Some opinions and advice please

[R8JimBob88]

On these two, taken over the weekend. Still getting the hang of using the camera! Hopefully going to nip down to my local lake tonight for some sunsets. :D

So some honest opinions please, what could I have done to improve them both? Exposure ok? The more abuse i get the more I learn! :lol:

ISO - 200
Shutter - 1/200
F-Stop - f/5.6
Focal Length - 55mm
Flash - Nope

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w44/R8JimBob88/Compressed_0001.jpg

ISO - 200
Shutter - 1/50
F-Stop - f/11
Focal Length - 18mm
Flash - Nope

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w44/R8JimBob88/Compressed_0002.jpg

[Jimmy_Lemon]

I actually like them both as they are :) The only instand thing I notice is that with the second one and ND Graduated filter might have just given you a bit more detail on the clouds and helped prevent the blown out patch where the sun is. But apart from that two great shots IMO :D

[vambo]

Although i want people to critisise my photo's i hate doing this to others but i will say as if this were my shots.

On the flower it would annoy me that the foremost petals werent crisp and clean so i would have shot a series of aperture shots to get them sharp in focus.

On the scenery shot i would have moved closer and got rid of the road and also there isnt a point of interest in the shot but what you have is a nice window view not a nice landscape photograph.

[R8JimBob88]

I'm the same, I want people to tell me what the really think, instead of the usual, "Oh its good" etc. That way i'll learn more :) I see what you mean about the first photo, the nearest petal is slightly out of focus.

The second photo was one of those, lovley view times but there were no points of interest apart from .... not much. The road kind of breaks the picture up a little and i like the contrast between the burnt orange hills and the greener ones towards the back.

Feel free to have a shop and chop at them. They are all as they were when the came from the camera, only thing is a little sharpening after resizing.

Whats the business with these ND graduated filters? Dont know much about these just yet, i'm sure they will be in my shopping list soon enough though. :)

Any more C&C welcome! (Btw, what does C&C actually mean? I've been taking an educated guess so far :lol:)

[RobertP]

My Comment and Critique would not be much different to Jimmys.

The flower shot looks fine as it is for depth of field though more might have helped. Main thing I'd do is lose the part flower top right and maybe frame the shot as portrait so you don't lose the top of the subject flower.

The landscape is OK (and I've got plenty very similar) but it doesn't have anything to grab you. It needs a tree, some distant interest...something. The road just leads you away from the view so you may have been better shooting from the road.The horizon splits the picture 50:50 . The rule of thirds is not a cast in stone must do but it generally looks better than having the horizon central. (see the tutorials section if rule of thirds is new to you).

Finally... the fancy semi transparent frame! It is one of those things that seems good when you find out how to do it but really just detracts from the image. Simple frames are generally best ;)

And as Jimmy said - these are still good shots!

Oh and a ND grad filter is a half grey half clear filter with a soft transition that can dull the sky but leave the ground as it is. Helps get a more even exposure.

[oldgit]

:agree: nothing more to say

[v_mancunian]

Pretty much all 'been said although I would add that the flower maybe too central. Defo ditch the transparent border

[R8JimBob88]

The border has now gone from all my recent pictures. Thanks for the coments.

I've taken a few more pics if you want to comment on these ones too?

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=28786