Sierra NV pics.

[docbell]

These are some pictures I recently took in N. California. Hope you enjoy them.

http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/29009242-M.jpg

http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/25190060-M.jpg

http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/26784368-M.jpg

http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/25724341-M.jpg

Opinions, critiques always welcomed. Thanx - Kevin.

[TristanP]

Welcome! I like the last two, especially the foggy vista. :thumb

[Phil U.]

Hi there Kevin! Welcome to Dgrin! You've joined into a good group of helpful and friendly photography enthusiasts.

I'll give some comments on your shots because you said critiques are always welcome. I hope you don't find them harsh as I don't want to scare you away. :wink Comments/critiques around here are always meant to help, not hurt.

First one: I like the lighting on this one, nice warm, inviting.
http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/29009242-S.jpg

Looks like the camera drooped to the right as it's not level. You could easily fix that in your photo editor. The composition doesn't really grab me though.
http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/25190060-S.jpg

Ah, waterfalls - love 'em - big, small, doesn't matter. This is "nice" but could probably be improved a tad. The color balance is cold (blue) and should be corrected. I think you could have gone for a slightly shorter exposure time and not blurred the water quite as much. Composition wise it feels a little cramped on the bottom right. Maybe a wider focal length would have been better or maybe you could have stepped back. It looks like you cropped it so maybe try a different crop.
http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/26784368-S.jpg

Very nice - can't think of anything else to do with this one.
http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/25724341-S.jpg

[Invective]

I love that warm flowing water effect! Great job :thumb

[ian408]

Welcome to dgrin!

The Sierra offers a variety of old buildings to poke around. Many are leftovers from the
gold rush era.

Very nice shots. I like the water shot best.

Look forward to seeing more too!

Ian

[docbell]

Hi there Kevin! Welcome to Dgrin! You've joined into a good group of helpful and friendly photography enthusiasts.

I'll give some comments on your shots because you said critiques are always welcome. I hope you don't find them harsh as I don't want to scare you away. :wink Comments/critiques around here are always meant to help, not hurt.

First one: I like the lighting on this one, nice warm, inviting.
http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/29009242-S.jpg

Looks like the camera drooped to the right as it's not level. You could easily fix that in your photo editor. The composition doesn't really grab me though.
http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/25190060-S.jpg

Ah, waterfalls - love 'em - big, small, doesn't matter. This is "nice" but could probably be improved a tad. The color balance is cold (blue) and should be corrected. I think you could have gone for a slightly shorter exposure time and not blurred the water quite as much. Composition wise it feels a little cramped on the bottom right. Maybe a wider focal length would have been better or maybe you could have stepped back. It looks like you cropped it so maybe try a different crop.
http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/26784368-S.jpg

Very nice - can't think of anything else to do with this one.
http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/25724341-S.jpgThanks everyone for the responses/comments, they are appreciated. And Phil, you shouldn't have told a newbie that you love waterfalls, because now you have to see more. The first 2 are of the same falls as above, the first is cropped down and the 2nd is at a different time of day. The third is a different fall.

http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/26143965-M.jpg

http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/25190061-M.jpg

http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/25190069-M.jpg

Thanx again for looking. Kevin.