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Hey, noob photographer here. I made a thread last night asking for opinions on my photos and the overwhelming reply I got was "resize, faggot". Soo.. here goes take 2. Even a 56k fag could check them out now. All of these are from my trips to Peru. Let me know what you think is good, bad, booooring etc. Also, I would love tips on how to improve my photos. Have at me.
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>> Anonymous
Your subjects are interesting, but you're not giving them the treatment they deserve. These are vacation snapshots, nothing more.
>>276984for instance - your background is distracting, and the facial expressions are odd.

Read up on composition. http://www.amazon.com/Photographers-Eye-Composition-Design-Digital/dp/0240809343 This one's a good starter.

You're too trigger-happy, you've got to think more about the image you're creating before hitting the button. Find some easy subjects and practice taking lots of different shots of them.
>> Anonymous
>>276984
great colours, distracting background
>>276985
lovely
>>277065
also lovely
>> not anonymous !!w5qlwZDcMVZ
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Nice, constructive comments this time around. Thanks for your input.
>>277083
I'm in a tight spot and won't have much disposable income for a while, do you know any good websites or photography forums I could check out?

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>> Anonymous
>>277022

Even if it falls short technically, these are by far the most well captured of your human subjects imho.
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>>277093
Right on, that's one of my favorites as well and I really wish I did a better job with the positioning but that's one of those times that you only get one chance for the right shot and i'm a noob so of course I fucked it up.

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>> Anonymous
http://www.ihatetara.com/?id=s2hkaxj2y5z8i0o9e5vpq4tz7ye7y2
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>> Honest So You Dont Have To Be !9UISPtwBPo
>>276984

Badly composed and out of focus.

There is so much colour in this scene, yet its dull and wasted.

Missed opportunity

>>276985

Very awkward composition, for instance there is not enough room at the top of the water fall, just kind of ends, then almost instantly is cut off.

The two rocks either side are distracting, not enough in the fame to be foreground interest, but enough to be annoying.

Poor placement of subjects, and a bad angle on the waterfall, the flowing water is cut up into random lines and isnt so nice to look at.

>>276986

Again, you would expect rich colours and earthy tones from this, but they are wasted on you. almost the exact same composition as the first shot, which sucks.

You need to find a nice angle (eye level, or couching a tiny bit is not enough), then compose them well (stop cutting there feet off!!!), and after this,THEN take the photograph.

>>276988

Ugly shadow, burnt out clouds, bad angle, poorly composed.

>>276989

Am i missing something here? ist a woman whacking a post into the ground, unless thats a woman you know, this photo means nothing, you have to try harder to get story into your shots

>>276993

Same problems as all the other people shots, bad colour, poorly composed...

>>276998

Yet again...

>>277002

Wouldent be out on place on a 16 year olds DA account with a title like "sleeping beauty" or "forgotten man" or some shit like that.

This IS a fantastic opportunity, there was so many options for truly spectacular photos here. but again, wasted

>>277022

Good moment, ruined....

Same problems as all the other human shots, but the poor composure is even more apparent.

..cont..
>> Honest So You Dont Have To Be !9UISPtwBPo
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>>277065

Best one of the lot,

But don't get happy about it, everything YOU did, was wrong (Poor composure, you were stood in the wrong place, bad framing, its not even level ffs!)

The camrea made this shot, not you, you just pressed the shutter, it HAPPEND to choose an exposure that blurred the water.

>>277067

Same problems as all the others

>>277091

Guess....

>>277096

Guess again....

>>277221

Just poor, again...

The whole set is poor and nothing more than holiday snap shots (witch makes me wonder why the fuck you posted them here???)

Having a camera, pointing it, and hitting the shutter dose not make you a photographer (technically it dose, but not in the seance of the term, not producing photos of any merit)

You need to learn what the hell your doing, look up basic composure, 5 seconds in google can reveal a wealth of information. Once you know your basic composure, stop using the auto settings! you wont learn anything letting the camera do everything! (people think they are gods gift to photographer, wondering round with shit ass P&S or DSLRS, on mostly auto, getting lucky on a few shots... Its been able to recreate the effects time after time in other citations that makes a photographer)

TL:DR - Shit sux, read up on basic photography then try again, these are holiday photos, nothing more
>> Anonymous
zob???
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>>277231
>>277232
Ya they are just vacation snapshots, I know that. The reason I posted them is that I was hoping to get some advice on how to improve my photos and take them to that next level. Any advice besides just 'composition sucks' would be much appreciated. I realize a lot of them are screwed up by not getting the full subject in the view but for example
>>276998
>>277002
I thought these came out pretty well. Could you give an example or two of what you would do to improve these shots?
And>>277065Is actually one that I shot manually. I was leaning over a guard rail propping the camera up on a finger holding my breath for the 1 second exposure and I couldn't get the whole subject in the frame due to physical barriers. Also i'm dling photoshop now so I can crop some photos and fix how they aren't level. That considered, i'm gonna take that one as a compliment. Thanks lol

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>> Honest So You Dont Have To Be !9UISPtwBPo
>>277251

>Any advice besides just 'composition sucks' would be much appreciated

I gave you all the information you need, but ill tell you again

look up the basics!! without basic knowledge of composition, you will not improve
>> Ren
Pix are copacetic!
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Ok, i'm definitely gonna read up on photo composition before I post another set of pics here. For now, have the rest of my Peru pics.

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>> Anonymous
>>277469
this one is pretty cool...
don't worry about these /p/ fags... everyone thinks their the expert... whateva'...
you took an awesome "life experience" trip... that's the important thing - so yer pics aren't the greatest, so what...

so how was Peru? - it's on my list of places to go see...
>> M?e?e?s?e??? !iZn5BCIpug
Dear op,
shitsux

>>277544
die
>> Anonymous
>>277549
wow. when did /p/ turn into /b/?!
>> M?e?e?s?e??? !iZn5BCIpug
>>277551
Wow when did /p/ become infested with so many newfags.
>> sage sage
>>277544

sage in every field for extreme faggotry
>> SA GE SA GE
>>277572
sa ge in every field for extreme faggotry
>> Anonymous
>>277559
WOW. when did /p/ become infested with meese fags?

we can do this all night...
>> Anonymous
>>277544

The photos are mediocre, but this post is astonishingly moronic. Clearly a person of subnormal IQ, if not a child. The OP does not deserve such idiots infesting their thread.

>whateva'...
>so yer pics aren't the greatest, so what...

/p/ - photography

Go back to /b/.
>> Anonymous
>>277584
really.
>> Anonymous
i live in Lima o:
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I like how the people that came to sage my thread ended up keeping it bumped all night while I was away, lol thanks.
>>277544
If you have the oportunity, do it. I've been a few times, spent almost 3 months there total and I feel like i've just scratched the surface. There is so much cultural and geographic diversity there it's amazing. Also, if you are from USA you're gonna be shocked how friendly people are there. Almost everyone I met on the streets was happy to stop for a chat and they would go out of their way to help me find what I wanted, I was really surprised how nice everyone was to me.

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>> Anonymous
>>277623

seeing as this is one of the slowest boards around and it's not done any good for the thread you've had no favours done for you. it likely would have been on the first or second page.

the images so far seem to lack a lot of thought or understanding of composition. perhaps a lack of previous experience with photos and perhaps paintings could be an issue? i would suggest time spent doing that. not only is it enjoyable and a good dose of culture for you it will also help you think about your photos more and give you ideas. help lift your photos beyond being "snaps".
>> Anonymous
>>277623
thanks... I'll make it there someday for sure...
>> Anonymous
>>277623
do you have an UN-resized version of>>277469?
>> Anonymous
>>277096
This one might be my favorite, compositionally, etc.

>>277067
I like this one too. Conceptually, it has a lot of emotion.

>>276985
Another amazing one. :D

My tips are for your portraits, use a shallow depth of field. Also, before presenting them to /p/ up your contrast a little so they don't look flat.

Not bad though. They -are- a little vacationy but whatever. :)
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>>277633
pic related

>>277642
Thanks for the advice! Right now with my camera it takes like 30 seconds just to set up fstop, shutter speed and focal length so I use auto focus for most shots and pray for the best but i'll keep that in mind.

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>> Anonymous
Check out the eork of Steve McCurry, about his trips to Middle East, and use 'em for your knowledge, Only the 1st picture look good to me, try harder next timeDon' be disapointed, you will be better with time
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if you've shot too wide, crop, even aggressively.

Adjusted levels slightly here, but I'm not sure that's where i'd keep it.

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>> Anonymous
^^

Also I would make it wider, but kept it the standard 4X6 print size.
>> Anonymous
>Exposure Mode Auto
White Balance Auto

mostly where you went wrong
try manual mode