* Markus Fuenfrocken wrote:
> Troy Piggins wrote:
>> If you have some spare time, I'd appreciate your comments
>> on these photos. Let me know what you would have done
>> different. What do you pros/experienced photogs take
>> photos of when travelling? Do you end up with happy
>> snaps and that's fine?
>
> Hi,
> i mainly agree with "Zot" here, take happy snaps and bingo.
> When looking at your shots some things came to my mind:
>
> - buy a polarizer filter to attach to your lens, this would greatly
improve
> shots like img_6420.jpg to get a blue, saturated sky - if you shoot RAW,
try
> to bring down lights a bit, some of the shots tend to be a bit
overexposed,
> i use a 20D and normally use exposure correction of -1/3 or even -2/3.
Actually I have a CP filter, but must confess to not using it
enough - probably inexperience in knowing /when/ to use it.
Regarding the sky there - don't know if you've been but it's
bloody frustrating doing cityscapes. There's this very thick
dust/sand haze. Couldn't figure out if it's from the
construction work going on everywhere, or just because of the
proximity of the desert. You'll notice all the palm tree fronds
look greyish? Everything is covered in this sandy dust. You can
really notice the haze causing the glow in the night shots.
Thanks for the tips on overexposure.
> - you seem to love wide angle shots, try to use a correction filter or
tool
> like shift n (http://www.shiftn.de/
english description available) to
get
Haven't come across that software. Will look into it. Author
Marcus Hebel? You? :)
> rid of those annoying converging lines and tilts. Images like
img_6416.jpg
> really suffer from that. Also, always try to rotate images like
img_6419.jpg
> to make them aligned horizontally - itīs just a few clicks, and a
heavily
> sloping image like this will always make it look "amateurish".
Thanks. To date I do try to fix horizons on better shots that
are worth the time, but I haven't spent that much time
straightening converging buildings from the ultra-wide angle
fisheye type effect.
> - i really like your night shoots!
Thanks. I'm glad I did take the tripod :)
> Happy shooting!
> Markus
Always happy shooting :)
Thanks Markus!
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Troy Piggins
I always appreciate critique.
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