Halifax, Nova Scotia

[Iguanasan]

Ok then....but most of what I suggest has already been suggested by others so I'll just do it in short note form if that;'s okay

Shot 1 -
- First and foremost, it's soft
- blue cast too strong
- water could use lightening

shot 2
- It's also slightly soft
- again cast too blue for me
- water could use lightening
- might burn the mid right side so that the eye follows the water more
but overall it has a good flow and it's a pretty scene

Shot 3
- My least favorite by far because the ducks/geese are too small, too soft, and the foreground (bottom inch or so) is in shadow.

Hope that helps and wasn't too harsh,
Marko

That was not too harsh at all. I shouldn't have been such a wimp and just asked in the first place. Sorry.

With respect to the softness of the photos I wonder if it's a problem with Picasa export? Or was it a focus issue? They are all handheld shots but at 1/500, 1/250, and 1/1250 of a second I find it hard to believe I would have moved enough to mess up the focus or am I wrong?

Please compare the above with the Web Albums version and let me know if you still see the softness. The ones on Picasa Web Albums look sharper to me (maybe it's my eyes

Pic #1
Pic #2
Pic #3

I'm trying to learn how to get the right exposure in the camera so the blue cast could have been helped by using the custom white balance feature, correct?

Maybe it's time for a podcast on Winter photography or did I miss it? While I could dodge/burn etc., I'd like to figure out how to do this without relying on the computer to fix my mistakes.

I agree, #3 is not composed very well. Jumped out of the car and didn't take enough time to think about the shot.

Regards, Iguanasan

[kat]

Ohhh..I like that critique! Nothing like getting to the point and telling it as is!!!

I get that blue tint all the time too. Drives me nuts!

[Barefoot]

Ohhh..I like that critique! Nothing like getting to the point and telling it as is!!!

I get that blue tint all the time too. Drives me nuts!

Do you dial in +1-2 exposure compensation and use spot metering?

[kat]

I haven't tried the spot metering yet. But in the couple shots i've taken since first learning I have altered my exposure.

I'm waiting for a day I can get out and experiment my heart out to figure out how to get it all together!

[Marko]

ok hmmm - somethin' going with sharpness - these are softer and a different filesize than the picasas. Ok then strike the softness part of the critique....hmmm

[Iguanasan]

Just uploaded this photo which was 321KB and it shrank to 113.7KB so the board software resized it.


Huge difference between what I uploaded and what actually showed up. Here's a link to the Picasa Web Album

http://picasaweb.google.ca/eulothg/P...17906292186594

Am I doing something wrong. It's late and I have to to work in the morning but I'll describe what I'm doing tomorrow night.... nighty-night...

[Iguanasan]

12 - Snow photography - http://www.photography.ca/blog/?p=26... I'll have to go back to the archives... iTunes only had #36 through to the current one and I've listened to all of those. Time to start downloading!

Regards, Iguanasan