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After the utter pasting I took yesterday
It's a shame you feel like that Nigel, you asked for feedback on your images and that is what you got.
cameraboy
not all of us are particularily good at photography
How true, if you want the definition of c**p photography take a look at my gallery.
I will leave any thoughts and observations I have on your images for others to comment on.
All the best....Jim
I have always found landscape etc difficult to pull off, basicaly because I am not skilled enough. Oddly enough, my best ones have been taken with a Pentax 10-17 Fisheye at the 17 end and then slightly cropped
McGregNi
After the utter pasting I took yesterday
It's a shame you feel like that Nigel, you asked for feedback on your images and that is what you got.
The way I read it Nigel was being a bit tongue-in-cheek (or something like that) and other comments he has made show the positive way he is responding. I would like to say thanks to Nigel for putting these up and Smeggy et al for their insight. I'm sure I'm not the only one on the forum getting valuable education from this!
Tony
Nigel is made of sterner stuff and returns with some stronger compositions. The penultimate one is the best arrangement, with relevant foreground that remains sharp. The depth of field (DOF) covers the whole subject, so the aperture is a good choice. I think I would have moved the deck chair, or at least rearranged my position to exclude it.
I also enjoy the garden wall shot, although again the colour is way off. But the composition is excellent and it shows off an interesting bit of presumably kitchen garden wall.
Colour is still a problem, yellow being the order of the day. I'd also watch for large foregrounds that are outside the DOF, especially when they are just picnic tables.
Agree with CMW's comments. No. 6 would have been even better if you'd dragged the bench to the left hand side of the shot
Have you tried flipping No.6 to do as described above? There is noting in it that will give such a transformation away... (like text or signage)
Also the overhanging trees make another big appearance in these shots - this is something that I don't particularly like and would avoid in the future if you can (personal preference only, but there is a generally accepted rule that this should be avoided in a landscape image unless what the branches are attached to is visible).
The main issue is the one that John mentions which seems to affect most of your images, i.e. the really odd colour balance. I don't know if this is a camera setting or a processing problem, but all of them have too much yellow. This is making the grass and trees look sickly and overall gives them an unnatural appearance. Sorting out this issue will have a dramatic effect on your images. Maybe your monitor colour is a bit askew?
Regards
David
McGregNi
After the utter pasting I took yesterday
It's a shame you feel like that Nigel, you asked for feedback on your images and that is what you got.
I will leave any thoughts and observations I have on your images for others to comment on.
Jim, please don't. You have simply mis-interpreted my intro comments here, which are entirely joking ('you'd be thinking my K7 would be up for grabs in the classifieds') . I'm always pleased if my images generate such strong and detailed feedback, and as I said on the other thread it was all much appreciated, not least those things you said yourself - so bring it all on again!
... Nigel is made of sterner stuff and returns with some stronger compositions..... Colour is still a problem, yellow being the order of the day. .
You're right John, self confidence has never been in short supply for me , but its always important to stand back and see what others are seeing. I admit that the colours seem OK on my laptop monitor, but David reminded be below about the monitor temperature, so thats what I'll check out and run some shots through again using the same steps and see if that improves it.
If I'm understanding right, starting out in Adobe RGB (in 16bit) and finisihing in sRGB with 8bit JPEGs should not really give this type of problem should it? If not, then it makes sense to look at the monitor I guess.
And thanks to all the others here who have made very useful observations - I'm glad that there are others who are able to take something away from it as well.
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Lee
Hope that helps a little.
Concert photography
Currently on a Pentax hiatus until an FF Pentax is released
If I'm understanding right, starting out in Adobe RGB (in 16bit) and finisihing in sRGB with 8bit JPEGs should not really give this type of problem should it?
Mismatching like this can indeed cause problems. I would suggest resetting everything to sRGB and seeing what happens. After that, change one parameter at a time and check the results each time.
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These have been waiting to be processed from DNGs since the summer, so I saw a good excuse to get them up and running. I hope that some might appeal .... all constructive critisc.....(no, better not say that!)
All taken with the K7 & DA 18-55WR.
Pentax K7 with BG-4 Grip / Samyang 14mm f2.8 ED AS IF UMC / DA18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL WR / SMC A28mm f2.8 / D FA 28-105mm / SMC F35-70 f3.5-4.5 / SMC A50mm f1.7 / Tamron AF70-300mm f4-5.6 Di LD macro / SMC M75-150mm f4.0 / Tamron Adaptall (CT-135) 135mm f2.8 / Asahi Takumar-A 2X tele-converter / Pentax AF-540FGZ (I & II) Flashes / Cactus RF60/X Flashes & V6/V6II Transceiver