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fornaz
Location: Montreal Total Likes: 19 likes
| | | Re: Critique Welcome- Abandoned Mental Hosptial < Reply # 2 on 7/15/2014 3:48 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | As a starter, let me congratulate you on not blowing your whites. Windows are hard not to overexpose when you're in a dark building, I personally usually fail miserably to get two shots good for composite imaging with my shit tripod, even when I'm paying attention, so for a 'new photographer' you're showing promise. You do however get some dark rooms there, the very opposite of blown windows, and though it can be a nice effect, it's also sad when you don't get the full dynamism of a human eye. It's more easily fixed, thankfully, if you don't mind the added noise (some cameras produce beautiful noise... others not so much), the best solution is still to shoot multiple images with a tipod. Compositionwise, shadowedsmile already talked about your straightlines, so I won't add anymore to that, I'd say you have a good eye. The only thing I would pay attention to is the roof-floor framing. In picture #5 for example, I would have framed the windows dead-centre. You can easily crop if you fuck up while shooting, so it's no biggie, but especially when starting I find it's a good idea to stick to either centering or the rule of third. I know it's been said and debated many times how cliché it can get, but I've always felt there's a reason it's so widely used, even unknowingly. I hope this helps! Keep it up.
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| alexcell33
Location: Long Island NY Gender: Male Total Likes: 19 likes
| | | Re: Critique Welcome- Abandoned Mental Hosptial < Reply # 4 on 7/15/2014 3:58 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by fornaz As a starter, let me congratulate you on not blowing your whites. Windows are hard not to overexpose when you're in a dark building, I personally usually fail miserably to get two shots good for composite imaging with my shit tripod, even when I'm paying attention, so for a 'new photographer' you're showing promise. You do however get some dark rooms there, the very opposite of blown windows, and though it can be a nice effect, it's also sad when you don't get the full dynamism of a human eye. It's more easily fixed, thankfully, if you don't mind the added noise (some cameras produce beautiful noise... others not so much), the best solution is still to shoot multiple images with a tipod. Compositionwise, shadowedsmile already talked about your straightlines, so I won't add anymore to that, I'd say you have a good eye. The only thing I would pay attention to is the roof-floor framing. In picture #5 for example, I would have framed the windows dead-centre. You can easily crop if you fuck up while shooting, so it's no biggie, but especially when starting I find it's a good idea to stick to either centering or the rule of third. I know it's been said and debated many times how cliché it can get, but I've always felt there's a reason it's so widely used, even unknowingly. I hope this helps! Keep it up.
| Hey fornaz! Some great advice here! The darkness in some of the pictures is something I actually found pretty cool looking. I do see what your saying about making the photos more faithful to the human eye, and I did take multiple shots with a tripod and the lighter ones didn't look as good to me haha maybe I just have a weird taste. Ill definitely try some of your composition tips in the future and post them up! Alex
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| RedBush
Location: Twin Cities, MN Gender: Male Total Likes: 13 likes
| | | Re: Critique Welcome- Abandoned Mental Hosptial < Reply # 9 on 7/21/2014 9:56 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by fornaz As a starter, let me congratulate you on not blowing your whites. Windows are hard not to overexpose when you're in a dark building, I personally usually fail miserably to get two shots good for composite imaging with my shit tripod, even when I'm paying attention, so for a 'new photographer' you're showing promise.
| I've got to second this. I'm still pretty new at the photography thing, myself, and your windows look worlds better than anything I've been able to manage. Have these images undergone any editing at all, or are they right out of the camera? I know programs like Lightbox allow you to composite multiple shots that show both the highlights and the lowlights, so if you're doing any tweaks/touchups, that may be worth looking into. As for framing, they're generally looking pretty good. I'd just say watch your edges and what you're cutting off, like in #8 where we don't get the full frame of the door. Otherwise, not bad!
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| forfun
Total Likes: 4 likes
| | | Re: Critique Welcome- Abandoned Mental Hosptial < Reply # 11 on 10/20/2014 7:54 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Quite of lot of people already noticed the exposure so I won't belabor the point. I will echo one of the comments in regards to framing though. You can definitely take "tighter" pics. The clearest example is pic #5, where it lacks focus since it covers too big of an area. This makes it tough for the viewer to really hone in the most interesting aspect because there are so many things going on. Try to distill what you really want stand out in each picture; get up to the object then snap. For example, if you want to emphasize the windows, stand closer for the shot. The other option is to use longer lens (maybe use a 80mm instead of a 50mm) - it should also improve your pics. Hope you find it helpful
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