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Permalink Reply by Sean on December 7, 2009 at 6:36pm

First shot: Nice but I would like to see the colors a little more saturated and more contrast. Play with exposure times.

Second shot: Looks much like the leaf shot from your last post. Too blown out for my tastes but some may like it. Interesting angle. The angle would definitely call attention to this image.

Third shot: Not sure if this is a product type shot for just one of the pieces or all four. If it is for the one piece I would crop in a little closer and open up your aperture to blur out the background. If it is for all the pieces I would find a different angle, be a bit more creative like shot number 2.

Hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Leng on December 7, 2009 at 7:03pm

Hi Amber,
The lighting bolt is a very hard shot to get. I think that if you made the sky darker where there was more contrast it would be a very striking image. (no pun intended)

On the second shot looking up at the boy, he's a little hot on his right side. It's not to badly over exposed. You never want to over expose a digital image because if it is over exposed, there is no information it the highlights. If anything you want to under expose the image. In the software you can always use the fill light slider to lighten it up. Still, it's not the optimum thing to do. The best way to judge your exposure is to use your histogram and not the LCD screen on the back of your camera.

The art galley shot is very good for an interior shot. The problem with shooting in a gallery is that the light is very high contrast and low in intensity. Use a tripod if you can. Usually public museums won't let you use a tripod because of the liability situation.

Anyway, I hope this helps you. All in all your images are very good in composition and lighting.
Good luck,
Brian

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Permalink Reply by Tyrone on December 8, 2009 at 10:23am

Hi, Amber. I agree that the 1st shot needs more contrast and saturation. I usually shoot at f16 or smaller but. it usually depends on the exposure time. I often shot for 30 sec's or up to 7 minutes.

#2 the angle is cool but, try taking a series and see it from ground level if you can. I would most likely shoot this on manual.

#3 If this is in a gallery try shooting at the fastest iso speed that you can get away with w/o creating too much "noise".
I do this all the time at the smithsonian because they definatly won't let you bring a tripod in there!

#4 I don't know what kind a camera you are using so I can't imagine it's capability.

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Permalink Reply by Gabriele Bellan on February 1, 2010 at 1:57am

Hi Amber,

#1: good capture! You can try, wiht software, to reduce noise.
#2: good point of view! A bit strange the part near shoes. Retouched?
#3: good lights, but the image seems pending to the right (look at the edge on the right).

Bye

Ps is useful, for commenting, to know wich camera and lens are used

Gabriele

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