East Coast pics (comments pls)

isis · 2nd May 2004

Posting some pics on a friend's request.
Appreciate your comments / critiques on how to improve the pics (composition / cropping etc).
Thanks a bunch.

http://groups.msn.com/SingHuiphotos/...nd.msnw?Page=1

isis · 3rd May 2004

no comments?

nickpower · 3rd May 2004

i think the first one of the surfer is good, best if can capture his face. The rest i think they are juz ok.....

isis · 9th May 2004

Hi nickpower, thanks for sharing pointers.
Will keep that in mind for future shots.

Witness · 9th May 2004

erhm...if you take kids...use simple backgrounds.or decrease ya depth of field..and go down to their eye level...otherwise they will look diminished..(look in my gallery for the section on kids)..for the surfer shots...u need more zoom....take more of their facial expressions....crop to their bodies tighly so tt we can SEE them...

tts about all...only 4 pix??

isis · 9th May 2004

Hi Witness,
Thanks for your comments.

I had a look at your gallery-kids gallery as recommended -- Loved the baby shots especially (the babies are so innocent & cute)!

For the kid blowing bubbles pic I posted, I also found the backgrd very distracting/messy, but didnt know how to overcome that problem. Do u mean that by decreasing DOF, the distracting backgrd problem can be solved/reduced? (Paiseh, I'm a newbie - donno how to decrease DOF even...)

Cheers!

oracle0711 · 13th May 2004

Hi Isis, the 2nd picture (kids) lacks composition. Would be good if the composition is one 1 kid playing with the bubble but zoom in with just the face and shoulder. Creater a good DOF with blur background and bubble in the foreground. Give it a try...

cheers!

isis · 13th May 2004

Hmmm my camera zoom may not be powerful enough, so I think i shd be thick-skinned & go closer to subject to try that out next time!
Thanks for the tip Oracle0711.

2nd May 2004	#1
isis Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 172	East Coast pics (comments pls) Posting some pics on a friend's request. Appreciate your comments / critiques on how to improve the pics (composition / cropping etc). Thanks a bunch. http://groups.msn.com/SingHuiphotos/...nd.msnw?Page=1

3rd May 2004	#2
isis Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 172	upzzz no comments?

9th May 2004	#5
Witness Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: www.maverickatwork.com Posts: 6,768	erhm...if you take kids...use simple backgrounds.or decrease ya depth of field..and go down to their eye level...otherwise they will look diminished..(look in my gallery for the section on kids)..for the surfer shots...u need more zoom....take more of their facial expressions....crop to their bodies tighly so tt we can SEE them... tts about all...only 4 pix?? __________________ w maverick.photography b maverick.blogging

13th May 2004	#7
oracle0711 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Serangoon Ave 2 Posts: 552	Hi Isis, the 2nd picture (kids) lacks composition. Would be good if the composition is one 1 kid playing with the bubble but zoom in with just the face and shoulder. Creater a good DOF with blur background and bubble in the foreground. Give it a try... cheers! __________________ Gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oracle0711 \| http://www.flickr.com/photos/sypro

3rd May 2004	#3
nickpower Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jurong West Posts: 311	i think the first one of the surfer is good, best if can capture his face. The rest i think they are juz ok.....

9th May 2004	#6
isis Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 172	Hi Witness, Thanks for your comments. I had a look at your gallery-kids gallery as recommended -- Loved the baby shots especially (the babies are so innocent & cute)! For the kid blowing bubbles pic I posted, I also found the backgrd very distracting/messy, but didnt know how to overcome that problem. Do u mean that by decreasing DOF, the distracting backgrd problem can be solved/reduced? (Paiseh, I'm a newbie - donno how to decrease DOF even...) Cheers!