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    Newbie looking for feedback

    I am just getting into the DSLR world and here are few of my first taken with a Pentax K-x.
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    Re: Newbie looking for feedback

    I think you have to start looking for more interesting subjects.

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    Re: Newbie looking for feedback

    Welcome newbie.

    I think you have to start looking for more interesting subjects. Then make your pictures emphasize the interesting elements. Good luck.

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    Re: Newbie looking for feedback

    Hi Rmagers, welcome on board.
    The first shot has a few interesting elements but I'm not sure which you are trying to emphasise, it needs a more obvious POI ( "point of interest "). I would be looking closer at that blue ball thingy and the lady with the kids.
    If that sunset in the second is what caught your eye then you need to make sure that you are somewhere that doesn't have lots of powerlines running through your scene, they really detract. The other issue with both of these is to make sure your horizons are level.
    This is a great place to learn so keep shooting and keep posting
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    Re: Newbie looking for feedback

    The building in the top shot looks like it has same fascinating details, well worth revisiting and exploring more closely. Try to find something to make the subject and use the surrounding elements to frame it. About 5 months ago, my day job shipped me off to a town that looked much like the one you've post these shots of. There weren't any models to shoot within 100 miles, so I was sorta forced to go out and find interesting things around town to photograph (or sit in a hotel room twiddling my thumbs). This is how I approached documenting the trip: Dothan, AL photos. Might not be the absolute best possible shots of the area, but these were things I found interesting, and it may help you to "see" potentially cool photographs within everyday scenes. Keep shooting and keep posting, try not to get discouraged along the way, it's all part of the learning curve

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    Re: Newbie looking for feedback

    Welcome to the forums!

    Both of them have a lot going on, and not in any sort of cohesive way either. In the first, the sky is hot white and the crop lines intersect at what appears to be random accidental landing. It looks like you weren't paying attention to what was in the frame or how, just at pointing in the general direction of the thing you are finding interest in. Make the purpose of the image a little clearer, which is helped often by isolating the subject.

    I'd reccomend being careful of how you put a scene in the image frame. Practice controling the edges and using tighter compositions.

    I checked your EXIF and your metering is way off on the sky shot. f/20 1/400th second at ISO 6400. that scenes ideal metering, given that reading, would be closer to f/5.6 at ISO 100 and a 1/80th shutter speed. If you are using an automatic mode, crank that iso down, shooting a nighttime sky at ISO 6400 isn't ever a good idea. You need low iso grain to really bring out the soft gradual hues of the sky, plus, you have plenty of light available to do so.

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    Re: Newbie looking for feedback

    welcome to the forums. I agree those two lack a subject. the 2nd one could be the nice sunset, but in that case i wish you would've focused more on the sky and found a nice building that could maybe silhoutte it, and then kept the silhouette to a minimum at the bottom of the frame. right now, u try to pull too much light out of the silhouette and that introduced noise. keep at it!
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    Re: Newbie looking for feedback

    Welcome to Photography Review! I'm a newbie in photography too! and I must say that you did a good start. Find some more interesting image to capture.

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    Re: Newbie looking for feedback

    Hello and welcome.
    Both are lacking a subject and need to be metered better.
    In the first one that building looks really interesting.
    Try getting a shot of the side with the arched windows.
    Look for details in the architecture. I like the look of the tungsten light in the windows, adds a bit of warmth.
    Look through a glass eye.
    Give it a few tries.
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