ok its about time we had a thread to post pics with no holds barred critiquing, i am so fed up with backslapping on rubbish pictures, this is the thread to get real . if you dont like something then say so..post your best ,post your worst, the idea behind this thread  is to gain a better understanding of how other people percieve our pride and joy and how we can then learn from it and take better pictures,

only 2 rules are

genuine constructive ciritiques (no bitchin just for the sake of it and no downright rudeness)

you cannot post a new picture until you have made a critique (1 critique equalls 1 new picture you can post)  

and thats it, just remember that you can argue your case (if you think your pic is great then you justify your reasons, ) this is not a slagging off thread its a place where you can gain some real insight into better photography. have fun but above all tell the truth and dont be offended by crucial comments on your work, cheers martyn

nomadr:

ok its about time we had a thread to post pics with no holds barred critiquing, i am so fed up with backslapping on rubbish pictures, this is the thread to get real . if you dont like something then say so..post your best ,post your worst, the idea behind this thread  is to gain a better understanding of how other people percieve our pride and joy and how we can then learn from it and take better pictures,

only 2 rules are

genuine constructive ciritiques (no bitchin just for the sake of it and no downright rudeness)

you cannot post a new picture until you have made a critique (1 critique equalls 1 new picture you can post)  

and thats it, just remember that you can argue your case (if you think your pic is great then you justify your reasons, ) this is not a slagging off thread its a place where you can gain some real insight into better photography. have fun but above all tell the truth and dont be offended by crucial comments on your work, cheers martyn

I Can't post a picture until I give my view on another? How does this thread start as there is no picture to critique?

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first pic, boat in a harbour, i turned it to b&w with ps using channel mixer, any thoughts about making it better ? cheers martyn

sorry Oldboy flood prevention stopped play, i didnt want to post a pic on the first post. cheers martyn

nomadr:

first pic, boat in a harbour, i turned it to b&w with ps using channel mixer, any thoughts about making it better ? cheers martyn

The biggest problem I see is the lack of detail in the sky. It covers one third but with very little detail visible. Perhaps, it would have appeared better in colour as, a black and white conversion would hide the subtle details.

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The Best Photographer in the world 4th November - 5th November 2006 & 17th-18 November 2007
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A picture I took for the weekend competition. I didn't enter it because the reflections appeared too busy.

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SK
The Best Photographer in the world 4th November - 5th November 2006 & 17th-18 November 2007
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hmm i tried to make the boat the centre of attention, in my view the sky or lack of it is a way to bring your attention back to the boat

OldBoy:

A picture I took for the weekend competition. I didn't enter it because the reflections appeared too busy.

i find this pic quite appealing, it seems lopsided to the right slighlty (but i havent tried to level it) what i do like is the different views in each window, one view five different perspectives, in my view its well though out .great pic. cheers martyn

I would have to agree with oldboy though this just a personal view or opinion of mine and your envisionment of achiving that photo could have been drifferent. I would have used a polairizer and or adjusted the saturation of the blue channel(or whatever the primary sky color was) to bring out the sky more and then converted to B&W.

Oldboy I agree the reflections do look busy, perhaps some golden sunset lighting would have made it striking and burned out some of the reflections ofcourse this is all pending on the structure's location

Here's a recent parking garage photo I took a few days ago:

 

since I commented on 2 photos I get to upload one more?

 

esco:

I would have to agree with oldboy though this just a personal view or opinion of mine and your envisionment of achiving that photo could have been drifferent. I would have used a polairizer and or adjusted the saturation of the blue channel(or whatever the primary sky color was) to bring out the sky more and then converted to B&W.

Oldboy I agree the reflections do look busy, perhaps some golden sunset lighting would have made it striking and burned out some of the reflections ofcourse this is all pending on the structure's location

 

since I commented on 2 photos I get to upload one more?

 

Golden sunset - you must be joking it was a grey day, cold and dull. I forgotten what a sunset is. You are right, sunlight would have improved the photo but, I still think it was to much reflection as the subject was open and closed it distracted from the doors and therefore the subject.

Yes, you made comments on two pictures so, you could post again but it was in the same post so possible not.

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The Best Photographer in the world 4th November - 5th November 2006 & 17th-18 November 2007
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Here is a panorama I call "shooting for the sunset"

 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/escopr/shootingforthesunset.jpg

I figure i'd link it instead as to not make it hard to view on this page

I was shooting a pano of a park I goto periodically, had a photography buddy sort of in the way but I decided to shoot anyways reminding myself that having people in your landscape photos can be cool if it's done well it can add a sense of scale.

OK Here goes, usual disclaimer about this being my opinion, tell me to bog off if u like

Esco, The panorama shot is technically very good, BUT I would have shot it in the same direction as your friend, but close to the waters edge, this would have concentrated attention on the interaction between the light and water. Also you could have included the grass/bank/jetty to give some foreground interest.

As I said though, technically very good, Can't see the joins, which is very good (water is notoriously hard to join, cos its always moving). Additionally, I would have shot a couple with a telephoto lens + wideangle to get a good set of shots. (usually i take about 30-40 shots when doing a sunset).

OK, heres mine, Do your worst

The Ford Focus ST

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Rob, Really like the pic (love the car as well!). The only comment i'd make is that maybe the composition could maybe be tweaked a little, by showing the whole wheel and cropping out the light to the left of frame. Other than that, really liked it.

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nomadr:

first pic, boat in a harbour, i turned it to b&w with ps using channel mixer, any thoughts about making it better ? cheers martyn

OK, here goes. Firstly I find this picture cluttered. I am assuming that the subject is the large boat, but the following are distracting: the small boat; the bush on the left, the bright area on the left and the building on the sea wall. Secondly the sea wall isn't level. Getting to the subject, what was it that attracted you to it in the first place? Was it shape, colour, reflection? I think some dodge and burn would make the image stronger and bring that feature out. What might be nice would be to keep the b&w but leave the fenders in colour, including their reflections.

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OldBoy:

A picture I took for the weekend competition. I didn't enter it because the reflections appeared too busy.

The fact that this was taken for the weekend comp makes sense of the subject, but outside of that I don't find it an interesting or appealing subject. I think at best you would need to crop to the two inside doors, but a more interesting reflection is needed.

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