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11 years 6 months ago - 11 years 6 months ago #253334 by twiggy2151
Hi all...here is a couple pics of my first attempt and black and white...they are pics of my dog Jetta, I have been off on medical from work and have been using my free time to learn my camera. Doing black and white photo's never was of interest to me until I started looking and some of the pictures here....I am having more fun with this than color! let me know what ya think! thanks :)

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11 years 6 months ago #253357 by Darrell
First of all what a great looking dog !!

Pic 1 is great, I wouldn't crop quite so tight, but that is just me

Pic 2 I find the subject gets lost in the surroundings.

You caught the eyes right ok !!!
You will not be judged as a photographer by the pictures you take, but by the pictures you show.
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11 years 6 months ago #254748 by twiggy2151
I am not sure what you mean by " lost in surroundings" for the second photo.....thanks for the critique!!
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11 years 6 months ago #254766 by Darrell
For me I find with the 2nd pic, the focus is on the front eye and paw, the rest of the dog blends with the back ground, its not a big deal.... :beerbang:
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11 years 6 months ago #254787 by icepics
I agree, the photo of the dog's face itself is really nice. The ears I think are cropped off too much, or maybe at an odd place.

I see what Darrell means about 'lost' - the background seems to have some distractions. In the second one it's noticeable that there are light and dark shapes to the left of the dog but you can't tell what they are (maybe the paw? a pillow?) - I think the viewer's eyes see that something's there and might be drawn to the contrast of dark and bright shapes.

Try holding something over the left side of the photo, maybe a piece of gray/neutral color paper or cardboard, and notice how much more that makes the dog's face stand out.
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11 years 6 months ago #254994 by twiggy2151
ok thanks guys! I think I see what you are talking about....I am a beginner and have the 50mm canon lens....I need to learn the best apeture to shoot and always was under the impression that the wider the better...so I take most of my pics at 1.8....I think that is my problem..I need to tighten it up a bit to bring more of my subject into focus...thanks for that advise!!
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11 years 6 months ago #254995 by twiggy2151
I am also struggling with composition..lol.
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