Thread: new to photography

No need to critique, great stuff mate.
Glad to have you on-board!.

Cheers
Trev.

Robyn, That moon shot is very nice...
What sort of gear are you using, please??
Cheers, crowie

Originally Posted by robyn2839

here are a coupe of my first shots for critique

No ones critiquing so I will pitch in with some hopefully constructive comments.
Bear in mind that most of this is subjective and you might have reasons for what you did that don't appear obvious to me.
My comments are along the lines of what I provide to photography students.

Photo 1:
Try to fill more of the frame with the subject. Its pretty common for newbies to place the head of a subject in the middle of the shot but this often leaves a large empty space at the top of the shot.
This subject may work better as a portrait shot.
Photo 2:
I'm not quite sure what you are trying to do with this shot. the botton edge is blurry ? If it's about texture then getting more depth of field so that more of the skin is focussed would improve it.
If you are try to show the eyes then they should be in focus and it's generally better to show so of the subject in front of the eyes or what the subject is look towards rathe than the area behind the eyes.
Photo 3
Also has a large unfilled space on the right and the primary subject is in the middle - I'd move the flower to the upper right and show more of the leaves - even if they are out of focus. I reckon it and Photo 5 would be better shots if the stamens were in focus so more depth of field, probably needs a tripod to increase this.
Photo 6
Looks like a bit of camera shake or the subject moved an dnot quite focussed with this one. Tripod, higher shutter speed and higher ISO would help improve this. A bit too much space in front of he parrot as well.

I hope this is useful. Like I said - subjective but some things to think about next time you pick up the camera.

All the photos except for the moon shot are a little flat and would benefit from some increased contrast and brightening - this can be done on the computer.

Originally Posted by crowie

Robyn, That moon shot is very nice...
What sort of gear are you using, please??
Cheers, crowie

Nikon D5000 and nikor 18-300 lens .bob