Me playing with my wifes new camera

[papasmurf]

gents here are a couple of pictures I took trying to figure out my wifes new camera .All of these are untouched straight out of the camera please tell me what you think


This is bella playing ball with a friend of mine
http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=8487


View from across the street from my house
http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=8486





Nick

[papasmurf]

and one more from across the street just a played with the zoom a bit

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=8485

[Xavier]

So did you had to ask the wife to play with the camera?
or did you sneaked it out?

What lens(es) did you end up getting?

[MarSellus Wallace]

Hi Nick, one general remark really, try to keep the camera horizontal. I hope you don't mind my criticism here, just thought of giving you some general advice. I was a mod for a photography forum, mind you :biggrin: .

Pic 1 is the best, but the horizon ought to be level. Also, try to crop out the grassy shore you were standing on, it is too distracting. Then, to make the picture more interesting, take it closer to the edge, wait until a boat comes closer (maybe on the foreground). Get as close to the edge as possible, but don't fall in, because there seems to be a lot of current in that river (mighty dangerous) :001_rolle The overall crop of the bridge is ok, but the sky is not interesting (grey) and the bridge is also too central in your picture. I'm not going to preach any rules here, but there is something called the rule of thirds which says that the subject of your picture must never be central in the frame.

Pic 2 is a nice action photo, but very difficult, and taking your camera to the limits, as there are about 8 stops (of light) difference between the sand and the black dog/black clothes. Again, the background is not interesting and too distracting. I would have changed my point of view and zoomed in on the dog and the man, maybe taken a low stance. Difficult (moving) subject also, and therefore, the pic isn't sharp enough.

Just my 2 cents, really, remember: have fun when taking pictures and follow your instincts. Cheers.

[Sabledog]

I tend to crop to square fairly often, leftover from using a Mamiya Twin Lens and seeing tons of Hasselblad shots, I think.

I would tend to use a wide aperture (f/2.8 or so, but try not to be your widest for sharpness purposes) to blur the background and give more distinction to the subjects.

[ouch]

Hi Nick, one general remark really, try to keep the camera horizontal.

Many new cameras have grid lines for the screen to help maintain plumb and level views, but they may be buried in the endless menu options.

[Jim]

Heres 30 seconds of adjustments can do on the first shot -

And the second one.

[copperhead]

Hi Nick, one general remark really, try to keep the camera horizontal. I hope you don't mind my criticism here, just thought of giving you some general advice. I was a mod for a photography forum, mind you :biggrin: .

Pic 1 is the best, but the horizon ought to be level. Also, try to crop out the grassy shore you were standing on, it is too distracting. Then, to make the picture more interesting, take it closer to the edge, wait until a boat comes closer (maybe on the foreground). Get as close to the edge as possible, but don't fall in, because there seems to be a lot of current in that river (mighty dangerous) :001_rolle The overall crop of the bridge is ok, but the sky is not interesting (grey) and the bridge is also too central in your picture. I'm not going to preach any rules here, but there is something called the rule of thirds which says that the subject of your picture must never be central in the frame.

Pic 2 is a nice action photo, but very difficult, and taking your camera to the limits, as there are about 8 stops (of light) difference between the sand and the black dog/black clothes. Again, the background is not interesting and too distracting. I would have changed my point of view and zoomed in on the dog and the man, maybe taken a low stance. Difficult (moving) subject also, and therefore, the pic isn't sharp enough.

Just my 2 cents, really, remember: have fun when taking pictures and follow your instincts. Cheers.

+1 and the most important piece of equipment in photography is a TRIPOD. The difference in quality of pictures is like night and day. If you already do not have one then get a quality tripod with a bubble level. Helps to get your pictures straight. BTW I really love:001_wub: the view. You lucky &$&$&(*:biggrin:

[JonEdangerousli]

+1 and the most important piece of equipment in photography is a TRIPOD. The difference in quality of pictures is like night and day. If you already do not have one then get a quality tripod with a bubble level. Helps to get your pictures straight. BTW I really love:001_wub: the view. You lucky &$&$&(*:biggrin:

If only I knew where to get one!

LMAO!

[MarSellus Wallace]

Heres 30 seconds of adjustments can do on the first shot -

And the second one.

Exactly what I meant, very nicely done...:thumbup1:

Now papasmurf, you must try to obtain the same result on the original pics. Good luck. :thumbup1: If you don't know how, ask Goose for advice. :biggrin:

[Xavier]

MarSellus has great points. Now, I don't want to put my photos up among all this crazy photo fanatics. But Nick remember, all of us keep improving our skills. I don't see a photo of mine without one criticism, usually focus or framing.

But here is my small contribution:
Photo 1: A 5 degree horizon tilt is all it took in Photoshop, and a zoom in would get rid of the distracting features. I agree with MarSellus about a different angle (one that shows your friend's face).
Photo 2: Much more interesting and hence more open to opinion. Suggested Crop Box cuts all the distracting features. Horizontal tilt was around 1 degree (not much, but noticeable on distant objects). Notice your photo has three different eye grabbing directions with the rail and sidewalk being the most dominant (and takes you away from the bridge). The other two work good for the image. The Sailboat, I almost missed, it would be nice if it was on the foreground more (but that is out of our control.)
Photo 3: not shown here, but is an improvement over photo 2, see you are already starting to get the hang of it.

Happy shooting!!!

[papasmurf]

Great input guys this is what I was hoping for I really was never intrested in photography until I held this camera it was such a diffrence over my point and shoot . Those pictures where among the first I had taken with the camera I am still learning what does what .

I do have a tripod just was not in the mood to take it out that day .


Xavier the lens I am using is the one that came with the camera I did not get a second(yet)


Hi Nick, one general remark really, try to keep the camera horizontal. I hope you don't mind my criticism here, just thought of giving you some general advice. I was a mod for a photography forum, mind you .

I do not mind the criticism That is why I posted the pictures so I can get some input on taking better pictures


So did you had to ask the wife to play with the camera?
or did you sneaked it out?

What lens(es) did you end up getting?

I did not have to ask permission .
the lens I am using is the one that came with the camera I did not get a second(yet)


Pic 1 is the best, but the horizon ought to be level. Also, try to crop out the grassy shore you were standing on, it is too distracting. Then, to make the picture more interesting, take it closer to the edge, wait until a boat comes closer (maybe on the foreground). Get as close to the edge as possible, but don't fall in, because there seems to be a lot of current in that river (mighty dangerous) The overall crop of the bridge is ok, but the sky is not interesting (grey)

The current in that river is crazy . That is the east river . that red bridge is called hells gate bridge they made a movie on it . ever since they put up that bridge the current over there has gone crazy I do not know why but that bridge changed some things around over there and many boats have gone down .



if you guys have any other secrets I should know please feel free to post them as I said I am learning how to use this thing and any help I can get will be great



Nick

[paydepst]

Nick in that first picture that guy appears to be holding Bella by the nose! :biggrin:

[papasmurf]

Nick in that first picture that guy appears to be holding Bella by the nose! :biggrin:



After you saying that I am noticing that more and more



Nick

[analog_kid]

I clicked on this on the recently updated threads page, it read:

"Me playing with my wifes..." :lol:

Darkroom you say? :lol: :lol: :lol:

[papasmurf]

I clicked on this on the recently updated threads page, it read:

"Me playing with my wifes..." :lol:

Darkroom you say? :lol: :lol: :lol:



And once you read "me playing my with my wifes" you just had to click huh???:lol:

[analog_kid]

And once you read "me playing my with my wifes" you just had to click huh???:lol:


It was an accident, I meant to click on the SOTD thread. Yeah...that's it! :lol: :lol: