dthew

Fantastic photo. For some reason, it reminds me of Darth Vader's fighter... just as omenous for whatever is in its sights!http://www.sectalk.com/board/public/imported_images/sectalk.com/darthvader_tie_fighter-1.jpg

 

 

 

The combination of the orange light behind the interesting blue wall, and the silhouettes

of the people jumped out at me. What do you think?

As a complete novice, all constructive criticism is most welcome...

Great captured moment. The diagonal of the arms in composition provides great tension, the lighting highlights the smoke and the blue of his vest stands out well against the orange background. Overall an excellent composition.

I was watching some guys hoisting heavy cement bags up through this first floor

window. It made sense, they were heavy, but when they attached the broom that they

were too lazy to carry up one flight of stairs, I had to get a pic.

Thanks Suhaib. To answer your question, long exposure (1/2 sec) and panning, no flash. I still need to work on my panning as I would love to get the scooter sharper, but it's hard to pan accurately for so long. I was also fortunate in this shot that I got the red streaks in foreground from the tail lights of a car going in the opposite direction. That really added to the effect and made this one stand out from the other two in my gallery.

Scooters are ubiquitous in Taiwan and I realised the other day that the restaurant under

my apartment block has some red lanterns and a range of neon lights that would make

for some interesting background streaks. I like the ethereal feel of this photo with the

rider almost a ghostly phantom within the lights.

Any feedback on technique or composition warmly welcomed.

Great photo with just Mt Hood lit up! Fantastic!

I like all the greens in this photo. I think it would also have been interesting to isolate one of these against the dark green of one of the leaves. This would have really made the light green pop and shown the amazing texture of the skin in more detail. Still a great pic though!

This was at about head height and my first shot was from the left which then meant the background was sky. I immediately realised, as you suggested, that I needed a darker background, and so had to raise the camera above my head to look down on this and get the tree trunk and branches to try and provide a darker background. Obviously this wasn't the most stable shooting position hence the loss of sharpness. Stepladder and tripod next time!

Your water effect is good, but I feel the photo is underexposed - too many dark corners. I think you could have gone for a longer shutter speed. Also I think that you need to think about the composition a little more. With this picture your eye starts at the water and then wants to follow the river upstream to a point in the distance where there is then... well nothing. Maybe a different angle further down the stream so that you are lead into the picture along the stream and up to the waterfall would work better.

This one is great. I'd be interested to see what you could produce if you used a tripod and even slower shutter speeds. It might give the water an even more ethereal feel.

Nice water effect. I'm trying the same thing at the moment - trying to keep the shutter open for longer and longer. I feel you could work on the composition a little more, as the big rock feels to central for me and the twigs in foreground create a bit of a barrier to the eye entering the pic. I like the light though. I've been shooting on overcast days, but it means I have sometimes lost some of the lighting effects.

The camera focussed on the centre pips, but I feel this would have been better if I had

got the front top edge in focus. What do you think?

New to photography, so all constructive criticism welcomed...

This is my first attempt at flowing water pics so any thoughts on settings and

composition will be helpful.