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Hi Frank,
Have to be more parsimonious here that in my last one:

Infant close crop--lovely, and the curious play of light is really cool. I love it and he isn't even mine! That will be one you cherish of a lifetime.

Puss--cute and just fine technically, but, hey, it is yet another really good cute pet portrait. Lots of them here. A lot more refined than your thoughtless snap, but not artistic genius :)

Horse--lovely and sharp but I need to think if I like the desaturated background thing.

Sea lion--I love the moment and the colour texture and sharpness of the beast, but I am still up in the air on the background thing.

Yachts--picture postcard perfect and an example of the classic composition rules. When you next disembowel newcomers over composition issues, set this forward as a constructive example and explain to us why. Is the full size resolution and sharpness sufficient for a poster print?

Grandma and infant--tender and emotional moment. The residual noise/grain is no biggie. The radiator vents need the kiss of the magic spot retouch tool :) A serene simple scene is jarred by the intrusion of quotidian household technology. Ansel Adams said dodging and burning existed to correct God's mistakes in tonal relationships. Same sort of thing here. However, if blending the stuff out makes matters worse, never mind.

Swan--great colour, sharpness, contrast as far as I can make out in the small version. POV a bit disorienting and disquieting. Perhaps in a big version the resolution and depth helps this make more sense? For someone who loves quirkiness the angle is bit out there even for me. Maybe your intent succeeds better in a larger print.

Well, there it is. Keep em comin'

Les
 
hey, give him some credit and look at his pics (he has posted above).

All are very good, some pretty wonderful.

There is something of an olive branch here.

Love the sinner, forgive the sin :)

Les
 
I spoke my mind, some of the responses were more rude if you ask me. It's obvious you are reading but not listening.
 
shrinkie1964 said:
hey, give him some credit and look at his pics (he has posted above).

All are very good, some pretty wonderful.

There is something of an olive branch here.

Love the sinner, forgive the sin :)

Les
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Where Les? The 3 b&w? Or are there others?
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Regards, RHLPedrosa

 
I'm not going to bother wading through all the responses, mainly because - in principal - I agree with the OP. Most people on the forums [including me] have probably never shot an exceptionally outstanding photo in their life... although, granted, most of us have probably shot plenty of decent photos.

C&C is useful to help people improve their skills. However, it does get out of hand when people post new images very often... in my experience, it takes more than just a few days to get it right.

~ squodge ~
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Patco said:
TheronFamily said:
SemiFrank said:
Buying a camera does not make you a photographer, right? :)
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neither does buying a pen make you an author ;)
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And by what I experience on the road daily, buying a car does not
make one
a driver, either :-P
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And from my personal experience I can add:

Golf clubs do not make a golfer
Baseball bats do not make a hitter
Designer clothes do not improve appearance (well not in my case.....)

I could go on, but I'll spare you ;)

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Gerry,
http://gerryd.smugmug.com/ discount code on homepage

 
I seriously just spent 30 minutes replying to this post, I posted and it never showed up, that's the 3rd time now, what's up with that? Anyways, here goes again!

Les, thanks for corresponding with me via this thread, glad to see someone come in and discuss rather than pop in their heads for a cheap stab before leaving.
shrinkie1964 said:
Infant close crop--lovely, and the curious play of light is really
cool. I love it and he isn't even mine! That will be one you cherish
of a lifetime.
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This was taken of my nephew about 2 hours after being born, the light in the hospital roomw as great.. I have a whole series of these close-ups in B&W.
shrinkie1964 said:
Puss--cute and just fine technically, but, hey, it is yet another
really good cute pet portrait. Lots of them here. A lot more refined
than your thoughtless snap, but not artistic genius :)
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I like this photo.. it was taken a few years back of our lazy cat. I have this printed/framed and hung up on the wall in the room where we keep all of our dogs (2 chihuhuas and a doberman, the doberman loves to chase the cat).
shrinkie1964 said:
Horse--lovely and sharp but I need to think if I like the desaturated
background thing.
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The background desaturation thing was a bit of an experimental time.. I'm not sure I dig it completely.. I love how the sharpness of the horse is brought out, but at the same time it seems a little "gimmicky".
shrinkie1964 said:
Sea lion--I love the moment and the colour texture and sharpness of
the beast, but I am still up in the air on the background thing.
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This is actually a miniature-hippopotamus taken at the toronto zoo.. I lucked outon the capture.. I had only been there about 5 minutges when he opened up to yawn, I caught the whole thing as a sequence, this was my favorite.. though im distracted by the OOF blur in the bottmo right corner of the pic.
shrinkie1964 said:
Yachts--picture postcard perfect and an example of the classic
composition rules. When you next disembowel newcomers over
composition issues, set this forward as a constructive example and
explain to us why. Is the full size resolution and sharpness
sufficient for a poster print?
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Not sure if i still have the original, I think I do have it on DVD somewhere.. this was taken about 2 years ago in the spring on canada day at approx. midnight..so the exposure is a long one.. Im really pleased with this one.
shrinkie1964 said:
Grandma and infant--tender and emotional moment. The residual
noise/grain is no biggie. The radiator vents need the kiss of the
magic spot retouch tool :) A serene simple scene is jarred by the
intrusion of quotidian household technology. Ansel Adams said dodging
and burning existed to correct God's mistakes in tonal relationships.
Same sort of thing here. However, if blending the stuff out makes
matters worse, never mind.
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This one was more about the capture of the moment than the technical aspects of the pic, I could always photoshop the radiator, but I've never been much bothered by it.
shrinkie1964 said:
Swan--great colour, sharpness, contrast as far as I can make out in
the small version. POV a bit disorienting and disquieting. Perhaps in
a big version the resolution and depth helps this make more sense?
For someone who loves quirkiness the angle is bit out there even for
me. Maybe your intent succeeds better in a larger print.
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This was titled: "Swan of Hearts" (I know, cheesy) but is meant show the white on black heart shape of the swan.. I thought it was pretty cool. I could never bring myself to get rid of the pieces of grass in the corner for some reason.. I feel it keeps the subject grounded.. I may be wrong though.

anyways, thanks for responding, appreciate your comments.

I just wanted to make sure that people understood something, Im not posting these photos to say: "Hey look at me". I'm not a great photographer by any stretch of the imagination, but I took the time to learn, experiment, and most importantly: read about the fundamentals of what is pleasing to the eye. so with that minimal effort and a bit of time I was able to produce some pretty decent pictures that I personally enjoy.

I believe that anyone who is serious enough to spend the $$ on a camera, snap some pictures and serious enough to post their pictures to any forum should be serious enough to read (a book or online) about the fundamentals of photography/composition before doing so.

There is a difference between providing constructive criticism to each other to help build on each others existing knowledge and babying someone in order to spare their feelings.
 
I agree that most of the first photo or new camera purchase photos are boring at the least and terrible at the worst. Enthusiasm over a camera purchase exceeds skill in almost every case. I made a point about it once and received quite a number of negative responses. Doesn't mean you're wrong, just that the majority of people disagree.
 
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