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PatrickJ3
1st of December 2009 (Tue), 13:18
These are shots in Castlewood Park, St Louis MO. My buddy let me borrow his 10D and 28-135mm lens.

No post processing, straight out of the camera. Tell me what you think of my first shots and how I can improve.

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/7238/castlewoodlandscape.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5559/hollyberry1.jpg
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2322/lookout.jpg
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3047/sunsetrocks.jpg

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae61/PJennewein/sunsetrocks.jpg

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae61/PJennewein/lookout.jpg

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae61/PJennewein/hollyberry1.jpg

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae61/PJennewein/castlewoodlandscape.jpg
AmandaMarie
1st of December 2009 (Tue), 13:20
It would be beneficial for you to put the pictures into your post. People don't like clicking on links eh

Anyways, technically they look decent. But they are lacking composition wise. Which is fine because when you're first starting it's important to just understand iso, fstop, focal point, af, mf etc!
ScottKCooper
1st of December 2009 (Tue), 13:20
Hey Patrick, can you post them in the thread for us?
ScottKCooper
1st of December 2009 (Tue), 13:20
yeah, what she said. ;)
PatrickJ3
1st of December 2009 (Tue), 14:50
I uploaded the photos in the actual thread. Thanks for looking!
lindsaytblum
1st of December 2009 (Tue), 20:00
Hey fellow Saint Louisan!

The sky is a tad blown in the first two photos, a CPL may help this issue. Gotta love STL skies...

Out of the whole bunch, I like the third photo most. The composition is the most interesting to me, and I like the beam of light on the plant.

I like the last photo also, but it seems just a little underexposed.

**We have a STL thread in the Urban Life/Travel section. Be sure to post some photos there, too! :)
canonnoob
1st of December 2009 (Tue), 21:16
I saw castlewood and decided id drop in also... welcome to POTN.
pickupman92
1st of December 2009 (Tue), 23:53
last shot is great. could use some more saturation, but I like it the best.
ScottKCooper
2nd of December 2009 (Wed), 07:43
I like where you were going with the framing on number 3. Maybe if you crop the top off, to just above the treeline it would tell a story of "life goes on" in this sort of dead season with the red berries.
TTk
2nd of December 2009 (Wed), 07:47
Very nice work but IMO the colour need's increasing.