These are some of the pictures I took last summer at my granmas island in Finland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. This is probably the best picture i took.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Random flower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Cliff and the sea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. How does this manage to live?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Pretty nice plant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. A plant and the sea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Random tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Herald towers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Herald square

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Essex house

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Random tower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. Brooklyn bridge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. Carneval

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. Trump tower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. City hall station

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16. Broadway

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17. Mtv House

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18. Empire State Building

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19. Another Empire State Building

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May add some new. Any comments?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~Kal \

Photos! :o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To me, the best one is number 6. =D>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some CC,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some photos have the wrong focus (number 1,3,5,)

 

 

 

and some photos have an oblique horizon, but thats just a personal

 

 

 

oppinion on how you like your photos best.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice photos, what kind of camera do you use?

Nice! #1 looks like a postcard! :P

 

 

 

#6 is very nice too.

 

 

 

Add more if you have them. =D>

Photos! :o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To me, the best one is number 6. =D>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some CC,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some photos have the wrong focus (number 1,3,5,)

 

 

 

and some photos have an oblique horizon, but thats just a personal

 

 

 

oppinion on how you like your photos best.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice photos, what kind of camera do you use?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My camera is 'Canon digital IXUS55'. Don't know is it any good but i try to use it as many times as possible. Thanks for your cc too.

nice photo's! i especialy like number 6 because it has the right angle and the right focus. I agree with woopi that the numbers 1,3 and 5 have the wrong focus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and good to see there are more guys who take photo's exept from woopi and greenslime \

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also is it good if i shuffle some around with photo 6? ill pm u the result if so :

Thanks Rik. You can play with the picture, but remember to use my name and post the result here or PM.

 

 

 

I would be happy to see my pictures manipulated. Everyone - feel free to do whatever you want, just post the result here.

and good to see there are more guys who take photo's exept from woopi and greenslime \

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, just wanted to post that :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would be happy to see my pictures manipulated. Everyone - feel free to do whatever you want, just post the result here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

maybe cad will, but hes not online atm.

im not cad but i do manips, not just pixels, i also do 3d,jack of all trades one might say...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

simple hue sat light/darkk and contrast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PJB21

Nice pictures you got there. i like number 3 for some reason just attracted to it. the others are well took aswell though. well done 8-)

Thanks for all of the comments! Any more. Also, do you want to see the photos i took on my summer holiday in New York?

I think 3) is the best. And to Woopidoo, I think the focus was deliberate.

I think 3) is the best. And to Woopidoo, I think the focus was deliberate.

 

 

 

yeah, it was meant as a some kind of semi-macro photo.

I think 3) is the best. And to Woopidoo, I think the focus was deliberate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I agree. The other ones, beside from the first which is the second best, arent very interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cliff and sea is nice aperture settings with just the right amount of blurryness on each the close and long spots. So nice picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heres my manip.

Number 1:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vertical rule of thirds is used - nice composition but I'm not too keen on the focusing in the bottom third, was it possible to get the same composition further back without the lens being so close to the ground. If it wasn't, you could try checking your manual to see if you have a manual mode - if you don't fancy taking dud photos with wrong shutter speeds, try finding the "Apeture Priority" mode which allows you to pick an apeture and the camera will automatically get the right shutter speed to correctly expose the shot. Try taking the shot with the smallest apeture available, perhaps F22 or the largest number after the F. The smaller the apeture is, the more of the shot will be in focus. However the shutter speed will be slower so you might need a tripod depending on the light conditions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quite a busy image. In my opinion, too busy. If ever faced with a busy frame with lots of objects - like the feathers and stray twigs - try to remove them. "When you remove the ugly, you are only left with the beautiful" - I'll get a name for that quote when I find it in one of my photography books. Try going back and trying a macro of one of the yellow flowers on its own - just put the lens fairly close to it and use apeture priority again with an apeture of F2.8 or an F-stop thereabouts. and focus on the flower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 3:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The slanty horizon doesn't work in this photo (I think). I can see what you were trying to achieve with the soft focus but the composition just doesn't complement it. try again with a straight horizon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm gonna be writing less from here on as I'm running out of time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 4:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not much to critisise - the gaps between the rocks make great lead in lines and the tight crop works for the subject.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 5:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not so keen on it as the soft focus (again I understand why you did it but I don't find it pleasing - sorry!) and the blue sea in the top right hand corner distract the eye from the subject which is already masked by the rock. Perhaps moving the camera round to the right would make the plant clearer. It is a nice plant - but let's see more of it. Walk around your subject before turning your camera on and clicking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 6:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perfect other than the squint horizon, other than that the composition is superbly balanced. Well done!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 7:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice but the tree is at an angle - I would have tried to get it at right angles with the bottom of the frame, but a nice shot none the less - try a tighter crop at the bottom to get rid of the out of focus bit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A nice collection of snaps there and great potential to improve your photography, you have the basics of composition and you're trying unorthodox techniques, which will sometimes work and sometimes won't.

 

 

 

Great photos!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit: don't know why back slashes are appearing next to the apostrophes - I hope it doesn't make it too hard to read. I'll edit it when I get home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit #2: Deleted the slashes - I think I got them all.

Come on guys! Keep this post alive for a wee while longer do not let me kill another thread.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After previewing post:

 

 

 

Christ! I do not know why I keep getting back slashes before my apostrophes but I am going to type with no apostrophes at school as it seems to be happening only there. So I have edited the post to delete the backslashes and so on...

Come on guys! Keep this post alive for a wee while longer do not let me kill another thread.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After previewing post:

 

 

 

Christ! I do not know why I keep getting back slashes before my apostrophes but I am going to type with no apostrophes at school as it seems to be happening only there. So I have edited the post to delete the backslashes and so on...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okey, wanna see my pictures from New York trip?

 

Come on guys! Keep this post alive for a wee while longer do not let me kill another thread.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After previewing post:

 

 

 

Christ! I do not know why I keep getting back slashes before my apostrophes but I am going to type with no apostrophes at school as it seems to be happening only there. So I have edited the post to delete the backslashes and so on...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okey, wanna see my pictures from New York trip?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes! :)

Added.

Added.

 

 

 

lolz i was just watching this topic again when u were editing it :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and what was happening at the trump tower that they closed the road and there was police :-s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are some good pictures in it that i realy like but also 1 realy anoyes me... guess what one and u get a cookie \

 

Added.

 

 

 

lolz i was just watching this topic again when u were editing it :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and what was happening at the trump tower that they closed the road and there was police :-s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are some good pictures in it that i realy like but also 1 realy anoyes me... guess what one and u get a cookie \

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was that Puerto Rico parade that day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And i guess it's the mtv picture what annoyes you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the comment.

#18 is bad, the horizon isn't straight. Make sure he always is when you make a photo. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

edit:unless at action-photos of course

C/C on the New York pics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The action you photographed is nice, you know what you are photographing and thats interesting to photograph.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As said before, alot photos have no straight horizon, they all go from

 

 

 

high left to low right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice pictures, but the real downpart is the horizon. (some cameras have

 

 

 

an option to make you help getting a straight horizon, like a horizontal line

 

 

 

through your LCD screen. I dont know what camera you use, but if it is there you should try to use it)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really want to go to New York once. :wink:

Erhm, mind telling me how you got those images that small in size and in kbs? Cause I know they would have had to have been atleast 1MB or more per when you took them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a collection of photos I want to make a thread about, but all of them are over 4MBs. And the amount of photos I want to put in the thread would make it take years to load (with the size they are).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone care to answer the question?

Erhm, mind telling me how you got those images that small in size and in kbs? Cause I know they would have had to have been atleast 1MB or more per when you took them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a collection of photos I want to make a thread about, but all of them are over 4MBs. And the amount of photos I want to put in the thread would make it take years to load (with the size they are).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone care to answer the question?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made them smaller in photoshop... Just fixed the image size and kb size.

Darn, It will take a while to get all these photos rezied then.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks anyways, I really like the 1st photo BTW.