[GALLERY] ThePlague's Photography

[Reaper Man]

I don't exactly know what you mean by curves. Do you mean parts of photoshop? Or actual curves like a curve in a road? Like I said above, I only know the basics of photoshop, so editing it to make it better isn't really something I can do too well.

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tut...hop-curves.htm

[ThePlague]

Wow, that does pretty amazing stuff. I just glanced through it, and it looks very useful. I'll read it tomorrow, thanks for showing me that.

[Reaper Man]

No prob. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

[Timo]

Pretty much what reaper man said, that's some great crit right there.

Using the rule of thirds will eventually become second nature. Nature shots are really benefit by taking a somewhat normal subject, and having it off centre (this or this). A shallow depth of field really accentuates the subject of a photo (prev. example's DOF is too shallow imo). Most of your shots have a wide depth of field - finding what you saw as the point of interest in the photo isn't easy, it should be immediate. Using thirds and using a shallower DOF is the first step to better photos (in my opinion).


Learning basic skillls in photoshop of an equivalent program (I use lightroom), will help you to enhance your photos - adding depth and contrast, for example: this to this. I only use it sparingly, though. You sholdn't rely on post-processing to get a good result.


Make sure you're enjoying taking photos too - it's what keeps me going.

[ThePlague]

Alright, thanks for the information Timo.

[Reaper Man]

Make sure you're enjoying taking photos too - it's what keeps me going.

Definitely this! Photography should never be a purely technical, expressionless thing.

Don't over think the technicalities of photography, that should come as a second priority ater fcapturing the world and expressing yourself.

[ThePlague]

Yeah, I enjoy taking photos. It's something great to enjoy. Only bad thing is when I go back to Arizona, I don't really know where to take pictures, because everything is desert.

[Reaper Man]

Yeah, I enjoy taking photos. It's something great to enjoy. Only bad thing is when I go back to Arizona, I don't really know where to take pictures, because everything is desert.

You're kidding me, seriously. The desert is an awesome place for landscape photos! Find a high vantage point and get there before sunrise/sunset for some epic shots (don't forget a tripod).

Also, long exposures of the night sky against the desert. Get some star trails dude.

Even though it may be strange to read a tourist book about a place you know, you may wanna check out what Lonley Planet has to say about Arizona, I'm sure there's plenty of photo opportunities mentioned.

[ThePlague]

The only good pictures I heard you can take are with cactus' and sunset/sunrise. I will figure out some things, and what you said sounds pretty good. I just have to find the tripod we have (it's supposedly somewhere in our closet).

[Reaper Man]

Awesome, I look forward to seeing what you can find in Arizona!