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I think the crop is good, focus is on the spider.
The background is very busy and distracting, you might want to try a wider aperture (lower f stop number) to achieve a better DOF and more bokeh behind the spider giving it better separation from the background.
If you shot wide open and your minimum focal distance, I am not sure there is much else you could have done without a different lens.
Post processing looks good, if you wanted to try and fix it in post, you could select the spider and the web and then invert the selection and add some blur. A post crop vignette might help draw the focus in as well.
Depth of field is great, I like the creative look on focus on the red flower. A little difficult to see the flower, a little more exposure I think would help the image overall.
I love the deep black background – how do you achieve that effect when shooting in a public market?
Good composition, and very dramatic, achieved silhouette effect. The bright sun in the right hand corner immediately draws the eye away from the focus of the people walking. Maybe a graduated filter or a slight reduction of exposure in that area would help.
Like the panoramic feel to the image but experiment with some different crops to help divert focus back to the couple, I think less of the hill on the left would move the couple into the left third of the picture and less in the center resulting in a more dramatic look.
May requires a little bit of straightening, camera was probably straight when taken but the natural rise on the horizon make it appear not quite level.
I agree with @nikon-nut on the second one could use some leveling, removal of the tower.
With the third one, excellent composition, definitely experiment with the depth of field. If intent was a sharp image throughout you need a higher f stop. The dreamy out of focus look adds a creative element. Overall the image seems a little under exposed and could afford to be a little brighter. You might want to try bracketing your shots, so you have multiple apertures to choose from and can see how it impacts focus depth.
DOF – Smaller f stop numbers 1.2, 1.8, 2.0 etc mean your aperture is larger letting in more light objects closer to the focal point will be in focus but go out of focus past the focal point. Larger f stop numbers means a smaller aperture and more of the image will be in focus past the focal point (10,16,22)
WOW!!! Those are some very attractive mannequin butts! I like the colors and the depth of field… some how you found leading lines with very “rounded” objects. Only comment maybe a little more post crop vignetting on the store floor and other display. Maybe crop down to the top of the belt on the first mannequin.
I agree with the above sentiments, on the creepy factor. As far as the actual image maybe a little more light on the doll’s face maybe a small reflector to help bring out the shadows. The sticks and underbrush add to the overall composition.
Thanks for the helpful advice. Those are compositions ideas that I did not think about.
In camera I would under expose by half a stop and then bring up the highlights in photoshop/lightroom. Or you could use a graduated ND filter to do in camera.
However with cloudy skies, I just try and find interesting composition that generally doesn’t include the sky.
I love fall, and fall photos!
Silky water looks good, however the white water appears over exposed. (Maybe recover the highlights a little) The tree in the upper right with the leaves in the frames, distract from the main focus which is the river. Not sure if the image is straight in the small size.
What really transformed my pictures like this were an ND filter and a polarizing filter, really transformed these pictures and a very worthwhile investment.
The small size, makes it hard to see as a panorama, would be helpful to see a larger version of the image.
There seems to be a slight moving down to the right. The rope fence distracts from the more interesting middle and background, I think the grass alone would be a better foreground. Difficult to tell in the small size if the colors are right, the greens are light, not sure if it is over exposed, maybe drop the highlights a little.
Post Processing
The second is a significant great improvement without adding any noise.However I think the background is still to bright and distracting. I might lower the highlights so you get more blue in the sky and more definition in the clouds.
Composition
Try a little more depth of field, lower the f stop increase the zoom. I think the subject would benefit from better separation of the foreground and background. I think the hat down adds a sense of mystery to the picture, which is what is interesting about the photo.Great image. I do not think the colors are over saturated at all, and are still in the natural range. I personally would clone out the electrical box, it distracts from the old world feel. Maybe a slight straighten (<-2), hard to tell since their are fee straight lines.
Great first attempt. This is definitely on my list of things to try, so I don’t claim any current expertise. Love the black background, if you attempt was abstract, I think you achieved it very well.
I think having another color in your other hand at a lower intensity might have added an additional splash of color. Yielding more color.
The completely negative space in the upper right hand corner looks a little out of place since everywhere else has at least something going on. Not sure if more negative space around the rest of the image would help balance.
I do like the shot overall and think the contrast and glow is perfect.
New Rule of thirds crop is much better and more interesting. I might drag a graduated filter down from the top to the horizon line and reduce the exposure and highlights, and maybe a slight adjustment to the white balance a little more shifted to blue in the graduated filter to give more contrast and pop to the sky.
The black background is impressive, love the composition and the size. The reflection on the vine and that over exposure makes it harder to see the ants clearly. Hard to tell in the small image if the ants are all in focus. What happens if you drop down the highlights, does that bring out more detail in the image and give the needed contrast to better see the ants in the left hand side?
I agree with Nikon-Nut, you captured it well enough to make me want to avoid the outdoors.
Agree with the above, I would pull down the highlights, increase the shadows a little. Maybe adjust the blacks and whites for more tonal range.
Of two minds here and I would try both, I might brush negative exposure on the foreground, or positive exposure on the background, to draw the eye to the background which in my opinion is the interesting part of the photo. I might also play with the HSL settings, to pull up the saturation/luminescence of the reds and oranges.
Composition is great, just a little flat.
I struggle with cloudy days as well, especially when I am traveling and you can’t go back multiple times to get the light just right.
I think the biggest problem is there is not enough contrast separation between the part of the building jutting out in the front and the building in the back. If there was more separation the picture would be much better. I would try cropping the sky out completely, changing this to a high contrast black and white.
If you shot in raw I may drop the shadows to bring out more detail and texture in the building.
Love the idea of the square crop, I think it would really help the image. From a composition stand point I might have used a tighter zoom on the ball and better focus on the primary object. I think the interest in the shot is the demarcation between the “spines” and the area that does not have the “spines”
Looks like you had a nice blue sky, it would be interesting if you rotated your perspective around the “flower” by a quarter turn and captured a balance of the sky and the trees.
I like the colors in the reflection, but the out of focus text in the car window is distracting and draws my eyes away from the reflection. I agree with klausbert that slightly changing the composition’s zoom level would give you a more dramatic depth of field. Maybe even experiment with a slightly higher f stop.
