New member wanting imput

Hi everyone,
I'm Kaitlin and am some-what new to the photography thing.
I've only had my camera for about a year and still have very little
experience.
Here is a link to a picture I took not too long ago while driving
along in the country searching for a good scene to photograph. Any
feedback-negative or positive- would be greatly appreciated.

Here's the link :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/snapshot1124/3293173609/

Let me know what you think .

Thanks,
Kaitlin.

 

Hi everyone,
: I'm Kaitlin and am some-what new to the photography thing.
: I've only had my camera for about a year and still have very little
: experience.
: Here is a link to a picture I took not too long ago while driving
: along in the country searching for a good scene to photograph. Any
: feedback-negative or positive- would be greatly appreciated.
:
: Here's the link :
:
: http://www.flickr.com/photos/snapshot1124/3293173609/
:
: Let me know what you think .
:
: Thanks,
: Kaitlin.

It's a subjective judgement, but I think it's a bit too truncated at the top
and right. It shows you're thinking though, because most inexperienced
photographers crop too little rather than too much. And I don't see anything
wrong with the colors and exposure settings.

Bob

 

I like the image, and - unlike Robert - I like the cropping.

My only complaint is the use of Flickr. At that 467 x 311 size it
looks like a slightly swollen thumbnail. If you really want people to
critique your photos, provide them in a format that shows your work at
a minimum of 800 pixels wide. 1200 is better.

You can use a free host like Photobucket or a paid host like PBase or
SmugMug. Flickr gives you a wider audience, but the photos don't
display adequately for critique. Flickr is a "look what I did" place.

For a one-off posting for a critique, Photobucket is a free way to
display an image large enough to be critiqued.

You'll get better critiques in a place like the Digital Grin
Photography forum. < http://www.dgrin.com/ > Sponsored by SmugMug,
but free to join. The forums are moderated so there's less bickering
and personality problems. Useful critiques, too.

When you do post to newsgroups, and insert the same post in two
newsgroups, make one post and cross-post it. The trail is easier to
follow.

 

It wasn't a joke. I did not know you could "throw" larger images in
there. All I've seen in Flickr is the slightly-puffed-up thumbnails.

Maybe Kaitlen will read this and add a larger image to Flickr if she
wants to stay there.

 

That's all of 500 x 333....

Maybe! But the page doesn't exactly indicate that.

 

But their FAQ says:

"As you publish photos, they're compressed and resized by Flickr (if
necessary) in the following sizes:

75x75 pixels
100 pixels (on the longest side)
240 pixels
500 pixels
Large (which will be 1024 pixels if it exceeds that length)
The original size (if you have a pro account)"

<http://www.flickr.com/help/photos/#18>

 

With uploaded images of sufficient original size Flickr gives the
option of viewing them at a variety of sizes. Flickr's default medium
image size is 500 x 333. An image would only display at 467 x 311 if
it was uploaded at that size. The basic free Flickr account gives you
a max image display width of 1024. Pay the small extra fee to become a
"professional" and your images can be displayed at whatever size you
uploaded them, including huge 100% originals from cameras such as the
A900, such as (just as an example of a quickly found large A900 image):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/3077350734/sizes/o/

 

That's the small image browsing display. If you use the "all sizes"
button above the image you can select a display width of 3000 for that
image.

 

Tony ,
If you click on "slideshow", completely to the right, you will get much
larger pictures. And when you click on the small rectangle with arrows
pointing outward at the end of the row of the small pictures at the bottom
of the slideshow, you will get those pictures in full screen.
The problem here is that the OP didn't give us the proper address. When done
properlym you get series of small photos with "slideshow" appearing on the
upper right corner.
Flick will allow you to upload full size photos and the uploader has the
choice to allow people downloadind or not.
Marcel

 

I prefer to think that I am simply insufficiently informed and that
ignorance is only found in others. I may be insufficiently informed
about this, though.

 

I'll take your word for it, and I apologize to the Flickr users who
know how to use that program properly.

 

Try http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/2514182032/sizes/o/.

One of the features of flickr is that their system autogenerates thumbnails.

 

Only with the Pro account. Otherwise it's 1024, way better than the 500
that the link was too.
Eight minutes after I posted this, I posted correcting info. Did you not
see it? Does no one read threaded any more?
Some one else replied 6 hours later without taking it into account.

 

Love the car, Frank!

But why did they stop? I'm sure with that wing tilted differently it could
keep up with aircraft.....!


Clint

 

This Picture would look good as a Moody/Contrasty Black & White pic,it
would bring out the layers and textures of the wood.
As your shooting in Digital Kaitlin don't be afraid to think way out
of the 'normal 35mm' way of thinking, a little Photoshop knowledge and
skills can really make you stand out from the crowd but obviously I'm
not saying ignore the basic's as these are the foundations in which to
build upon, but if your shooting digital just try to be aware that you
can go places that 35mm can't.

All the Best, Dan

P.s if you would like to look at any of my work as examples/ideas of
digital photo manipulation, please feel free http://www.DanOFlynnPhotoArt.com