A few more pics....let me know what you think.
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reefman13
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Third pic is the one I like the most out of the reef pics.
But when iy comes down to all of them I am a softie when it comes to dogs. They look great. My mind is telling me that they are Pitbulls? They look to have a great personality.
Great pics, love the dogs
BTW the second Pit (I think) is a puppy?
But when iy comes down to all of them I am a softie when it comes to dogs. They look great. My mind is telling me that they are Pitbulls? They look to have a great personality.
Great pics, love the dogs
BTW the second Pit (I think) is a puppy?
They are Staffordshire Bull Terriers. They are closely realated to pitbulls. Think of them as the original pits. The second one is actually our oldest one she is 4, the white one is 3, and we have one more girl (not pictured) who is almost a year. She is suffering froma rare intestianl disease. There AKC standard is 14-17 Tall and 32-38lbs. Thanks for the compliments!! And let me tell they do have some great personality!!
Couple quick C&C's on the dogs.
First dog shot...Great angle! Always try to get down to their level for maximum effect. Depth of Field is ok but the focus point is off. Always try to focus on the animal's eye as that tends to be one of the most common "eye draw" points when someone looks at a picture. Aside from some fill-flash to bring up the shadow, not too bad.
Second dog shot...better lighting but needed to get down lower for more effect. Also needed to be a bit more to the left. For shots like this with "harsher lighting" you want the sun to be somewhat behind you but not totally....over a shoulder if you will. Puts more light on the subject, moves any potential shadows, etc. But the lighting you did have also helps to make some cool effects as can be seen if you look at the dog's eyes in that shot.
Overall, since you said you are new to the DSLR world, I think you are off to a GREAT start! Keep shooting!!!
First dog shot...Great angle! Always try to get down to their level for maximum effect. Depth of Field is ok but the focus point is off. Always try to focus on the animal's eye as that tends to be one of the most common "eye draw" points when someone looks at a picture. Aside from some fill-flash to bring up the shadow, not too bad.
Second dog shot...better lighting but needed to get down lower for more effect. Also needed to be a bit more to the left. For shots like this with "harsher lighting" you want the sun to be somewhat behind you but not totally....over a shoulder if you will. Puts more light on the subject, moves any potential shadows, etc. But the lighting you did have also helps to make some cool effects as can be seen if you look at the dog's eyes in that shot.
Overall, since you said you are new to the DSLR world, I think you are off to a GREAT start! Keep shooting!!!
maroun.c
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Guess you have the technical aspect covered as the pics quality is very good. Still there is little room to improve on it:
-All your pics are just a bit soft, this is not due to motion or handshake so I guess either yoru lens is not the sharpest one (which camera lens are you using?) this is not really a problem as it can be easily fixed with PP. making sure that you have no motion blurr and that your using the best glass you can afford is also important.
Closing in a bit more on your subject is better to avoid having dead space in the picture. Including a bit of the background is ok if it adds to the picture.
-you have to learn to use Deapth of Field correctly.
When you're focusing on Something 1/3 of the area in focus is in front of your focus point and 2/3 is behind it (remember reading that somewhere) so basically in shots like shot N 1 where your focus is on the clsoest point of the clam. and considering that there is no croping i think you must have focused and recomposed or else you have a backfocus issue. Bottom line some of the area in focus have been thrown out of the frame. it's better to focus halfway on the clam. also your area of focus is the one you want to show to people so focusing on the sarkest part of the clam is not desired I would focus on the protuberance in the middle of the clam and have a crisp shot showing it's detailed texture with more area in focus on both sides of the clam. I would remove that stone in front of it (physically or by post processing)
worst aspect of picture No 1 is that it's right in the middle basically having your pictures close to the third of the frame gives it a different perspective than just shooting this pbject. also inmcluding a passig fish in the frame can add some life in the picture (search for Rule of thirds)
Pic 2 still very close to the middle of the frame and yo ushot it at an angle which increases distortions through the glass . shoot perpendicular to the glass even if you loose the straight on perspective. if yo uinsist on being pararlle to the polyps rotate the stone for the picture. that will give you the crisp closeups. colours lack a bit of pop which can be brought up in PP as well as some sharpening.
Pic 3 your focus tells that your subject is your yelllow tang. if true why is his head and eye chopped by another fish. also I wouldn't take the picture with that white plastic tube in the frame. shoot in another position or use a wide aperture to blurr it in addition to adding blurr in PP.
Pic 4 very soft with a tang protruding that should be cut out. 2 plastic tubes. should be cropped to have the fish coming from upper corner with space to swim in but then you lose the stones that give a nice contrasty backround. should have been shot a bit ahead. or you can clone the stones to the right side and crop, still it's too soft due to bad focus or motion to do all that PP on it. Also cleaning glass and stopping your pumps prevents the green dots on the glass and the particules in the water from showing.
Pic5 The greatest one, a bit soft but that can be adjusted in PP you have a great eye contact in this picture. whish you had some more space in front of the dog to crop it and have the dog at the upper Right corner looking in the frame towards you that would have been perfect. You managed to take a nice capture under difficult light as the sun covering part of the dog just a bit more and yo uwould have blown the highlight. Fill flash would have opened the shadow in front of the dog without blowing highlights. Is that ball really green or is there a WB issue in this picture?
Last picture your subject should look in the frame not outside Still photography rules can be broken if you like the effect but with such serious expression for the dog without looking really aggressive I would have loved to see him looking at me.
This is all being Picky on your images you have some good shots with minimal things to improve. but if yo uwant to have perfect shots work on above issues and you'll see great difference.
-All your pics are just a bit soft, this is not due to motion or handshake so I guess either yoru lens is not the sharpest one (which camera lens are you using?) this is not really a problem as it can be easily fixed with PP. making sure that you have no motion blurr and that your using the best glass you can afford is also important.
Closing in a bit more on your subject is better to avoid having dead space in the picture. Including a bit of the background is ok if it adds to the picture.
-you have to learn to use Deapth of Field correctly.
When you're focusing on Something 1/3 of the area in focus is in front of your focus point and 2/3 is behind it (remember reading that somewhere) so basically in shots like shot N 1 where your focus is on the clsoest point of the clam. and considering that there is no croping i think you must have focused and recomposed or else you have a backfocus issue. Bottom line some of the area in focus have been thrown out of the frame. it's better to focus halfway on the clam. also your area of focus is the one you want to show to people so focusing on the sarkest part of the clam is not desired I would focus on the protuberance in the middle of the clam and have a crisp shot showing it's detailed texture with more area in focus on both sides of the clam. I would remove that stone in front of it (physically or by post processing)
worst aspect of picture No 1 is that it's right in the middle basically having your pictures close to the third of the frame gives it a different perspective than just shooting this pbject. also inmcluding a passig fish in the frame can add some life in the picture (search for Rule of thirds)
Pic 2 still very close to the middle of the frame and yo ushot it at an angle which increases distortions through the glass . shoot perpendicular to the glass even if you loose the straight on perspective. if yo uinsist on being pararlle to the polyps rotate the stone for the picture. that will give you the crisp closeups. colours lack a bit of pop which can be brought up in PP as well as some sharpening.
Pic 3 your focus tells that your subject is your yelllow tang. if true why is his head and eye chopped by another fish. also I wouldn't take the picture with that white plastic tube in the frame. shoot in another position or use a wide aperture to blurr it in addition to adding blurr in PP.
Pic 4 very soft with a tang protruding that should be cut out. 2 plastic tubes. should be cropped to have the fish coming from upper corner with space to swim in but then you lose the stones that give a nice contrasty backround. should have been shot a bit ahead. or you can clone the stones to the right side and crop, still it's too soft due to bad focus or motion to do all that PP on it. Also cleaning glass and stopping your pumps prevents the green dots on the glass and the particules in the water from showing.
Pic5 The greatest one, a bit soft but that can be adjusted in PP you have a great eye contact in this picture. whish you had some more space in front of the dog to crop it and have the dog at the upper Right corner looking in the frame towards you that would have been perfect. You managed to take a nice capture under difficult light as the sun covering part of the dog just a bit more and yo uwould have blown the highlight. Fill flash would have opened the shadow in front of the dog without blowing highlights. Is that ball really green or is there a WB issue in this picture?
Last picture your subject should look in the frame not outside Still photography rules can be broken if you like the effect but with such serious expression for the dog without looking really aggressive I would have loved to see him looking at me.
This is all being Picky on your images you have some good shots with minimal things to improve. but if yo uwant to have perfect shots work on above issues and you'll see great difference.
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maroun.c
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maybe its best to plan and compose your shots in areas where those don't show then take the picture when a fish goes in the frame.
at least do that till these get covered by coraline or by stone or corals....
As for your lens I never used it but had some bad experience with a 28-105 Promaster. I think it is a bit soft but using it on tripod would rule that better. also it's not as bad as the one I had as a simple USM would fix those pics.
keep shooting and posting.
at least do that till these get covered by coraline or by stone or corals....
As for your lens I never used it but had some bad experience with a 28-105 Promaster. I think it is a bit soft but using it on tripod would rule that better. also it's not as bad as the one I had as a simple USM would fix those pics.
keep shooting and posting.
