youngtimothy
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just wanting some opinions on what to improve on. thanks
critique please!
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Mahlhavoc
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Looks good to me! Very nice images... But I had a "please critique" post up and asked about my camera (twice) and got ..*crickets*.. unless you are in the Faternity of 'Cool People That Work A $12k Camera' better know as... CaPT. WaC faternity, you probably won't get a response.
youngtimothy
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thanks. now for the stupid question, warm it up? I set it at 5900, higher number or smaller? I tried to take a referance photo but that was way off, (white plastic lid in tank) I was also told gray works better?
TitusvileSurfer
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The look a little soft, especially the middle two.
Phyl
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LOL on the Capt Wac club, but quite frankly most people looking for C&C don't really want to hear it.
These are nice shots, but here are my suggestions for improving them.
#1. The background is a bit distracting in that photo. The Fstop seems too high. The sun corals aren't orange enough. They should really pop back there. Hopefully pulling more of the blue out will help.
#2. The focus seems to be in front of the snails. Do you know exactly what your camera was focusing on? I'd like to see a little less of the rock foreground and a bit more of the black background. I like them off center though.
#3. I think this one would benefit from a tighter crop (and probably less blue as well).
#4. A tighter crop to get rid of the distracting blur in the front left corner, fix the white balance and a bit less DOF.
These are nice shots, but here are my suggestions for improving them.
#1. The background is a bit distracting in that photo. The Fstop seems too high. The sun corals aren't orange enough. They should really pop back there. Hopefully pulling more of the blue out will help.
#2. The focus seems to be in front of the snails. Do you know exactly what your camera was focusing on? I'd like to see a little less of the rock foreground and a bit more of the black background. I like them off center though.
#3. I think this one would benefit from a tighter crop (and probably less blue as well).
#4. A tighter crop to get rid of the distracting blur in the front left corner, fix the white balance and a bit less DOF.
The softness looks like normal digital softness. I think you can boost it nicely with a little sharpening.
They all look clean and in good focus. Composition looks good. Subjects in the center, while usually break the "rule of thirds", works in these types if aquarium photos.
Without knowing what kind of camera you have, I would agree with Phyl that if you have a SLR and access to faster lenses you might experiment with blurring your backgrounds where the background is distracting.
In general not bad though.
Mike
They all look clean and in good focus. Composition looks good. Subjects in the center, while usually break the "rule of thirds", works in these types if aquarium photos.
Without knowing what kind of camera you have, I would agree with Phyl that if you have a SLR and access to faster lenses you might experiment with blurring your backgrounds where the background is distracting.
In general not bad though.
Mike
TitusvileSurfer
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No, that is not normal digital softness. That is camera shake.
TitusvileSurfer
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He is using a Sony Alpha 100. His shutter speeds were 1/2 or 1/4. He needs access to faster lenses for the reason they are called "fast". He needs higher shutter speeds.
youngtimothy
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first of all I would like to say thanks for the reply's.
I guess I wasnt thinking of compasition on most of these, only the snails. I will keep that in mind. I was trying for the most DOF I could get in all of them, I can see where that can not always be good. I am limited on lens selection now I only have the kit lens and a 100 to 300 zoom, dont know exactly what they are right now as they are not with me right now . the lens I was using on these, I borrowed it was a minolta 100/2.6 (32)af lens 100 macro 100:2.6(32) 55 mm
as for camera shake, I used a tripod and timer mode, I dont think there could be any shake
thanks I'll keep trying, I enjoy taking tank pics
I guess I wasnt thinking of compasition on most of these, only the snails. I will keep that in mind. I was trying for the most DOF I could get in all of them, I can see where that can not always be good. I am limited on lens selection now I only have the kit lens and a 100 to 300 zoom, dont know exactly what they are right now as they are not with me right now . the lens I was using on these, I borrowed it was a minolta 100/2.6 (32)af lens 100 macro 100:2.6(32) 55 mm
as for camera shake, I used a tripod and timer mode, I dont think there could be any shake
thanks I'll keep trying, I enjoy taking tank pics
youngtimothy
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this is correct I'm using a sont alpha 100, now what I want to know is how you figured out all the other stuff. I've seen other people get picture info Is there a way to access this?
TitusvileSurfer
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Perhapse you missed the focus point then? I if you had a tripod and timer, camera shake should have been a non-issue. Just for kicks I would research "Mirror Lockup".
Look up "Exif Viewer". If you are using Firefox I can link you right to it. If you are using Internet Explorer or some other browser then I don't know.
youngtimothy
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Look up "Exif Viewer". If you are using Firefox I can link you right to it. If you are using Internet Explorer or some other browser then I don't know. [/B][/QUOTE]
thanks I found one. should be helpful
thanks I found one. should be helpful
maroun.c
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Could the softness be related to shooting at angle to the glass? Maybe just a small oblique angle not strong enough to cause distortions but enough to cause that mild softness?
Still nice pictures. I would have cut down a bit on the ezposure of the 1st one as your already blowing a bit of the highlights of your main subject.
Still nice pictures. I would have cut down a bit on the ezposure of the 1st one as your already blowing a bit of the highlights of your main subject.
