Casual taken with Compact

Icarock · 21st December 2008

Hi guys
I was trying to take some photos at my block can gimme some comments
Other than Slanted anything else
Cos was thinking that the extra sunlight can gimme some other effects

Gimme some comments

Icarock · 21st December 2008

Sorry i repost

Icarock · 21st December 2008

Originally Posted by Icarock

Sorry i repost

Any1 can gimme some hints and tips please?

sob80sup81 · 21st December 2008

Let me be the first one to comment

IMO, the furthest you can achieve with a compact would be learning about composition and probably basic camera knowledge (as what i experienced using a prosumer). With a lot of help from Photoshop, you may achieve much more interesting result by touching up the photos (plenty of online tutorials on this subject).

As for your shots themselves, i find the first shot to be strangely composed, the building takes too much portion of the shot even though it's clearly underexposed. You might need to get to higher storey if your intention is to capture the sunrise. On the other hand, if that's not really your intention, then you're on the wrong side of the building because by facing the sun you lost all the shadows, early morning sun can create such beautiful shadows to emphasize what's your intention of taking photo.

For the second shot, if your intention is by creating frame between the object you tried to capture, i just feel it doesn't serve the purpose very well. The shadow's not clear enough since you chose a flat building as an object.

If by any chance you use a prosumer with aperture priority, shutter speed priority or manual, don't hesitate to play around with the settings to experiment with the result.

I myself am a beginner in photography and still learning to master every aspects of it.

My 2 cents worth of opinion.

Icarock · 21st December 2008

Thank you my friend i will note these points down and try it out again
the photo is kinda taken from my house

brinkwine · 22nd December 2008

hi Icarock,

maybe you could try getting out into the streets or looking for a subject? what i mean is, maybe u could photograph with an intention?

or, if you would like a critique, maybe you could tell us what your intention for taking these pics are... as now... no idea what you're trying to do...

if you would just like to experiment with effects, perhaps you could try a lomography forum...

21st December 2008	#1
Icarock New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 21	Casual taken with Compact Hi guys I was trying to take some photos at my block can gimme some comments Other than Slanted anything else Cos was thinking that the extra sunlight can gimme some other effects Gimme some comments

21st December 2008	#2
Icarock New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 21	Re: Casual taken with Compact Sorry i repost Last edited by Icarock; 21st December 2008 at 01:56 PM.

21st December 2008	#4
sob80sup81 Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 110	Re: Casual taken with Compact Let me be the first one to comment IMO, the furthest you can achieve with a compact would be learning about composition and probably basic camera knowledge (as what i experienced using a prosumer). With a lot of help from Photoshop, you may achieve much more interesting result by touching up the photos (plenty of online tutorials on this subject). As for your shots themselves, i find the first shot to be strangely composed, the building takes too much portion of the shot even though it's clearly underexposed. You might need to get to higher storey if your intention is to capture the sunrise. On the other hand, if that's not really your intention, then you're on the wrong side of the building because by facing the sun you lost all the shadows, early morning sun can create such beautiful shadows to emphasize what's your intention of taking photo. For the second shot, if your intention is by creating frame between the object you tried to capture, i just feel it doesn't serve the purpose very well. The shadow's not clear enough since you chose a flat building as an object. If by any chance you use a prosumer with aperture priority, shutter speed priority or manual, don't hesitate to play around with the settings to experiment with the result. I myself am a beginner in photography and still learning to master every aspects of it. My 2 cents worth of opinion. Last edited by sob80sup81; 21st December 2008 at 11:28 PM.

21st December 2008	#5
Icarock New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 21	Re: Casual taken with Compact Thank you my friend i will note these points down and try it out again the photo is kinda taken from my house

22nd December 2008	#6
brinkwine Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 87	Re: Casual taken with Compact hi Icarock, maybe you could try getting out into the streets or looking for a subject? what i mean is, maybe u could photograph with an intention? or, if you would like a critique, maybe you could tell us what your intention for taking these pics are... as now... no idea what you're trying to do... if you would just like to experiment with effects, perhaps you could try a lomography forum...