My girlfriend and I went out looking for some abandoned properties on Saturday - and we found a good one. These photos are the few that I chose to edit but I have more of the general debris / objects of interest in the house. This is my first post here and also my first time shooting in RAW and editing them in Photoshop and I'm happy with the results.

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It's Dark Now by Bugeater Photography, on Flickr

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Disabled Is a Harsh Term by Bugeater Photography, on Flickr

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Mom's Room by Bugeater Photography, on Flickr

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Frigid by Bugeater Photography, on Flickr

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My God It's Full of Cars by Bugeater Photography, on Flickr

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Family by Bugeater Photography, on Flickr

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A Mother's Love by Bugeater Photography, on Flickr

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Shreddies by Bugeater Photography, on Flickr

So yeah, any critiques would be fantastic. I'm not an expert by any means so I know that I have a lot of room for improvement.

There are pretty nice! I am really enjoying 6. I like the varying objects and what they can say about a place. I've had very similar shots in the past.

No ones ever an expert, we all have things to improve upon. From my point of view and my style, here are a few things I would suggest. Feel free to use them or discard them.

1) Rule of Thirds - This is your standard in every photo critique, but it goes a long way. Basically, divide your picture plane up into thirds horizontally and vertically. Google it for visuals. Put main subjects off center. Some of these shots have it, some of them don't. All depends on how much you shoot and how you train your eye. I have a grid on my camera's viewfinder so when I shoot I can see how everything is panning out.

2) Depth of field - This was something I found early on and helped me develop a style. Essentially, whats in focus and whats out of focus. I always shoot manual focus and will take numerous photographs with the same composition, but with different objects in focus or out of focus. This experimentation leads me to find a combination that really grabs my eye, usually for the better. Properly done this can boost your quality a bunch.

3) Lines - Pay attention to your lines. Diagonals can be really powerful in creating space if done right. Vertical and horizontal lines can add a lot of quality if they're straight and parallel/perpendicular to the edge of the frame.

I'll leave it at that. If you keep those three in mind as you shoot you'll get better and better. Play around and experiment. You'll find a style very quickly.

These are looking pretty great, welcome to the RAW fam. Just a tiny thing I'm noticing in full view—there's a bit of chromatic aberration on it. It's most noticeable on foliage, tree branches.

The fix is easy: on the Develop tab of Lightroom there's a Lens Correction section on the right hand toolbar.

Under Color, you can defringe as much or as little as you need, or just check the "Remove chromatic aberration" box to let Lightroom do it on the fly.

If you're using Camera Raw with Photoshop, there are some instructions here on how to get rid of it.

Again, tiny thing, most people won't notice it. But once you see it...

the beautiful thing about raw is how easy it is to change your levels. I might bump up the exposure and clarity on a few of these shots

Posted by context the beautiful thing about raw is how easy it is to change your levels. I might bump up the exposure and clarity on a few of these shots

I'd actually go with bumping shadows up, personally. The darks are too dark compared to the lights, IMO.