My Technic good or bad could i do better

[Eddy]

http://ejwadddel.smugmug.com/photos/633351651_Vpon5-M.jpg

[Eddy]

http://ejwadddel.smugmug.com/photos/633352272_5dTGV-M.jpg

[Eddy]

http://ejwadddel.smugmug.com/photos/633352258_5wFkv-M.jpg


I am using the 24-70..
I have to give positive feed back to smug ..They make it so easy to post pic, luv you guyz...keep up the very good intentions and work i truly appreciate this site from the bottom of my "HEART" ;)

[InsuredDisaster]

Ummm, what technique are you actually asking us to comment on? Composition, lighting, post processing, communicating with subjects, holding the camera, setting up your lighting equipment while avoiding spooking the subject, etc.

All of the above, or something specific?

[Eddy]

Composition and stance along with lightining... could i have brought these pics out any better,,
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[InsuredDisaster]

Well, I don't think there is anything wrong with your photos, but you might have tried a couple of things more.




With #2, I think the musician is on a hill. I'm guessing this 24-70 is a 2.8. Perhaps opening it up might have helped to blur the background. There is a butt on the right. Overall, it feels way to0 cluttered. A different angle, blurring the grass, and showing a bit more of the face might be something I would try.

#3 The photo is a decent shot of the guy playing whatever this instrument is (what is it anyway?) but do you think you could have worked the shot to make it different somehow? Again, there is nothing wrong with the shot, but to me, I bet every other person who went by this guy and took a picture has a nearly identical shot. I just wonder if you think you could have done anything that would make it stand out from a world full of photographers? Any ideas? Tell me what you can think of.

#1
I think, though I may be wrong, but I think your photo is over exposed, by about .5-1 stop depending on personal preferences. The shot looks a little washed out. If you were shooting this again, how else might you shoot this to make it stand out or appear different, like you really worked this subject from every angle and found the perfect one?


There are better photogs than I on this site, perhaps they might offer suggestions as well.

And above all else, if you are happy with them, then thats good enough for me.:thumb

[pathfinder]

Posting several different shots, and asking "What should I do better" is asking an awful lot of responders. A thorough answer might take over an hour to create.

I suggest you post a single image, and discuss what you think is good and bad about it, and then ask for specific suggestions about how to improve your image from your readers.

"Improving images" covers a lot of ground, everything from camera technique, choice of ISO, Lens, camera, lighting, color balance, focus accuracy or not, and much, much more . Your question really needs to be more specific I suggest.

[Eddy]

the intrament is called a DigiRedo played by aussies Aborignes

[Nikolai]

Posting several different shots, and asking "What should I do better" is asking an awful lot of responders. A thorough answer might take over an hour to create.

I suggest you post a single image, and discuss what you think is good and bad about it, and then ask for specific suggestions about how to improve your image from your readers.

"Improving images" covers a lot of ground, everything from camera technique, choice of ISO, Lens, camera, lighting, color balance, focus accuracy or not, and much, much more . Your question really needs to be more specific I suggest.
+1 :agree

[RogerLund]

in this case, I feel you cropped in to close.

[JohnBiggs]

:agree The images are too tight. Also seems you were putting the subject dead center.

in this case, I feel you cropped in to close.

[Zimtok]

OK, here goes....

Good every day tourist shots...
If you want your photo to "stand out" you need to get the shot nobody else is getting.

For instance, shot #3.
I would have got right up close and laid down on the ground right in front of the musician. Then I would have taken several shots aiming directly up the length of the instrument at his face. each shot would have a different focus point.
Then maybe a few shots of the side of his face close up showing his bulging cheeks as he blew on the instrument.
(Ask him to remove his sunglasses)

Sorry, I tend to gravitate toward the obscure view point. I want the person viewing my photos to feel they are right up and personal with my subject.



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[InsuredDisaster]

OK, here goes....

Good every day tourist shots...
If you want your photo to "stand out" you need to get the shot nobody else is getting.

For instance, shot #3.
I would have got right up close and laid down on the ground right in front of the musician. Then I would have taken several shots aiming directly up the length of the instrument at his face. each shot would have a different focus point.
Then maybe a few shots of the side of his face close up showing his bulging cheeks as he blew on the instrument.
(Ask him to remove his sunglasses)

Sorry, I tend to gravitate toward the obscure view point. I want the person viewing my photos to feel they are right up and personal with my subject.



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I was also thinking something like that immediately after seeing that photo. Yeah, the shooting low up the instrument is a oft done shot, but still, it would have been less seen than the stand and shoot angle.