Really new to photography, would appreciate any feedback/criticism. Really trying to focus on composition and scouting the right areas, still need a lot of practice. This was on a hike in the Yeongnam Alps, South Korea. The editing was inspired by Dylan Furst.
A couple of old photos taken while the Amtrak was stopped - somewhere in Colorado, I think?
(And yes, I like that the vertical leans!)
Just a heads up for anyone that may be interested (and as things are slow in the group.....).
This female has arrived at Hamerton. This place rescues animals from all over the world, mainly endangered species, and they breed when they can.
I've photographed Ady a few times now. We get better each time as a team. This image was a fave from our latest session. I hope you like it to.
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Seems like a location that has potential. As for the image ... at the least you needed to have a strong foreground or an element leading into a strong background. Not having any significant contrast of light and/or colour anywhere doesn't help either. Hope that's ok to say. Cheers and have fun with it.
Yeah I agree with the foreground, I wasn't really sure what to do with it. I tried cropping it up to where the fence began but I didn't really like that either. Definitely still have a lot of work to do, thanks for the feedback
It's very dark and I don't know if that's intentional or just edited on a laptop perhaps, which are not ideal and can lead to dark images as I have found with my own images. I like the fence line being highlighted and meandering into the shot and also like the misty backdrop but I have to look hard to be able to see it all.
I was going for a dark image but perhaps this is too dark. Why do laptops lead to dark images?
I'm no expert but my understanding is that it's because they are heavily back lit / very bright so you tend to process your image based on that but when viewed on a calibrated monitor or print out an image it then appears darker because of the lower / lack of back lighting. Although if people view on a bright screen eg. Phone or ipad etc. with high brightness it may look ok.
Hmm didn't know that, thanks for the heads up I appreciate it
You're welcome. Like I said, I'm no expert so it may be worth researching online for yourself but when I look back at my old images now which were processed on a laptop they are often much darker than I intended, even after I was kind of aware of it and tried to make them a bit brighter during processing.
I prefer this in black and white and lightened up a bit. Also I tried warming it a bit also.Great misty look and I like the wires on the fence being lit up.
Personally I think the black and white takes away from the mood. I was going for a sorta cold, dark, wet feel. I can definitely see why you'd disagree though. Appreciate the feedback!
Yes I think you have captured the cold dark wet feel well. The black and white treatment does not make it look so foreboding.