Constructive Help
Just starting off and would live some constructive help and direction. Thank you in advance!
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Dean Wilson
Vintage Lenses
I thought I would try out my 50 year old lenses: Canon FD 50mm f/1.5 SSC and Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 on my Canon R5 with the use of the appropriate adapter.
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Last: May 27, 2026
Charles Mercier
Outside the tourist area photos.
These photos were taken just outside of a small town in central Portugal.
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Last: May 22, 2026
Nev Clarke
Sand Porn
I really enjoy creating something different with drones. I've had the Mavic now for about four weeks and I absolutely love it.
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Last: May 20, 2026
Norton Dudeque
Mananciais da Serra, Piraquara, Brazil
This is a water reservoir for the city of Curitiba, Brazil
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Hello Garrett. I like your top pic the best out of the set. Not certain what you had going as far as lighting was concerned, but I might suggest some more illumination across the eyes. I have no issue with the overall level of the light in the shot, but his eyes are just a bit hard to see, which is a shame IMHO, because they seem to be telling an interesting story.
Agree. Well put.
Thanks Darin, we had just finished dinner and was shooting while my father was telling stories. All we had was the over head “chandelier“. If I had another lighting source where would you place it to gain the extra light on the eyes??
Perhaps a light source (table lamp?), camera-right. Something not too off axis from his nose. I don't think that you would have needed much, but a small source would have been nice here. You might be able to raise the exposure with editing.