Photo Critique Club

[casportpony]

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[Lacy Duckwing]

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[Nero70002]

1. What do you guys think of this picture?

2. Slightly edited in regular photos editing to make it this:

Also here are a few I haven’t edited yet, which are your favorites and what slight edits would you make? Also have other pictures, but I just chose these. Also have pictures on my camera but I don’t think they’re as good.

3. Blackberry brambles hurt

4. Like swans

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15. Pretty Sunset

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[azurbanclucker]

What do you guys think of this picture?
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Sorry for the millions of photos

Could you maybe go back and edit your post to number these shots? There's a LOT to look at and comment on here. Ideally 1-4 images per post is going to get the best response. I'll answer your first question here though.

The first image is pretty darn good. It's a little flat because you were in the shade, but it's sharp, has good depth of field, and is a solid composition. I would bump the exposure a bit and tweak brightness/contrast, and probably highlights and shadows and let it go.

The second one does not do it for me at all. The colors are overcooked (way too saturated) and are beyond "looking natural". Too much yellow and purple in it.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

Here are two.

 

[NagemTX]

I feel like I'm going for an eye test.

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[azurbanclucker]

Here are two.

Second one's better from a mechanical composition perspective. I'm not sure I understand the shot, can you tell us what you are aiming for with your composition?

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

Second one's better from a mechanical composition perspective. I'm not sure I understand the shot, can you tell us what you are aiming for with your composition?

I literally just saw this thread, and threw two different pictures of the same thing in here. I do not even know what I was aiming for.

 

[azurbanclucker]

I feel like I'm going for an eye test.

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OK.

#1.
Level the image. You are tilting left, both with the sleeper and with the shadow line in the background. Focus is good. Personally I'd edit out the poop but that's a matter of preference. Lighting isn't bad for an indoor shot where you're not using flash.


#2
Very cluttered. Maybe experiment with some cropping to bring the birds more into the overall shot and lose as much of the ground cluter around them as you can. My eye is drawn straight to the ladder and then the pool.


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Same as 2, I'd try to get him in profile if you're trying to show off that tail, chicken butt works against you here.


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You're very close to the top left and right edges so the image looks crowded. Maybe try and crop that down to more of a headshot and see if it levels out the composition a bit. Focus is good and sharp. Again, shooting in the shade makes it a bit flat on contrast so you might try to bump it a bit.

 

[azurbanclucker]

I literally just saw this thread, and threw two different pictures of the same thing in here. I do not even know what I was aiming for.

OK. Well, unless the MLP is stalking someone, hiding behind the grass like that is visually distracting. Popping the head out fully between the blades of grass would help with the composition if you want to experiment with it.