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with comments from Philip Grosset "What do you think? My sister just bought a house that used to be a one room schoolhouse. She wanted me to take some pictures of real ones so she can display them in her home. No flash was used. 3-10 sec. exposure. The last one is of a small bridge over Tonawanda Creek. I'm just starting out in this hobby and would love your comments. I have a Canon elan 7e and a 28-105 lens. Thinking of getting the Canon 75-300 IS lens. Any thoughts on that lens? Thanks again! (Joe Manna, Buffalo, NY) |
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| You were very sensible to avoid the use of flash here, as it is much easier to capture the feeling of a place without it. This is a very effective photo, although perhaps just very slightly over exposed. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Your photo on the left is less successful because of the stove that's stuck right in the middle and cuts the picture into two. On the right, I've tried moving it to a third of the way across, and I think this helps. It's now balanced by the door in the right background. |
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Perhaps a higher camera position looking down onto the shadows would have shown them up more clearly, and also revealed a bit more of the setting. | ||||||||||||||||||||
I have no experience of the lens you are thinking of getting, but would myself prefer getting a single zoom lens that met most of my needs rather than having to carry a second one around with me! "dear Phil. hi. im red from indonesia. id like to know more about the quality of my photographs. these are some pics. which were taken when i was having holiday in chicago. so i need u to critise them. hope to hear from u soon." (Bima Mandagi) |
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| Your photo on the left would be improved by coming in closer, as on the right. I've also straightened it ouso that the horizontal lines look level. |
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| Your picture on the left could have been taken just about anywhere. Why not pick somewhere more typical of Chicago and show your subject reacting to it? On the right, I've moved in closer so that you can at least see the person more clearly. |
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| Still perched in front of the camera and looking at it! If you want to take night shots, try experimenting with longer exposures (using a really firm support for the camera) so that more of the background shows up. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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