Halifax, Nova Scotia

[Iguanasan]

I'm entering one of my photos in a photo contest at work and I was kinda wondering what people thought of them without getting into the whole detailed critique thing. Just a general yea or nea please.




Regards, Iguanasan

[Mad Aussie]

Does the comp have any particular criteria you are supposed to meet? Snow or Winter for instance? If it's "get the most ducks in one shot" you have it won hands down!!

Don't Canadian ducks know they are supposed to fly south for the winter??

[AcadieLibre]

Nice photos, my Favourite province to go on a road trip ....

[Iguanasan]

Does the comp have any particular criteria you are supposed to meet? Snow or Winter for instance?

Doh! Yes. Winter shots with 3 categories, these ones are intended for "nature".

If it's "get the most ducks in one shot" you have it won hands down!!
Don't Canadian ducks know they are supposed to fly south for the winter??

Hehehe. I had to stop the car and get out and shoot when I seen them all there. I think there are some ducks that are partially domesticated because people are always feeding them and they get lazy.

[Marko]

Without the in depth critique then, I might yea only shot 2 and would try to lessen the blue cast and apply more selective sharpening.
Hope that helps - Marko

[kiley9806]

all three images look quite soft to me - like you missed the focus... shot 2 has the best comp, so it gets my yea.

[kat]

I'm with the second one as well. I prefer it's composition to the others.

Good luck! I have some photos in a local contest and hoping they do well too!!!!

[Mad Aussie]

If I knew who the judges were (especially if they are not photog's) I would go the ducks then. Sentimental awwwwwww factor. If not the 1st one for me because it doesn't have a crap sky showing through the trees.

[Iguanasan]

Without the in depth critique then, I might yea only shot 2 and would try to lessen the blue cast and apply more selective sharpening.
Hope that helps - Marko

Ok. I can feel you want to say more. Have at it. I've been overloading on all things photography lately and feel like I already know what I have to do but still find I have quite a bit of difficulty achieving it.

I'm trying to do this all "in camera", a Canon SX110is. The idea is very little PP other than cropping really.

I think I did fairly well on the composition of all three shots. I also believe that the exposure is more or less correct as I watched for highlights on screen and checked the histogram as I was shooting.

If you can help me get to the next level, then by all means, critique... I was just a little gunshy when I posted but now you have me curious.

Regards, Iguanasan

[Marko]

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