me a trendsetter.
| | | Re: A Divided Wall in the Forest < Reply # 11 on 5/24/2017 9:01 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Gamewolf66 EDIT: I removed a ton of the pictures since there were over 100 in my post, which was excessive (many of them weren't even that important, I still have them saved on my PC though). Thank you all for the advice!
| Hey, no problem. Good job on trimming down the subject matter and fixing the clickbait title. Your post looks much better now. On the subject of what you found, are you sure it wasn't a collapsed bridge? Those metal poles look like broken support beams, and the wall on either side could have been the foundation for a road. I ask because if it were a collapsed dam, I would expect a lot more rubble in the stream- but if it were a collapsed bridge, especially a wooden one, the debris could have rotten away or been washed downstream, leaving little rubble behind. Anyway, this looks like it was an interesting find. Welcome to UER, and don't let the criticism- heavy introduction chase you away- we're all pretty friendly here, I swear!
| "Sorry, I didn't know I'm not supposed to be here," he said, knowing full well he wasn't supposed to be there. |
| Gamewolf66
Total Likes: 24 likes
| | | Re: A Divided Wall in the Forest < Reply # 12 on 5/25/2017 1:25 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Aran
Hey, no problem. Good job on trimming down the subject matter and fixing the clickbait title. Your post looks much better now. On the subject of what you found, are you sure it wasn't a collapsed bridge? Those metal poles look like broken support beams, and the wall on either side could have been the foundation for a road. I ask because if it were a collapsed dam, I would expect a lot more rubble in the stream- but if it were a collapsed bridge, especially a wooden one, the debris could have rotten away or been washed downstream, leaving little rubble behind. Anyway, this looks like it was an interesting find. Welcome to UER, and don't let the criticism- heavy introduction chase you away- we're all pretty friendly here, I swear!
| I can never find info on it online. I've just been told it was a dam by friends. Although your explanation seems equally possible Also, thanks for the help!
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