Which pictures would you say are the best 3!?

Question

Please view all 7! And look for glares, bad spots like (flashes) and items that arent part of nature but are part of society and and take those pictures into being the worst. Chose the 3 best looking pictures that represent nature, have a distinctive look, or anything else to make them look great. Dont be afraid to be brutal!

1.) http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii220/555pacman555/?action=view¤t=PDC_0022.jpg

2.) http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii220/555pacman555/?action=view¤t=PDC_0021.jpg

3.) http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii220/555pacman555/?action=view¤t=PDC_0018.jpg

4.) http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii220/555pacman555/?action=view¤t=IMG_5210.jpg

5.) http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii220/555pacman555/?action=view¤t=IMG_5140.jpg

6.) http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii220/555pacman555/?action=view¤t=IMG_5128.jpg

7.) http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii220/555pacman555/?action=view¤t=IMG_5120.jpg

Answer 1

I can only recommend you purchase a circular polarizer filter for your lens. You will find the wonder of the saturated landscape is revealed with it's use, and it is the only "effect" that cannot be reproduced in image editing software.

Second, buy and use a tripod. When starting out, get one with a three way pan head, not a ball head, this will make you slow down, and study your composition. Check the edges of the frame for distracting elements, and use something in the foreground to add depth and scale.

Number seven is the only one I see with any promise, good use of a natural element to "frame" your shot, and the river acts almost like a "leading line" into the composition, forcing the eye to explore...

Keep working, read up on the technical side of image capture, and practice practice practice !!!

Answer 2

The first two lack contrast and are very underexposed.

In the third image, the flash is not working wonders.

In the fourth image, the trees on the right are overexposed, and their is a tree branch in the top middle of the frame. I would suggest making a crop, removing the trees on the right.

The fifth image is quite good, actually, but I would also suggest cropping out the background at the top of the frame. There is nothing going on up there, and really just takes the attention away from the subject; the waterfall.

The sixth image is good as well, but it is sort of busy. I think a lower angle would have been better, also to make it look not so much like a snapshot.

The last image is a nice scene, but it is lacking saturation and the sky is very bland. Try going back to the scene, if you can, and take the same image at dawn or dusk.

Out of all of them, I'd say the best was the waterfall, though I would still suggest a cropped version.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Most are slightly out of focus, or have small lens flare spots, or such. #5 is the best, but should be cropped closer to the start of the water falling on the top, and the edge of the splash pool on the lower right portion of where the water ends up. # 6 is interesting, subject wise, but could be more sharply focused. Perhaps you need eye glasses...or you maybe just need a deeper depth of field. For that, use a wide angle lens, get far back, and use a small aperature (large f #, such as 22). Photo #1 could be a bit more exposed...lighter, and would work better as two photos. Print the top half of the trees/snow as one photo...cutting off the water line, and print the bottom half of the water/snow as another photo with none of the trees above the waterline visible. Such is my opinion, anyway.

Answer 4

First, I am not being brutal but using the concepts used in judging in camera club competitions.


#1 very crooked, has glare on lower left. Too dark for my taste
#2 straighter but less interesting, I preferred seeing more of the stream. Several bright dots, looks like rain on lens. Again, very dark, lacking detail.
#3 would not be considered a nature shot because the bridge represents the "hand of man". Looks like a flash shot after sundown that illuminated some near branches.Main subject, bridge, dead center is static composition.More dots on lens.
#4 right side is over exposed, main subject dead center, no real point of interest for the eye to rest.
#5 one of your most interesting shot but the white of the water is overexposed and some of the top needs cropping off.
#6 Nothing of interest, cut in half by stream, blown out water.
#7 Your other most interesting shot BUT, horizon is crooked, sky is a tad washed out (some Photoshopping would easily improve this shot .I would also crop off the gap to the left of the tree on the left side, just using the tree to frame your composition.

Best of 3
#1 is 7
#2 is 5
#3 is 1 if straightened, but I am hard pressed to name a #3 because I am not fond of any of the others.

Answer 5

i like the idea of the second one, but the red lines across it kind of turn me away from it. unless i'm seeing things o_0 haha
i really like the third one because of the bridge. i've always liked bridges in pictures. they make me wonder- where does that bridge go?
I also like the fifth and sixth one because they are good in focus, and the running water makes it calm but enjoyable.
hope i helped!
happy holidays :]

Answer 6

2, 6 , ... and 5 !!!