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Oct 12, 2008 11:40 |  #1

Went to a drive-in theatre in Rosemead, CA last night with our friends, and decided to see what I could capture. Here's the only two I took. Please critique, please.

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2. the halo spot on the bottom is from the lens hood (i forgot to remove it)
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Oct 13, 2008 11:45 |  #2

Both shots are reasonably well done. You seem to have a little problem keeping the camera level. In #1 the horizon seems to tilt downwards to the left a tiny bit, and in #2 it seems to be a bit more than that, but it's hard to tell, because you get away with it to some extent by being so close.

The perspective correction tool in PS will help you correct that.

Both shots seem to be exact on color balance, and in #2 you managed to get a flash shot that doesn't look like a flash shot.

Very nice!


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Oct 13, 2008 18:49 |  #3

DOH! turn lens hood around when using on board flash, happens to everyone at least once.


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Oct 16, 2008 15:54 |  #4

Robert,

thanks for the pointers. As far as the tilt, yes it's there. I did some adjusting on PS, but not too much. Unfortunately, my tripod sucks.

Lens hood? Hahaha...live and learn, i guess.


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