Tell me what i should have done differently when taking this pic...

[MikeMike]

basically i attempted to get a decent flow, the front two treest messed it up. should i have positioned the tree in the background differently or what.

BIG 56k warning. i didnt edit the pic at all.

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also probably should have been more to the right.

MIKE

 

[Kalvin00]

And the pic is where?

 

[SmoochyTX]

What pic?

But yeah, the trees in the background should really be in the foreground.

 

[MikeMike]

now we have a pic
MIKE

 

[bootymac]

#1 mistake: no girls

You fail!

 

[mobobuff]

Yeah, those first two equidistant trees mess it up by balancing the front of the picture. Pictures look the best when they're off balance (weight-wise not tilt-wise)

Also, you might wanna fennagle with the depth-of-field settings on the camera.

 

[simms]

MIKE

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
Yeah, those first two equidistant trees mess it up by balancing the front of the picture. Pictures look the best when they're off balance (weight-wise not tilt-wise)

Also, you might wanna fennagle with the depth-of-field settings on the camera.

i personally am more inclined to the fact that its the first to trees (which arent really equidistant) are actually tilting and not me, thus throwing the whole picture off.

MIKE

 

[EyeMWing]

Cut down the trees and it's perfect. The trees suck. PERIOD.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Cut down the trees and it's perfect. The trees suck. PERIOD.

the back tree is a dead weeping willow. its hit the bridge once. but we dont own a chaingsaw big enough for that bitch.

MIKE

 

[Eli]

I would have moved to the left a little to center the dead willow between the two trees.

 

[Anubis]

it woudl be OK if the 2 foreground trees were verticial

 

[funboy6942]

Agreed. You have nothing in the pic that stands out as a focal point. I would find the focal point and have the background start to go out of focus (turn the everything is in focus off)

 

[OffTopic1]

Good scenery. Framing the bridge between 2 trees is good; however the over all death scenery with no focal point isn't interesting. It would be a lot more interesting if you crop tighter into the bridge, and shooting early in the morning to capture the rising steam from the water with long exposure would be more dramatic. Night shot with high lights on the spruce tree, under & part of the bridge would be nice as well.

Best way to improve your skill is to take more pictures.

Happy photography.

 

[BZeto]

Its perfect.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: OffTopic

Good scenery. Framing the bridge between 2 trees is good; however the over all death scenery with no focal point isn't interesting. It would be a lot more interesting if you crop tighter into the bridge, and shooting early in the morning to capture the rising steam from the water with long exposure would be more dramatic. Night shot with high lights on the spruce tree, under & part of the bridge would be nice as well.

Best way to improve your skill is to take more pictures.

Happy photography.

problem with a night shot with a focal on the bridge and a sunsetish shot like...

this which i just darkened to try and add a more dramatic effect, from the original and i cant tell colors to well on this monitor, it sucks. but i think the darkening worked well. tell me about that shot some to.

MIKE

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1

Originally posted by: OffTopic

Good scenery. Framing the bridge between 2 trees is good; however the over all death scenery with no focal point isn't interesting. It would be a lot more interesting if you crop tighter into the bridge, and shooting early in the morning to capture the rising steam from the water with long exposure would be more dramatic. Night shot with high lights on the spruce tree, under & part of the bridge would be nice as well.

Best way to improve your skill is to take more pictures.

Happy photography.

problem with a night shot with a focal on the bridge and a sunsetish shot like...

this which i just darkened to try and add a more dramatic effect, from the original and i cant tell colors to well on this monitor, it sucks. but i think the darkening worked well. tell me about that shot some to.

MIKE

I consider the original to be more dramatic. The edited one is plain unrealistic (Though I'd have to spit it out on paper to be sure, I havn't calibrated this monitor)

 

[deftron]

resized it

 

[iamtrout]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
problem with a night shot with a focal on the bridge and a sunsetish shot like...

this which i just darkened to try and add a more dramatic effect, from the original and i cant tell colors to well on this monitor, it sucks. but i think the darkening worked well. tell me about that shot some to.

MIKE

What do you guys think of this edit?
1. Burned in the wooden boardwalk in the lower left because it was too distracting.
2. Took out some of the pond scum.
3. Added a bit more red to the pond.
4. Desaturated the red light coming through the tree leaves in the upper left because the red originally made that whole section look really blurred.
5. Took out the bird feeder in the right of the picture.
6. Rotated the picture so the horizon is level and the wood posts are vertical.
7. Cropped a bit of the bottom and left so more focus is emphasized on the pond and creates a minor widescreen effect.

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: iamtrout

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
problem with a night shot with a focal on the bridge and a sunsetish shot like...

this which i just darkened to try and add a more dramatic effect, from the original and i cant tell colors to well on this monitor, it sucks. but i think the darkening worked well. tell me about that shot some to.

MIKE

What do you guys think of this edit?
1. Burned in the wooden boardwalk in the lower left because it was too distracting.
2. Took out some of the pond scum.
3. Added a bit more red to the pond.
4. Desaturated the red light coming through the tree leaves in the upper left because the red originally made that whole section look really blurred.
5. Took out the bird feeder in the right of the picture.
6. Rotated the picture so the horizon is level and the wood posts are vertical.
7. Cropped a bit of the bottom and left so more focus is emphasized on the pond and creates a minor widescreen effect.

I think the original picture with some grain added would make for a superb effect, esp around the deck/boardwalk, and just darken the sky a bit, to sorta match the darkness of the foregorund.

 

[myusername]

I just cropped it and did a tiny vignette to bring out the tree more.

 

[njmodi]

I like the cropped version better.... I am still not sure if I would have liked to see the base of the tree in the picture... the tree is just cutting through the picture... but its a nice shot.... keep at it....

 

[Frew]

move your finger away from the lens

 

[Dudd]

Technically, isn't there infinitely percent more pictures now?

/neeeeeeeerdddddddddddddd

 

[db]

What are you intending with this pic? That determines how you present the image.