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artilleryatx
08-13-2006, 08:47 AM
I have never posted in here but i took a trip to Craig, Colorado this summer for some mission work and i snaped 2 pics of the area sadly though i never got any of the mountains:-(
tell me what you think
picture1 (http://yourartillery.com/street.jpg)
picture2 (http://yourartillery.com/house.jpg)
They both look like standard snapshoots, not much else to say.
there isn't really anything unique happening and you didn't capture anything all that interesting.
its just well a… road and a house.
geez tz, what is with you always nay-saying
JPnyc
08-13-2006, 01:04 PM
You noticed that too, eh?
it just get's alittle tedious that *everything* has to be criticised, constructively or otherwise. things can be summed up in a few words, not always many.
no wonder designers get a bad rep for being narcissistic ego's with hands.
but i'll shut up now, otherwise this statement would be ironic.
Those shots are nice, i've never been to colorado and the landscape and architecture looks a world apart from here
mac.FINN
08-13-2006, 02:10 PM
They're not that bad... a little creative cropping and the first shot is fairly interesting. The sky's got real character.
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5858/telepolesr3.jpg
amelia
08-13-2006, 03:23 PM
These pics are nice, I miss Colorado by looking at them.
A suggestion for future shots that mac.FINN hit on the head is composition. Your composition is a bit ordinary. The viewers focus goes right to the center of the image and stays there.
A handy tool is to apply the the rule of thirds (refer to "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds" for a descript.). By applying interesting compositional techniques you can increase interest to your images.
artilleryatx
08-13-2006, 04:01 PM
i really just loved the colors of the house and then the alley way was before a storm was about to come in they were taken with a disposable camera i dont know alot about photography but i want to learn and i've been looking at the rule of thirds alot because it applies to photography and graphic design and it looks like something i need to make my friend
cornfed
08-13-2006, 04:06 PM
nice lighting on the first one. I think it makes for a nice photo just with that. I agree about the cropping and rule of thirds, but good job for a beginner. There are a ton of photography books out there to get you started. I think "Joy of Photography" is a great book to get you started in a variety of areas! Good luck and keep posting as you progress!! On those little disposable cameras, try stretching a piece of pantyhose over the flash. It makes it disperse a little better so its not so harsh. You could also try a little piece of tannish colored transparency over the flash if you don't have any hose.
I actually dig the first shot, but with cropping as mac.finn stated above...removing alot of the road and letting the sky dominate makes for an interesting shot...kind of in the style that I've seen alot of where nondescript subject matter turns surreal and interesting via lighting and composition. I think you're very close. Nice work.
Red Kittie Kat
08-13-2006, 09:58 PM
Kewl shots Artillery....... love the vintage look of the first one and the clarity of the second is very crisp.... good job :)
Noonan
08-18-2006, 01:16 PM
Yeah TZ always naysaying, you sit in your tower! Shut up! (sorry for my jack black outrage moment there)
I dig the colors of the sky, keep workin at it artilleryatx