New To Site!

[ishotabuck]

Bare with me as I learn how to download pics. I have been watching this site and admire everybody that critiques pictures!! I have been afraid to even place a picture in this forum.. hpefully it gets on this forum lol. I am still trying to learn and I feel the best way is to have the pro's tell me what I should do.

This photo was my first with my new camera (sony alpha)...There was no "subject"..but I wanted to snap this shot at one of our local parks...which is known as a dirty nasty place..I tried to find some beauty in it! I call it colorless in Michigan! So drab here in early spring!

[swmdrayfan]

Welcome to the forum. It's colorless here in Kalamazoo, too. You're going to get some great help and advice here. As for this picture, the lack of color (except the sky) really holds it back, and I think it could use maybe another element to give it some life....a wooden sign, a squirrel, something as a focal point. Of course, this is just my opinion----and believe me, I'm no "pro".
John

[readingr]

Welcome to the forum.

Hope you'll keep the photo's coming.

The sky is lovely and blue.

The photo you've taken needs something as John has said, but my main concern are the logs at the bottom which sorts of blocks off the bottom of the picture. It would have been better to use the logs to move you into the picture as leading lines.

The other compositonal problem is the horizon which cuts the picture in half, which doesn't help the photo at all.

From looking at the picture the sun is too the left at about 45 degrees. You could therefore have gone to the left end of the logs and used them to bring you into the picture from the bottom left if you see what I mean.

The sun seems pretty sharp and it would be better to have gone out a little later or earlier in the day to get better lighting. I'm critiquing this on my laptop and the screen isn't the best so I'm not sure is there is a blue colour cast on the trees.

Hope this wasn't too much for your first critique but I think it needed saying.

Keep them coming as its the only way to learn.

Roger

[ishotabuck]

THANKS...I will send more..All the info is very helpful!!

Welcome to the forum.

Hope you'll keep the photo's coming.

The sky is lovely and blue.

The photo you've taken needs something as John has said, but my main concern are the logs at the bottom which sorts of blocks off the bottom of the picture. It would have been better to use the logs to move you into the picture as leading lines.

The other compositonal problem is the horizon which cuts the picture in half, which doesn't help the photo at all.

From looking at the picture the sun is too the left at about 45 degrees. You could therefore have gone to the left end of the logs and used them to bring you into the picture from the bottom left if you see what I mean.

The sun seems pretty sharp and it would be better to have gone out a little later or earlier in the day to get better lighting. I'm critiquing this on my laptop and the screen isn't the best so I'm not sure is there is a blue colour cast on the trees.

Hope this wasn't too much for your first critique but I think it needed saying.

Keep them coming as its the only way to learn.

Roger