Photography thread (closed thread, see first and last post)

[Arabian Horse]

Arabian:

I see the name in the corner of the pics from a professional called "HC Photography". It would be in poor taste for me to critque anothers professional work in this forum, so I will leave it at "Nice!". (I hope you understand that I typed with a smile, I dont mean to sound snarky)

Livinwright:
Good job on that moon! Will your camera allow you to adjust ISO settings and shutter speeds? You can get some radicaly different pics of the same ights moon with minor changes in your settings. Its a fun to see the changes.

Thats my copyright (sort of). My name is Hannah Clark, So I made it HC Photography.

 

[redtailgal]

Ok that makes sense, lol.

First pic:

I like it, its a strong image, well focused and nicely composed. lol, I cant decide if I would have angled myself to prevent the chain from going across the chickens face or if I really like the chain going across the chickens face.

Second pic:

Again, nice image, love the depth of field. I wish that the lighting would have cooperated with you, though. Some light coming in high and at an angle would have given that flower the chance to jump off the screen at you.

ThIrd Pic:

Nice focus and lighting. Honestly, Its too busy for me. Wonder if you could have adjusted your aperature and blur out some of the background for a more dramatic effect? There is nothing really wrong with the picture, just a matter of personal preference I think.

Fourth Pic:

I like this one. Your depth of feild is a little off though, see how the hens head is just a little blurry? (I had to look for something to whine about, so you did good).

My favorite?
Number four! lol

 

[MrsDieselEngineer]

Thanks RTG
It's hard driving a very green horse and taking pictures at the same time so I wasn't setting up for the perfect pic Do you think these are better or worse?

 

[Arabian Horse]

Ok that makes sense, lol.

First pic:

I like it, its a strong image, well focused and nicely composed. lol, I cant decide if I would have angled myself to prevent the chain from going across the chickens face or if I really like the chain going across the chickens face.

Second pic:

Again, nice image, love the depth of field. I wish that the lighting would have cooperated with you, though. Some light coming in high and at an angle would have given that flower the chance to jump off the screen at you.

ThIrd Pic:

Nice focus and lighting. Honestly, Its too busy for me. Wonder if you could have adjusted your aperature and blur out some of the background for a more dramatic effect? There is nothing really wrong with the picture, just a matter of personal preference I think.

Fourth Pic:

I like this one. Your depth of feild is a little off though, see how the hens head is just a little blurry? (I had to look for something to whine about, so you did good).

My favorite?
Number four! lol

Thank you for your opinion! What you said about all of the pictures is what I was also wondering about. Would you mind some others? I have loads of them.

 

[redtailgal]

Thanks RTG
It's hard driving a very green horse and taking pictures at the same time so I wasn't setting up for the perfect pic Do you think these are better or worse?

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/4498_100_8798.jpg

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/4498_100_8796.jpg

I'd bet that is is hard. Both of those are much better! Good job. The road gives more interested and evokes thought, and makes the lead rope less distracting. You did good, thank you for sharing. I love to see how pics evolve as people learn and apply.

 

[DKRabbitry]

I want to learn to take good pictures of my animals. Mama is much prettier than this picture shows. How can I do better?

Personally, when I am taking animal photos, I like to get them when they are as balanced or smooth as possible. I think that photo of mama would be better if her legs were more even. Even when moving, there are periods when their bodies are just more balanced than others and flow better. I don't know if I am explaining it very good :/
Examples....

I prefer this photo

To this one

In this photo, she is all hunched up and her body looks off and awkward to me, and the angle is weird making her head look too large

While as in this one, even though she is midstep and on the hill like the other photo, she is streched out and just looks like she is moving smoothly

Hopefully someone else will chime in and maybe make more sense of things

 

[Queen Mum]

That makes a lot of sense... I need to get more balance in the picture with Mama... I'm going to sit out with her and try and get some good photos this week.

 

[Dreaming Of Goats]

I just like to take pictures for fun..... One of my brothers is a professional and does it for an on the side job. My cousin also does this.... And my other brother also has a nice camera. So I guess we all like photography lol.

(I wish the other goat kid wasn't in this pic)

These were taken by my brothers, and I edited some of them:

 

[redtailgal]

Be careful when trying to balance your photo! Its very easy to just plug them into the middle of the photograph.

DKRabbit: nice shots on all of them. I prefer the image of the lamancha coming down the rock. I would have like to have seen a different comformation on these shots. FOrinstant. with the doe coming down the right, why not back out alittle bit and give her "a place to be" when she kets down? This would had adventur to the pics, instead of just seeiing the goat, your viewer will have a way to plave the goat. It makes the pic tell a very quick story, and bring viewers back to your pics.

 

[redtailgal]

Dreaming of goats:

The is an educational thread. Did you have a question about your pictures?
Were you looking for critique?