New to forum and photography, let me share some pictures

argyle wrote in post #13765170
If you're going to put stuff out there for people to review, be prepared for criticism one way or the other...welcome to the real world. I happen to agree with MrGreen...other than the first bridge shot that may have some potential, the others just aren't very special from a photographic standpoint. If you're only looking for criticism that you agree with, its probably best not to ask for feedback in the first place. But if you can handle negative feedback and use it as something to learn from, you'll be all the better for it. This isn't grade school where "everyone's a winner".

Some advice: before jumping onto the software/plug-in bandwagon, read up and learn the basics of exposure and composition. A bad picture is a bad picture...no amount of software or processing can fix an image that wasn't "right" to begin with. Keep practicing, and post up what you feel is one of your better shots and take it from there...

oh by no means am I thinking that my pictures are fantastic. The guys on the other forum just were heartless. instead of giving me pointers, they just shot me down completely. You cant learn anything when people are doing that. I joined up on these forums to learn more about photography when time permits.

So far on this forum, everyones gave me some great pointers. I am learning more every day. Reading articles, testing the articles out on my own camera. Hopefully some day I can take some cool pictures that everyone enjoys

BrandonPerkins wrote in post #13765606
oh by no means am I thinking that my pictures are fantastic. The guys on the other forum just were heartless. instead of giving me pointers, they just shot me down completely. You cant learn anything when people are doing that. I joined up on these forums to learn more about photography when time permits.

So far on this forum, everyones gave me some great pointers. I am learning more every day. Reading articles, testing the articles out on my own camera. Hopefully some day I can take some cool pictures that everyone enjoys

Over time, I'm sure you will. Its like anything else...put in the time and effort to improve, and you'll see results...learn by doing. But in the long run, what matters is if you're satisfied with the end result. And take some of the feedback with a grain of salt...I can't tell you how many times that I've opened a thread where images that were in need of additional work were accompanied with good, constructive feedback, only to see the inevitable "beautiful", "great shot", etc. tossed in there. This type of feedback doesn't help one to improve, and could be disingenuous at best.

thanks, appreciate that.

I've already got some great advice, and I am putting it to good use. One of the things I am doing is taking multiple shots, from multiple angles. This in itself is an eye opener.

I am still working at it every day, and hopefully some day in the future I can accomplish a nice crisp image that is full of life and keeps you interested!