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I seldom take portrait format landscape photos (if you catch my

drift), but this photo seemed to demand it, what do you think?

Taken from Table Mountain, unretouched apart from "unsharp mask" and

tweaking colour balance and contrast.

This was taken on a pretty sunny day at the Cape of Good Hope, but

somehow the light conspired for a few minutes to produce this scene,

which pretty perfectly sums up the area. This is a colour film with

no manipulation or desaturation, and I love the effect. What do you

guys think?

This was grabbed from the top of the Eiffel Tower. I was half

terrified that I would drop the camera. It was impossible to compose

properly due to the fence, but i think it came out ok under the

circumstances. All feedback gratefully craved.

I am extremely impressed with this image. Can I ask the usual boring questions, how did you meter this scene, did you use any filters and how on earth did you manage to get rid of the flare.

I loved the sign on this shop, I welcome comments on any aspect of

this picture, thanks

Any and all feedback welcomed

 

thanks

oops, that is what happens when you stare at a picture for too long. Have corrected it digitally, will re-enter the darkroom and fix the finished print later.

This is one of my favorite prints. It is a pretty much straight print

at grade 4, and I gave the far door an extra 1/3rd of a stop at grade

2. How would you people improve this print, are there any other areas

you feel could benefit from some dodging or burning?

 

Also any comments on the composition, exposure etc, are, as always

very welcome.

Actually, the building is made from Granite (as is most of the rest of Aberdeen). It dates from around 1750. IIRC the exposure was something of a guess as I had some trouble getting a meter reading from the camera at that light level.

This is a nighttime shot of my old school. Please let me know what

you think.

This is a banner on the Academy shopping centre in Aberdeen. I found

myself in town with ISO 200 film and no tripod, I think this came out

quite well under the circumstances, let me know what you think.

In regard to your question on sharpness, can you provide the following information:

Did you use a remote release or the self timer
Did you use mirror lock up
Are there any filters used
What lens was used

I am also interested in why you pushed the Velvia rather than just opening the aperture by one stop.

Initial thoughts as to the unsharpness could be:

Diffraction caused by the tiny aperture
Movement of the subject caused by air disturbance
Movement of the camera due to vibration
The filter or lens being used
The scanner used to digitise the negative

This is from my first attempt at concert photography. I realise the

image is a little soft, a combination of manual focussing under

pressure and holding a 135mm lens at 1/30th will do that to an

image :)

 

What I would like feedback on is the general composition, as well as

any general thoughts.

Comments on anything from the composition to the printing are

welcomed. I am going to go out tomorrow and buy a red filter to bring

out those skies a bit!

This is one of the few Macro shots that I am happy with, what do you

think? I also processed and developed the print myself, so any

comments in that area would also be appreciated.

You are correct in that I am just starting to print, I picked up a 25 pack of RC and 25 of FB, I have used up all my RC paper and wanted to try a fibre based print. It was just curiosity really.

 

Thanks for the tips, I will retry this weekend and repost the image.

Actually, seeing as it was you who took the picture, you stole my soul. Markus took the original picture and has a much better portfolio than I do, so go and take a look at it (but rate and comment on this first) ;)

Please could you comment on my printing technique, technical

information is on the photo's page.

Very nice picture, spot on lighting and framing. By the way, I think your little sister has a future in modelling, she looks like a natural :)

Maybe instead of trying to get rid of the cage lines, you could open up the DoF a little and bring them more into the picture. If there is nothing you can do to get behind them, make a feature of them, an image of the Hawk caged would be a little different - and would stand out amongst the hundreds of bird pictures that are around.

I like it, especially the colour effect you have achieved, was this from natural light or has it been photoshopped?

 

I would have preferred the image with just a touch more DOF to get the whole Playstation logo sharp, but that is a small point. Well done.