The *Official Photography Thread*

Slightly washed out for my taste. Good photo that deserves a bit more contrast imo. Keep it BW.

 

thanks man.....and ya id agree a little washed out. contrast ftw.

 

White balance and greater contrast would be my choice.

 

I'm a fan of high-key style BW, myself. I would agree that the highlights in this are overcooked.

If you're going for the high-key look, try bringing up the mids and bring down the highs...then darken your lows. Should add a bit more contrast in the areas that really count.

Must my 2 cents; take it or leave it.

 

My first attempts at a bird in flight

Definitely need to work on getting the focus down and shutter speed... These are far from perfect but thought it was worth posting since the hawk had a mole or mouse in its talons!

1 by sconniehailer, on Flickr

2 by sconniehailer, on Flickr

 

Those turned out awesome Marc nice job

 

Thanks dude, good for a first go I think. I felt like I was bird hunting or shooting trap Gonna take some practice to nail the part of getting the moving bird in frame...

 

no doubt! I still have so many pics to go through..

 

That's how I felt my first few times out shooting people with a camera of course haha

 

Haha, I just learned how to shoot/hunt earlier this year and I'm pretty sure my ability to track birds with a lens greatly improved after that

 

You'd be surprised how much of handling a rifle rolls over to photography. Especially building a steady shooting platform, breathing right, and leading your target, etc haha

I actually have a theory that photography would really help vet's get over old habits by replacing them with new, positive ones. It helped me a lot.

 

That's something I never thought about. Great observation!

 

I think you did very well. Especially exposure wise-that's often hardest because of the relatively small target and massive blue sky.

Dinner is a huge bonus

 

agreed, I'll post up a adjusted image

 

Models.LuisMunozPhotography.com

Just Bought A Tacoma ill be posting progress pics soon check out my photography site

 

just ordered a bunch of stuff to clean my sensor and camera

 

Better?



EDIT:

Here is the link to the gallery as well, I'm not done uploading images yet

http://bluemoonoriginals.smugmug.com/Weddings/Virginia-Nik-July-192014-/

 

I hope you don't mind me doing this. I just wanted to see them closer together to better compare.

 

i don't have the confidence to enter photo contests, but my agent wanted me to enter this shot, and while I wasn't good enough to make it to Professionals' podium, I managed to snag the People's Choice Award in the PDN "Faces" competition.

I should have slapped a TW sticker on the bumper. =P

 

Congrats Mike!