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 cwestcivic5
 
Location: Michigan
Gender: Male
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< on 7/25/2006 1:53 AM >
|  | | | Ok heres another attempt at photography i did. Now to some it might seem like im some crazy ass shooting pictures left and right at random, but please know im taking time out of my day to learn this and im actually trying. These past few days ive been driving around looking for places to shoot and improve. I figure the only way im going to improve is by taking suggestions and pictures. Im the kinda guy who tried to be fairly good at what he does. I guess you can say ive taken this hobby on by storm, but thats how i tend to do these things. Now from the other threads ive been critiqued on, heres a list of what ive tried to improve:
-Avoid bland daytime lighting. I took these around 7:30ish in the afternoon.
-Try different angles.
-Focus on better subjects.
-Avoid too much going on in the picture.
Hopefully i have improved somewhat, but ill stop talking now. Go ahead and tear em up!
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[last edit 7/25/2006 2:00 AM by cwestcivic5 - edited 3 times]
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the_doctor
Location: Boston area
Gender: Male
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| |  | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 1 on 7/25/2006 2:00 AM >
| | | | 1. Cool shadows, too bad it is a barn.
2. Kinda cool, I would have shot it from a straight on angle, and not one from a side.
3. The best one, really cool, even though it has been shot a million times before. I would photoshop it a little bit so the green trim on the window is more vibrant, and maybe make the grays a little bit duller.
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grassy
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| | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 2 on 7/26/2006 7:31 AM >
| | | | 1. Bad shadows. Distracting. It's a barn, I guess.
2. Good color, bad focus point.
3. Unbalanced, moot composure.
i have never taken a photograph in my life
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:: inuk
  
Location: Burnaby BC.
Gender: Male
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| | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 3 on 7/26/2006 8:21 AM >
| | | | 1. what's wrong with barns? I like this shot, shadow and all, but would be better without. The dark side/roof shows no detail, but increasing exposure blows out the brighter areas. Bracket and combine maybe?
2. Same as Grassy, focus one something else.
3. I see blue, not green. The lighting is weird on this one. should have shot straight on and level, the window is slightly tilted, perceptible due to proximity to the edge.
Good to see you're still trying amd eager to improve.
:: i n u k
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cwestcivic5
Location: Michigan
Gender: Male
| | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 4 on 7/26/2006 10:21 PM >
| | | | Lol, thanks gor the mixed comments. Hopefully i get that tripod case sometime soon for my camera so i dont have to hold it against my chest and hold my breath. Theres an abandoned amusement park about 30 min from my house i might check out this weekend. Too bad theres an adjacent barn otherwise there wouldnt have been that shadow on the face of the barn.
Keep your fingers crossed i find a case sometime soon, theyre impossible to find. As for grassy's comments: what can i do to fix the mistakes i made here?
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horrorshow
Location: NC
Gender: Male
| | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 5 on 7/27/2006 12:22 AM >
| | | | just a general critique - try using some different angles to fix up some of your shots (like the lock one).
however, keep up the work your doing good.
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NickNervosa
Location: Philadelphia/ NJ
Gender: Male
| | |  | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 6 on 7/27/2006 3:49 AM >
| | | | the lock didnt seem in focus. what kind of camera do you use?
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cwestcivic5
Location: Michigan
Gender: Male
| | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 7 on 7/27/2006 4:37 AM >
| | | | Posted by NickNervosa
the lock didnt seem in focus. what kind of camera do you use?
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cwestcivic5
Location: Michigan
Gender: Male
| | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 8 on 7/28/2006 2:27 AM >
| | | | Posted by grassy
1. Bad shadows. Distracting. It's a barn, I guess.
2. Good color, bad focus point.
3. Unbalanced, moot composure.
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whats "moot" mean?
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Ian
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Location: The County of Kings
Gender: Male
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| | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 9 on 7/28/2006 2:30 AM >
| | | | 1. YEUCHY shadows. As in, the shadows ruin the picture. As in, use the magic hours (1>dawn/1<dusk) and do what's right.
2. FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS!
3. This is just boring. You could have maybe made an interesting composition here; maybe not however.
Keep trying, you show promise, but these don't work.
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Shai Hulud
Location: Evansville IN
Gender: Male
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| | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 10 on 7/28/2006 7:27 AM >
| | | | 1. This is a very nice shot. You composed this well, and the lighting is
beautiful. I really like how the shadow creates a silhouette of a similar
building on the front of the barn.
2. This one doesn't really do anything for me. It's well composed, at least, and
the wood makes a nice contrast to the red wall.
3. This is a beautiful picture, there's a lot of character here. Was it taken around the same time of day as 1? The lighting looks similar. I really like how you chose not to put the window dead center; that decision shows a lot more of the wall, which is very interesting because of its aged look.
Great photos, thanks for sharing.
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cwestcivic5
Location: Michigan
Gender: Male
| | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 11 on 7/30/2006 3:07 AM >
| | | | Posted by Shai Hulud
1. This is a very nice shot. You composed this well, and the lighting is
beautiful. I really like how the shadow creates a silhouette of a similar
building on the front of the barn.
2. This one doesn't really do anything for me. It's well composed, at least, and
the wood makes a nice contrast to the red wall.
3. This is a beautiful picture, there's a lot of character here. Was it taken around the same time of day as 1? The lighting looks similar. I really like how you chose not to put the window dead center; that decision shows a lot more of the wall, which is very interesting because of its aged look.
Great photos, thanks for sharing.
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Glad you liked them. Im trying to figure out a way to get on the inside of this place. Most of its locked up but i think theres a few open doors/windows/etc. Theres an old house, the barn shown above, and another one that casts the shadow on the first picture. The above barn only has 2 entrances and both are locked solid, but ive seen a door open on the adjacent one. Hopefully that works out. Ill try to get there next week and hopefully ill come back with some better photos.
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cwestcivic5
Location: Michigan
Gender: Male
| | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 12 on 8/2/2006 6:43 PM >
| | | | bump?
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I am the Bear
Location: Seattle Wa
Gender: Male
| | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 13 on 8/5/2006 12:37 AM >
| | | | first of all, i was really excited when i saw the post because i've noticed you're such a baller about improving. and you didn't disappoint. every time you post pictures, there are noticable improvements.
#1. the shadow on the face of the barn IS a little distracting, to me at least. otherwise its okay. its just a matter of personal taste, and i generally avoid taking pictures of building exteriors. some people like it.
#2. hey this works nicely, but as other people have already pointed out, the lock is not in focus. the lock SHOULD be the focus because its:
located near the center
the only real 'object' in the picture
(most importantly) it has the most appeal, in terms of shapes, details, and contrast.
#3. personally i love it. dont let people discourage you with the comments about it being cliche or boring. so what if 100 other people have taken the same picture, that doesnt make it any less interesting to me. this is a good picture, and i like the composition, contrast, and texture
edit: also, i dont think the last picture is tilted. i think the window is messed up. the bottom of the window is certainly level with the bottom of the photograph, but the top isnt, really. i think you did the right thing. making the bottom level is more effective than making the top level, because your eye is always used to the flat, level part being on the bottom. example: a bag of groceries sitting on a table.
[last edit 8/5/2006 12:42 AM by I am the Bear - edited 1 times]
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cwestcivic5
Location: Michigan
Gender: Male
| | Re: Critique These Por Favor!
<Reply # 14 on 8/5/2006 1:04 AM >
| | | | Thanks for the positive comments man. Yeah on the lock now i look at it, it does appear out of focus. And on the window, yes it was a little messed up. If you look in the first picture the barn face was pretty concave. Plus i think the wood had warped.
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