I have a flickr account at http://www.flickr.com/photos/fstopping/ & I'm looking for advice on what direction I should go into next.
If you offer advice, please tell me about your credentials and perhaps point me toward your work. Then I will be able to do some comparisons.
Anonymous
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What kind? The cityscapes? The flowers? the portraits? Which type of photography?
Since there are 11 pages of mixed photography I'll give some general tips.
First, I wouldn't shoot EVERYTHING with a wide angle lens.
Architecture is usually free from distortion so anything created with distortion is now a fun photo made with a holga lens for its "cool effect."
They can't be taken seriously for this genre.
I get the sense that you are experimenting with HDR because your older work is better than your newer work because it has color and contrast.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7211/7323780990_622883fdf1_k.jpg
This is not flattering its underexposed and flat.
Experiment in private and put your best work out when you get the process worked out. The new HDR photos look like polluted places rather than flattering.
You have a lot of crooked lines in terms of horizons. or being centered. Fix your lines. This is the law when you photograph buildings. I did say the law yes.
>What would you do to improve my photography?
- Perfect my HDR before posting it online
- Build a portfolio of my best work, separate it from my main body and ask for feedback on my portfolio not 11 pages of images of mixed types.
- Remove distorted snapshots of buildings
- Improve the contrast, exposure and color saturation
For starters.
Some of these are very good but you can do a lot to clean up the lesser images too.
selina_555
Gorgeous photos !!!!! Wow...... I don't often get to say that around here. Very nice!!!
Where to go from here?
Some of my feelings as I looked at the first 2 or 3 pages:
Ease off on the fish eye lens. I like it, but only in small doses.
HDR - personally I detest the overcooked ones, but there are times when it really adds something (when done in moderation) such as some of the scenes with rather bright skies.
Your emphasis is VERY heavy on city scapes...... time to branch out into more portraits, nature, maybe even some product shots.
Two genres that I don't think I saw ANY examples of are macro and IR.
Come back and show us when you get around to those.... judging by the rest of your stuff, they will be lovely, too.
Anonymous
Wow! I'm no expert but your photos don't look like they need any improvement.
George Y
Sorry, but I can't get your link to work.