In-Depth Critique Thread

[klw1981]

Thanks for the advice! Here's another go at it. I cropped the image, and made a couple adjustments to saturation and brightness/contrast. Of course, now it resembles a sea urchin, more than a flower. What do ya think?

[purplerose]

Yepp, definitely has more interest than the previous photo. I can even see the little water droplet better now.

[klw1981]

Thanks again for the advice! I'm definitely going to start playing more with camera angles, lighting, and different crops. Well...I guess that makes it your turn to post one of your pics, PurpleRose.

[purplerose]

I feel there is something here, but I'm not sure if it is. Snapshot or potential?

[cAstAwAyLOVER]

Hi all!
I'm new on the forums and to photography in general. Currently learning photography as a hobby and looking forward to great advice and learning from my peers. I'm not too sure how this thread works, but its about providing critiques right and posting your photos for the chance to be critiqued. I would love to participated, even if I'm a total noob. ^^

purpleroseI gotta say, I like your photo quite a lot. Still, I feel that it would help us to give a good critique if we knew what you were going for on this shot. Somehow, I feel that it has a lot of potential for an abstract piece. The reflection of the stairs on either side are really great and the wall going through it is the only thing that breaks the illusion. I like that quite a lot but somehow I feel that it would work a lot better if the top part of the brick wall wasn't visible.
Very happy if any of this helps.. :3

[klw1981]

I'm going to agree with cAstAwAyLOVER on the brick wall being a bit distracting. My eye keeps moving straight to that corner. Other than that I really love the image. It gives the feeling of impending doom or mystery, because you're really not sure where you're going to end up if you go down the escalator. Nice work!

[purplerose]

I was going for either mood or abstract. I agree about the brick wall, just decided to post this full frame in case someone wanted to crop it.

Thanks a lot for your help guys! I'll get around to editing it either later tonight or tomorrow.

cAstAwAyLOVER, welcome to the phorums. Now it's your turn!

[cAstAwAyLOVER]

I'm glad I was of some service.

I'll say a little bit about this photo. Taken with Canon EOSXT, lens 18-55mm. Fish Market at Tokyo, Japan.
I was so enthralled by all the colors I couldn't stand still. This is one of my favorites from that day.



A lot of my pictures I just follow my instinct and shoot...once I find the subject and composition that gives me the right feeling I stick with it. feel free to critique please!!

[guesswho]

how can i share with u guys ^_^

[negate.2o]

The colours are very vibrant!
Though a big problem here is that there’s way too much going on in the frame, every part of picture is competing with itself, and as a result there’s no clear focal point, we’re simply hit with this barrage of bright red and blue.
Something that did catch my eye however, was the red Japanese lettering. Bringing this out more could add a good focal point to the picture (you’ll have to excuse a lack of example, I’m away from my home computer at the moment)
I’d also maybe try to lower some of the colour intensity here, just by a fraction (see attached image)

It helps to soften the overall picture a lot, and even brings out a little bit of the texture in the fish.
For future, similar shots, I’d probably try to get a bit more of the fish and tank into frame in order to capture the movement of all the fish there-in, though that’s just me.
The colours are vibrant, it just needs a focal point