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12 years 2 months ago #203487 by John37
I like the overall result. But it still seems like they're missing something. Any CC on these would be great.



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12 years 2 months ago #203490 by Darrell
I like the angles of the shots, but the location of the train sucks, some things we can't control.
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12 years 2 months ago #203501 by chasrich
:judge: :judge: :judge: Good subject. I like #1 a little more because of the perspective.
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12 years 2 months ago #203527 by Baydream
Noce shots. I would like to see more "open space" on the right to give the train a "place to go". I often try not to get the "perfect crop" in the camera so I have a little "wiggle room" to improve the crop. Getting two shots of moving objects is tough so I choose to give it a bit more room. That also helps with being able to crop to 8x10 and 11x14.
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12 years 2 months ago #203556 by john_m
John, I'm loving the second shot. It would be even better if you can get rid of the branches ay the top of the frame and the pole though.
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12 years 2 months ago #203574 by Pekkea 05
The first one I think is good. The 2nd on, the out of focus tree branches are distracting, if you can maybe clone them away.
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12 years 2 months ago #203751 by icepics
These have good color and are nice sharp images, with an interesting perspective particularly in the second one I think. John (Baydream) pretty much hit the nail on the head as far as suggestions go, the composition is almost there I think.

I realized I must use a lot of what I learned in art courses without really thinking about it. We don't seem to really get into discussing on the board the specific elements of composition like line, shape, space, color and value, that apply across the board to drawing, painting, photography.

Some of the how-to's give techniques but don't always explain beyond that how to apply the concepts. You might be interested in composition as you seem to have a good eye for it, if you look up elements of composition related to art you'd probably find info. that could apply to composing and framing shots.
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12 years 2 months ago #203754 by Baydream
So correct, Sharon.

Here are a couple of articles on PT that might help. (Also check the links in them).
www.photographytalk.com/photography-arti...-better-photographer

and this light hearted approach
www.photographytalk.com/photography-arti...phy-recruits-in-line

and this items of Composition in Art
compositioninart.com/

These are things I learned while getting my degree in Graphic Arts many years ago and they still apply (and always will).
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12 years 2 weeks ago #221762 by MLD98742
I would like to see the last one in b&w.
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