great to see people turning out for them - they deserve it
Great shots btw
yes very proud the camera was a nikon d40 and the lens was a sigma af 55-200mm f/4-5.6 dc hsm f/nikonvery smart indeed, makes you proud to be British.
Good quality photographs, what lens?
cheers and they do deserve itgreat to see people turning out for them - they deserve it
Great shots btw
being quite new to photography what would you have concentrated on in taking those picsI wouldn't call them great shots at all, the first two give you nothing to concentrate on and the last one seems soft.
yes will post them soonDid you get any of the band Gerodie?
Northampton was good, but Leicester beats all. 20,00 people out there...and free beer and curry afterwards
Quite new to photography? These are snaps, surely you've taken holiday snaps before unless you're a youngster, it's never easy to tell on the internet.being quite new to photography what would you have concentrated on in taking those pics
yes quite new to photography,and unless you are semi pro or pro or been doing it for some time you could class these as 'snaps' and yes your right I have taken holiday snaps even though I am quite young.Quite new to photography? These are snaps, surely you've taken holiday snaps before unless you're a youngster, it's never easy to tell on the internet.
As for the group thing I'd try to get them all or just the one of them and not a small group. Being behind some kind of cordon limits what you can do and has therefore produced results which certainly aren't "great photos", a compliment which gets bandied around far too often on here.
easy tiger (sorry I had to) everyone starts somewhere and I didn't think that was how TP was run...
Let's just say that some dish out crit a little more sensitively than others hey
Nothing wrong with crit at all, and even Tiger's comments would have been ok...had he backed them up and offered advice such as David's.
To bring something out of a picture you want a shallower depth of field to make it the centre of attention. To reduce DoF try to increase the aperture (small number) and increase the focal length, much easier said than done with slow glass (been there) but generally I find myself shooting tele a lot so the 200mm end of your sigma though 200 /f5.6 will still give you a fair old depth of field.
Filling the frame with something works too, but in such a circumstance getting close could be a problem (I currently have a 200mm long end and find it limiting at times for this reason). Aggressive cropping might work, like in the first shot cropping into the guy on the top of the tanks face and making it portrait would make a more interesting picture, here you will encounter problems of not having much to crop and potential noise and softness issues.
Hope some of that's useful
David
Lego.Hey tiger, just for me make your 1000 post a constructive one
Quite new to photography? These are snaps, surely you've taken holiday snaps before unless you're a youngster, it's never easy to tell on the internet.
I consider using the word "snaps" to describe photographs on a photography forum as derogatory.
I wouldn't call them great shots at all, the first two give you nothing to concentrate on and the last one seems soft.
Absolutely dont mind crit at all but as you say offering advise as well is a big helpNothing wrong with crit at all, and even Tiger's comments would have been ok...had he backed them up and offered advice such as David's.
I'd rather be insulted than ignored. If I take the time to post photos to your forum then getting nil replies is rather disheartening.tiger, wind your neck in and either learn to post with some decency and respect or don't post at all, there's absolutely no need to be so rude and derisory.
I seem to remember that you like to give it the big 'I am' when someone says your photo's aren't that special. Not as easy taking crit as you are giving it are you?
If you want to give bad-ass, no holds barred, harsh critique....then go into the in-depth critique forum.
Allow me to remind you of your OWN words.
You've been suspended for being rude before, don't let it escalate to a permanent ban.
I'm not rude, just honest
A bit harsh in your crit 'tigerimages' although there is truth in what you say. On the other side of the coin... you've captured the colours of the parade rather nicely, and with a bit of PP #2 of the band could be pulled higher towards tigerimages expectations LOL.
I'm not sure what lens you had on your D40 as to how much more control you could have had on the DoF to achieve a bit more separation frm the BG?
Edit:
A very quick play with lens blur and 3 masks... any improvement :shrug:
Nothing wrong with crit at all
At the same time it irks me when someone posts "great photos" in reply to those which simply aren't.