*OFFICIAL* Critique Thread

[rodi]

Originally Posted by The1

BIRP?

http://www.birp.fm/

[rodi]

oh, Look! a photo needs to be critiqued....

[Chewy734]

rodi, you on PCP?

[The1]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

rodi, you on PCP?

damn.... why can i never find the face palm smilie when i want it quickly!!!

[rodi]

that's cute.

[The1]

[rodi]

f ftopic:

[Chewy734]

Reed, you shouldn't have cropped the nose/mouth of the horse, plus I feel like the bottom half of the horse's face isn't in focus? Did she move?



damnit, I just realized I have a dust spot in my photo.

[The1]

none of the horse is really in focus, i only wanted the girl in focus i think i shot that at F2 or F2.2 on my 135... i'll check my data

[The1]

please excuse noon hour lighting, i didn't have control over that sadly as this was my subjects only available time, i did try to use a flash to fill a little bit, but i could have filled some more.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by The1

none of the horse is really in focus, i only wanted the girl in focus i think i shot that at F2 or F2.2 on my 135... i'll check my data

My first thought was, "A girl and her horse". With that in mind, I'd like the horse's left eye in focus, at least and I'd crop out that background to the outside of the horse. Still, the girl looks great.

[dcstep]

Chewy, there's a really crappy foreground, particularly on the left side.

The sky is great and the building is great and the mast in front is..."interesting." Maybe a vertical format with emphasis on the main, multi-story part of the building/mast/sky.

[The1]

Originally Posted by dcstep

My first thought was, "A girl and her horse". With that in mind, I'd like the horse's left eye in focus, at least and I'd crop out that background to the outside of the horse. Still, the girl looks great.

how so? just take the crop up from the bottom left and get rid of more of the horses right ear to get rid of background? or would i be better off putting a mask over the background and just dulling it out so it isn't noticable?

I need to learn how to mask things, i have no experience at that at all..

[rodi]

Thanks, Dave, but please post a photo of your own with each critique.

[Chewy734]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Chewy, there's a really crappy foreground, particularly on the left side.

The sky is great and the building is great and the mast in front is..."interesting." Maybe a vertical format with emphasis on the main, multi-story part of the building/mast/sky.

well, I can't grow grass there easily for you. But, perhaps I could've cropped it differently. Thanks.

[dcstep]

Denver International Airport Interior:


DIA's main lobby in morning light... by dcstep, on Flickr

[E90SoFlo]

^ taking pics in airports is risky business

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by The1

how so? just take the crop up from the bottom left and get rid of more of the horses right ear to get rid of background? or would i be better off putting a mask over the background and just dulling it out so it isn't noticable?

I need to learn how to mask things, i have no experience at that at all..

I the mask idea. Generate some strong, fake bokeh over there.

[The1]

Originally Posted by dcstep

I the mask idea. Generate some strong, fake bokeh over there.

i'll giver a shot. but again, i have like 0 experience, so could f up pretty bad on it.... should be entertaining at the very least!

[Chewy734]

I don't recommend faking bokeh... just sayin.

[ichiban]

mini shoot over 4th of july weekend with my gf.

[rodi]

let's try to follow the thread's rules listed in the original post.