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I have a question but I'm not sure if this is the right place to put it. I was browsing through the PictureChallenge Archive and it only goes to #34. Is there a way to see the ones after that?
You can use filters to help achieve a certain look. I do not. My setup is a SonyA7 and a Nikon 50mm 1.8D ( Hopefully upgrading to a Sigma 50 1.4 Art soon ). I either shoot in Aperture Priority Mode ( A ) or Manual ( M ) when the lighting is to tricky. All my photos are natural light with an occasional reflector used. For editing software I use LightRoom5. My edits are pretty simple a couple adjustments to curves and dodge and burn. For the photo you linked me HERE is a tutorial how to. I would recommend getting the Adobe creative suite for editing. Its less than $15 a month and it includes Lightroom and Photoshop. Feel free to Pm me any questions. Good luck on your hunt for a DSLR and welcome to the community :) . You can see more of my work on Instagram
It's raining all weekend so I had to make do with what is available on the balcony :)
As a bonus I got lucky trying to capture raindrops, not quite close enough though https://www.flickr.com/photos/seldaek/14011719086/in/set-72157644365064114
Thanks for the reply, luckily I also took exactly the picture you're suggesting, I decided against submitting it though because it was too close up for my camera to focus right, even with mf, and because I already shot really up close. Since I shoot with a kit lense I have to get fairly close to my subject, and already did so for my submission. The screws are much larger than they appear in the photo though. I found them at some abandoned trails at an old junction to company property, and were about as big as my forearms, and the photo was by far my favourite from what I shot today.
The problem with the focus couldnt really be avoided, I wouldve lost every detail in the concrete if I wouldve focused on the screws, and I personally thought the texture of the concrete is much more interesting than the screws texture. I also thought it would be interesting to focus more on the background as opposed to the foreground, as I and probably most people usually do, so I just went with it.
Tried to go for some HDR look in lightroom, almost everything in the basic part of development mode. Also pulled the saturation for the blue and red down, as the car lights were too bright.
A- I put the world "rule" in quotations.
B- If you look at the rules of this subreddit it says to leave "constructive criticism" if you dislike a photo. To me it isn't a bad photo, but there is nothing appealing about it. There is no clear subject, the focus seems to be in the middle of nowhere, the frame isn't filled, the "rule" of thirds wasn't used, the background isn't used to complete the photo its just , there.
There are no "rules" to art however there are ways to make something bland something great and usually following the most basic "rules" of photography will get you there. The 'rule' of thirds is composition 101 and comes as second nature to experienced photographers. Another very very basic unwritten rule of composition is that if "one of these things is not like the other" that thing should be the focus of the photo. I feel like the point of this subreddit is to make people better at photography through experience shooting as well as feedback.
Sure, you made the point that the rules of art are meant to be broken but generally when you are breaking one of these rules you should be doing if for an intentional reason. Otherwise it is like saying not everyone in the chorus needs to sing in the same octave, singing is an art and doesn't have rules. Sure, you can do that too but if you want the final product to be good you should learn and try to adhere to the basics.
There are tons of great youtube videos out there that can teach you some of these basics. I really like this guy Bryan Peterson you can learn a lot from his videos to make your pictures go from bland to BLAMMO!
Looking out from the cannon port of an 1808 shore fort to its sibling in the middle of the bay. The lighthouse was added about 90 years later, with the breakwater another 60 years after that.
(and yes, yesterday I posted a different version of this shot taken later in the evening, before having second thoughts and deleting it in favor of this one).
EDIT: My challenge idea - Inner Landscapes
If I have my truck with me I have 2 of these... They are my father's from early in his career. They've been through a lot and mean a lot to me.
I also have one of these in my camera bag. A little bit expensive, but reliable and gets the job done. Feels like daytime ;)
I love them both. The first because of the sentimental value, and I know if somebody tries to take my camera gear, they won't be able to get it. The second because it is small, light and very powerful.