More Practice Pics; Your comments appreciated

[Bill A]

I've had my camera (7D) for about a week. Photography is new to me, so i am learning. For the past week, I have shot the vast majority of my pictures in manual mode, to force myself to learn.

Here are a couple from yesterday that I think turned out okay. A friend "assigned" me a challenge to take a picture of some interesting curves.

I chose these subjects because of the contrast of the subject's curves and the "straight" lines in the picture.

I would appreciate your comments and critique. I am enjoying this education!

[Bill A]

The "assignment" was actually to capture some abstract curves. So I went outside after the rain stopped and took these shots of my wife's wet car.

I can't tell if what i am seeing is noise, or the texture of the car's paint.

[recrisp]

Bill,

Both are curvy, that's for sure. heheh
Both appear to be lit with available light too, and if they are, they are done pretty well, enough light to be able to see the color good enough.

It may be beneficial to you in the future if you mention what light you use, whether or not it was shot Manually, or in Auto mode, that helps others see where you were going with the shot, and try and figure out if something needs fixing, to help you out.
Also, I see you're shooting a semi-auto mode by looking at your EXIF information,
(See exif searches here (http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=exif+viewer&aq=0&aqi=g10&oq=exif))
The 'horizon' on the vase is off kilter, and the crop in this would be better if centered, since it's more of a study and not going to be printed, etc.
(See "rule of thirds" here (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=rule%20of%20thirds%20examples&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw))
In your exif I see that you are also using Adobe RGB for your colorspace, it should be set to sRGB, that will make a difference in the way you see it, for sure.
You can read about it here (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=srgb+vs+adobe+rgb&aq=0&aqi=g10&oq=sRGB) if you want.

You have a really good camera, I hope that you enjoy it, and I am ENVIOUS of you! heheh

I hope this helps some, you may already know this stuff, but 'just in case'.

Randy

[recrisp]

I think that is noise that you're seeing, at least, I see a tiny amount of it.

You have some really good "bokeh (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=bokeh&aq=f&aqi=g10&oq=)" going on with those last two shots, it's pretty cool. :)

Randy

[Bill A]

Bill,

Both are curvy, that's for sure. heheh
Both appear to be lit with available light too, and if they are, they are done pretty well, enough light to be able to see the color good enough.

It may be beneficial to you in the future if you mention what light you use, whether or not it was shot Manually, or in Auto mode, that helps others see where you were going with the shot, and try and figure out if something needs fixing, to help you out.
Also, I see you're shooting a semi-auto mode by looking at your EXIF information,
(See exif searches here (http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=exif+viewer&aq=0&aqi=g10&oq=exif))
The 'horizon' on the vase is off kilter, and the crop in this would be better if centered, since it's more of a study and not going to be printed, etc.
(See "rule of thirds" here (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=rule%20of%20thirds%20examples&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw))
In your exif I see that you are also using Adobe RGB for your colorspace, it should be set to sRGB, that will make a difference in the way you see it, for sure.
You can read about it here (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=srgb+vs+adobe+rgb&aq=0&aqi=g10&oq=sRGB) if you want.

You have a really good camera, I hope that you enjoy it, and I am ENVIOUS of you! heheh

I hope this helps some, you may already know this stuff, but 'just in case'.

Randy

Thank you, Randy, very much.
That's a lot of helpful feedback, and some valuable resources! I appreciate you taking the time!

[recrisp]

No problem Bill, good luck on all of that.

Randy