I posted this last week, I'm just looking for some more responses.
I'm thinking about entering my first photo competition. Do I stand a chance? Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x90/mtnmule/
2007-06-05 10:34:06 · 8 answers · asked by Nate W 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
OK, I still think shadowlake is your best shot. I hope you don't mind but I messed around with the photo a little to show you how you might improve the exposure on it somewhat. You will notice I brought out the green foliage more. Take it or leave it. Its your photo and you have a good eye. Keep up the good work.
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa132/moosephotog/shadowlake.jpg
2007-06-06 03:40:51 · answer #1 · answered by Moose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For your panoramic subjects - try to include something near as well as the something far of the landscape. It puts a kind of tension in the photo. But don't just have a fuzzy tuft of foliage in the corner. I knew a guy who regularly held a piece of cutoff branch in the corner of the picture. His photos were awful, really corny stuff. Be sure the near thing has some kind of relation to the far thing. Tension in photos is good: like having both near and far, hard and soft, dark and light, textured and smooth, growing and dying . . .
But hey. Your work is good and so is your eye. Just keep shooting. Shoot a lot. Ansel Adams once said that one really good print a month is a good crop for any photographer. Of course, his "really good print" was pretty fine indeed!
And put your prints into competition. Do it a lot. What have you got to lose? Try to find qualified critique. And don't be sensitive about criticism, either: this isn't the thing to be in if you're living in a glass house. Just go for it!
2007-06-05 22:20:03 · answer #2 · answered by Blues Player 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the mountain goat, you did a nice job with the exposure. I just wish his feet weren't cut off at the bottom. As for the landscapes, I can only suggest that you try to create more depth in them. Try tilting the camera down slightly for less sky and more foreground. Also, try finding something close to you, like a large rock or an animal. Compose your shot with this in the foreground so that the eye will be drawn to it, and then to the background. It helps to create depth in the frame. Nice job overall! I would enter Shadow Lake in the contest. But keep working to do better. Good luck and happy shooting!
2007-06-05 20:11:57 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I kinda like the Lost in Spring Aspens best. But it needs some levels adjustments, and a bit of crop from the left side.
Also like the climber. The mtn goat is missing his feet. The lake reflection is pretty good, but just nothing makes it stand out from the other thousands of lake reflections.
Good luck!
2007-06-05 21:42:52 · answer #4 · answered by Ara57 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shadow Lake and Indian Peak look like they should be entered-nice work
2007-06-05 17:43:23 · answer #5 · answered by MusicGirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two thumbs up! I mean, it's grat, the one of "Indian peak" its so cool, I think you'll win your first photo competition!
Great job
2007-06-05 18:19:17 · answer #6 · answered by !¡! Vick !¡! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as an amateur photographer i think you have a good eye for it....keep trying new things, and develop you own style...
2007-06-05 19:25:13 · answer #7 · answered by Brandie R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pretty good. i would try using different filters on some pictures.
2007-06-05 22:41:59 · answer #8 · answered by Tirb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋