I want to get one thing straight from the start. I'm not asking for more followers or for help on how to get more comments. However, having nearly finished my first year on this site, I've found that photos that people like get more views and more comments.
There are a few photos I've taken and posted recently that I thought were really good, yet they didn't get many comments or views at all. I'm posting them in this thread and would really appreciate it if you could give me your tips on what you do or don't like about them so I know what ares I need to work on. Incidentally, if it turns out that they just got overlooked (as photos tend to from time to time), then that's fine too. :-)
In fairness, I now that I made a mistake on this one cos I still had it on a really high ISO from taking photos the night before, but I still thought it was good.
As most of the people on the site aren't "professional" they're not looking for good photos compositional wise, they're just looking for pretty colors and interesting subjects/focus points.
Theres nothing wrong with any of these photos, but they just don't stand out or hold your interest.
They are all fine, as snaps. As strong photographs with a lot of interest they dont work for me.. Sorry, you did ask!
The first one is the more interesting for me even though technically not great. I like the contrast and the clouds. Personally I would've gone up closer and got the building silhouette with more detail and fill the frame a little more.
The second one looks like a holiday photo - again, nothing wrong with that, but thats all it is. To improve it I would've waited until there was nobody in the background/or further away and not cropped the top of the gloves off.
The third one is interesting but I can remember from local paper days how hard it is to snap people painting, its kinda hard to make the image work really well. I was never sure if the focus should be on the painting or the person, and I guess the person should be the main thing really. I'd have used shallow dof to take away the messy background of cars and focus on him.
I hope not come over as too harsh, because I dont mean to. Photo's tho arent just about beauty or correctness, they can hold fond memories - even if not technically great. So in that sense, all photo's can be fab. It just might not mean as much to a stranger looking in.
@blightygal - thanks. I really appreciate the honest feedback, That's why I started the discussion. I see what you mean about all of them, so I'll try to work on those points and see what I come up with in the future.
I missed all of these. I love the first one. It reminds me of the digital creations by Digital Blasphemy. Number one is a great shot. Both of the bottom ones might be improved by shooting them from another angle. I am working on this---taking lots (or a few) of shots of the same subject from different angles (notice the "working on" phase). Not certain about a good angle for the second one. For the third one, it would have been really cool if you would have shown what the artist was drawing on his paper and the same scene across the street.
The second, I would agree vignetting or cropping would be good to really focus on the person and not so much of the stuff around him.
The third I would look at photographing or cropping in closer on him and his painting or maybe from the front to isolate him more. Again vignetting would work here but a different angle would be better. Maybe a view behind him so we can see what he is painting would be interesting too.
All in all , not bad pictures. Just keep thinking composition and what is the subect. Try to keep everything else out of the picture in order to focus on the subject. :-)
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Theres nothing wrong with any of these photos, but they just don't stand out or hold your interest.
The first one is the more interesting for me even though technically not great. I like the contrast and the clouds. Personally I would've gone up closer and got the building silhouette with more detail and fill the frame a little more.
The second one looks like a holiday photo - again, nothing wrong with that, but thats all it is. To improve it I would've waited until there was nobody in the background/or further away and not cropped the top of the gloves off.
The third one is interesting but I can remember from local paper days how hard it is to snap people painting, its kinda hard to make the image work really well. I was never sure if the focus should be on the painting or the person, and I guess the person should be the main thing really. I'd have used shallow dof to take away the messy background of cars and focus on him.
I hope not come over as too harsh, because I dont mean to. Photo's tho arent just about beauty or correctness, they can hold fond memories - even if not technically great. So in that sense, all photo's can be fab. It just might not mean as much to a stranger looking in.
...but the first photo,the silhouette one,I LOVE it,I wouldn`t change anything,it`s perfect in it`s own way.It`s a GREAT shot. In my oppinion.
The second, I would agree vignetting or cropping would be good to really focus on the person and not so much of the stuff around him.
The third I would look at photographing or cropping in closer on him and his painting or maybe from the front to isolate him more. Again vignetting would work here but a different angle would be better. Maybe a view behind him so we can see what he is painting would be interesting too.
All in all , not bad pictures. Just keep thinking composition and what is the subect. Try to keep everything else out of the picture in order to focus on the subject. :-)