beginner's shoot

hello . .sorry . .i forgot all the settings of my cam when i shoot this . .my problem is . . basically the prope mixture of (speed, opening and iso)

Monochrome mode (indoor)

#1. Good concept. Not level. Too much empty foreground for my taste.
#2. Not level. Like the B&W treatment. Since the subject is centered, I think it would be better with a chair on the right to provide symmetry.
#3. There's no true subject defined IMO. Not crazy about the blown out yellow tone.

You've made a great start.

David

good start my only complaint is that the focus seems soft on the first 2.

#1 i like the cat being disinterested maybe even try a tighter crop of the cat's head.
#2 i like the idea of the sole seat and place setting maybe level it with the table?
#3 i really like this one!

1) Am I looking at the light playing on texture, the great empty surrounding the furball or pondering what the cat is looking at? I dunno... The image as a B&W is fine but what is conveyed is a bit vague. Moving in closer to the cat might have given the photo some purpose, namely the cat. Or drop a dead mouse (toy or real) in the foreground might have opened the viewer to a small part of the story.

2) Ooh, I like this... a lot. It's begging me to look closer. Maybe a broken wine bottle on the floor and a 1/2 empty glass would have really told a story. But even without some fake staging the scene is lovely.

3) It's nice but not gripping me. I feel like the post processing is trying to accentuate something in the image... but what? I can't find it. The dog? Possibly, but why? Maybe if the dog was caged I might have found some solace in the pp treatment of the poor fellow. But here I am wrestling with the uneasy feeling that what is important is actually focused on the overexposed areas. And I see nuttin.

I have to say, nonetheless, these B&W images are quite good. I'm being picky I guess.

thank you for the comments . .appreciate it . . here's some test drive again . .

same mode still
"retired"

and trying to caption some moving pic, blurry background, candle light trip . .here it goes . .

"Rush Hour"

The first one has an interesting concept. the light falloff is nice, however it is a bit soft in focus to me.
#2 would be ok, but again its pretty oof.
#3 is not as interesting since there is no clear-cut intent or subject
On all of the pictures from the second set make sure you use a tripod. There is a great deal of noise as well as blurring beyond the movement intended to be blurred. If the film grain look was added intentionally, I would rethink it.
Try to ask yourself, "What am I taking a picture of" and "what is the intent of the picture"
Keep Shooting

SmilingFox wrote in post #12935538
The first one has an interesting concept. the light falloff is nice, however it is a bit soft in focus to me.
#2 would be ok, but again its pretty oof.
#3 is not as interesting since there is no clear-cut intent or subject
On all of the pictures from the second set make sure you use a tripod. There is a great deal of noise as well as blurring beyond the movement intended to be blurred. If the film grain look was added intentionally, I would rethink it.
Try to ask yourself, "What am I taking a picture of" and "what is the intent of the picture"
Keep Shooting

the rush hour pic is shot in RAW . . thanks everybody . . .here's another 2 . . .just adjusted a little color on the first image . . and the 2nd (no edition)

clouds

nothing special . . really cant nail it . . . . .. i did use a tripod . . but still it has shakes . .

Out of the bunch I like #1, more for concept than final execution. Good idea but the light fall off, left to right is a bit too much for my tastes.

You seem to be shooting very dark. Open the lens up wide (f-stop) and/or increase your ISO. Also know that shooting in the dark can cause focus issues. Exif would be great to see too.

another one