Hi Everyone,
I went for a walk today and wanted to play around with the camera. Thought I would upload some the photos, constructive criticism welcome!
Notice there is a size limit on uploads! Didnt realise that as I saved them as Jpeg & Raw.
Have a nice evening all.
OK, CC follows. Note that this is intended to be helpful only - not personal.
1) Sunset - nice colours and cloud shapes. The foreground is slightly messy and the lamp post is intrusive (clone out if you have software/knowledge). To improve a shot like this, try to find a more pleasing foreground that rooftops, i.e. countryside, possibly reflections of the sky in water or some kind of structure that adds value to the image. If this were mine I'd probably try to crop away the rooftops & trees, simply using the clouds to make a skyscape.
2) Best of the set, you've got the focus on the fern in the middle with everything in front or behind out of focus, thus giving us a subject to alight on. The colours and general composition are pleasing and work well together, again bringing the eye to the subject effectively. Finally the exposure looks good, with detail in highlights and shadows and a pleasing overall level of brightness.
3) Spoiled by camera shake - as said by Al, your shutter speed was too slow or you moved while taking the picture. Not sure this would have worked so well as a photo because there are several elements all competing for attention across the frame, rather than leading the eye to a resting place.
Hope that's useful.
A very helpful discipline for a photographer is to look at pictures as they come past you and to ask yourself why you like or dislike that photo, what works or doesn't work about it, whether there are mistakes or flaws that spoil what would otherwise be good. As you start to 'read' other peoples pictures you will start to understand how to improve your own images.