The Art of Random XD

There is alot, but oh well.

Hi there!
Okay,
1. I like this, just make sure the horizon is straight. Its a good photo, just may need a little work
2. The sun is a bit distracting, and bright. I'm not a big fan of this photo
3. I like this, but try to have the sun not in the centre. It makes the photo much better, and try to adjust that horizon
4. Yet again very like number two, but slightly better. Could use a little crop on the right-hand side and bottom
5. This isn't very appealing, I don't like it much. The fore-ground leaves are too bright.
6. Now I do like this, that drop makes it. But could be cropped in tighter.
7. As I said before, crop in tighter as it will get rid of some of that distracting background.
8. Not a big fan of this.
9. This one is nicer, I like how its off screen and off centred.
10. I don't get the point in this one, when you took that photo you should of moved the stick away.
11. Not sure if you were meant to have the shadow, but its okay. I love how the shadow is about to steal the egg?
12. This is pretty, I've tried at doing this and failed

Have a wonderful day

'Ello, Jemmy-Jem-Jem-Jem-Jem-JemJive! (Sorry, couldn't resist. xD) I don't usually crit photos, but I'm feeling bouncy today, and I'm sort of an amateur photographer myself, so let's see what happens! ^_^

1) I love that the snow creates a path toward the horizon, which is subsequently softened by the bare bushes at the 3/4 line of the photo. The colors and contrast on this one are another big plus, as well as the fact that the snow-path isn't straight on to the viewer.

2) I'm actually a little undecided about it. On the one hand, I see the effect you were going for, and I like that, but I don't think you quite hit it. Something about the sunbeams, or that it's between the fork of a tree, I think. I think it might help if you centered the sun a little more through the space in the trees; of course, you're limited by what you can do thanks to natural terrain, but I think you might've been able to shift around a little bit to get a better angle on it.

3) I can't decide if the dark foreground is good or bad, haha. xD But I like this picture, very envious of your landscape skills. Of course I have trees blocking my line of sight practically everywhere I go and have a camera that I actually take pictures with, so that could be part of it. Aaaanyway... The sun silhouetting the trees I think makes this one, despite/especially with the dark background.

4) Bingo. Perfect. I'd prefer to have seen the branches where they overlapped the sun, so it's not such a big "magic orb" kinda thing, but again, that's one of those good/bad things that I can't decide which to call it. xP

5) This one reminds me of Indians for some reason, actually. Probably how the leaves fall on the stem; they look like flaps of leather on a teepee pole. The focus seems a touch off on this one, but only if you look really closely (the background is definitely in focus, though).

6) :heart: I lurve it! The drop and the rose tinge to the background just make it. I love how the light makes the water droplet pop from the background, and how the background is out of focus, which helps direct the eye toward your central portion of the picture.

7) Cuuuute! I love how innocent and small the fly looks. Though it does almost look like it's on a mission. :ninja:

8/9) (Done together 'cause they're the same leaf.) On both, I like how solid the shadow is. I think I prefer the angle on the first one (#8) because it gets the bowl-like depth of the leaf as opposed to making it flat like in the second (#9). It would probably be even better if it was better centered and you caught the leaf from a side-top angle instead of a high-top angle. The second one I think would actually be very interesting as a book cover, and the second strikes me as a "withered love" theme. (Don't ask, I have no idea where that came from. xD It must be the shape of the leaf...)

10) If you look closely, the leaf actually looks like a little critter! It reminds me of a cross between a sea horse and a caterpillar, believe it or not. I personally think the stick lying across it strengthens this illusion, creating a tree-like object in front of the leaf.

11) Is that actually an egg? I can't decide if it's an egg with a rock-like texture, or a rock that's trying to be an egg. xD It looks too big for an egg, though. *shrugs* Anyway, I like it! And actually I didn't notice that the shadow was there, or that it was in the shape of a hand, before I read Lily's review. I like the effect, gives an innocent picture a hint of malvolence. I also like that it's half hidden; it looks like it's peeking out from safety at the dark hand sniffing around for it. And (random!) the little white stuff above the curve of the egg looks like a Pachirisu! xD

12) Ribbons!! xD Very interesting subject, and I love how you've managed to get the focus on this one. It almost looks like hair--maybe from a nymph?

Oooook, enough rambling! xD Keep taking pictures; these are all very, very good!

Thanks Glad! About the egg one, it actually is a rock and I purposely put my hands shadow there, I though it would look cool. And on #10 I thought that too, the little stick was there naturally so I decided not to move it

Lily thank you for the review, I don't see how the first horizon isn't straight but maybe I have a crooked eye As for the ones that aren't straight, meh, I don't usually edit my photos. I prefer them au naturel haha.

Hmm, in my opinion, you've taken pictures of three things: Sun, Closeups and Sticks. I know the last category is rather lame, but it was either that, or Other.
Sun: These would be the first four pictures, even though the very first one didn't have much sun in it (sunrise?) In these pictures, you make use of a little lens flare, which makes them somewhat interesting, but overall, they seem rather repetitive. Pictures 2 and 4 are basically the same thing, while picture 3 is far too dark to see much. The only one of the Suns pictures that I liked was the first, if only for the contrasting bar of snow and the nice blue gradient in the sky.
Tips: try not to take pictures that look so similar, and make sure you've got the right exposure so that nothing turns out too dark.
Closeups: These would be pictures 7 on. While some have very interesting subject matter, and show a lot of detail, some of them show too large and area, and are far too detailed: they're too distracting and un-centered. In other words, you have too much in focus, and the viewer cannot decide what to look at. Like that one with the fly, it took me quite some time to discern that you intended the fly to be the center of the image, since the leaves, stalks and log are all different and contrasting textures, and pull the viewers eyes in all different directions.
In a few of the images though, you got it just right, like the single-leaf pictures. What helped was that you only had two objects. In closeup pictures, detail is very prominent, and can be very distracting, except where there are few areas of detail, areas that contrast enough to be separate from each other and are therefore easy for the viewer to recognize them.
Tips: Don't put too many object with high detail in one picture. Work primarily with contrasting shapes and edges (such as the leaf) instead of centered, dead-on subject matter. Closeups can be very rewarding pictures, but they can also be distracting, and therefore hard to set up.
Sticks: These would be pictures 5 and 6. Although they're rather different, I put them together for the lack of a better name. The first is some sort of stick with bark peeling off? Nice subject material, but I would suggest a better angle or lighting effect to make it more interesting, since straight-on is a rather bad approach. For the dew-drop on stick picture, I say job well done: it's quite an interesting, albeit overused, piece of subject material. You managed to blur out the background just enough, and you put the stick two-thirds of the way up, instead of directly centered (which, in my opinion, makes it all the better)
Tips: Try new angles, don't shoot straight-on, and make good use of the focus you employed in picture 2.

Overall, your leaf pictures were the best, the really-really closeup one is my favorite of the two. You did good here! Keep on, Jemmy!
~Jenth

Hemhive! hehe.

Anyways, these photos are really good, quite professional.
I'm sorry if you're going to find this review vague. It' just because, reviewers above me have said already the hings that I'm supposed to say here.

PIcture 1: I love it. There's no something that distracts the view and used the right angle for that.
Picture 2: You might need to work on the brightness of that particular picture. Because of its too much lighting, it already stands out too much on the trees.
Picture 3: This is good, but a little dark on the field. I know you use it for emphasis, so that's okay.
Picture 4: Just like Picture 2 but this is better.
Picture 5: I don't know why you took this but nothing seemed to be interesting here. You should take pictures that are kind of picturesque wen it comes to nature. But I think everyone can shot this picture, so why won't you use a better angle?
Picture 6: I likey-likey this one. There's a focal shot in this, 'cause you focused on that branch with a water droplet and the quite blurry effect on the background.
Picture 7: Better if you shot this with your camera neared, cause the fly didn't stand out very well. There's no focal shot, that's why this is kind of uninteresting.
Picture 8 and 9: I have to say I like the second one, because you shot this with a better angle than with the first, it's all bland.
Picture 10: Not a good object to picture.
Picture 11: I likey-likey this one too. the hand shadow is really cool and quite unique.
Picture 12: Good. There's an average lighting and the angle was good.

Overall: I like your photos. Just so, you need to take pictures in a good angle and focus. And picture better objects or views cause some of it are quite bland. Also, use lighting in a good manner or use them with purpose and properly. Don't let them stand out everything cause it'll sometimes irritate our eyes and doesn't look good. Some of your shots are quite unique too, so be happy for that.
PM me for questions.

*likes*

Peace out!

~yuri