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Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 22:20:00 No.293279 View View Reply Original Report

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Sup /p/,

I know I'm pretty shit, so I'm posting here to get some advice on how to improve. Any kind of criticism would be great. I'll post a couple of photos, and you can tell me what you think.

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Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 22:21:00 No.293281 Report

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11Equipment MakeNIKON CORPORATIONCamera ModelNIKON D80Camera SoftwareAdobe Photoshop 7.0Maximum Lens Aperturef/5.7Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaColor Filter Array Pattern814Focal Length (35mm Equiv)168 mm111Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution300 dpiVertical Resolution300 dpiImage Created2008:11:09 23:35:58Exposure Time1/100 secF-Numberf/5.6Exposure ProgramManualISO Speed Rating800Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternLight SourceUnknownFlashNo FlashFocal Length112.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width450Image Height650RenderingNormalExposure ModeManualWhite BalanceAutoScene Capture TypeStandardGain ControlLow Gain UpContrastHardSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalSubject Distance RangeUnknown1

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Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 22:23:00 No.293283 Report

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11Equipment MakeNIKON CORPORATIONCamera ModelNIKON D80Camera SoftwareAdobe Photoshop 7.0Maximum Lens Aperturef/5.7Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaColor Filter Array Pattern814Focal Length (35mm Equiv)202 mm111Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution300 dpiVertical Resolution300 dpiImage Created2008:11:08 22:06:37Exposure Time1/13 secF-Numberf/5.6Exposure ProgramManualISO Speed Rating160Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternLight SourceTungstenFlashNo FlashFocal Length135.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width700Image Height469RenderingNormalExposure ModeManualWhite BalanceManualScene Capture TypeStandardGain ControlNoneContrastNormalSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalSubject Distance RangeUnknown1

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Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 22:34:00 No.293291 Report

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11Equipment MakeNIKON CORPORATIONCamera ModelNIKON D80Camera SoftwareAdobe Photoshop 7.0Maximum Lens Aperturef/5.7Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaColor Filter Array Pattern814Focal Length (35mm Equiv)202 mm111Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution300 dpiVertical Resolution300 dpiImage Created2008:11:10 17:41:22Exposure Time1/60 secF-Numberf/5.6Exposure ProgramManualISO Speed Rating800Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternLight SourceUnknownFlashNo FlashFocal Length135.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width3872Image Height2592RenderingNormalExposure ModeManualWhite BalanceAutoScene Capture TypeStandardGain ControlLow Gain UpContrastHardSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalSubject Distance RangeUnknown1

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Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 22:39:00 No.293293 Report

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11Equipment MakeNIKON CORPORATIONCamera ModelNIKON D80Camera SoftwareAdobe Photoshop 7.0Maximum Lens Aperturef/5.7Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaColor Filter Array Pattern730Focal Length (35mm Equiv)168 mm111Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution240 dpiVertical Resolution240 dpiImage Created2008:11:09 21:31:21Exposure Time1/80 secF-Numberf/5.6Exposure ProgramManualISO Speed Rating800Lens Aperturef/5.6Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternLight SourceUnknownFlashNo FlashFocal Length112.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width435Image Height650RenderingNormalExposure ModeManualWhite BalanceAutoScene Capture TypeStandardGain ControlLow Gain UpContrastNormalSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalSubject Distance RangeUnknown1

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Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 22:45:00 No.293295 Report

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11Equipment MakeNIKON CORPORATIONCamera ModelNIKON D80Camera SoftwareAdobe Photoshop 7.0Focal Length (35mm Equiv)120 mmMaximum Lens Aperturef/5.7Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaColor Filter Array Pattern822111Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution300 dpiVertical Resolution300 dpiImage Created2008:11:08 22:07:37RenderingNormalExposure ModeManualWhite BalanceManualScene Capture TypeStandardGain ControlNoneContrastNormalSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalSubject Distance RangeUnknownExposure Time1/13 secF-Numberf/5.6Exposure ProgramManualISO Speed Rating160Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternLight SourceTungstenFlashNo FlashFocal Length80.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width435Image Height6501

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else !L6xabslN96 Thu 13 Nov 2008 22:52:00 No.293298 Report

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i concede. your shit is better than mine.

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Anonymous Fri 14 Nov 2008 01:29:00 No.293368 Report

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The ace card is probably a bit over the top, but nevermind..

11Equipment MakeNIKON CORPORATIONCamera ModelNIKON D80Camera SoftwareAdobe Photoshop 7.0Maximum Lens Aperturef/5.7Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaColor Filter Array Pattern814Focal Length (35mm Equiv)187 mm111Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution300 dpiVertical Resolution300 dpiImage Created2008:11:08 22:07:51Exposure Time1/13 secF-Numberf/5.6Exposure ProgramManualISO Speed Rating160Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternLight SourceTungstenFlashNo FlashFocal Length125.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width600Image Height389RenderingNormalExposure ModeManualWhite BalanceManualScene Capture TypeStandardGain ControlNoneContrastNormalSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalSubject Distance RangeUnknown1

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Anonymous Fri 14 Nov 2008 01:39:00 No.293373 Report

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>>293291

You have a ton of noise here and probably need to adjust your colors. ISO 800 was probably too high of a setting for this lighting.

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Anonymous Fri 14 Nov 2008 01:43:00 No.293378 Report

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>>293373

I'll try re-take that, sometime. :/
I don't think I noticed that I'd left my ISO pretty high, thanks for pointing it out.

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Anonymous Fri 14 Nov 2008 01:45:00 No.293381 Report

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your lighting in these isn't bad, but I find something troubling about your composition. The lack of negative space is sort of distracting, and I can't really tell what you are trying to do with the pictures. What is the focus here? The woman's eye? The color shot provides a more delineated intent, because the saturation is high enough to really bring out parts of the mask and lips, increasing contrast with the shadowed areas. In B&W, I don't really like it.

>>293281meerkat picture is flat because your lighting is ambient and that's all. Your DOF doesn't make the subject "pop" because you don't have enough light to create the contrasts necessary for a spatial leap.

>>293295MEOW MEOW MEOW more cats in this picture, please.

Seriously, the lighting is again, too dull in this shot. There aren't enough highlights(specular or otherwise) to make this picture "pop". You are also suffering, again, from having your subject be the entire plane of the page - think about your perspective from the lens when selecting your framing and go from there. High/low ISOs only really matter when you are going for a specific kind of shot(higher ISOs for low light/gritty feel, lower ISOs for deeper saturation/finer detail like couture or fashion), so don't worry about that for now. Get your framing and light down correctly and worry about learning all the other stuff as you go along.

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Anonymous Fri 14 Nov 2008 01:57:00 No.293389 Report

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>>293381

I think I was trying to focus on improving lighting and forgot about composition for.. most of these images. Thanks for pointing it out, I might try re-taking these (or something similar) but with a better composition.

I see about the dull lighting. I know about the 3 point lighting set up, but I have two (100W) lamps to work with. Do you have any tips or whatever how to get some good lighting effects or would it be better if I just experimented about with it?

Thank you for giving me a detailed explaination of what I'm doing wrong and everything.

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