London by pollini

I like it Pali, - but I cant say a lot for a critique, as you havent loaded any shot settings!

Theres no 50mm 1.9 lens, - so its probably a 1.8 or a 1.4?


Regards


Willie

MONOLISA by aphonie

Mona Lisa.

Family Photo by lovephotography

Very nice, - needs to be brighter, about 2/3.


W

Right Hook by rogerdoger

Excellent shot.

W

ducks by derek369

An excellent shot.

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IN YOUR FACE by Tish1

Quite a nice shot. Remember sRGB for the web. Loaded a mod a little brighter and sharper.



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River Ouse in York by amylouise98

Its quite a good shot. Just a little sharpening I think, and a crop to A4 as in the mod.



regards


Willie

Shadows by Diggeo

Well seen and perfectly positioned.


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Mute Swan by Myathebirdwatcher999

Same issue as the last shot Mya, - youre still using the wrong white balance! Set it to auto, or of you want to control it manually, set it ti daylight, if it is daylight, but not daylight flourecsent. This is designed for a flourescsent light that emits a blue colour tone, and therefore uses this red to counteract the blue!


Otherwise a nice shot, Ive uploaded a mod to show what a daylight white balance looks like.

Change that white balance or Ill go over there,,,,!



Regards


Willie

FLY ON ROCK by balan_20mar52

Welcome to EPZ, and enjoy the site.


Sometimes, when you take a macro shot, the camera can be so close it blocks some light. This might have happened here as its a little underexposed.


Its not sharp enough, - a good macro should be very sharp. With macros, you need to be very steady with the shot too, as you are close to the subject.

One tip, - after you re size for uploading to the site, save you image, then open it again, check sharpness, and sharpen as needed, save and upload. This step might have been left out here.

I have uploaded a modification to show what I mean. Scroll up this page, click the modifications tab, and view the mod large.



Hope this helps,


regards


Willie

Paz by chloew

Apprehension it says to me. Its a good shot all round Jac. Im amazed youve got a shot at all with your shutter speed at 300mm, - its a miracle even with a tripod!

First some points about the image, then an explanation of colour popping.

The fave is very bright and has no depth, so toning down highlights brings back some definition to her face, and especially the eyes. There a tiny white stripe at the bottom of her dress I would clone over. The crop it to A4, while placeing her eye on a third. A little sharpening at the end helps. All done in the mod. I use CS6 and the highlight tool to do this, if you have elements you can do a layer copy, change layer mode to multiply, and then reduce the opacity to perhaps 18% or so.

Colour popping is a technique whereby you retain some of the original colour from the colour shot. So lets say you have the colour, and youve converted by some means to mono. You will have the mono on a layer on top of the colour. Using a mask, you can allow some areas of colour back into the mono shot by painting the mask with a black brush. In LynneJoyce's example its the eyes, ans shes guessing a colour as an example just to show the effect, - you would use the original colour.

Its not something you have to do, but its worth trying if only to understand how, and what the effect would be. If you still have the colour, upload it here by clicking the modifications tab, then upload, then upload the colour and any of us can show you how.

View the mod large.


Regards



Willie

Whitethroat with Damesel Fly by suejoh

Looks really good to me. Perhaps +2/3 or +1?

Loaded mod with this done.


regards


Willie

Icelandic puffins by Scutter

Look like some expert Puffin shots.

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Guitar Solo! by briantjjones

Excellent. The mod isnt great, tried to give him toes, but the left (our left) foot must be on some sort of step, so invented one.



Willie