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My October 2010 Holiday Pics
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Thought I might share some of my holiday pics with you all that I took in bonnie Scotland. All taken with my Canon 450D SLR.
Let me know what you all think.
A very small and cute Guillemot
A Cormorant
Highland Cow captured using my Zoom lens
Taken this shot in the middle of a clear day with a Polarizer filter.
Not many people can take this shot, hence thats why I've added a copyright over it.
Like these two shots. Both photos were quite dull, thought I might do something different. Even my father is going to use the first photo for an oil painting lol.
Let me know what you all think.
A very small and cute Guillemot
A Cormorant
Highland Cow captured using my Zoom lens
Taken this shot in the middle of a clear day with a Polarizer filter.
Not many people can take this shot, hence thats why I've added a copyright over it.
Like these two shots. Both photos were quite dull, thought I might do something different. Even my father is going to use the first photo for an oil painting lol.
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May be me, but the top one looks a tad out of focus?
Really really like the one of the clear day.
Like the highland cow and the last picture.
:yes:
I like all but the last 2, I think that their highly over edited
I think that they could be brilliant if it wasn't for the over contrast for example
Fair comment, but as it says in the userguide, this forum is partly to help people grow in confidence, so do you have any tips on how to make them less bland in your opinion?
Yes the 1st photo of the Guillemot is a wee bit out of focus. I was holding the camera as still as I could.
Yes Strubble the last two photos are HDR. I have used only one photo.
Grace
Gee thanks a lot!!! I think my photos are not particularly 'bland'.
I think tbh if your going to be doing HDR photographs a Tripod is a must and from the comment about you either didn't have one with you or you don't have one
So imo I would avoid doing HDR until you have a tripod as you need at least 2 photographs for it to work well
All the rest of the photographs are good but I still think that theres room for improvement in the edits
Also it looks slightly out of focus. I would have focused on the nose, since you can't really see her eyes. A sharply focused little wet nose surrounded by masses of fur and grass and heather and whatnot would have made for a cracking shot
if HDR is done with more than one photo then its very rare that you get the halo effects as its combining the contrast from at least 2 photographs so you get the right contrast for, example, the clouds but also the right contrast for the foreground interest
You asked for opinions. You can't get pissed off for people not having particularly good ones.
I think if you relied less on the quality of your camera, and thought more about the subject matter, your photos could be more interesting. It seems a bit like you've just seen a cute cow, and photographed it, which is good, because the cow is lovely, but why don't you experiment with putting the cow in other areas of the frame? The eye is generally more drawn to the subject when it is not bang in the centre.
You could try experimenting with different angles. Instead of just pointing the camera at the cow at face level, you could point from lower than it's face, or above. This might create a more visually interesting picture, that's less run of the mill.
I seem to remember Strubbles (I think) saying that somebody's (might have been yours? can't remember) photos are often like the ones that you get already on disk when you buy a computer, and I agree with him. However, I think if you stopped relying on the attractiveness of the subject, and the quality of your camera, and started to think more about how to take a good photograph, rather than how to photograph a good subject, your pictures would turn out a lot more interesting, at least in my opinion.
I'm not telling you how to take them. You asked for opinions on those photos. I said they were bland. Helen said that I should give a little advice on how to make them less bland, in my opinion. I gave some advice. Whether you choose to take it or not, I couldn't really care less, but YOU ASKED FOR OPINIONS.
Also, what do you mean by 'someone like you'. Please elaborate.
And yeah, a few shots lack focus.
I've done what you said (saved in my computer) and it looks better without the barbed wire in the shot.
Can't help with focus especially with the one of the Guillemot as it was moving around quite a lot.
I also include a rendered vehicle which I have done in Photoshop. It needs a lot more work doing to it yet.
Subaru STI
Welcome to the forum gerald
West Coast of Scotland in Argyll.
There are a few more photos in the Net & Tech; titled "Which Wildlife lens for Canon 450d"