Going to photography school - need help from resident pros, please

The bonfire is OK, the BMW not so much. Panning is good, but I think you needed to shoot at ~1/80th in that situation to get a better background blur to really isolate the car and give a sense of speed.
 
Yeah, that's what i figured... The next one i go to, i'll try to arrange for an in-field position so i have more freedom of movement. All <1/80 shots i tried were all blurred to hell cause i couldn't move properly.
 
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IceBone said:
...Been taking heaps of pics lately and scrutinising all of them. I got back with 300 photos just from this bonfire night. :? And not to mention that out of the 800 from the drift challenge i only let 15 through. I'm very picky and quite annoyed that so little photos i take are good enough for me. :/
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I went to my arboretum last Saturday, out of 156 photos I took, I saved 18. Whenever I take a picture of a flower or whatnot, I take three pictures and save the best. It is good to be picky, it really is.
 
Thanks for reminding me, I should hit up that arboretum i mentioned on irc a while ago on a sunny day. Going to the waterfall tomorrow or the day after and a quad race on sunday. So pics aplenty coming soon (and good ones hopefully).
 
All in good time, my friend. First I need a sigma super flash and a ring flash. We'll talk alienbees if i ever set up a proper studio.
 
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https://pic.armedcats.net/i/ic/icebone/2008/05/04/_DSC1805.jpg

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This is shaping up quite nicely!
 
Really like the ATV shot, the waterfall has nice flow but the colours feel too muted. Perhaps you should go back when the area is a bit more lush.
 
Would be a good idea. I'll also probably go with a neutral density filter so i can take an even longer exposure. I was already on max f/ stop and still it would only go as slow as 1 second. Aperture that small also means not as sharp an image.
 
The first photo is great :thumbup: I am not an expert but it looks veery profesional.

The waterfall is too gloomy and doesn't appeal to me, you can do better :)
 
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I'm hoping to keep the studio/macro shots to this sort of mood/style

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I also have an idea for another for this theme, involving a chess table and figures arranged in stale mate.
 
Always liked that dishwasher shot.

Not a fan of that portrait. Like it or not, your subject can make or break a portrait. If you can link up for a TFP/TFCD with a model and a makeup artist, do it. Also, the pose was really bad, the lighting was kinda bland, and you brother in law looks like a dirty hippie. ;)
 
The portrait looks too much like a snapshot to me (of a dirty hippie?).

Also the macro has a lot of dead space to the right and your focus plane doesn't really give me a centre of interest, I feel like the "Auto 55-56" should be in focus.

I quite like the waterfall shot (even if a little cliched) and the action shot is pretty cool, too.
 
I'll keep it in for now, untill i get more better portraits. I really love how this one turned out, though:

https://pic.armedcats.net/i/ic/icebone/2008/05/26/tree_at_night.jpg
 
https://pic.armedcats.net/i/ic/icebone/2008/06/06/chess.jpg
 
https://pic.armedcats.net/i/ic/icebone/2008/06/29/mokrice_000.jpg

https://pic.armedcats.net/i/ic/icebone/2008/06/28/highway-night.jpg
 
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IceBone said:
https://pic.armedcats.net/i/ic/icebone/2008/06/11/mask.jpg
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With this kind of shot I would eliminate the background. Obviously you can just do it on the computer but when you start your course they'll probably make you shoot something black on black and eliminate the background on film.


In the night street shot the lights need to be more starry, less blobby.

The castle Is good but I would have put a little more space over the left tower to avoid having it touch the edge of the frame.
 
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