Sisters

Been a while since I last posted, glad to be back!

Could I get some critique on this image? Anything else I could do to make it better?

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Beautiful!

Thank you!

Well, since you asked...in my eyes the background is too 'noisy'. Even though I like the colours of autumn, I do not especially find the way they mix with the girls' (who are super darlings both of them) clothing.

What I'd suggest you could try is to take the girls a bit further away from the wall, use a long lens and big aperture to reduce the depth of field and maybe make a less colourful choice of clothes.

You could also pay attention to the white balance -maybe you could take one shot with one of the girls holding a grey card to get at least a point of calibration -no matter it you use it or not.

If they are showing off their boots (nice boots, BTW) you should have them displayed against a background that is not brown unlike the fallen leaves here.

You have beautiful models and you relate them in a heart-warming way.

Have fun!

I think the autumn colors complement the sisters and the warm withe balance works for me. Great shot

I think if the girls were pulled away from the background and a more blurred background was apparent, that would have helped this image A LOT!

That being said, I think the girls are beautiful and it's a good image, as is.

CanonVsNikon wrote in post #16387082
I think the autumn colors complement the sisters and the warm withe balance works for me. Great shot

I appreciate your opinion but I fail to see how your posting will help Mosabi make better pictures.

garbidz wrote in post #16387497
I appreciate your opinion but I fail to see how your posting will help Mosabi make better pictures.

Maybe because IMO it's good as is. Not every shot needs to have a blurred background to be effective.

And white balance is a personal preference. The "correct" WB is not always the best. For a a fall theme shot, a warmer balance is preferred.

CanonVsNikon wrote in post #16387547
Maybe because IMO it's good as is. Not every shot needs to have a blurred background to be effective.

And white balance is a personal preference. The "correct" WB is not always the best. For a a fall theme shot, a warmer balance is preferred.

If something is 'good enough' there is no need to improve it, right?
Good enough for whom?
Do you represent a target audience? Or an authority of photographic education or criticism?
I did not think so.

One of the first lessons in photography is "What is your subject".
Then there are lots of ways how to make your subject stand out, show its particularities, put it into a context, make it a part of a composition etc.

Then you go deeper, to the meaning that the subject carries to you and how you can use your techniques (but only if you master them) to make your point.

Things like colour balance are questions of taste but only if you know how to master them, how to get things right. No have to know to rules if you want to break them graciously.

If you do not master the technique, then your pictures happen and they will remain snapshots. Some snapshots are nice to look at if the photographer has been lucky and if you like the person in the picture.

The thing of learning photography is needing less luck to end up with a decent picture.
Or a bunch of them. Like 4 keepers from a series of 80 shots.

Are you going to make a point here?
I am interested in what it might be.

i'm thinking that those boot belong to Mom because they sure do look large on the child

garbidz wrote in post #16387588
If something is 'good enough' there is no need to improve it, right?
Good enough for whom?
Do you represent a target audience? Or an authority of photographic education or criticism?
I did not think so.

One of the first lessons in photography is "What is your subject".
Then there are lots of ways how to make your subject stand out, show its particularities, put it into a context, make it a part of a composition etc.

Then you go deeper, to the meaning that the subject carries to you and how you can use your techniques (but only if you master them) to make your point.

Things like colour balance are questions of taste but only if you know how to master them, how to get things right. No have to know to rules if you want to break them graciously.

If you do not master the technique, then your pictures happen and they will remain snapshots. Some snapshots are nice to look at if the photographer has been lucky and if you like the person in the picture.

The thing of learning photography is needing less luck to end up with a decent picture.
Or a bunch of them. Like 4 keepers from a series of 80 shots.

Are you going to make a point here?
I am interested in what it might be.

Notice how I said IMO. I offered my opinion. You offered yours. No need to belittle my post. Where is your rage towards the poster who just stated "Beautiful". Are you not an equal opportunity hater?

Kindly ignore my posts and I will do the same to you. Have a good day.

CanonVsNikon wrote in post #16387624
Notice how I said IMO. I offered my opinion. You offered yours. No need to belittle my post. Where is your rage towards the poster who just stated "Beautiful". Are you not an equal opportunity hater?

Kindly ignore my posts and I will do the same to you. Have a good day.

Mosabi asked for critique.
You gave him an opinion.
You see the difference between the two?

garbidz wrote in post #16387702
Mosabi asked for critique.
You gave him an opinion.
You see the difference between the two?

Every critique is an opinion. No critique is FACT.

You critique it by saying he should have put the two girls out front more to blur the background. I countered that it wasn't necessary in this shot. We both offered our critique and opinion.

Get it. Good.

By the way, what is your critique on the second poster's "Beautiful" comment. Care to share

I think you have derailed this thread enough. Best to leave enough alone.

Adorable! and amazing shot