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b00st4ddicted · Aug 10, 2005, 7:09 PM

My first few photos, and I guess this is the best out of the few that I really liked, please tell me how i can improve, and tell me how did. Thanks!

surfnron · Aug 10, 2005, 7:26 PM

They seem to be a little dark to me. It could be my monitor though...:shock:

Ron

Hards80 · Aug 10, 2005, 7:29 PM

also, when you do get the upload to work.. please place each photo in seperate thread to help focus critiques.. thanks!

b00st4ddicted · Aug 10, 2005, 7:58 PM

for some reason, i can upload the pic =\ it's only 2.24 meg...too big ?

b00st4ddicted · Aug 10, 2005, 8:00 PM

try again

Hards80 · Aug 10, 2005, 8:09 PM

i like this shot alot..the composition is very good indeed.... my only critiques is that the horizon is a few degrees off to the counterclockwise.. and a lil unsharp mask would be nice to sharpen things up a bit..

nice intro shot indeed.. thanks for sharing..

dustin

b00st4ddicted · Aug 10, 2005, 8:44 PM

thanks for the comments! i had such a hard time getting the horizon to be straight hahaha... i shot this while i was fishing, and the grass around me was just soft and bumpy. on top of everything, the tripod keeps on wobbling =\ any suggestions on an inexpensive but a good tripod? thanks again.

Hards80 · Aug 11, 2005, 1:32 AM

you may do a search for dynatran tripods on ebay.. they make some knock-off monfrotta like tripods that i hear are quite good.. and if you do your bidding right you can get them quite cheap..

LBoy · Aug 11, 2005, 4:32 AM

Hi,

This is a great shot and has more potential. If you don't mind manipulating your photographs that is.

Yip - first off rotate to get the horizon - horizontal. then crop. If it was me I would then take the right hand stack of boats - all bar the first one in the distance and slide them back along their converging axis. Till the red boat was in line with the yellow one a little more. Even if I had to add more to theright hand canvas size.Then fill in another small boat detail in the gap.

Its not an easy mod, but can be done with various PS techniques. I'm notnormally one forsymmetry at the best of time, but for this shot it my add more impact.

All the same a great shot as it stands... Good stuff.

julies517 · Aug 11, 2005, 10:53 AM

this is very nice, personally i'd like to see a bit cropped from the bottom. nice effort though!

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Aug 10, 2005, 7:09 PM	#1
b00st4ddicted Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 20	My first few photos, and I guess this is the best out of the few that I really liked, please tell me how i can improve, and tell me how did. Thanks!

Aug 10, 2005, 7:26 PM	#2
surfnron Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 578	They seem to be a little dark to me. It could be my monitor though...:shock: Ron

Aug 10, 2005, 7:29 PM	#3
Hards80 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 9,046	also, when you do get the upload to work.. please place each photo in seperate thread to help focus critiques.. thanks!

Aug 10, 2005, 7:58 PM	#4
b00st4ddicted Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 20	for some reason, i can upload the pic =\ it's only 2.24 meg...too big ?

Aug 10, 2005, 8:09 PM	#6
Hards80 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 9,046	i like this shot alot..the composition is very good indeed.... my only critiques is that the horizon is a few degrees off to the counterclockwise.. and a lil unsharp mask would be nice to sharpen things up a bit.. nice intro shot indeed.. thanks for sharing.. dustin

Aug 10, 2005, 8:44 PM	#7
b00st4ddicted Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 20	thanks for the comments! i had such a hard time getting the horizon to be straight hahaha... i shot this while i was fishing, and the grass around me was just soft and bumpy. on top of everything, the tripod keeps on wobbling =\ any suggestions on an inexpensive but a good tripod? thanks again.

Aug 11, 2005, 1:32 AM	#8
Hards80 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 9,046	you may do a search for dynatran tripods on ebay.. they make some knock-off monfrotta like tripods that i hear are quite good.. and if you do your bidding right you can get them quite cheap..

Aug 11, 2005, 4:32 AM	#9
LBoy Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 661	Hi, This is a great shot and has more potential. If you don't mind manipulating your photographs that is. Yip - first off rotate to get the horizon - horizontal. then crop. If it was me I would then take the right hand stack of boats - all bar the first one in the distance and slide them back along their converging axis. Till the red boat was in line with the yellow one a little more. Even if I had to add more to theright hand canvas size.Then fill in another small boat detail in the gap. Its not an easy mod, but can be done with various PS techniques. I'm notnormally one forsymmetry at the best of time, but for this shot it my add more impact. All the same a great shot as it stands... Good stuff.

Aug 11, 2005, 10:53 AM	#10
julies517 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 851	this is very nice, personally i'd like to see a bit cropped from the bottom. nice effort though!