a few of my pics over the last couple of months

**trueblue924** · 22nd August 2009

Hi just thought i would post some of my fav shots over the last couple of months to try and get some pointers on how to make them better

here is my first taken of the little one on c905

the rest are taken on my sony a200

and i even attempted my first hdr which didnt go well as i left my tripod at home and the choice of image didnt help as you can see ghost images around some of the tree line

please give as much critasim as you can as i really need help to improve my shots

oh and sorry there are so many

**{{909}}** · 23rd August 2009

i think if you want CC, you need to post less shots.

If you are totally lost, just look at your own work and think why would anyone want to view your work.

**Jaffster** · 24th August 2009

Ok I'll try my best for you.... (i am no expert)

For this I would try a lower composition, get down to eye level with your subject, select a wide aperture to get some nice Depth of Field.

It's ok, but doesn't strike me as being anything other than an ordinary snapshot, not a photograph. Good how the head is focused and sharp, nice depth of field. Again, I'd get lower down so you're at your subjects level.

The sky is completely blown out, if you're shooting in RAW then you may be able to recover some of this in Lightroom/Photoshop. Do some reading on exposure.

The rest are pretty much the same thing... I'll give you some advice which I've picked up over the past year. Don't go out with your camera and just snap anything and everything in the hope that ONE of them is a keeper. Go out with the mindset that every shot will be a keeper, if you see a picture that you like then sit down, work out what you want and how you want to achieve it then sit down and keep snapping until you've got it.

Example, this shot:

This particular place has some excellent qualities. If I was out... I'd spend at least 20-30 minutes here. I'd have a few shots in that exact spot, one exposed for the sky, one for the ground and one inbetween. I'd be down at water level too, for sure.