These are very nice. Some of them, like the flowers, could be a little more exciting. I'm not sure how to make a flower exciting. Perhaps it's the angle. But there are many pictures of flowers, so it is hard to catch the viewer's eye.
My favorite was the little bird in the snow. Now that caught my eye. Not to mention it's cute too. xD
So yeah, all of the pictures are good. I can tell you like close-ups and details.
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1. I like this, but I wish that you would have used a more original angle. I have seen oh to many photos that look almost exactly like this. I also don't like on the left side of the photo you can see another drop. But, this can be easily cropped out. 2. At the top of the right hand corner, but not completely there, there is a white spot that is distracting. You can crop that out as well. This photo doesn't have a very interesting angle. An angle can make or break a photo. Many people have told me this so I will give them credit. I love the leafy frame of the photo, but the actual flowers seem so small.
3.I wish the ladybug here was facing up. The shadow at the bottom half of the photo is very distracting, and the shine on the ladybugs shell. The black line on the right side should be cropped out. So, sorry but I don't think this has publishing quality. It didn't really catch my eye.
4. I really like this one. It is one of the best in this group. My only complaint is that the top of the left hand flower is slightly blurry. I love the contrast of the blue to the background and how the background is blurry. 5. This is a very good photo, but I wish that the flowers in the background were blurry.
6.I love this! The only distraction is a small leaf in the left hand side. I am only telling you this in case you want to crop.
7.This photo isn't particularly good. The shadow on the flower and the bug on the flower are distracting. The white flower witch seems to be the focus actually isn't in focus while the purple flower is.
8.I think that this is pretty good. Did you take this photo from any different angles? I would love to see them.
9.I would crop some off the right side of the photo to make the black metal even. This is a remarkable photo.
10. love this
11. There are too many branches going every witch way in this photo. Especially the ones close up are distracting.
13. This photo has lots of problems.
last photo I like the other shell photo better, but this one is really good. Overall
You are pretty good at lighting, but your angles need work. Make them more interesting. They are all somewhat plain. Yes it works in lots of yours. but, in some of the first photos it doesn't. So work on that.
Before you put photos up, look for distractions in your photos. Little blips of color small objects that only are slightly showed. You can usually be easily cropped or edited out.
These are quite nice- the ones with birds, ladybugs, and shells were definitely my favorite. I would consider working on your framing and focus, and perhaps running some of these through programs in which you can play with the contrast and color. The pictures of flowers could especially use some different framing techniques, as flowers are often photographed and so require more effort to make the picture interesting.
Overall, nicely done- you had some truly great ones in here. Looking forward to seeing more!
Wow, they're amazing. I think like the ninth one the most, with the red bird. I used to bird-watch, but I can't recall the name of it at the moment... It almost looks like a pine-siskin, but the red is throwing me off. The sixth and seventh from the bottom are good too. The former being kind of poetic, the latter being somewhat mysterious.
Ever think of using them for a book cover?
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wow they are all truely amazing images, their all well focused, and your photography makes it easy for the viewers eye to find the main element in the photo. the ladybeetle is by far my favorite keep shooting
Wow - you have A LOT of talent. I honestly can't find anything wrong with any of them. They are all captured perfectly, with contrast, lighting and angles wonderfully done. I loved the focus in the first shell image, and the way you captured the dewdrops on the flowers and that branch. Gah! This is a pointless review. I should hit myself. At least you can't complain - compliments are good, no? - Ignis
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Hey there! I'm going to make this a detailed review of your work. Excuse me if I get rude D;
#1. Raindrops I like the selective focusing on this one. However, next time i'd zoom just a little more on the actual water droplets. You can get some pretty vivid and interesting reflections in the water droplets, so I'd try and look out for those.
#2. White flowers Flower pictures always look good, and this one is no exception. However, try to get beneath the flower, to look up into it. It's a more creative angle.
#3. Ladybird This is lovely, but i'd crop in more, focusing on the black and the ladybird, not the surrounding white stuff. Also, it's bad to have things dead centred, as it can look a little common. Try having things off to the side, to add interest!
#4. Blue flowers This is a beautiful picture, but dull. Open it up in your picture editing software (I suggest Lightroom 3 by Adobe. It's specially dedicated for photographers, and it's very easy to use! I love it <3 ), and add some 'fill light', then mess around with the contrast and saturation until you're happy. A little vignetting would be nice here too. (Next time though, in future reference, if you're taking pictures in darker conditions, either up the ISO (but not too much or they come out grainy), or use a slower shutter speed (although you may need a tripod, or something to set your camera on as its very easy to blur an image).
#5. Pink flowers Yet again, too dark (see above). Too zoomed in. Zoom out a little/reverse cropping if you cropped.
#6. Flowers with raindrops. Increase saturation, contrast. I'd take this photo slightly lower down, so you still see the raindrops, but more of the inside of the flower.
#7. White flower I think the focal point of this image is the insect? If so, you really need to zoom in/crop to make it obvious. Try a portrait crop. Make sure to keep the aspect ratio (if you crop without it, it looks incredibly n00by). Shame they're a shadow on the flower. Keep an eye out on shadows and light when taking pictures.
8#. Mask An interesting concept, though if you would have taken it looking up, it could have been better. I'm glad it's slightly off centre though.
9# Robin/Bird AWWWW <3. Zoom in/crop. Try not to ruin the quality though. If youre cropping, keep the the rule of thirds. This is also dull. Increase saturation, contrast (blacks ever so slightly), and add some subtle vignetting to draw the viewers eye onto the bird. Don't have the bird dead centre either.
10# Ehh... Although I can't tell what it is... (a shell? a mushroom?), this is my favourite. Subtle vignetting would make it, as would an up in contrast and saturation. Love the way it's not dead centre.
11# Bird in tree Make this black and white. Increase blacks. Crop out that out of focus material on the bottom left corner. Make the bird less dead centred.
12#. Leaves Up contrast, saturtion, fill light.
13#. Ladybird. I don't like this one.
14# eggs Really interesting concept! Shame the green plants were infront though.
15# flower Love this! Just up the light, saturation and contrast, then you're there!
16# I like the tones and selective focusing. The other angle up there though was better.
Okay. Pretty harsh, right? Not exactly. Although I may have came across as dissing every photo you have, I've tried to look at them critically, and say what I'd do to them, if they were my own raw photos. I wouldn't have gone though these in detail if i didn't think you had a LOT of potential. Trust me, you do. I'm so glad you don't overuse B&W (which I've seen a lot of... it's not good. at all. use it sparingly or you risk looking a bit n00by). You have brilliant bokeh. Absolutely fantastic. That really separates you from the others here. You have an eye for a photo. You know what is ascetically pleasing.
Although, can I just say, in broad terms, I wish people would really stop telling people to just "edit that out" or "crop it so it's more focused". Editing things out isn't good. You're taking a photo and removing the character. If you can't crop, retake. It's a rule a lot of professional photographers go by. Crop so it's more focused? Cropping is fine, as long as you keep to the original aspect ratio!
I'm VERY sorry if I come across as rude I'm just trying to really help you here. In all honesty, some people just haven't got it? You have.
Keep shooting!
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I loved these photos, i loved the 2nd on with that lady bug! it was well done how you made the photo black and white and made the lady bug stand out very well done. The others were well done to but my favorite was the 2nd one. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
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I'm just trying to really help you here. In all honesty, some people just haven't got it? You have.
