Rhaja's scrappy

[rhajastan]

Im pretty new to photography, well..serious phtography at any rate - but so far im really enjoying it.

umm...so yeah, any form of critiscisms, comments and suggestions are more than welcome so go nuts.

[Alien8n]

That I have to agree with :)

It's also one of the only art forms that anyone can participate in, especially now you can pick up good cameras for very little. I'm using my camera phone at the moment and tbh I'm amazed at just how far even a simple phone has come.

[rhajastan]

Okay, here are some photos i took on a recent school trip to adelaide.

1.
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8776/downthehighwayqt4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

2.
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/4712/featherboapj2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

3.
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/299/flyawayur3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

4.
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4904/veinsofnaturehz9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

5.
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/5017/waterparkoe4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

6.
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2200/gettingwetph9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

7.
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/5112/frazerrq1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Alien8n]

My favourite there has to be no. 4

It would have been no. 1 but the focus is on the leaf and not the ant, not to worry though I've had the same problem when trying to take shots of bees, lol

No. 4 looks a bit strange, colourwise. Has it been modified?

And no. 6 looks like a lot of fun :)

Keep it up :)

[Jogga]

I like, not a bad start.

#6 is my favorite, with the action going on.

#4 is nice, but not much really catches my eye with it. Still, it's an interesting pattern.

#1, I can relate to. Trying to get the focus on the tiny moving thing, and not the thing behind it, is always trying at first.

Keep it up!

[purplerose]

I agree mostly with the others. My fave is #4 though, really nice colors and abstract.

Keep working! :)

[rhajastan]

That damn ant, lol. it kept running away and hiding under other leaves.
in response to Alien8n question, no.4 had the lights and darks crunched a bit but apart from that its hasnt been altered.

thanks heaps to you all for you comments, ill make an effort to return the favour but right now im gonna miss my bus.

[rhajastan]

Ok, here a photo i took a while ago, at a very low resolution unfortunately. its had a bit of photoshopping done (some people taken out of the frame and some colour correction) but i still think its cool.

8.
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2511/dannymidflipbyhimselfho3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

just in case you were wondering, heres the original with the people still in it:

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/456/dannymidflippy2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[rhajastan]

heres a shot i took while i was experimenting with black and white

9.
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1930/eternitygi1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[rhajastan]

continuing the black and white - its a selfportrait. kinda cliche though

10.
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/366/selfpotrait3cy8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[edit]
after reading nike's post i made some changes in lightroom, and made it sepia:

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4633/selfportrait1of1smallnj1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Nike]

Beautiful macros, the colors in #4 and #5 are very appealing - I like these a lot. And great use of light in your last sp. You could maybe try cropping out the noisy part at the top of it to improve it even more, maybe a crop where the hair is fading into black?

8 is an excellent pose and I like the color scheme a lot, too, unfortunatley the image quality kind f ruins it, though... exspecially the edges in the person in the air look like a result of a overly modified pic. Other than that, great shot :)


Keep shooting!