First time!

Chase_

Senior Member
First time using my d3000! Can you give me some feedback on these please?
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Lawrence

Senior Member
Chase if you want feedback here please read the rules.
One photo at a time and I think there is a limit as to how many you can post in a day.
I am not sure exactly but just check.
You can imagine how cumbersome it becomes trying to help with more than 1 photo when there are a bunch of friendly and talented folk all hollering at once! :)
 

Eyelight

Senior Member
This forum is for forum related feedback & suggestions, so members may not realize it's here looking for feedback on photos. But I'm betting if we mention [MENTION=6277]Don Kuykendall[/MENTION] , he or another mod will kindly move it to the Photo Feedback forum.

Looks like you are getting to know the D3100.
 

Chase_

Senior Member
This forum is for forum related feedback & suggestions, so members may not realize it's here looking for feedback on photos. But I'm betting if we mention [MENTION=6277]Don Kuykendall[/MENTION] , he or another mod will kindly move it to the Photo Feedback forum.

Looks like you are getting to know the D3100.

Thank you, that'd be nice to get it moved. Sorry for the mistake
 

Moab Man

Senior Member
Welcome Chase. I'm going to assume you are a young man and not yet an adult based on your picture and what you were shooting. If this is correct... that's really cool and I expect that one day you will be a phenomenal photographer starting young and gaining lots of practice.

As my Kiwi friend Lawrence said, one photo at a time per day for photo critiquing. But, I expect that you have great enthusiasm so I will go one-by-one in additional post after this one.
 

Chase_

Senior Member
Welcome Chase. I'm going to assume you are a young man and not yet an adult based on your picture and what you were shooting. If this is correct... that's really cool and I expect that one day you will be a phenomenal photographer starting young and gaining lots of practice.

As my Kiwi friend Lawrence said, one photo at a time per day for photo critiquing. But, I expect that you have great enthusiasm so I will go one-by-one in additional post after this one.

Yes. Still in hs sadly. But thank you very much! Where exactly should I post these? If this is the wrong place
 

Moab Man

Senior Member
Woody

The focus seems soft, yet looking at your other pictures, which are sharper, I'm thinking something was off and it's not a lens quality issue.

As the photo is shot you have a lot of empty space around Woody that doesn't contribute to the photo. It would need to be cropped tighter or shot closer depending on how close the lens will allow you to get.

This is common through each of your photos - you need to look up and study the "rule of thirds" so you better know how to compose your shots. Of course, with all rules there is a time to break them, but you really want to understand the rule before you strike out to break it. Here is a link that gives you a quick read on it. Rule of Thirds - Digital Photography School
 

Eyelight

Senior Member
Yes. Still in hs sadly. But thank you very much! Where exactly should I post these? If this is the wrong place

The mods should be able to move it and if not advise.

For future reference, the Photo Feedback forum is in the Learning section under Photo Evaluation. It is not restricted to 1 photo per day. It is the Photo Critique Forum that is 1 per day.
 

Chase_

Senior Member
Woody

The focus seems soft, yet looking at your other pictures, which are sharper, I'm thinking something was off and it's not a lens quality issue.

As the photo is shot you have a lot of empty space around Woody that doesn't contribute to the photo. It would need to be cropped tighter or shot closer depending on how close the lens will allow you to get.

This is common through each of your photos - you need to look up and study the "rule of thirds" so you better know how to compose your shots. Of course, with all rules there is a time to break them, but you really want to understand the rule before you strike out to break it. Here is a link that gives you a quick read on it. Rule of Thirds - Digital Photography School

I'll read it now!
 

Moab Man

Senior Member
Porsche's

This applies to both photos - rule of thirds again. The car is placed smack in the middle of the snapshot. Generally not a good thing to do as it gives it that snapshot feel as opposed to a thought out photograph. Shooting this image again I would tell you to pick up any car magazine and look at how the cars are presented. A flat side shot is very two dimensional. You could also go up to the search in the upper right corner of this forum and type in cars. You can find some really great examples of how to shoot a car and this would still apply to a Hotwheels Porsche 959 as it would a real car.

This applies to all photos, pay close attention to what's behind what you are trying to show. In the Woody photo you have a distracting tree and branch. Porsche has a snow bank and other things going on.

You can continue posting to your thread, the moderators will move it to the appropriate forum category if they want.

Don't sweat being in HS. This gives you the time to get far ahead of us all at our current age :)
 

Moab Man

Senior Member
Rusty wire.

Why? Why am I looking at it? The photo looks like I am standing there looking down on the wire - so what. When presenting something like this wire you need to find a different way to show it to me than the way I would see it normally everyday if I was walking through the field.

This is a photo to keep around because one day, and it won't take long, you're going to look back at this photo and say what was I doing? However, don't take it personally, you're learning and we have all at some time saw something like that wire and thought how cool this will look, but didn't know how to present it.
 

Moab Man

Senior Member
Road shot

I suspect you stumbled upon a technique of photography, but had no idea what you were doing with it - leading lines.

Leading lines are things in a picture that take to to something. In your photo you have great leading lines between the road, lines on the road, and the power lines, but they are leading me to what? The "what" or destination is missing.

Here is a great write-up with pictures on leading lines done by our own Horoscope Fish. You will need to read it a number of times as it has some pretty heavy reading to get started with, but the pictures will really help you to understand.

http://nikonites.com/tutorials/18482-composition-3-leading-lines.html#axzz3SuDlIAg4

Again, welcome to the forum and I hope you stick with it. GOOD photography is something that has really been lost and unappreciated by your generation.
 

Chase_

Senior Member
Road shot

I suspect you stumbled upon a technique of photography, but had no idea what you were doing with it - leading lines.

Leading lines are things in a picture that take to to something. In your photo you have great leading lines between the road, lines on the road, and the power lines, but they are leading me to what? The "what" or destination is missing.

Here is a great write-up with pictures on leading lines done by our own Horoscope Fish. You will need to read it a number of times as it has some pretty heavy reading to get started with, but the pictures will really help you to understand.

http://nikonites.com/tutorials/18482-composition-3-leading-lines.html#axzz3SuDlIAg4

Again, welcome to the forum and I hope you stick with it. GOOD photography is something that has really been lost and unappreciated by your generation.

Would the woody picture be a semi-decent picture of the rule of thirds kinda??
 

Moab Man

Senior Member
Here are the third lines for Woody.

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Cropped putting woody on the thirds and getting rid of all the dead space. Gets rid of the distracting tree in the back and brings you to the point of interest - Woody.
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Eyelight

Senior Member
I think the original Woody shot with all that empty space says, "Buzz went off and left me.", and the slight tilt says Buzz leaving has had a emotional impact on Woody.

Edited to add: Course, I kind of like the rusty wire shot too. It's a wire that should be taut. Now it has lost the tension, the wrap and is old, weak and limp.
 
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Eyelight

Senior Member
I was aiming to mention that the [MENTION=11881]Moab Man[/MENTION] info is good info. Listen to all, but still do what you want to do. Shoot them as you see them.
 

Carroll

Senior Member
In my opinion, the rusty wire shot would make a really good Black and White art shot...and would make excellent PP practice..

Have fun, @Chase_ look forward to your seeing your images!
 
Here are the third lines for Woody.

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Cropped putting woody on the thirds and getting rid of all the dead space. Gets rid of the distracting tree in the back and brings you to the point of interest - Woody.
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This is a great idea for teaching people. IS this just a overlay you made that you can bring in when necessary? I am stealing the idea for a couple of people I am working with locally.
 
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