Some of my first photo's

K!LL!@N

I just got a new digicam on my trip to the US.
These are some pics i took.
For those interested the camera is a Kodak Dx6490.

The pics have been resized to 1024x768.

All opinions welcome.
Any tips/pointers would also be appreciated.

This one was taken close to sunset at about 9000 feet, in Squaw Valley which was the site for the 1960 winter olympics near Lake Tahoe.


This one was taken in the park beside the Exploratorium in San Francisco.


This one is a composite of a number of pics i took of San Francisco Bay.
I know that the seams are obvious, and i'm not bothered by that but some of the seams stand out too much so i may spend a bit more time with this in photoshop.



Killian

chewy

very nice

*Sinéad*

very soothing, I like the rain one.

can I point something ,irrespective of your pictures, out? It's just you wrote photo's, with an apostrophe, you don't use an apostrophe for plural.(no matter how often you've seen, people just don't realise)

You use it for owner ship like- mark's photos.
The photo's viberance.
the girl's coats.(1 girl)
the girls' coats.(2+girls)

a letter missing- don't, 'tis, also for writing slang for example, or an accent-sittin' as apposed to sitting.

plurals of letters- she received 5 B's in her exams.

also for the plural of foreign words(can't think of an example, but not always used)

this might sound irrelevant-but think about it-

dick's in-tray-richard's in-tray.
dicks in-tray-different meaning.

**** out-racist message.
******'s out- but he'll be back later

Benster

Jesus, Killian, I bet you're sorry you posted here at all after that grammar lesson...

(that sort of nit-picking really annoys me)

Anyway, the photos...

I can see where you were going with No1, those plants catch the light very well, but the lens flare spoils it a bit for me. It's chasing a lot of the colour out of the pic and is getting in the way of the real objective, the scene before you. Having the lens shaded a bit will cut that out in future.

No2 is well caught, I like it. Sort of a fairytale thing going on there.

No3, well you're right about the seams, but ignoring those it's a great idea. I would perhaps make two panoramics out of them, not one big one. Have one of the Golden Gate bridge extending all the way to the land behind it and another one of the skyscraper city extending from the bay to the first wooded area on it's right.

Where are you getting the roll of inkjet paper to print that BTW?

Cheers,

B.

K!LL!@N

Benster wrote:

Jesus, Killian, I bet you're sorry you posted here at all after that grammar lesson...

(that sort of nit-picking really annoys me)

Anyway, the photos...

I can see where you were going with No1, those plants catch the light very well, but the lens flare spoils it a bit for me. It's chasing a lot of the colour out of the pic and is getting in the way of the real objective, the scene before you. Having the lens shaded a bit will cut that out in future.

No2 is well caught, I like it. Sort of a fairytale thing going on there.

No3, well you're right about the seams, but ignoring those it's a great idea. I would perhaps make two panoramics out of them, not one big one. Have one of the Golden Gate bridge extending all the way to the land behind it and another one of the skyscraper city extending from the bay to the first wooded area on it's right.

Where are you getting the roll of inkjet paper to print that BTW?

Cheers,

B.

Thanks for the constructive comments B.
I can't be bothered responding to the grammar lesson.

You're right about the first pic.
It is spoiled a bit by the lens flare but i was trying to catch the light rays being cast through the trees and i couldn't see them as well when i stood in the shadows.
I really should have taken more than one pic of the scene though.
Live and learn eh.

I hadn't intended printing the panoramic...hehe.
If was going to frame it or something, i'd print the individual pics and put them together, but that would be pretty tough.

I don't actually have a printer to print from yet.
I don't know how cost effective they are.
I see that boots have the new Kodak kiosks in most of their shops.
I might pop down and see how much they're charging per print.
I'd imagine i'd get decent prints from a Kodak camera on a Kodak print station.

Killian

ZENER

@ *sinead*

Couldn't agree more ! Go here for more details !
http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/

@ K!LL!@N

I can see what you're trying to do with the Lens flare, nice idea but perhaps just a little too much. The light striking the back of those flowers is beautiful, did you take any closer in pictures? Try cropping in a bit tighter to loose the power lines at the top and up the contrast a bit in PS.

The panoramic shot is amazing I like it alot. The seams are not too bad and the exposures are consistant so it could make a brilliant poster with a little cleanup work. I'm looking at the phote on a 23" Apple Cimema Display and it's a sight to behold !

The backlit water shower is missing a focal point IMO.

I like your ideas, don't stop experimenting and don't take criticism to heart photography is a very personal thing - if the pictures make you happy then that's all that matters, if they make someone else happy then that's a bonus !

Good Luck

ZEN

K!LL!@N

ZENER wrote:

@ *sinead*

Couldn't agree more ! Go here for more details !
http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/

@ K!LL!@N

I can see what you're trying to do with the Lens flare, nice idea but perhaps just a little too much. The light striking the back of those flowers is beautiful, did you take any closer in pictures? Try cropping in a bit tighter to loose the power lines at the top and up the contrast a bit in PS.

The panoramic shot is amazing I like it alot. The seams are not too bad and the exposures are consistant so it could make a brilliant poster with a little cleanup work. I'm looking at the phote on a 23" Apple Cimema Display and it's a sight to behold !

The backlit water shower is missing a focal point IMO.

I like your ideas, don't stop experimenting and don't take criticism to heart photography is a very personal thing - if the pictures make you happy then that's all that matters.

Good Luck

ZEN

I won't take any criticism to heart not even the criticism of my apostrophe use.
Everyone sees something in the photos they take that's why they take them but if i can make my stuff look better then suggestions are most welcome.


I didn't think i had anymore pics of those flowers but i actually do.

This one is kind of nice, i think.




This is another pic that i took in the same area.
But it looks like different place, even though it was right behind me.





I've left those uncropped but i'm going to crop them now.

If you have time, maybe you could crop them in a way that you think would be nice and i'll compare my crops to yours.

Killian

ZENER

Ok ok I get the picture (pun) you've been holding out, those are nice shots - the wider shot of that field is much more like it and that blue sky and wierd tree - brilliant ! What else are you not showing us ? ( :eek:)

ZEN

K!LL!@N

I have some macro shots that i took as well.
I haven't even really had a chance to go through all the pics i took yet.










It's getting late, so i'll leave it at that.
This thread is gonna be a nightmate for anyone on 56k, sorry folks.

Killian

ZENER

The blue butterfly shot is amazing, if you were to be hyper-critical you would say a top down shot would have been interesting. With basically only 2 colours - blue and green at has a monotone quality that can be exploited to make some interesting compositions. Picture a photo in 4 quarters in each quarter is the same picture in monochrome but the butterfly is a different colour in each on a black and white background.

This might be one of the corners:



ZEN

K!LL!@N

I only have the one shot of the blue butterfly.
I wasn't able to get a top down shot as it flew off before i got in position.


Here's something i tried with your suggestion.




Killian

*Sinéad*

i wasn't trying to be nasty or anything by the way, just spreading the word
Can anybody tell me how to post pictures?In layman's terms please.
thanks.

acous

Can anybody tell me how to post pictures?

The easiest way is to attach it to your post. when posting a message scroll down to "manage attachments". The rest should be self explanatory.

alleepally

Nice macro shots!

Benster

Killian (sorry, faster to type than your real nick ), as Zener said, you've been holding out on us... These pics you have now posted show you have an eye for a good shot, methinks.

That shot of the butterfly with its rear to the camera took my breath away, it is such a clean shot it could be CGI rendered.

Mind you, the Photoshopping thing can be taken a but too far, IMO, but then sometimes it can be good craic just to mess about and see what you come up with.

Send in some more, sure this looks like a broadband-only thread now anyway

B

Nala

*Sin&#233 wrote: »

i wasn't trying to be nasty or anything by the way, just spreading the word

That should be a capital I.

*Sin&#233 wrote: »

Can anybody tell me how to post pictures?In layman's terms please.
thanks.

There should be a space there between "pictures?" and "In".

New sentences begin with a capital letter. "Thanks".


Killian- Love the butterfly pictures! Especially the one of the blue butterfly.

gobby

They are fantastic pics man. Please post some more. Post the cropped version of the photo with the strange looking tree. I'd say it would look fantastic after a bit of photoshoppage...

Valentia

Love the photos. You definitely have an eye for it.

I like the panorama. If you want to avoid joins set the camera on manual exposure and pick a white balance. What I mean is don't leave it on auto white balance as the balance will change with each shot creating similar problems to auto exposing. Doing these things avoids all the post processing stuff.

Keep up the good work!

Valentia

K!LL!@N

Thanks for all the great comments.
I've run out of space on my boards hosting so i'll have to organise some other hosting that i can link to.

You're totally right about using manual settings, Valentia.
As i was shooting from left to right, i was getting closer to the sunset and the exposure was being compensated for automatically.

I have an idea for some more panoramic shots, i'm just waiting for a nice day so i can get out and take them.

Killian

K!LL!@N

I've sorted out my iol webspace, so i've got 100Mb of hosting now for pics.

Anyway, here's another shot i took which i really like.




Killian

acous

neev wrote:

That should be a capital I.
There should be a space there between "pictures?" and "In".
New sentences begin with a capital letter. "Thanks".

While I can see your irony, I don't think being a little sloppy with caps and spaces is anywhere near as severe or noticable a mistake as incorrect use of an apostraphe. Putting an apostraphe in changes the meaning of the whole sentence causing the title of the thread not to read properly. Personally, I find it a bit jarring. I know people aren't as strict with grammar as they used to be, for the most part it doesn't bother me. My post is probably full of errors too but IMHO it's acceptable to point out the error when it causes the whole line to be transformed into broken english.

K!LL!@N

Is there any chance we can leave out the digs at one another about spelling and grammar, please?

Killian

gobby

I really like that last one you posted Killian. I especially like the way that theguys playing were in just the perfect semi circle to get them all in to the pic! Sweet...