Forgot Password
Pentax Camera Forums Home
 

Reply
Show Printable Version Search this Thread
  #1
Trying to learn to see
Posted By: cutterpup, 07-10-2007, 04:59 PM

I've been working on trying to devolpe my "eye", here is a first attempt. (same lens setup as the honeybee photo). I know that I didn't meter properly for the cat so the white fur on his belly blends a little too smoothly into the grass, and the photo is unsharpened but those are technical details aside from what I am attempting to learn.
judy


Views: 2,311
07-10-2007, 10:11 PM   #2
Veteran Member
Alvin's Avatar

Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Photos: Gallery
Posts: 2,517
That's a cute cat. In what way are you trying to "develop your 'eye'"?
07-11-2007, 07:45 AM   #3
Junior Member




Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: USA
Posts: 40
Original Poster
QuoteOriginally posted by Alvin Quote
That's a cute cat. In what way are you trying to "develop your 'eye'"?
I'm trying to get some emotion and "art" into my images.
Judy
07-12-2007, 04:45 PM   #4
Forum Member




Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: NYC
Posts: 95
This is a fine shot. You can try getting lower to the ground so you are eye-level with the cat.

07-12-2007, 09:09 PM   #5
Veteran Member
Ivan Glisin's Avatar

Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Belgrade
Posts: 656
To develop the "eye" you'll need to see the whole frame first. Posted photograph indicates that you have been focused on the center only (main subject) ignoring the corners and allowing for all that irrelevant grass area to actually fill the frame and swallow the poor cat! (Also, post processing could have been better as well, and drop that text, it's hard to see anything else.)

Look everywhere and try to criss-cross the frame in the viewfinder while composing an image. Check corners, follow lines, see how foreground and background interacts, and move the camera slightly and/or move around the subject to exclude distracting details, allow some line to extend and breathe, for patterns and colors to balance, for perspective to change and objects interact and align, and so on. At one point you will suddenly realize that your brain is telling you "that's it!" and you will really feel that everything is balanced and stable. Like everything in the frame is glued together and forms the unbreakable whole. Then, and only then, press the shutter release button.

Here are a few ideas on how to approach the same subject (a cat) from a bit different perspective:







07-13-2007, 04:47 AM   #6
Junior Member




Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: USA
Posts: 40
Original Poster
Thank you for the tips, BTW.I love flamepoints
Judy
07-13-2007, 05:42 AM   #7
Veteran Member
Ivan Glisin's Avatar

Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Belgrade
Posts: 656
Thank you. BTW, I would recommend this article:
The Radiant Vista - Articles

May help you understand where you are now and where you may be in the future, and what takes to get from "here" to "there". As Eliot Porter have said:
The more you look around at things, the more you see. The more you photograph, the more you realize what can be photographed and what can't be photographed. You just have to keep doing it.
Remember, that was your first attempt. I don't even want to show photographs from my first roll of film taken some 15-20 years ago. Your cat photo would qualify as an art compared to my first attempt! But I kept trying...

07-13-2007, 06:46 AM   #8
Junior Member




Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: USA
Posts: 40
Original Poster
Can you sleep with your head up?

The Cat wasn't cooperating this morning (he's not mine) BUT, can you sleep with your head up??

Reply

Bookmarks
  • Submit Thread to Facebook Facebook
  • Submit Thread to Twitter Twitter
  • Submit Thread to Digg Digg
Tags - Make this thread easier to find by adding keywords to it!
camera, photo
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
help me learn? schwarzundweiss Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 15 08-27-2009 02:08 PM
Never too old too learn Mallee Boy Post Your Photos! 3 01-07-2009 12:59 AM
Lots to RE-learn stgmgr Welcomes and Introductions 3 08-22-2008 11:55 PM
Trying to learn how to use strictlypentax Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 19 11-05-2007 06:00 AM
Maybe I should learn... Artymous Post Your Photos! 2 02-25-2007 10:29 PM



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:56 PM. | See also: NikonForums.com, CanonForums.com part of our network of photo forums!
  • Red (Default)
  • Green
  • Gray
  • Dark
  • Dark Yellow
  • Dark Blue
  • Old Red
  • Old Green
  • Old Gray
  • Dial-Up Style
Hello! It's great to see you back on the forum! Have you considered joining the community?
register
Creating a FREE ACCOUNT takes under a minute, removes ads, and lets you post! [Dismiss]
Top