[Railroader]

Originally Posted by Mastrap 

^ That's why we have mattes

You still lose a little bit.

Originally Posted by iranfromthezoo 

Heres mine! The first one is a reflection of the Q siren on a fire truck. The second one is taken of the gear wall at the fire dept.... Kind of gives a sense of waiting on the next call.

I really like this shot. I have tried reflection shots before but have never been very successful. The diamond plate in both the reflection and the background are a nice touch. I am a little uneasy about the color balance though. It looks a little "Matrix-like". I think this shot may look very nice in black and white.

Here is a picture I took last weekend during a bike-a-thon I was photographing. I was setting up for the bikers and noticed the wild flower path and thought it would look good int he foreground of the biker shots. Looking closer I saw the bee loaded up with pollen. I took about a hundred shots and this was the best one. Very difficult to capture.

[- - e r i k - -]

That is an awesome shot! Great job RR!

[Railroader]

Thanks Erik. Here's another "keeper":

[mdc]

Very nice Railroader. Which lens were you using?

[Railroader]

Canon 200mm f/2.8L II USM with my Rebel XTi and a cheap UV filter.

[IceEnclosure]

i'm too lazy to critique well, but quite a few nice pics. Here's a few I've taken recently that I think are interesting. P&S Sony with dust in the lens. : \


Driving on overpass from 595E to I-95N looking at downtown Fort Lauderdale.


Taken the same day, a bit of calm after the storm. Fort Lauderdale Beach.




Nice sky in the backyard. Papaya tree is my neighbor's.




Oh, and ca$h's "tips" in this thread are retarded.

[Jawbone54]

Trying to resurrect the photography talk in here...

Here are a few shots I took of my wife in our backyard last Saturday. I'm trying to build up a portfolio so I can start advertising a bit, and my wife was one of my first subjects...

I know you guys have the ability to be brutally honest, so tell me what you think I can do differently to get more out of these shots.

[mdc]

I like the first and the third shots.

The first photo is really nice because the fence isn't distracting, and I really like how you can't see her hat.

The second photo is nice, but I feel that the fence is too distracting in this one and because it's higher than your wife her hat stands out far too much. Her hat becomes this solid black object that, in my opinion, draws your attention away from the rest of the photo; especially if your eyes move towards her face. The chair, and the light on it, is great, but I don't feel that the wooden fence background works well with the chair.

The third photo is great. Nothing more to say, great photo.

There's something about the fourth photo which I'm just not crazy about. The subject and lighting are very nice, but I think the dulled colours just don't work with me.

All in all, I think you did a great job.

[brassplayersrock²]

a few of my "keepers" I haven't edited any of them, and I have recently recieved Aperture, so any tips to a novice would be great. thanks in advance

Alex

ps, in the last picture, I had my zoom lense on, and the darkening in the corners is due to the main main lense being retracted a lil to much

edit: these are all in Boston

[NewCarsAreStupid]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

Trying to resurrect the photography talk in here...

Here are a few shots I took of my wife in our backyard last Saturday. I'm trying to build up a portfolio so I can start advertising a bit, and my wife was one of my first subjects...

I know you guys have the ability to be brutally honest, so tell me what you think I can do differently to get more out of these shots.

More cleavage.

PS: Is she like 17? Just asking.

[NewCarsAreStupid]

Star wars figures doing funny things.

[NewCarsAreStupid]

[NewCarsAreStupid]

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by NewCarsAreStupid 

Ooo, I like that one.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by NewCarsAreStupid 

More cleavage.

PS: Is she like 17? Just asking.

Ha! We're pentecostal. Neeeeever gonna happen.

22, actually. I'm sure she'd be thrilled if I told her that someone thought she was a bit younger though.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock² 

I really, really, really like this picture! Great job.

I tried Aperture for a while, but fell in love with Lightroom, which I use exclusively now for photo organization. It provides most of the editing tools I need, too, but you can click Cmmd+E and it sends the picture straight to Photoshop. Pretty cool stuff.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by mdc 

I like the first and the third shots.

The first photo is really nice because the fence isn't distracting, and I really like how you can't see her hat.

The second photo is nice, but I feel that the fence is too distracting in this one and because it's higher than your wife her hat stands out far too much. Her hat becomes this solid black object that, in my opinion, draws your attention away from the rest of the photo; especially if your eyes move towards her face. The chair, and the light on it, is great, but I don't feel that the wooden fence background works well with the chair.

The third photo is great. Nothing more to say, great photo.

There's something about the fourth photo which I'm just not crazy about. The subject and lighting are very nice, but I think the dulled colours just don't work with me.

All in all, I think you did a great job.

First off, thank you very much for the feedback.

Now that you've pointed out some things about picture #2, it's opened up a bit to me. I never liked it quite as much as the first, and didn't really know why. I think you're right about the fence in the back.

I goofed around a bit too much with picture #4. I eventually got to a point where I thought, you know, that looks pretty cool like that. After I uploaded it to Flickr, I went back and looked at the original. I should have just added a bit of vignette and pumped up the colors a bit, rather than the other way around.

Thanks again for the CC!

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

Ooo, I like that one.

Seconded! Really cool shot.

[NewCarsAreStupid]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

Ha! We're pentecostal. Neeeeever gonna happen.

22, ac