Fisherman in SD

[daz3d74]

I'm pretty new at this stuff, let me know what you think...

[GB1]

It has nice expanse to it. The fisherman is nicely placed in the frame at a third point. I think I would use a polarizing filter to darken the sky a bit. What type camera did you use? It seems sharp in some places but soft and maybe even jadged in others, like on the bottom right. Not sure about the white bucket. It's there and there was probably nothing you could do to get it out of there, but it might distract a little.

Anyway, decent shot overall.
GB

[daz3d74]

I'm a complete newbie, so I'm still learning about framing shots, applying filters, etc, etc. I took this picture about a year ago with a Canon S5? (Not sure if that's the name). It was a point and shoot camera. I just saw the guy fishing and liked it so I shot it. LOL

That camera is now in a Bermuda cab somewhere and I'm in the process of researching an SLR to purchase. This has turned out to be a VERY frustrating process in and of itself, but that's a discussion for another forum. I'll be going to Greece this summer and expect to have it by then. At any rate....

How do you decide, when you see this action playing itself out in front of you, which filters try? Does that come with experience or is that something you were taught?

[GB1]

I'm a complete newbie, so I'm still learning about framing shots, applying filters, etc, etc. I took this picture about a year ago with a Canon S5? (Not sure if that's the name). It was a point and shoot camera. I just saw the guy fishing and liked it so I shot it. LOL

That camera is now in a Bermuda cab somewhere and I'm in the process of researching an SLR to purchase. This has turned out to be a VERY frustrating process in and of itself, but that's a discussion for another forum. I'll be going to Greece this summer and expect to have it by then. At any rate....

How do you decide, when you see this action playing itself out in front of you, which filters try? Does that come with experience or is that something you were taught?

There's basic equations/rules that you can try in certain situations (where's Ronnoco when you need him). W.r.t. your polarizer question, on a bright sunny day and esp between say 11 am and 4 pm you may lose a lot of definition in the shadow areas due to extreme contrast (you may also lose shadows altogether, reducing an interesting aspect of the photo). The sky can often be as it is here - fairly consistent and unexciting. A polarizer filter can help by turning the sky into a richer blue (increasing saturation) in these situations. It's not necessary 100 percent of the time, depends on how strong the lighting is.

You will learn a ton of these tips/techniques by reading and experimenting (and reading critiques at places like this). It's always best to confirm what you read by your own experiments however.

Point-and-shots are handy, but only work well in ideal situations. That is funny that you say it was a Canon - I also have a Canon PNSer and it also has the exact same jadgies on the corners that this shot has!! I wonder what causes that? I never see that with SLRs.

Good luck with the camera selection. If you ask in the Help forum you will probably get 20 replies - Seems everyone has strong opinions on that subject

GB

[Greg McCary]

I think you the composition is good here. I do agree with GB1, the bucket needs to be in or out of the picture. I say out though. Polarizing filters cut down on glare just like sunglasses. In my book there are two filters that are a must, a polarizer and a graduate. You can do a google search and find out a ton of information on filters.Check the link below. This gentlemans website has helped me out a lot.

http://www.garryblack.com/filters-1.htm

[plehmann]

Daz,

Here's the fisherman minus the bucket.

Peter

[plehmann]

Let's try that again.

[Tel]

No Offense, but thats a really bad job of shopping.

Mine isn't too much better, but its an improvement.