Critique this please

Fenster

Galway bay, taken this evening:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/cimg0867.jpg

Victor

Who nuked Clare? :eek: :v:

A close up of the buildings in the centre, with the same contrast levels might be interesting.

rabbitinlights

The Sunset today was amazing, I was driving out the coast road without my camera! I maybe would have tried to get the shot without the sun in the picture, The foreground would have been lighter then, also the blue/orange would be more defined, maybe even less foreground and more sky/sunset?

S.

Fenster

lol, try this one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/cimg0868.jpg

I have a few without the sun, but they look much, much lighter. I really liked the darkening in that shot. I'll see what else I have. Yeah, the sunset was spectacular. I wound up going down around Claddagh and South Park and came home with around 80 photos as it really was a spectacular sunset.

Fenster

Here are two from Christmas day, when we had another spectacular sunset. The first was taken at Black Rock and the other up on the top of Taylor's Hill. Flame them:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/cimg0812.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/cimg0803.jpg

watsgone

Fenster wrote:

Galway bay, taken this evening:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/cimg0867.jpg

Lovely man, lovely

rabbitinlights

Fenster, Heres a shot of the same cloud on Xmas day too!



I might try and take out that plant at the bottom left


S.

Victor

How about?

Fenster

Nothing that close, I'm afraid. The cold was really getting to my hands at that point so I didn't head out the causeway to the island.

Fenster

rabbitinlights wrote:

Fenster, Heres a shot of the same cloud on Xmas day too!



I might try and take out that plant at the bottom left


S.

Awesome

gonker

wow I love the one with the star!!!

Flipflip

Em, i think a tighter crop would make a huge difference.

The rocks on the right are distracting.

A lens hood mightnt have gone astray either.

Id have messed with the levels in photoshop too. Maybe add a filter too to bring out the sky, its a bit dark in the top left.

Good pic tho!

Fenster

I have a cheap, small camera, which is the problem, not proper gear. Its kind of annoying at times, knowing I could do x or y with better stuff. Ah well, I make do with what I have. I did try playing with the light levels earlier today on that photo, actually just like you suggested. What I found happening is that the sun just washed out the entire right-side of the photograph.

I did clean up the picture of Venus just now though. I filled in the bit of road at the bottom and sharpened Venus itself.

Fenster

Last one, the spire of St. Nicholas' chuch, taken from Shop Street. Its cropped down, the sign on the left annoys the hell out of me, but no colour fills I tried really fitted in - they all looked "off."

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/cimg0895.jpg

Fajitas!

Flipflip wrote:

A lens hood mightnt have gone astray either.

Maybe add a filter too to bring out the sky, its a bit dark in the top left.

Tbh Tim, it's a sunset, it's supposed to get darker. Lens hood wouldn't make too much of a difference, the only need for a hood would be to stop letting in sunlight, and considering that was one of the things the OP was going for, it would be pointless.

A landscape-esque crop might do the trick alright though, going from just below the lowest point of the water accross... Imo

Oh, and nice pic man!

Fenster

I cropped out part of of the left side of the photo. However, I left the foreground as is for the main as it adds perspective, which I like. I've sharpened up the birds on the rocks at the left side, as they were blurred and as they drew my eye, it was an annoyance.

I also realised I like the sky as lot, as it goes from dark in the top corner to bright in the bottom. Still I removed the bird that was flying through the middle of the picture:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/cimg0867-1.jpg

Flipflip

Fajitas! wrote:

Tbh Tim, it's a sunset, it's supposed to get darker. Lens hood wouldn't make too much of a difference, the only need for a hood would be to stop letting in sunlight, and considering that was one of the things the OP was going for, it would be pointless.

Fair point but I think the sun is too bright in this pic anyway tho.

Oh and Fenster, I had a go with the levels myself and I see what ya mean, its tricky alright, the sun becomes washed out.

SOL

Am I the only one who thought 3rds?

Victor

SOL wrote:

Am I the only one who thought 3rds?

Thirds aren't everything, but errr ... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=50600049&postcount=8

Fenster

3rds?

rabbitinlights

Fenster wrote:

3rds?

Rule of 3rds

Its a basic rule of Photography, but it has its good points and bad.

S.

Victor

Using thirds provides a balance in a picture - in my modification of the original picture, land, sea and sky occupy about one third of the picture, whereas in the original picture itself, the sea is a little lost.

you can do 66:33 or 33:33:33

Fenster

Ahh, I see. I re-read "Ender's Game" last week and I thought you meant it in the sense as was used in the book where "Thirds" = "Turds"

I was cocking my eyebrow, to say the least.

Fenster

Threade of olde, arise from thy grave. Took a good few today around Galway. It was fecking cold, but the fog really made for some interesting shots:

From the Dyke Road:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/sunday/cimg1075-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/sunday/cimg1074-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/sunday/cimg1053-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/sunday/cimg1081-1.jpg

Claddagh:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/sunday/cimg1132-1.jpg

Victor

Fenster wrote:

From the Dyke Road:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Bhalash/sunday/cimg1075-1.jpg

Very Paris / Transylvania.