first, what I could have done to get a better shot: I wish I would have taken the opportunity to gather some eggs and place it closer to the one in focus to set up "the scene" better. I also wish i would have taken the egg and turned it more sideways to the camera. I mean, I know it is an egg, but others may not. Lastly, to make it a better photo, it should have been moved down more in the intersecting thirds of the bottom left corner.
Now brittney's: It took me a while to find things that could make this photo better... it is pretty close to perfect!! You did a great job! I have 2 things... 1. I think your ISO is one stop high. I think it would be a crisper photo and the colors would be more saturated if you would have shot with an ISO of 100. Your shutter was high enough you would have still had a high SS in 100. 2. It would have been completely perfect compositionally if your main flower was just a small tad more to the left to be truly centered. Like i said, i had to dig deep to correct it... you did GREAT!
Jenny, it would be interesting to see a shot with the adjustments you mentioned, to compare the two, but I do really like yours. I think the centered composition actually works well with your subject, and maybe it's because of the season, but I knew immediately that it was an egg. :) The light and textures in your photo are really fantastic - I especially love the three degrees of detail in the grass, from the center to the foreground to the background. Excellent work, and in Manual, no less! ;)
As for my photo, I totally agree with you about the ISO and centering the flower in the frame. I also wish that I'd brought the shot in a little tighter (or wider) so the flowers on the far left and far right weren't cut in half. And as much as I like the photo (yellow flowers just cheer me up!), I wish I'd taken a shot with more sky and then one with almost no sky, just to see if either of these would have made for a more compelling composition.
Ok, i will start with the comments!
ReplyDeletefirst, what I could have done to get a better shot: I wish I would have taken the opportunity to gather some eggs and place it closer to the one in focus to set up "the scene" better. I also wish i would have taken the egg and turned it more sideways to the camera. I mean, I know it is an egg, but others may not. Lastly, to make it a better photo, it should have been moved down more in the intersecting thirds of the bottom left corner.
Now brittney's: It took me a while to find things that could make this photo better... it is pretty close to perfect!! You did a great job! I have 2 things... 1. I think your ISO is one stop high. I think it would be a crisper photo and the colors would be more saturated if you would have shot with an ISO of 100. Your shutter was high enough you would have still had a high SS in 100. 2. It would have been completely perfect compositionally if your main flower was just a small tad more to the left to be truly centered. Like i said, i had to dig deep to correct it... you did GREAT!
They look great! Good job!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry for my delay in posting comments here!
ReplyDeleteJenny, it would be interesting to see a shot with the adjustments you mentioned, to compare the two, but I do really like yours. I think the centered composition actually works well with your subject, and maybe it's because of the season, but I knew immediately that it was an egg. :) The light and textures in your photo are really fantastic - I especially love the three degrees of detail in the grass, from the center to the foreground to the background. Excellent work, and in Manual, no less! ;)
As for my photo, I totally agree with you about the ISO and centering the flower in the frame. I also wish that I'd brought the shot in a little tighter (or wider) so the flowers on the far left and far right weren't cut in half. And as much as I like the photo (yellow flowers just cheer me up!), I wish I'd taken a shot with more sky and then one with almost no sky, just to see if either of these would have made for a more compelling composition.
So fun to kick this off! :)