Brutal Friday Critique - are you ready? Well punk are you?

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #8834998
Since these were way outside my normal sphere of photography, I'll offer them for The Shredder!

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Jay - nice. But why were you back on Michigan shooting CMU? Both area great captures - be next time tell the fuzz to move out of the way when you are trying to take a shot..

luvsadog2 wrote in post #8835011
Hey Scott... hope you've had a good week! Here's a recent shot I took with my little P&S while on strolling thru Pasadena last Friday night during their annual artwalk. It's a bit grainy, but I thought it actually worked with the shot. Tell me what you think, thanks!

Hi Dog!
Well......my first impression is no. But after I crop a bit off the top I do see why you took it. There is hope but not sure enough for me to give it thumbs up without some massive editing work. So I would have to sit on it a little longer to get much else out of it (pun intended).
Keep on shooting -- thanks for sharing!

stathunter wrote in post #8835339
Jay - nice. But why were you back on Michigan shooting CMU?

'Cause I'm CMU Class of '84 my friend! This was my first Homecoming ever in 25 years.

Both area great captures - be next time tell the fuzz to move out of the way when you are trying to take a shot..

Yeah, I'll work on LEO extraction better next time...

Thanks Very Much.

stathunter wrote in post #8835355
Hi Dog!
Well......my first impression is no. But after I crop a bit off the top I do see why you took it. There is hope but not sure enough for me to give it thumbs up without some massive editing work. So I would have to sit on it a little longer to get much else out of it (pun intended).
Keep on shooting -- thanks for sharing!

LOL... love the pun.. and I tend to shoot a lot of chairs and tables for some reason. Yeah, I knew this one wasn't my best, especially since it was shot with a P&S. I'll wait until I have something more worthy to post next time! Thanks for the C&C as always and have a great weekend!

luvsadog2 wrote in post #8538365
Here's one my favorites .. have a go at this one, thanks!

something very cool about this shot.... very interesting

Well folks...I am in my office for an hour or so....and if anyone wanted a little critique I am open to any an all.
Scott

Oh, right here. Which of these 2 do you prefer? Feel free to comment on both of them though!

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Ok Scott...

This one speaks volumes to me but does it say anything to the masses:

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stathunter wrote in post #8879668
Well folks...I am in my office for an hour or so....and if anyone wanted a little critique I am open to any an all.
Scott

I just started a thread on this; but here's one you can tackle...

http://amfix.blogs.cnn​.com …portrait-of-first-family/

Ok, so I figure ill make my first post in this place from lurking... with what is my most favorite picture yet... too bad I hadn't learned about RAW at the time, and I am still learning PP... but anywho.. nail me!

also, im at work, so I had to download this off my picassa... not sure how the quality is...

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TIA Scott.

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Coppatop85 wrote in post #8879857
Oh, right here. Which of these 2 do you prefer? Feel free to comment on both of them though!

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My preference is for the first one - the second one is pretty good but the bottom of the photo (legs etc) are too dark and lost in the photo. If I was picking one for news work it would have to be the first - nice capture - I understand how difficult concerts are -- no light or too much light and lots of movement - hard to capture winners under these conditions without using flash -- I have shot a lot of concerts and understand how difficult the elements are.
Thanks for sharing!

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #8879877
Ok Scott...

This one speaks volumes to me but does it say anything to the masses:

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Jay this is a nice shot. The little boy and his interest with airplanes works - cute kid at the fence - hard to go wrong with cute little kids. The focus is obviously the boy - but there is enough airplane to get the basis of the shot - I think it works - If you wanted more drama - you should have given the boy a toy plane and have him hold it to his side while looking at the plane....come on start carrying more props with you (pun not intended)
Thanks again for sharing.

johnward82 wrote in post #8879885
Ok, so I figure ill make my first post in this place from lurking... with what is my most favorite picture yet... too bad I hadn't learned about RAW at the time, and I am still learning PP... but anywho.. nail me!

also, im at work, so I had to download this off my picassa... not sure how the quality is...

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John,
First of all welcome to POTN - let me say that I am a wedding shooter and look at shots like these in a wedding context -- one thing I like to capture is emotion on faces - I do not see much here in the way of that - she is not being very expressive and to me takes a ton away from what really could be. The other thing is the "HIS" sign - not sure if that is hanging in her hair or on a door --- I am actually confused on this one.
Thanks for sharing!