First in a long while... (C&C)

Oriel

They're pretty crap, but all I have to offer until I get better, and I'm sure I'm due a slating
Docks, Belfast:


Odyssey (and moon), Belfast:


Carrickfergus, NI:


Harland and Wolff, Belfast and the Mourne Mountains, NI:


Looking towards Ballyclare, NI:


I'll be back in a while with better, trust me.
Steve.

thebaz

are you in better form following the shootout

Oriel

Slightly!
No seriously though, I've recently passed my driving test, and just after my golf clubs, my camera kit was second to go in the car. So I went for a drive, and this is the best that I could come up with.
I usually wouldn't post them, but to be fair, I've been lacking on the whole submitting front here, so, it's my turn.
The first two were taken while I was waiting before a gig (which I didn't shoot at), the rest were taken of a horribly watery sunset.

S.

thebaz

don't give up the day job ! your gig/music stuff is usually spot on for clarity -- these look somewhat out of focus ,and could do with a bit of a crop -- too much sky and water -- sorry but they do nothing for me -- but at least you have Athens to look forward to

Fionn

hmmm..
if you profess they're crap!!

why put them up?

mikeanywhere

thebaz wrote:

don't give up the day job ! your gig/music stuff is usually spot on for clarity -- these look somewhat out of focus ,and could do with a bit of a crop -- too much sky and water -- sorry but they do nothing for me

says it all!!

Calina

I'm late and I'm shattered...however,

Steve, the last two would benefit from being cropped to panorama aspect ratio. Ditch some of the sky in both cases, actually ditch a lot of it.

The top two leave me a bit cold - there's too much and too little going on in them I think.

my two cents.

Oriel

Fionn wrote:

hmmm..
if you profess they're crap!!

why put them up?

To make the rest of you feel adequate

440Hz

sinecurea wrote:

To make the rest of you feel adequate

Well I do feel much better about my harbour shots that you slated now!!
Then again Id never post mine cos they are a) never good enough and b) never make an impact so I just stick to saying nice things when I can and nothing when cant

Oriel

Calina wrote:

I'm late and I'm shattered...however,

Steve, the last two would benefit from being cropped to panorama aspect ratio. Ditch some of the sky in both cases, actually ditch a lot of it.

The top two leave me a bit cold - there's too much and too little going on in them I think.

my two cents.

The ISO was too high too. I don't like cropping regular photos into a panorama shape though.

Calina

You're a slave to the aspect ratio of your sensor? I'd find that very limiting.

Oriel

Calina wrote:

You're a slave to the aspect ratio of your sensor? I'd find that very limiting.

No, but if I do panoramic photographs, I want them to consist of several high-quality images, rather than taking one image and cropping it to a lower quality.

440Hz

Back to the 'to crop or not to crop' gem from last week are we! :rolleyes:

Calina

sinecurea wrote:

No, but if I do panoramic photographs, I want them to consist of several high-quality images, rather than taking one image and cropping it to a lower quality.

I deal with moving targets. This is not always an option for me. I would prefer to crop and get a higher quality photograph than be left with a less than perfect albeit higher quality digital file.

but we all have our own foibles.

Oriel

440Hz wrote:

Back to the 'to crop or not to crop' gem from last week are we! :rolleyes:

No, we are discussing the method by which we make panoramic images.

thebaz

sinecurea wrote:

No, we are discussing the method by which we make panoramic images.

did you use a tripod ?

Oriel

No, I wasn't making a panoramic image on this occasion.

Calina

sinecurea wrote:

No, we are discussing the method by which we make panoramic images.

Actually, we aren't really. What we're discussing is how to improve upon what comes out of the camera. On this occasion, I would make this one panoramic. On many occasions I'll crop to a square.