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with comments from Philip Grosset "this sunset photo was for my assign.. I used my Nikon F55D to shoot sunset.. I think this is a very bad sunset but my lecturers actually passed it.. hope you can give some comment on how to improve it..thanks..I am a university student, learning photography for the first time." (Kwek Woon Huey, Malaysia) |
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| Sunsets are surprisingly easy to take, but, in your photo on the left, you've got some dramatic coloring and the silhouetted leaves add greatly to its appeal. On the right, I've tried framing it in a different way so that attention is focused on the bright clouds and the tree (the main points of interest), and I've positioned the clouds slightly higher up so they no longer seem about to disappear out of the picture. Take your pick! "I just stumbled upon your site while browsing. I find it extremely informative, just great! Photography is my hobby and your site is just right to learn a thing or two. I am from India which you must be aware offers exotic images. I am sending you a photo of Mt Kanchenjangha taken from Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim.It was taken at about 5.30 am when the sunrays were just colouring them in gold. I used Minolta Dynax 5000i camera and 35-105 zoom lens. I took the photo in auto mode. I will be happy if you give me your views about the picture. I am going on a tour to Himachal Pradesh tomorrow. I will send you some more photos when I come back. Thanks. Regards. (Ujjal Maitra, India) |
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Your photo on the left is rather marred by little white specks that have crept in from somewhere - perhaps during scanning? On the right, I've tried to concentrate attention on what seemed the most interesting part of the picture, but you really needed to feature the mountain more prominently to do justice to it. An auto setting finds scenes like these difficult to handle because there is so much contrast betweeen the dark and the light, so that's another reason for concentrating more on the snowy mountain.
Reply from Ujjal Maitra: "Thanks a lot for your valuable comments. I think the spots appeared during the time of printing. In India we unfortunately we do not have many good film processing shops so your picture can be ruined if done in a street corner shop. I think the photo would have been better if I had used a more powerful zoom may be a 300mm one. Thanks again for your reply, keep up the good work and all the best to your wonderful site." "Piano and Maarten en Tim are pictures of performing artists. Piano: no flash. Portret: the topic was contrast in portrait. My name: Karin Logist Living in Belgium;like taking pictures" |
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| It is very difficult to take really good concert pictures during public performances. If that's what you were doing here, you did pretty well to get what you did. Ideally, of course, it would have been even better if we'd been able to see the pianist's hands, and also what is that Maarten and Tim are looking at or or playing! |
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| Here again I'm left wondering what your subject is looking at. Your photo on the left seems to leave a lot of space behind here, so on the right I've tried moving her eyes to a more central position. I think this makes a more satisfying portrait. Reply from Karin Logist: "Thanks for your comments. You have done the right thing for that portrait. I'm looking forward to send more and get some straight answers. Thanks!!" |
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