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February 6, 2024 at 10:14 am #84981
James Staddon
KeymasterHi @grace-galdamez, neat to see some more of your photos!
That photo of the little black puppy is SO cute! The depth of field is super nice. And the fact that you can tell it’s golden hour is nostalgic to me of special times in the morning watching the sun come up while most of my surroundings are still in shadow. I assume it’s not sunrise though. 🙂 The only thing I would change about this photo if it were mine is to make the white balance a little more warm. Some of the puppy’s fur appears bluish which doesn’t look natural.
That second shot is very interesting! It’s nice and sharp on the dog, but he is cropped off at his hind legs so it makes my brain second guess if it’s actually supposed to be the main subject. I suppose that’s why you decided to blur the top half of the photo digitally? That thought is going in the right direction, but because the blur only covers half the cow, it looks digitally added and quite unnatural. This brings attention to the blur (thus, away from the subject) which is exactly what you weren’t intending to do. So, I wouldn’t blur it, and just let the cow play a prominent role in the “story” of the photo, recomposing to include the whole dog.
What a photogenic puppy!! He just captures your heart! Great photo. Nice and sharp. A great subject for a centered composition. The blur around the edges is very unnatural looking and distracting to me. Maybe a little vignette would be fine.
And the last photo of your cat there is a VERY creative shot, it’s just not sharp on the cats face. I do like the interplay of light and shadow, the shapes, the light angle, the textures though! Well composed too.
February 6, 2024 at 10:15 am #84982James Staddon
KeymasterOh! And for that last one. Yes, a b&w edit would indeed be apropos.
March 12, 2024 at 2:49 pm #85721Grace Galdamez
ParticipantHowdyyy I continue practicing focusing and editing photos, I require some suggestions and tips..
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March 12, 2024 at 3:10 pm #85724Grace Galdamez
ParticipantI have some problems with light reflection in my cat’s eyes and I don’t really know if I can correct this in an editing program
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March 13, 2024 at 11:48 am #85752James Staddon
KeymasterWow! What clear, blue eyes! Very interesting. Is that the “problem with light reflection” you were talking about? Can you tell us which one of your photos is original, unedited?
March 13, 2024 at 3:18 pm #85764Grace Galdamez
ParticipantI’m still learning how to let my photos not be so heavy to share them here, this one is raw without editing I just don’t like how it’s left eye looks
March 13, 2024 at 3:22 pm #85765Grace Galdamez
Participanthttps://photos.app.goo.gl/euPrUb9D7Q48CxYD9
Sometimes I don’t know if I’m being obsessive about wanting to focus the eyes, but lately I’ve been following it like a challenge that I’ve wanted to achieve hehe
March 18, 2024 at 5:28 pm #85900James Staddon
KeymasterWow, that’s neat, the eyes naturally being so blue! It does look a little otherworldly, though. If you want to tweak just one color in the photo, does your editing program have something like Lightroom’s “Color Mixer”? “Saturation” will turn blues more or less gray, “Hue” will change the color from blue to another color, and “Luminance” will change how bright the blue is.
May 3, 2024 at 2:23 pm #86775Grace Galdamez
ParticipantHelloo everyone! We have puppies on our small farm, I took the time to take a small photo session of them, previously I did it with a small Samsung Cyber-shot and I didn’t know anything about modes (I guess it was automatic all the time) but now that I have my cannon is more complex,stiiill, I wanted to see what you thought about the vignette I added and if there’s anything I can do to improve this, let me know!
May 3, 2024 at 2:26 pm #86779Grace Galdamez
ParticipantMay 3, 2024 at 2:31 pm #86781Grace Galdamez
ParticipantMay 8, 2024 at 6:55 am #86827Jenna Harnish
ParticipantGood morning Grace! Your pictures of the puppies are very cute. My sister recently had a litter of huskies too… if that’s what breed the puppies are! When i saw the first picture of the puppies i thought of what i learned here on lenspiration recently about “breath of sight”… if the subject is looking a certain direction we learned to leave more space on that side. James said “this helps prevent the visual flow from feeling like it is being abruptly halted”…just what i thought of when i saw that first picture!:) You also asked about the vignette… i think the purpose of a vignette is to draw attention to the subject and not to itself. I personally feel the vignette is a little heavy, I look at the puppy and then my eye wants to travel off the subject to look at the vignette. Maybe a weaker vignette would be less distracting. The other puppy pictures look good though! I also liked the pictures you took at home school camp. I like the composition and starburst affect you did on your first picture! The second picture looks professional with the boat on the third…although the horizon looks a little crooked. Your last picture with the moon has very nice framing. I thought of the photo assignment ‘moon scenery’ when is saw that picture! It seems you get the nicest pictures for an assignment after the assignment is done!:) Anyway… great job on those pics you took! I think its neat we have the same camera (a canon rebel sl3)!:) And hopefully I didn’t lead you astray with my critique!
May 23, 2024 at 4:22 pm #87001James Staddon
Keymaster@grace-galdamez, sorry I didn’t get around to responding to your photos until now! Was pretty busy there for a few weeks. But let me take a look at your photos!
– Those little newborn puppies are so cute!
– Each photo I can tell you made it a point to focus on the eyes (even though eye balls are not visible). It still makes the photo feel in focus, even when noses are not perfectly in focus.
– You’re right on eye level with them all! That’s great.
– There’s no wrinkles in the white fabric they are laying on!
– Whatever they are laying on is really nice. It feels so comfortable! It’s not like a white sheet over a board…that would look uncomfortable. Yet, it’s not like they are sinking down into a pillow. It’s very well done.
– The backgrounds are all so nice and blurred soft! Beautiful.
– “IMG_4501-puppy.jpg” is my favorite pose. You can clearly see many features of the puppy, from the nose and eye to the ear and paws.
– Edited so well. White’s appear to be white.Not much I’d say in critique. A few things maybe:
– The last photo is back focused, the focus plane being behind the eye area.
– The vignette is very heavy, like @jenna was saying. For high-key photos, I almost never use a vignette.
– In just about each photo, I feel like there’s too little breathing room below the puppy, especially the first and last. The amount of space on the top and either side of the puppy in each photo is pretty good overall. Just underneath it feels too close, to me.Keep up the good work!
May 23, 2024 at 4:37 pm #87002James Staddon
Keymaster@grace-galdamez, I really enjoyed looking at your homeschool camp photos!
First, I’d love to hear more about the “homeschool camp”! Is there a homeschool convention in Mexico near you?!
– Parking lot sunset: Great time of day. Love the reflections in the cars. I think a vertical shot, shooting through the space between the rows of cars toward the setting sun would be a more interesting composition, and would maybe remove some of the distractions like the telephone pole and surrounding buildings?
– Boat on lake: Great subject! I really like that the reflections of the people on the boat are NOT merging with the foreground shoreline. This helps keep the subject stand out. I’m curious what this photo would look like in B&W! Maybe cropping the top and left.
– Tree silhouettes: This is my favorite of the 5 you uploaded! The color is so rich and throughout the entire photo. Letting the trees fall into complete shadow is great. No need to see detail in the trees and foreground. It helps the shapes stand out. Depending on what was to the left of the left-most tree, I would have included the entire trunk, so it was more noticeable that there were three distinct trees in the photo, one in the center, and two on either side close to the edges of the photo.
– Wooden bridge: Without a clear subject on the other side of the bridge, it’s hard for me really stay latched on to this photo. Perhaps get lower down and include more of the bridge? Maybe focus on one specific board in the bridge and let the background be blurred out? Or maybe step to the right (or left) to use the top of the railing function as a leading line?
– Moon between trees: Fantastic framing, here! Very creative. Good way to use elements that would naturally be uninteresting to create something that’s fun to look at. I’m not sure if I like the orange glow on the trees. Even though I assume it’s natural, the last rays of light barely still visible, it looks maybe “dirty”? I wonder if it was edited to be more cool, if that would help. Otherwise, really neat photo!
May 23, 2024 at 4:38 pm #87003James Staddon
Keymaster@jenna, when you said, “It seems you get the nicest pictures for an assignment after the assignment is done! :)” I was like, so true! Well, at least you know how to shoot it better the second time around. 🙂
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