Vysehrad Numba 2

Enjoy.. if you can.


1. Cities in the Background





2. Just above the door.. a little overhead.




3. Vysehrad Church.. I don't know its real name. It's my third favorite church in Prague.




4. A Sideways Street



5. Simple Steps




6. Honzaa!!! <3 Honza is another form of Jan.. pronounced like Yawn. It's Czech for John.




Thanks for reviewing!

Hey there, Persephonia! =D

Picture #1
I like this one a lot, actually. It has a really moody and sort of dark look to it, if you know what I mean. However, the horizon, where the mountain meets sky, is a bit crooked to me. This could be from not holding your camera perfectly straight or just holding it at an odd angle. This is why most professional photographers opt to use a tripod.

Picture #2
Hmm, I don't quite like this one as much. The design is beautiful, but I just don't like having just a piece of the building. I feel like you should have zoomed out a bit, maybe shown a bit of sky, or a bit more of the building. This seems too boxed in to me.

Picture #3
I've always loved the look of churches like these! However, I do feel a bit strained when I look at this; almost like I had to tilt my computer screen to see it as you shot it - sort of down, looking up. That wasn't my main issue, however. I feel like the building looks like it's tilting - because you didn't shoot this straight, so it's a bit crooked. D:

Picture #4
I love this one, however, you've gone and done that sideways/crooked thing once again, and it's so, so, so frustrating, m'dear!

Picture #5
Stairs, really? This is so, well, useless. I feel like everyone I know that is a budding photographer takes at least one picture of a staircase, without pulling it off!

Picture #6
I actually like this one. I feel as if it has its own little story to it. Nice work.

Overall
You have some potential, you just need to keep practicing, is all. If you really want to be a good photographer I suggest taking ten to fifteen pictures a day, at least! Practice makes perfect, as they say.

Hope this helped,
Mizz

Picture 1 - As Mizzle already pointed out, the angle is off. It's tilted a touch too far to the left, which gives the picture an off-kilter feeling. You should be able to correct this pretty easily with a slight rotation and cropping in an image editing program.

Also, more personal preference, but I would have liked to have had the cottage and walls on the hill as the focus, sans the city. There's just so much of a stark difference in time-period between the city and the cottage, that it strikes me as mismatched. While a contrast between old and new can be done very well, the city was just too distant spatially for this contrast to work, I feel.

Picture 2 - Joan of Arc? The angle on this is very nice and keeps the composition from feeling static, even though Joan is centered. My only quibble is that it's a touch large and could use resizing; it stretched my screen.

My favorite of all the pictures.

Picture 3 - I think a more dramatic angle, such as one looking up, would've worked better for this. Right now, the church is impressive, but it doesn't feel as impressive as it could.

Picture 4 - Interesting composition, but again, the angle is tilted either too much or not enough to the left. A sharper angle would make it more dramatic, which I think would accentuate the natural drama of black and white.

Picture 5 - The background is really out of focus, which really detracts from this picture as the first thing a viewer sees is the fuzzy, blurred background. I think some cropping and resizing so that the top set of stairs and above is no longer visible will make this picture more attractive.

Picture 6 - I really like the texture of the stone, and the colors. They really make this photo interesting to look at. My only quibbles would be that it stretched my screen, so a resizing might be in order, and it could use a touch of cropping on the right side.

Hi Persephoneia! I absolutely love love love these.

1. How did you get this angle? It's spectacular! However, it's crooked. This isn't a problem, though, because you can use Photoshop of GIMP to straighten it. You might even consider using a tripod when you take lanscape photos.

2. This photo is very beautiful, but the heads of the people on the top row are cut off. It's not as great an angle as the first photo.

3. This is extremely striking. Wow! The sky, especially. You might consider centering the building. Is it a church? That's what I'm guessing, but I'm not quite sure.

4. Another great photo, but crooked, as well. I love how the leaves are in the foreground and the landscape is in the background. I'd like to see how it would look in color, though, because the whites almost look too white.

5. I'm not too crazy about this one, personally. It isn't really in focus and I can see where you're trying to get a cool angle, but it doesn't quite work here. :-\

6. I think this is my favorite. Were you the one who wrote "Honza"? Perhaps you could edit out the beginning to the "H" on the red brick to the right of the word, so as not to distract the viewer.

Overall, these are magnificent! You really exhibit some excellent talent in photography!