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WOW, you really get around! I like some of your pix...you need to select fewer...IE, just the really good ones. :-0

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Charlie Davis
Nikon 5700, Sony R1, Nikon D50, Nikon D300
HomePage: http://www.1derful.info
"The voices in my head may be crazy, but they have good ideas!"
 
WOW. I did not even have a camera when I was 12 years old ;)

KEEP on shooting! You will improve every day, I am shure about that!

Your shots are nice and sometimes it seems that you thought about how to compose your shots. Generally one advice. try to 'decenter the objects you shoot.
Search about the rule of the 2/3rd

http://photospot2004.blogspot.com/2004/07/rule-of-thirds.html

I think that your pictures are sometimes a bit too bright. Try to underexpose more often. For example the caterpillar is the important thing in your image. and it is definitely too bright. If you had underexposed it for 1 stop it would have been a lot better.

Sorry that I critique you but maybe it will help improving, I hope so! The night exposure is AWESOME! Made a similar picture in Seoul once. Reminds me of that.
Keep shooting and posting!
Kevin
 
pentx4life said:
I think that your pictures are sometimes a bit too bright. Try to underexpose more often. For example the caterpillar is the important thing in your image. and it is definitely too bright. If you had underexposed it for 1 stop it would have been a lot better.
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I have to disagree that exposure is the problem. I think it is the in-camera JPEG processing that is responsible for the color and saturation.
 
trekkeruss said:
pentx4life said:
I think that your pictures are sometimes a bit too bright. Try to underexpose more often. For example the caterpillar is the important thing in your image. and it is definitely too bright. If you had underexposed it for 1 stop it would have been a lot better.
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I have to disagree that exposure is the problem. I think it is the in-camera JPEG processing that is responsible for the color and saturation.
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I agree. That P&S is over-processing the images. The OP should turn down the saturation, contrast, and sharpening slightly.

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Charlie Davis
Nikon 5700, Sony R1, Nikon D50, Nikon D300
HomePage: http://www.1derful.info
"The voices in my head may be crazy, but they have good ideas!"
 
If you really are twelve, you are a natural and if you get bored with it and give it up I will track you down and give you a piece of my tiny mind. (Not really but it would be disappointing). Even if you never become pro keep shooting on the side. It will not be a wasted effort.

Keep looking at the world, look at more of other peoples work and try experimenting a bit more although I'm sure you will with more confidence. ..hmm, what else.. learn to be objective about what you do. See it as others would.

Very good stuff, keep at it.

Oh, and don't get too cocky but keep scaring the professionals. :O ;)

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain an idea without necessarily accepting it. -Aristotle

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...oh, and I see by the lack of responses that I am right yet again.
 
You have some nice images. Very, very good, given your age.

My main advice would be to watch your exposures, especially when shooting landscapes. The dynamic range of all cameras is limited, but there are ways of working around this, for example, bracketing shots, choosing a better time of day to shoot a scene, etc.

You have a good start. Stick with it.

You'll never be half the photographer I already think I am

 
pentx4life said:
WOW. I did not even have a camera when I was 12 years old ;)
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I DID have a camera when I was 12 years old .... but my work did not look as good as yours.

(I am not even sure it's as good as yours NOW.)

EXCELLENT work ... keep it up. (the only cc I can offer is some of your photos look too "centered", like the streams/waterfalls -- offset can be better -- rule of 3rds)

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Thanks for reading .... JoePhoto

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You have several images there that I am envious of, and I've been shooting for a long long time.

You certainly have a good eye for composition. When I look at some of them, I see why you chose to make an image, but I would encourage you to try several different angles, croppings etc. Then you can review them at home and figure out why one works and another doesn't. You can be your own teacher.

As other have suggested, some of your images suffer from the in camera processing. Does your camera shoot RAW files? That might be something to explore as well.

Keep shooting. Keep learning.
 
I do a lot of post processing, and mainly focus on the colors. Image artifacts are bound to happen. that said shooting raw probably would help.
 
spoorthy said:
I do a lot of post processing, and mainly focus on the colors. Image artifacts are bound to happen. that said shooting raw probably would help.
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Yes, you're ready to take that step!

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Charlie Davis
Nikon 5700, Sony R1, Nikon D50, Nikon D300
HomePage: http://www.1derful.info
"The voices in my head may be crazy, but they have good ideas!"
 
12 years old? You're pulling our legs, right? ;)

I know of some adult photographers on the DP forums that would like to be able to get some of the images you posted...

Yes, I think that you are on the Right Track. With your natural eye for composition/subjects the main suggestion I have is to trade up to a DSLR ASAP. You would gain more control over exposure and depth of field, as well as have a more responsive camera i.e. quicker shot-to-shot times.

If you keep this up you have a real future as a serious hobbyist or pro photographer.
 
spoorthy said:
I do a lot of post processing, and mainly focus on the colors. Image artifacts are bound to happen. that said shooting raw probably would help.
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Whats with saying your 12 years old? I just don't see "image artifacts" coming out of the mouth of a 12 yr old. As far as the subject and quality being from a 12 yr old, I could see an adult setting up the shot for a kid.
 
I obviously want to answer within context.

Good hobbyist? Absolutely!!!!

Semi Pro or advanced amateur - your on your way and quite well I might add!

Pro level work, - good start, but you have a road before you.

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MaryGierth said:
spoorthy said:
I do a lot of post processing, and mainly focus on the colors. Image artifacts are bound to happen. that said shooting raw probably would help.
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Whats with saying your 12 years old? I just don't see "image artifacts" coming out of the mouth of a 12 yr old. As far as the subject and quality being from a 12 yr old, I could see an adult setting up the shot for a kid.
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At least one of his pix was shot 3 years ago. He has posted this thread all over dpr (in several Forums). He's an Indian, living now in Boston w/ his uncle. Perhaps "12" was a typo? Perhaps he's 21 or 23 or 120? ;-)

There are child prodigies...and child parodies. Perhaps he's one of those? ;-)

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Charlie Davis
Nikon 5700, Sony R1, Nikon D50, Nikon D300
HomePage: http://www.1derful.info
"The voices in my head may be crazy, but they have good ideas!"
 
I dont live with my uncle, I visit my uncle often. I live in the bay area (near san fran).
 
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