Some recent photos with a new camera and a new lens. Not the best lens for UE but I'm not unsatisfied with the results. Looking for critiques, impressions, opinions, etc. thanks! http://www.uer.ca/...=32335&galid=34093

Photographically, 4-7 & 10 don't seem that well thought out. They get the message across but they don't stand out in any way.

I can see you've got yourself a 1.8 or 1.4 or something based on image 1. Looks like a decent one from what I can see!

I like the red door, good framing, pretty straight lines s'far as I can tell, good color! Honestly I might say IMO that's the best one in the set.

Remember color, remember light, and find interesting ways (levels? Get up high, get low) and maybe use that wide aperture to draw attention to something. Of course the aperture played no part in the red door photo but you know what I mean.

If you have a post-processing tool like Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom you may want to consider tackling the purple fringe in image 7. Light/dark edges make light bend pretty extremely through lens glass, this fringing (either orange/blue or green/purple) is called Chromatic Aberration - do forgive me if you're already familiar with the concept! You can stop down your lens to f/4 or above to tackle the chromatic ab, or fix it in post pretty easily, especially if you shoot RAW.

Hope this helps! Nice explore ;)

Awesome! Thanks

Posted by flySparro Photographically, 4-7 & 10 don't seem that well thought out. They get the message across but they don't stand out in any way. I can see you've got yourself a 1.8 or 1.4 or something based on image 1. Looks like a decent one from what I can see! I like the red door, good framing, pretty straight lines s'far as I can tell, good color! Honestly I might say IMO that's the best one in the set. Remember color, remember light, and find interesting ways (levels? Get up high, get low) and maybe use that wide aperture to draw attention to something. Of course the aperture played no part in the red door photo but you know what I mean. If you have a post-processing tool like Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom you may want to consider tackling the purple fringe in image 7. Light/dark edges make light bend pretty extremely through lens glass, this fringing (either orange/blue or green/purple) is called Chromatic Aberration - do forgive me if you're already familiar with the concept! You can stop down your lens to f/4 or above to tackle the chromatic ab, or fix it in post pretty easily, especially if you shoot RAW. Hope this helps! Nice explore ;)

Definitely helpful! Can you expound on what makes you feel they weren't thought out? Like, what it is about composition or whatever your thoughts are.

I was out shooting portraits of bike messengers in non action shots. It was a 35mm fixed f/1.8. Definitely not ideal for this location but I didn't bring my other lenses when we decided to stop in.

Photo #5 in the gallery is my favorite one. The framing with the box room and then the yellow step works. Would like to see a smaller aperture for better sharpness. The sharpness in that photo is my biggest issue.

There is a lot of grain in these photos. There are a few keepers in this bunch, but I'd definitely go for a lower ISO. Most post processing de-grain filters will ruin your details so definitely shoot lower ISO, and RAW (play with aperture an exposure too) that way if your photos do come out too dark you can bring them back with post.

Also, while "establishing shots" are OK (one or two to introduce a photo set), try look closer at details for more interesting and artistic shots.

I'm seeing a lot of purple fringing in the bright sunlight shots. Stopping it down/longer exposure more may help; try shooting closer to that lens aperture sweet spot.