Some photos to get some more critiques going.

[Chaaaaaaaz]

I went to France about a month ago, and for the trip I went and bought a G2.

http://www.umbc.edu/~cchead1/102-0254_IMG.jpg
Amphitheatre @ Arles

http://www.umbc.edu/~cchead1/102-0290_IMG.jpg
Amphitheatre @ Nimes

http://www.umbc.edu/~cchead1/105-0510_IMG.jpg
Notre Dame, haha ok, its the Eiffel Tower.

http://www.umbc.edu/~cchead1/105-0524_IMG.jpg
Le Tour Eiffel

I'm fairly new to photography, so any technique or artistic criticism is greatly appreciated.

-chaz

[oops]

These are great by me, Chaz. I love lines and these were well placed and drew my eye to the center of the shot, except for the second shot.

I see a "old/new" or "ancient/modern" contrast here which is exciting concidering the setting. The second shot could have echoed this farther with more of a side_by_side straight on shot.

The Eiffel Tower gets photos just because it is the Eiffel Tower and you paid a fortune to take them. Good for grandma and the kids but one or two seems to be plenty, if you know what I mean.:) Good job on these.

As a photographic statement, I would love to see more "ghosts", so to speak. This could have been a theme for the whole trip and you could have filled a C drive. Great job, thanks for posting!

[G2Jim]

Very nice shots!

[Chaaaaaaaz]

Thanks for the feedback.
I agree about the tower being the subject of many shots, but being right there, its hard to resist. :+)


-chaz

[Leighow]

Cha**7_z

Welcome to the world of traveler photography. What you get is what you see. What you see is where you are -- and when you are where you are. You take it or leave it.
It is with that in mind that I would like to talk about the light in scenes 1,2 and 3 -- adding that the illumination of these scenes --as posted -- may not be what you are looking at on your monitor.

So, these images need better lighting. A better time of the day. Especially so for Shots 1 & 2 where the foreground is lost in shadows. I am not against shadows when used as patterns and lines to coax the eye to travel across a photograph. But here I think that these shadows hide information. Take a look at Evercloud’s travel diary on Scotland and Skye.

That's my "Rough Guide".

HOWIE (Ottawa, Canada)

PS: (I was in Paris and the tower in June '67.)

[Chaaaaaaaz]

Thanks.
Yeah, I tried finding better lighting but the big ball of fire in the sky was stubborn and wouldn't move for me. I did get to the aquaducts in southern france at dusk, so the lighting was much nicer.

-chaz