I have been keeping an eye on the things that you guys pointed out from the last thread. Mainly, I was not exposing correctly and not lining them up. I have been bracketing and using the HDR tool in LR to edit.
These two shots are my most recent ones. Don't shy away, be as mean as you want.
1.DSC_0027 by ramiz toma, on Flickr

2.DSC_0102-2 by ramiz toma, on Flickr

3.DSC_0064-HDR-2 by ramiz toma, on Flickr

The clouds look kind of bland in your pictures. I wonder if a blue sky with clouds would have looked better. Weather isn't something you can control, but, I think it'd look more interesting. Not so much grey!


You said you bracketed them, and I think you did a nice enough job, they don't look out of place.
First one, I think is cool, but maybe make the foreground darker, a vignette could look nice. Maybe take some lower exposure shots and use them to get rid of the glare in the fog.

Second one is pretty good. It looks exactly how I'd imagine it looks by the human eye.

On the third one, I think the buildings and ground look a bit underexposed. At least compared to how bright the sky is next to it.

You're getting the hang out it. They aren't bad, but that's what I would try. Take more pictures than you think you need.

Also, one thing I've found to be helpful is putting it in manual exposure after you take the first picture. This prevents the angles and focus from changing on you. It makes bracketing work a lot better. (Unless you're trying to focus bracket).

1. This is my favorite in the bunch. I really like it. My only issue is the pole on the right. It just seems disruptive and I wish it wasn't in frame.

2. I like this one, but I'm not really sure why you decided to give extra space to the boring sky and cut off the city streets. I wish you had tilted the camera downward a bit. Also, I don't know if it was raining, snowing, or if you just have a dirty lens, but you've got a few splotches in that shot.

3. I agree the buildings seem a bit underexposed. Also seems like it could use a bit of straightening. The building on the right looks particularly skewed. The colors in this one look like they could use some correcting as well. Almost looks like there's a purple filter over the photo. Those may be the straight out of the camera colors, but that doesn't mean it's the best color scheme.

Overall they're not bad shots at all and you're clearly no novice, but I think you'll still get some interesting comments just based on style on how other people may have added their own style to these shots. I will say though that I STRONGLY appreciate you keeping your selection down to three shots. 10-20 is fine for posting on the photography board, but when you're trying to look critically at photos and give valuable feedback, it's easier to do when you have less to sift through.

Posted by Piecat The clouds look kind of bland in your pictures. I wonder if a blue sky with clouds would have looked better. Weather isn't something you can control, but, I think it'd look more interesting. Not so much grey! You said you bracketed them, and I think you did a nice enough job, they don't look out of place. First one, I think is cool, but maybe make the foreground darker, a vignette could look nice. Maybe take some lower exposure shots and use them to get rid of the glare in the fog. Second one is pretty good. It looks exactly how I'd imagine it looks by the human eye. On the third one, I think the buildings and ground look a bit underexposed. At least compared to how bright the sky is next to it. You're getting the hang out it. They aren't bad, but that's what I would try. Take more pictures than you think you need. Also, one thing I've found to be helpful is putting it in manual exposure after you take the first picture. This prevents the angles and focus from changing on you. It makes bracketing work a lot better. (Unless you're trying to focus bracket).

Thanks for the detailed comments! I'll definitely try doing lower exposure next time there a huge fog storm when I am shooting. I was so mad that day, I didn't know what to do because the fog was messing so many shots up. Also, when you mean manual exposure, are you referring to full manual mode?

Posted by DawnPatrol 1. This is my favorite in the bunch. I really like it. My only issue is the pole on the right. It just seems disruptive and I wish it wasn't in frame. 2. I like this one, but I'm not really sure why you decided to give extra space to the boring sky and cut off the city streets. I wish you had tilted the camera downward a bit. Also, I don't know if it was raining, snowing, or if you just have a dirty lens, but you've got a few splotches in that shot. 3. I agree the buildings seem a bit underexposed. Also seems like it could use a bit of straightening. The building on the right looks particularly skewed. The colors in this one look like they could use some correcting as well. Almost looks like there's a purple filter over the photo. Those may be the straight out of the camera colors, but that doesn't mean it's the best color scheme. Overall they're not bad shots at all and you're clearly no novice, but I think you'll still get some interesting comments just based on style on how other people may have added their own style to these shots. I will say though that I STRONGLY appreciate you keeping your selection down to three shots. 10-20 is fine for posting on the photography board, but when you're trying to look critically at photos and give valuable feedback, it's easier to do when you have less to sift through.

Thanks for your detailed reply! I totally agree with your comment on the first one, the pole should not be there. I am starting to notice how certain things should completely be left out of the picture for better composition. For the second picture, this was my first time on that roof. I am totally going back maybe in morning to get better sky lighting, like sunset or sunrise. I'll try to change the colors a bit on the third one to get better results! Again, thanks for commenting!

I'm not very good on the technical side of things, so I guess the main thing I notice is your choice of subjects. I guess I'd just suggest putting more thought into what you decide to shoot and show. I think the first one is my favorite, with the building, fog, and lights, it makes for a very interesting picture! Keep up the great work!

#1)
The best of the bunch. Just leave it alone.

#2
The composition is irritating. It feels like there should be a half inch less sky and a half inch more of buildings down at the bottom of the frame. Hopefully, this is a crop. Otherwise I don't think it can be saved.

#3
This one is the worst of the bunch because it has two problems, instead of one.
First of all, you need to rotate the entire image a degree or two clockwise (it's slightly crooked) Second, you got a poor color capture on this one (the result of a bad exposure) It can be saved, but only with a lot of work.. perhaps by adding in a subtle vintage effect or whatever to try and mask the fact that it was a bad exposure. But I recommend taking it further away from the magenta spectrum, because that's what it looks like... a magenta-fest. lol

I absolutely love the first two photos. Awesome, wouldn't change a thing. I noticed some people are commenting about how the clouds look "bland" but personally I like that. Makes the pictures look realistic. As for the last picture, I'm not sure. I can't pinpoint the issue I have. Maybe it's because it seems a bit off scale/slanted ish? Not sure. Regardless, I love the top two pictures and think you should keep up the good work!

That first one is cool.

Posted by General Zod #1) The best of the bunch. Just leave it alone. #2 The composition is irritating. It feels like there should be a half inch less sky and a half inch more of buildings down at the bottom of the frame. Hopefully, this is a crop. Otherwise I don't think it can be saved. #3 This one is the worst of the bunch because it has two problems, instead of one. First of all, you need to rotate the entire image a degree or two clockwise (it's slightly crooked) Second, you got a poor color capture on this one (the result of a bad exposure) It can be saved, but only with a lot of work.. perhaps by adding in a subtle vintage effect or whatever to try and mask the fact that it was a bad exposure. But I recommend taking it further away from the magenta spectrum, because that's what it looks like... a magenta-fest. lol

Thanks for you comments! I just started noticing the point you made about the second picture. I seems like I do it a lot too. I'll keep an eye for it. For third pictures, that is not how the colors look like. I tried doing color selection and manipulated some of the colors. It was my first time experimenting with it.

Posted by LGNHN I absolutely love the first two photos. Awesome, wouldn't change a thing. I noticed some people are commenting about how the clouds look "bland" but personally I like that. Makes the pictures look realistic. As for the last picture, I'm not sure. I can't pinpoint the issue I have. Maybe it's because it seems a bit off scale/slanted ish? Not sure. Regardless, I love the top two pictures and think you should keep up the good work!

Thank you for your comment!

Nice work!

I like #1 a lot. I agree that the pole can be distracting but I like that it grounds the foreground. Ideally, it would have been a more organic shape, for contrast, but c'est la vie.

I'm not really feeling the composition of 2 and 3. Try to make your focal points land in the intersections of the rule of thirds. My eye feels lost in these two.

Keep it up! They're great!