Some non B&W photos for criticism

joolsveer

sunset on the mississippi between the louisiana and mississippi shores


a chattanooga choo choo


roses are red

Hagar

The hoizon looks low in the first pic, can it be re-cropped? Lovely colours though, very nice.

The second picture has a very interesting subject yet it looks flat, I don't know why I say that, it just looks "flat"

The third picture, the rose plant is incomplete, cropping again perhaps?

joolsveer

under the olive tree

joolsveer

Hagar wrote:

The hoizon looks low in the first pic, can it be re-cropped? Lovely colours though, very nice.

The second picture has a very interesting subject yet it looks flat, I don't know why I say that, it just looks "flat"

The third picture, the rose plant is incomplete, cropping again perhaps?

Thanks for your comments Hagar. I will search out the originals and see if they can be recropped.

The sunset shot was taken from a boat on the river and I was concentrating on getting the sky rather than the water. The second was a negative scan when the film was being processed in Nashville. I can probably find a complete rose bush version of the third one but I was focussing on the military headstones.

Hagar

I just tried out the sunset one as a desktop and it's perfect.

joolsveer

at the bronx zoo


angel of halston street


a view of manhattan


twin flags

joolsveer

the statue from the staten island ferry


cola truck

melekalikimaka

i love the twin flags, lovely bright colours agains the dark background

joolsveer

melekalikimaka wrote:

i love the twin flags, lovely bright colours agains the dark background

thanks. I got a bit of stick on another website from a French guy who has a bit of a chip about US symbols.

Dimy

You have dust on your sensor, this is clearly visible on the statue of liberty picture but also on a "a view of manhattan". Easiest way to get rid of the spot is to clone it out with Photoshop. If you haven't cleaned your sensor yet, I recommend you do so. I had exactly the same problem a little while ago.

joolsveer

Dimy wrote:

You have dust on your sensor, this is clearly visible on the statue of liberty picture but also on a "a view of manhattan". Easiest way to get rid of the spot is to clone it out with Photoshop. If you haven't cleaned your sensor yet, I recommend you do so. I had exactly the same problem a little while ago.

I bought a kit since then, used it and the sensor seems to be OK now. I was a bit squeamish about doing it though. Thanks for the suggestion.

Flipflip

I dont mean to sound like a prick, but none of those pictures draw out any interest in me at all.


Alot of em just look like any tourist/holiday snaps, especially "at the bronx zoo" and the statan islan ferry.

Try to make a cliched subject original in someway, in the future, would be my advice.

joolsveer

Flipflip wrote:

I dont mean to sound like a prick, but none of those pictures draw out any interest in me at all.


Alot of em just look like any tourist/holiday snaps, especially "at the bronx zoo" and the statan islan ferry.

Try to make a cliched subject original in someway, in the future, would be my advice.

Thanks for your comments on the photos. The reason they look like tourist snaps is because that is exactly what they are. I wanted to record those places and these photos please me. I would be grateful if you could suggest how I could improve them though.

joolsveer

colombus circle


the bridewell

joolsveer

Hill of Slane
http://www.deejayem.com/hosted/photos/IMG_4625.jpg

Stained stone
http://www.deejayem.com/hosted/photos/IMG_4613.jpg

el capitaine

joolsveer wrote:

colombus circle


the bridewell

your columbus circle excited me, i would love it if you had used a long shutter speed, maybe thirty seconds to record the movement of people thus giving it a feeling of something more than a photo- you have a great photo eye developing- be aware of cliches though

joolsveer

It's taking a long long time though! I was on a long weekend in New York with my wife and daughter so I was very limited in the amount of gear I could bring - therefore no tripod I'm afraid.