Photo Critique Club

[casportpony]

I prefer the color of the one on the left.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

What do you guys think of these?

 

[azurbanclucker]

What do you guys think of these?
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I like them in general. Composition overall is good and the subject isolation works. I'm going to pick out some technical details that are "things to look out for" as you're shooting.

#1:
The focus is a bit soft and the overcast doesn't help with that. Makes it harder to get sharp details. It's a little noisy when you zoom it in, what ISO were you shooting at?

#2.
Same focus softness again, just a little bit out. Make sure you're getting focused on that eye to get the pin-sharp detail. Same deal with the flat lighting, the cloud cover doesn't help define light and shadow but it's what you've got to work with.

#3. Same song, same verse as 1/2.

4. I like that you tried to go B/W here but it's too extreme. The light level of the background overpowers the shot and washes everything out. You need to go more neutral on the background (darken it) and bring up the light on your subject to pop it out a bit. Not sure what editing tools you have so it may be difficult to accomplish. Same focus softness applies here as the other 3 as well.

 

[mdees88]

Agree with AZ.... one thing to add. In #2, the bird is looking away from you which is not ideal. I actually like this composition the best but it just doesn't work because of where he's looking. At minimum you want him looking perpendicular to you but ideally you want him looking somewhat in your direction.

If pic #2 had the pose of the bird in #1 it would be ideal...

 

[CatLoverLu]

What can I do to improve these?

 

[azurbanclucker]

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What can I do to improve these?

The 2 things I see are

1. Water is ALWAYS level. In a shot with an undefined horizon line and water, always level the water and use it as your horizon. 1/2 tilt right. 3 is pretty close to level. The rock can also be used to set a level horizon where it meets the water.

2. Don't shoot facing into the general direction of the sun. It causes this cast shadow on your subject like you have here.

 

[mdees88]

The 2 things I see are

1. Water is ALWAYS level. In a shot with an undefined horizon line and water, always level the water and use it as your horizon. 1/2 tilt right. 3 is pretty close to level. The rock can also be used to set a level horizon where it meets the water.

2. Don't shoot facing into the general direction of the sun. It causes this cast shadow on your subject like you have here.

You beat me to it, exactly what I was going to say....

 

[casportpony]

I've been using Samsung phones for years because they've had the best cameras on them. Apple's new models are even with them now, but If you're going refurb, S21 or S21 ultra.

These are from my Note 20 ultra. random images and lighting ti give a good idea.

These pictures make me think my next phone could be a Samsung.

 

[azurbanclucker]

These pictures make me think my next phone could be a Samsung.

I will say I'm not a fan of the zoom. I think there's room for improvement there. Also, I hold that opinion universally for all phones. There's just no software zoom that stacks up to an optical physical zoom.

 

[casportpony]

I will say I'm not a fan of the zoom. I think there's room for improvement there. Also, I hold that opinion universally for all phones. There's just no software zoom that stacks up to an optical physical zoom.

I agree.