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souloneliness
February 7th, 2006, 03:05 AM
My first self portrait
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3489/kadri4xf.jpg

car keys
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2536/supermansmall2ny.jpg

the first picture I took with my new canon digital rebel xt
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5631/1stpicturesmall5kv.jpg

my eye
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/8580/eye0gk.jpg

Finger Phantom
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6994/fingerphantomsmall8zt.jpg

Homemade chair
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8861/smallchair22um.jpg

Chair through Chair
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/2623/smallchair10yf.jpg

perhaps an entry for misplaced contest
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1515/misplaced3ta.jpg

perhaps an entry for misplaced contest2
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/9408/609small2xf.jpg
claudeEGYPT
February 7th, 2006, 07:56 AM
Well, i see you have lots of potential! Good composition on most of them. However you should watch out. You need to keep in mind that objects around your "attention spot" can be distracting, and lead the eyes away from your "attention spot". Your self portrait would have been improved a lot if your whole face was being showed, rather than being cut out at the mouth. Last two are very hard to look at. The composition is off there. However i like "finger phantom" and "car keys" the most out of the selection. Keep trying!
souloneliness
February 7th, 2006, 09:57 AM
Thanks for the input claude, i was thinking the same thing for the self portrait. How could I fix the composition for the last two? By removing all the drinks? Could you be more specific there?
claudeEGYPT
February 7th, 2006, 10:27 AM
Sure, The drinks are imperative, u dont need to remove them.
Because as you said, this photo is for the misplaced contest. So i think you are trying to do is make the flash light, the out of ordinary.
The first one is blurry, dark and hard to make out.
One of the most important rules of photography(the contrast rule): states that light subjects should be placed against dark backgrounds and vice versa. In this case, the flashlight is dark, and the background is dark. See what i am saying?
The second one has too much "bottle" in it, and too little "flashlight" And the bottles in the forefront are very hard to make out. I am sure if you plan the same setting, with the same elements, but change some of the composition and work on the focus, you could produce something very nice.