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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
10-03-2016, 02:09 PM
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The port of Concarneau and the fortified city, under a late summer sky |
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
08-01-2016, 04:48 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
08-01-2016, 04:47 AM
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Nice composition! I like the mist, the bench on the side and how the tower seems to break the clouds.
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Forum: Photo Critique
07-14-2016, 11:11 PM
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Hi!
Wow, that's probably the nicest compliment I've ever had on my pictures! Thanks a lot!
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Forum: Photo Critique
07-06-2016, 09:20 AM
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Hello Guys,
Thank you for your answers.
I did not know that you could work on a specific part of a picture, everytime I wanted to brighten up a dark part, I had to give up the colors of the sky or something like that. This is most interesting! However, as you say, I prefer to limit the post processing to a minimum, and to spend more time outside. I want my picture to show what I have seen in the shot. If some post processing is needed to make this better, good, but it has to stay the shot as I saw it.
Anyway, I like how you both gave it a go on the house, and how both pics look completely different! Also, I like the flower! How did you manage to get it so sharp and bright, without killing the background?
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Forum: Photo Critique
07-06-2016, 05:42 AM
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Hello guys,
Thank you for reacting to this.
I am glad to see that I am not blind, and that the differences are not clear for you either.
What I did was, for pic 1, crop the left part and play a bit with highlights and shadows. For the second pic I mostly brightened the shadows. As I could not see a notable change and as I did not understand what the rest would do, I didn't go much further. Sorry if this is lazy! :o
Concerning the software, I use Lightroom.
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Forum: Photo Critique
07-05-2016, 08:51 AM
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Hi guys,
Hereunder 2 pictures I took in/around Aalborg, Denmark. As I said in my previous post, I am new to DSLR and post processing, and I would like to have some feedback about what to do. I don't really have the "eye" yet for what to improve when the pic is on my screen.
When I look at the original pictures and processed picture in the end, I even almost see no difference :(
I upload 2 rather different pics, both in the original and my processed way. What would you have done differently?
Thank you already!
As shot
Processed
As shot
Processed
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Forum: Photo Critique
07-05-2016, 03:05 AM
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Once again thank you for your valuable feedback!
I am using Lightroom myself, and I do have a histogram in the "develop" window. I guess I can grab the shadow, highlights and mid grey points on this. I will try it as soon as I am back home!
Anyway, thank you for your help! I guess the best way to improve is taking more pictures and posting them here to get feedback of people who know what they're doing :)
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Forum: Photo Critique
07-04-2016, 09:51 AM
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Hello,
First of all, thank you very much Cthulhugan for you comments. This is very valuable to me, as I said I am new to DSLR and I have no clue of what I am doing when I come to post-processing.
Could you maybe tell me what you mean with "bringing up the mid tones", "the midtone slider in levels", "pulling down the tone curve a bit"? I'm sorry if these are stupid questions...
Concerning the format, I do shoot RAW, as I was told exactly what you said.
I know these are a lot of pictures, and I will post much less next time. In the meantime I would like to thank you again for this feedback! This is what makes me want to improve.
Max
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Forum: Photo Critique
06-29-2016, 11:29 PM
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Ok, noted! I'll try this when I have a little more time...
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Forum: Photo Critique
06-29-2016, 11:00 AM
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Hi guys!
So, this is a bit stressy, but here is a selection of my first DSLR pics, after starting photography for about one year on film before. I hope you see a lot of mistakes in them so that I can improve!
Context: we went on a road trip through the Croatian coast, from Krk to Dubrovnik and back, These are 21 of the roughly 200 pictures I kept of these 7 days. They are of very different kinds, as I can't really decide for now what I prefer to shoot. I do very little post processing, only some exposure and contrast if necessary.
Hope I'm doing this right!
                    
Max
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
06-12-2016, 01:26 AM
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Thank you all for the warm welcome, I wasn't expecting it that way but I'm impressed!
I am sure my Pentax adventure will be a great one, also with this Forum!
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
06-11-2016, 01:02 PM
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Hello everyone!
I have been reading Pentax forums for a while as my in-laws are Pentax fans since years. I personally have started playing with a Canon FTb camera on film about a year ago, and somehow the photography virus got me.
Today, I bought my very first own DSLR, a Pentax K-S2. I am hoping to be able to make some decent shots one day, although il will probably take a lot of training.
Some of my Canon FTb photography, with an awful lot of misses but some pictures I am proud of, are here
I am happy to enter the "family"!
All my best regards,
Maxime :)
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