What do you think?

Question

Would you pay 50 cents for any of these photos? What do you think of them and what pointers do you have?
http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?gid=82530&owner=mobius121

Answer 1

I agree with MixedMojo about the pop-ups, geeeeze. Six attempts in about 2 minutes? Thank goodness I browse on Firefox.

As for the photos, they are unremarkable snapshots. The night scenes and some of the close-ups are not in focus. Most show no understanding of dynamic range, lighting, or composition. My favorite would have been the cloudscape, but it is marred by the title (which is not centered, BTW) and the foreground needs some focal point and levels adjustment. The sunset is not bad, just boring. Again, some foreground elements would have been nice. The others are just ho-hum with nothing standing out as being particularly bad or good, but I wouldn't think any would be sellable, even at 50 cents.

I would suggest getting some beginner books in photography. Learn about manual exposure, lighting and composition. "Understanding Exposure", by Bryan Peterson is a great one to start with, Keep learning and practicing and you will see your work improve. Good luck.

Answer 2

First of all, you should choose a better image hosting website, I don't really like having popups bombard my browser. Try imageshack, or better still, flickr. Second, I wouldn't pay for any of those photo's, they are not terrible, but not noteworthy either. The best was the sunset, and that could have been composed better. You should use a wider focal length to give the eye more to look at, and there wasn't much else [in the foreground mostly] for the eye to focus on. The rest were unremarkable [not bad, not great], aside from the night street shots, which were the worst ones. They were poorly composed and you didn't capture what would be expected of shots of it's kind. I gather you wanted to achieve something like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/coldcut/176978070/in/set-72157594180417304/ which is difficult and you could benefit from using a stop down filter like a ND .6 or even a circular polarizer. This would allow you to hold the shutter open longer to get the light trails, and you should shoot when there is more traffic. I'm not sure if that is the effect you were looking for, but it is what I would expect of a night shot such as those.

Don't take my criticism personally, I don't mean to offend, it is just my opinion.