The Demon's Project 365 2013 Thread
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WileyCoyote
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Is that a rocket ship taking off in the center right side of the photo?
Nero
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I could go back to the original. lol
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
And here's a picture similar to the first one I posted but not nearly as edited. This is pretty much how the first one came out too, but I edited that one for kind of a much darker look.
Darker did not work. This one really does not either. blown out sky and houses in muddy shadows. Now the flower is nice.
Nero
Senior Member
Well I think that one has some decent qualities at least, I mean the trees look kinda cool and at least the houses aren't blurry even though they're in shadows. XD But I think out of the 70 or so shots I took, only a few turned out decent.
Nero
Senior Member
That's why I'm here.
As already said, shooting right into the sun is very difficult. I have rarely been successful doing that. Do you have a lens hood/shade for your lens? If not, I would suggest it. All my lenses, except my 2 macro lenses, each have a lens hood. Just a suggestion.
I, too, like the rose. Nice shot. Don't take the comments people make as negative. Getting feedback is how we all learn. When I first started doing photography seriously, my father would tell me what I did wrong and how to fix it. He was not the most diplomatic at times, but really did learn a lot. I am still learning, and I have been taking photos for over 40 years.
Keep posting your photos. Don't be afraid to ask for help and guidance. You will be surprised how much you can learn. Also, take a look at other people's photos. You can learn a lot by just looking at what others do.
Don't give up and don't think people are being critical. We all started at the same place. Enjoy photography. That's the main thing. I hope to see more of your photos. Summer is a great time to get out and take pictures.
I, too, like the rose. Nice shot. Don't take the comments people make as negative. Getting feedback is how we all learn. When I first started doing photography seriously, my father would tell me what I did wrong and how to fix it. He was not the most diplomatic at times, but really did learn a lot. I am still learning, and I have been taking photos for over 40 years.
Keep posting your photos. Don't be afraid to ask for help and guidance. You will be surprised how much you can learn. Also, take a look at other people's photos. You can learn a lot by just looking at what others do.
Don't give up and don't think people are being critical. We all started at the same place. Enjoy photography. That's the main thing. I hope to see more of your photos. Summer is a great time to get out and take pictures.
Oh so true. It's interesting and amusing to look back through your photo's as a beginner and you can see where you started to figure things out.
WhiteLight
Senior Member
The second pic is SO much better than the first one 
The only way you could've saved that shot is if you had shot with a graduated filter..
and perhaps multiple exposures so you get all regions correctly exposed..
The only way you could've saved that shot is if you had shot with a graduated filter..
and perhaps multiple exposures so you get all regions correctly exposed..
Kias
Senior Member
Keep shooting! Don't stop shooting!
Before I continue, I was just wondering what software you're using to post-process your photos, and are you shooting in RAW or JPG?
Anyway... Don't stop shooting! Don't ever stop shooting!
This is the Project 365 area, so you may not get all the help you want here. But do keep posting a picture here whether it's bad or good! Not everyone goes through here all the time, so replies might be a little on the short side. But do keep shooting! Heck, I was dead sick and posted a shot of my shoe. No processing, just snapped it and uploaded it.
If you take a photo every single day, and then post it. You will get better. However, if you want help, your best bet is to put the photo in a critiquing section of the board.
I don't normally post photos in others people 365 project thread, but I want you to look at something. I'll keep 'em small though, so click on 'em if you want to look at them bigger.
When I first got my camera 7 months ago I posted this photo in one of the critiquing sections here.
I immediately got ripped a new one!
Not in a bad way though. Tons of suggestions on what I did wrong poured into my brain from the awesome people here. It turned out that I thought it was a good picture, because I'm a Halloween freak, and that's how I like my shadows!
Well, not anymore! (Unless I want a Halloween shot.) I took every suggestion made, dumped it in my brain and shook it around a while, as we all know not to stir it. Then, I tried again.
The very next try came out pretty good, I think. I used what I had learned here.
When you're starting out, taking 70 photos and none of them are any good? Well, that's about par for the course. Don't just waste your photos though. Look at each one. Look at the settings. Try and think what settings you can change to make it better, and most importantly WHY it would make it better. It's too easy to just delete photos and never learn from them because it's all digital. If you need help, get them critiqued! Just never stop shooting!
IMHO, Project 365 is to help you make yourself a better photographer. If you go through my P365 from day 1 to right now, you'll see my progression. The photos are getting better. I've noticed it, my wife has noticed it, heck even my mother-in-law said something the other day about it! (Brownie points!) You will see photos in my P365 that you can tell I just didn't care. I was sick, wasn't feeling good, too tired, or my brain was ready to explode from too much information, but I never stop shooting!
Like, just yesterday, I shot a little over 250 photos using different flash settings, on a tripod, the scene never changed, but I learned a lot! I almost obsess over the settings trying to figure out how to make it better! I didn't like any of them, so they eventually wound up deleted. I could probably walk out there right now though and get the photo I want in just a few shots. I'll probably do that this weekend though. Stupid cement bunny...
They say your first 10,000 photos are your worst ones! If that's the case, I still have 2,079 to go before I even get one good shot!
As far as your photos of the houses and grass... I'd just chuck 'em and don't look back! Keep learning from your mistakes and move forward! Get out there and try again! and again! and again! It's digital, it's cheap.
Never stop shooting!