Elinor's Photography Archive

Like others before me, I have decided to start a photography archive. My first entry will contain pictures from my vacation to Florida over winter break.

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For starters, we drove, and I took these pictures at a rest stop about midway.








I took these photos during one of our trips to the beach.









Anyway, that's all for now, and harsh criticism is appreciated!

Hey Elinor! Irish here!

First I want to say that the beach pictures are beautiful! I espcially love the seagull, that was a great shot! Must've been hard The rocks too, really really nice... I need to go to Florida someday... *tsk tsk*

One thing I saw though, and it might be just me but in your third restop picture the red car and the brightly colored paper getter things...yea... sort've distract you. Again, it could be me and there isn't much you could've done about it, just thought I'd point it out. But still, really nice picture!

Keep up the awesome work. Can't wait to see more!

-Irish

I love the beach pictures! I feel like the snap shot of the seagull could have an amazing and dramatic effect if you made it black and white and adjusted the contrast!

Pepperonata!

My apologies for not completing this review much earlier on. Here I am now! And, because I have time to use (read as waste), I'm going to be this super-harsh-manic critic...





The pros of this photo outweigh the cons. Here, it would have worked if you had stood at an angle where the lines of the roof are parallel to those of the walkways. Here, the line of the roof is at an approximate angle of ~30degrees from the top of the photo. In photography, the edges of the photos are your guidelines, and you want to keep your subject within those in a manner in which they look appealing.

I don't like this photo because the angle makes it look like a snapshot, and the upper left corner of it is washed out with a sunspot in a manner that ruins, not compliments the photo. In addition, the saturation and contrast of this is blase, and I wouldn't really say there's much redeeming value in this because the washout. I understand you can't reshoot it, but not bad. It's just not an incredible shot.




(Pardon if I'm thumbing down so many!)

No. This photo has a washed out sky, dearie, and the tree is center-spotted. It's okay to center your subjects, but more often than not, people enjoy angles that provide depth, interest and a unique approach. Here, I feel that the dead on approach ruins your subject, and instead of making it interesting to us, it's bland.

We see trees all the time, Chica. Perhaps contrasting and blur for the background could help this out a touch.



This one is okay as well. The hotel-- or whatever that is -- in the corner is an eye pulling distraction. Again, the contrast of this shot is low. I usually don't encourage photo editing (okay, so what, I do! ), but here, I would really, really, really suggest contrasting and saturation to bring out color and interest in these.

Find a focus, too. It will really, really help.




This one is nice. Again, the color saturation and contrast is low, but I like the way the line of rocks leads away from the focus; I like the vanishing point line of focus. It works well here.




Aww, what a cute little birdy! Again, contrast and saturation are loooow. If your camera has a high color mode, use it! Darkening this effectively would really bring out the sunspots on the water, and I think this has potential.




No. No focus here, though I do think the colors are pretty! All of the elements of this photo are in focus, and I think for this to really be interesting some of this should have been defocused and what not.


Again, here, I think the center spot is uneffective. I would have liked a cooler focus, with some things in, somethings out, but everything is in focus here and I think that needs to be improved! The colors, again, are dull; I would have liked to see more vibrant, beachy colors to make this look beachy fun.



I think that your main issue with photos, Pepper, is focus. You have subjects, but you're just showing them to us as anyone would look at them, and you shouldn't. Try presenting your subjects to us at an angle that we haven't been formerly associated with.

^_^


Toodles,
Juneth

Hey Elinor

Here as requested! Off we go!

1 - I think that the framing in this photo is good, you have the whole building in and haven't cut any of it off by accident. I also like the angle that you took it at. It makes the photo more interesting than if you were just to take it straight on. However I do have a problem with the sunburst in this photo. Usually I don't mind sunbursts in photos, sometimes huge ones can work but here it just doesn't work for me. I think the problem is that it covers too much of the subject and distracts the eye a little bit. You probably want people's eye to be directed more at the subject and the shadows it is creating rather than the sun burst. So just be careful when you use sunbursts in a shot that it doesn't cover too much of your subject. Like I said though, good composition here.

2 - This one I don't like as much as the last one. The subject is a bit dull and I think the frame is a little bit too cluttered. First of all, is your subject the tree? Because if so you are cutting most of it off. I think perhaps a portrait shot here would have worked better than a landscape one. It certainly would have cut a lot of the elements in the background out that are cluttering up your frame. Don't be afraid to turn your camera to portrait, it can create some really good lines sometimes. This image I think just lacks a focus and doesn't have very good composition because you aren't creating lines for a viewers eye to follow, which is very important in photography.

3 - Again I think this photograph would have been better in portrait. You could have cut out the building and the lamp post on the right and the dirt on the left and that would have created a much better composition and better lines. I think the colours are good though, they are very vibrant.

4 - I think this beach one and how the sea looks. It sort of looks like something you would see in a holiday brochure. However there is a weird kind of distortion going on. The horizon kind of bends which looks really weird but that might not be your fault. Also I think you could have done with a little more sky and a little less sand just to balance this photo out and make it more appealing composition wise.

5 - Is that a bird? I think it is. I like the framing of the bird and how you haven't centred it. I love how the light catches on the waves and how they make some good lines within the photograph. However I wish the bird would have been facing you or even been to the side a little bit. That may be personal preference though. Good job on the composition here.

6 - The colours in this are amazing. I like the angle, how you are low down. It gives a perspective that we don't usually see when we are just walking around, which I like. However it just feels like there isn't a particular focus in this photo. It's just a bit of a messy frame. You have the leaves, the trees, the dead grass, the bushes. It's just a lot to take in and it makes it so that your eye is dotting about all over the place. So just keep in mind your subject when you are photographing.

7 - I'm not sure what this is? The image is a bit small so I can't see it. This kind of looks like a holiday snap. Like, I was bored and I made something and then I snapped it. It's good that you are experimenting with taking different things though. It's always good to try things out.

Overall it was fairly good. Just keep in mind a subject when you take photographs and think about composition and lines and leading your viewers eye through the photo. Also remember that turning your camera and taking a portrait shot can sometimes enhance your photograph and make the lines better.

I look forward to seeing more from you! PM me if you have any questions.

Bex x