Photo Critique Club

[Kiki]

How about this one?
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That one is dumb.

 

[Kiki]

Or this?
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The right side of this one bothers me for some reason.

 

[Kiki]

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Dumber

 

[Kiki]

I managed to find the unedited version. Thought I'd post it here. View attachment 3161201
Y'all can suggest edits and I'll do my best.

Are you starting to see that the real colors look better than that fake coloring crap?

 

[Kiki]

This one likes his picture taken. Too bad he was standing in front of a window
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Floofy! Does he have a name yet? He needs a fancy name. Is he bad?

 

[Kiki]

What do you think? I might center it a little more.
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His back area doesn't look right.

 

[Kiki]

I like the stairs, but they aren't level. They are on a slight angle. Love the adorable bird & I'm a big ivy fan. That being said, my pet peeve is the blown out highlights & whites. Anything white is a challenge to photograph. The problem with blown out whites & or highlights is the loss of detail. And a difficult problem to eradicate. Look at the difference in detail in the feathers highlighted in purple to pink. View attachment 3161881

This is what I just meant about his back.

 

[azurbanclucker]

What about these two? The sun is supposed to be there.View attachment 3161873View attachment 3161874

I'm going to start by saying that sky photography is HARD. No matter what you do, unless you're shooting with some neutral density filters or a shield of some kind that can block out the most intense part of the sunlight, you're going to have blown out clouds every time. Especially mid day when the sun is brightest. Effectively getting daytime clouds usually involves combining multiple bracketed exposures and postprocessing to balance out the hot spots and highlights. You can have a lot more luck around sunrise and sunset, or on days where you have more overcast than direct sun. Always remember to get it as sharp and focused as possible, and try not to shoot directly into the sun because it will end up give you hazy, blown out shots.

The other thing you want do do is find the drama in your clouds. Often it's better to use them as an accent piece in a scene rather than as the entire shot.

Here's a brigtly lit daytime shot. Notice I'm facing with the sun over my right shoulder and using the cast shadows for extra impact in the scene.

Here's a somewhat bland sunset with some cloud cover. Pretty, but nothing to write home about.

Here's a more dramatic one.

Here's a fairly overcast sunset. Again, not a lot of drama, but you get some good textures.

And a couple with storms. Notice in these how the Clouds are adding drama to the scene but aren't the entire focal point.

This one wasn't as good in color as it is in Black and white.

Sunrise example.

And here's one in the dark. MAX drama.

Hope that inspires.

 

[Fuchsia]

I'm going to start by saying that sky photography is HARD. No matter what you do, unless you're shooting with some neutral density filters or a shield of some kind that can block out the most intense part of the sunlight, you're going to have blown out clouds every time. Especially mid day when the sun is brightest. Effectively getting daytime clouds usually involves combining multiple bracketed exposures and postprocessing to balance out the hot spots and highlights. You can have a lot more luck around sunrise and sunset, or on days where you have more overcast than direct sun. Always remember to get it as sharp and focused as possible, and try not to shoot directly into the sun because it will end up give you hazy, blown out shots.

The other thing you want do do is find the drama in your clouds. Often it's better to use them as an accent piece in a scene rather than as the entire shot.

Here's a brigtly lit daytime shot. Notice I'm facing with the sun over my right shoulder and using the cast shadows for extra impact in the scene.
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Here's a somewhat bland sunset with some cloud cover. Pretty, but nothing to write home about.
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Here's a more dramatic one.
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Here's a fairly overcast sunset. Again, not a lot of drama, but you get some good textures.
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And a couple with storms. Notice in these how the Clouds are adding drama to the scene but aren't the entire focal point.
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This one wasn't as good in color as it is in Black and white.
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Sunrise example.
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And here's one in the dark. MAX drama.
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Hope that inspires.

Those are all really pretty!

 

[azurbanclucker]

Those are all really pretty!

Thanks. I don't like a lot of them because they're old and the image quality is poor or the processing is harsh However they're good examples for this. AND, they were the best I could do at the time, so it's an interesting look back on how far I've personally progressed too.