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I'd dodge the lady in the hat completely out of the picture. Composition is fine, maybe a hair more space where they are looking, but you need the floor in the lower right to keep the picture from looking too dark.

This is a self portrait that I did for a class assignment. Curious

what people think about it (asthetics, technical, anything). Thanks.

Looking for technical critiques, thanks.

A little more of the hippie please.

Maybe a little too dark.

Nice photo otherwise.

This isn't the easiest photo to critique, but I'm going to give it a whirl. I haven't critiqued a lot of photos, so forgive me if this isn't helpful.

 

You titled the photo 'Reflections in a mountain lake' so I'm going to assume that that's what caught your eye. To me, the reflection isn't really stunning, but the color of the water is. If you really were trying to show the view the reflections, then I don't think it's too successful. Probably due to the lightubg, or focus, or framing, or all.

 

The photo is a little odd, having the cliffs go right off the top of the image. There's not a lot of reference. Also, in the center of the image, is a large dark portion of cliff. I don't know that I care for that, I think it might have been stronger if the dark area wasn't centered. Also, you have light hitting the left side of the rocks, but not the right side. This is really effecting the reflections, as they're more obvious on the left.

 

The white object at the water edge (snow I assume) is a little distracting. I'd want more or less of it.

 

The image is almost abstract. It should be either more abstract or less. Imagine croping it to make it a verticle image, with only the rocks/water with direct light. It becomes much more abstract, and the reflection more the focus of the image. It might look overexposed at that point, so you'd have to adjust in the darkroom.

 

If you do that, you'll loose some of the beautiful aquamarine color in the lake. As a viewer, I'm interested in that color, and what is further to the right of the image.

 

Anyway, those are some things to think about. Just so you know, I'm not a professional. Take it for what it's worth. Keep shooting.

I think the contrast in this picture is right. It has a great mood because of the contrast, and the building in the background has nice gray values. Definately a nice use of 'too much contrast' :)

This looks a lot like Cartier-Bressen. It's a very nice photo. I think it could be a little better if neither of the two kids on the end where cut off by the border.

I kind of wish that the upper half of the structure stood out from the sky like the lower portion. The sky is amazing, and silouette ads quite a bit of interest. Overall, very nice.

Awesome. Not a really constructive comment, but oh well. I hope the band liked the shot.

I agree with Pralay. I think that the edge of the outer pot should be cropped. It didn't occure to me to crop the bottom of the picture, but I think that's a good sugestion. It has a really nice peaceful quality coming from the subject and the colors of the photo. Definately a picture I'd be proud of.