Hello!

This is my first C&C post, I would like any/all c&c on any/all of the photos at my linked site.

I am not thin-skinned, so spare me no grief for being new! I took these over the course of the last several years, all on my Nikon D70, with a 24-120 AFS/VR (except page 2 numbers 5 and 11, were on my old Nikon CP990 before I had the D70). I generally use minimal processing, resizing and levels for contrast/brightness, mild sharpening, fixing sliding horizons on a couple and noise correction on the CP990 shots. I generally aim for a realistic picture, yet pleasing, without a processed look.

edit: I will leave the link below, but post in a few pictures for c&c.

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Um, no. It's not the best way to get good useful, specific feedback.

Pick one or 2 you feel have issues, post them here, as pictures, not as a link, and the guys and gals here will look them over and if they feel they can help they'll reply.

I think you'll find that that's the way this bit of the forum works and it works well. You'll receive plenty of useful constructive criticism that will bring the quality of your photos up more than you could believe.

Welcome to the forum.

silvawispa wrote:
Um, no. It's not the best way to get good useful, specific feedback.

Pick one or 2 you feel have issues, post them here, as pictures, not as a link, and the guys and gals here will look them over and if they feel they can help they'll reply.

I think you'll find that that's the way this bit of the forum works and it works well. You'll receive plenty of useful constructive criticism that will bring the quality of your photos up more than you could believe.

Welcome to the forum.


Thank you, post fixed. It's not so much that I think any of these have 'issues' as I think they're some of my better shots, but I want to see what all of YOU think about them- I want to know what's right, what's wrong, what could be better, and how I could process them for better appeal. (edits ok, full size images available if wanted) I would like to think that I have a critical eye, but I don't have much experience, and I know I have a LOT to be learned! (I am relatively strong on theory, ok on technique, and so-so on execution and creativity/creative vision. I think that is my weakest link.)

All C&C appreciated!

Jeremy

Analysis and criticism is fairly time consuming. Consequently, I'll limit myself to the first two images.

1) Much of the charm of the first image trades on elements of the scene that would be enhanced with greater image sharpness. I suspect the PS CS4 Smart Sharpen filter would be a good choice with reasonable values. Also the shooting angle caused vertical convergence that detract from the image but are simple to correct with the PS Edit>Transform>Skew. A bit more Saturation would also be a plus.

2) A reasonable composition, although weakened by lacking a focus of interest, However, the color cast, cyan or perhaps green, detracts from the image. Might also benefit from very gentle sharpening before reducing the size to post.

As a general comment, it's better to convert to a jpeg rather than to convert for the web when posting here because it preserves the EXIF info. That should include the color space to ensure we are viewing it as intended. Also, it can occasionally help critique to have the other info such as lens, shutter speed and aperture used, if available.

Thank you. I pulled the images straight from a PS-produced web page (cheap and quick) rather than making new files for myself, most of these started out sharpened and cleaned up for full size, then I let PS have its way with them. I suppose I should not be so cheap for c&c candidates in the future.

I straightened out the perspective on number 1 previously, and didn't like what it did to the view of the alley- I liked the more narrow feeling given to the alley by the walls closing in. I don't know if there is a happy medium that would be less distracting, but I decided when I was editing that one that I preferred it without the correction. I will try again next time I sit down to process, and post (better quality) versions.

All these were shot on a D70 w/ 24-120 AFS/VR lens (I also have a 85/1.8, but none of these were taken on it. Some better glass is on my wish list- 17-55 and 70-200 ideally, then see what I lean towards from there.)

Jeremy

Jeremy1981 wrote:
I straightened out the perspective on number 1 previously, and didn't like what it did to the view of the alley- I liked the more narrow feeling given to the alley by the walls closing in. I don't know if there is a happy medium that would be less distracting, but I decided when I was editing that one that I preferred it without the correction.

Hmmm. When I straighten it with the Edit>Transform>Skew I don't see a significant broadening of the alley. Note, I often have better luck with Skew than Perspective transformation.