As it says in the title, I am an amateur photographer looking for constructive criticism. I know no one reads these so let's get to the pictures.
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Get closer. Getting right up to the edge of the stream will still get you the "s" shape but the stream will seem more dynamic and impactful up close instead of everything being so far away. Also, time of day is important. Most of this is in shadow except for the small bit on the right that's properly exposed. Nature photographers pay very close attention to where the sun is to get the best lighting. Patience is a virtue. I've spend several trips to a spot and waited until it was just right, lighting wise. Frustrating, but worth it.
As isog sargent wrote, composition why it attracted to you? Probably those are the only red ones in the bush, well show thw other ones so we can see the diference of colors. The texture, well show us a couple flat ones to compare and see its uniqueness
As far as my eyes are concerned, the red thing is not in focus? imo, that would be the focus, since it is by color. You could try not to have something in front of it, also
Beautifully done. If you wanna make it even better, you could get rid of the stuff on the top left, and make the exposure (right bottom) more even :)
Nice picture, there was one saing, crop or cut it untill it bleeds, inless making minimalist or quantity. The outerlight is a nice thing to uselike in this case it separates the green from the blue, witch both together kinda of mixed.
A little out of focus and greater depth of field for the rest would improve this a lot.
Good. Maybe raise camera a tiny bit to frame the top of the flower with the hill?
Good. Nicely composed. Too blown on top. Could have exposed a little darker and gotten better saturation point verall without losing shadiw detail. Lot's of exposure room in the darker areas.
Is hard to compose things in center, unless have paterns to make even, top view and architectural photography are perfectionist style with evens, patterns, and angles. If not it looks messy, and doesnt shine. Like a wedsing cake
Those are lense flares, they are good to use when you are trying something warm, summery, hot,. But the forrest is fresh and blueish color so it contradicts the scene
The lenseflare is a good tool as is a exposure of nature and light, wich convined with the cabin makes a good summer spot
Use lenseflare and highlights to cherry top the main object. Also if the backlight is too harsh use flash to fill in, if the flash is too harsh, use a white card to bounce flash or a napkin to softbox the flash
If the flower is decaing, make a whole pucture of the feeling of decaing, if the picture is about colors, make a picture about vivid things, dont mix them as it feels forced or odd, or without a message
I agree with Pete Eteps that you have an eye for the motives and details, that have a potential for being an amazing shot, but I don't agree that it's the new camera that will take you to the next level. I would suggest to study some theory first, like composition rules. I promise you that if you would have planed your composition just a bit more, all of the shots above could have been even better! :) And don't underestimate your current camera. Even if it is not the best, it can deliver good pictures, we can see some examples above. Just get to know it, how to use it; maybe watch some tutorials on the model or even experiment with functions and settings from the manual. I wish you the best of luck, and do check out the composition rules, you'll see the difference in your own results soon ;)
The woods is beautifull, how could you show us the beauty of millions of branches in the same color? With texture, contrast, and little highlights in each one if posible, so we see a millions of the same thing, like the velbety of the forest
When I shoot scenic photo's or do up close photography, I use the rule of thirds - Imagine you have a tic tac toe board over your composition. You want the focal point to fall on one of the intersecting points. The reason for this is when people view pictures their eye naturally is drawn to those points. If your composition is a bit off you can edit to have the subject fall into the intersecting points. There are some great examples online. Good job!
Overall they are a good photos, dont be afraid to edit them digital, you can make them have a more natural eve view with colors and contrast that the jpeg that came out of the camera. Learn to use metering, levels, and compositions. Dont shoot because you like something, create a photo in your head and then look for the things to make that photo. Look at other work, it will expand your creativity. Get your photos to game contest like guroshots, not for the winning but for the diverity of photos, and it makes you follow a topic, witch makes you expand your compositions and styles
When I shoot scenic photo's or do up close photography, I use the rule of thirds - Imagine you have a tic tac toe board over your composition. You want the focal point to fall on one of the intersecting points. The reason for this is when people view pictures their eye naturally is drawn to those points. If your composition is a bit off you can edit to have the subject fall into the intersecting points. There are some great examples online. Good job!
Overall they are a good photos, dont be afraid to edit them digital, you can make them have a more natural eve view with colors and contrast that the jpeg that came out of the camera. Learn to use metering, levels, and compositions. Dont shoot because you like something, create a photo in your head and then look for the things to make that photo. Look at other work, it will expand your creativity. Get your photos to game contest like guroshots, not for the winning but for the diverity of photos, and it makes you follow a topic, witch makes you expand your compositions and styles