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[QUOTE="MX-727, post: 937856, member: 19400"] Ok, that last one was too long. Sorry, but I hope it helps. Critique time. 13 is very good. Notice how RC is to the left of center, that leaves him someplace to go in the photo. It lets the viewer see where he is going. 10 is the flipside. He is about to run off the picture. Not nearly as interesting a photo. 12 is close to 13, but the banners and stake are very distracting. Probably an example of tighter cropping in the viewfinder. Photoshop it and crop out the banner and the guys who have lost their heads. 11 is a great picture except the focus is off. This is the downside of too short a depth of field.. The boot is in good focus, but his head, which is only a 12-18 inches closer to the lens is out of focus. It is also a good illustration of how autofocus can mess up. If you had been manually focusing, you would've focused on his face. Not saying to use manual focus, just be aware of the different modes of autofocus and how to make the camera focus where you want it to. 2 is pretty good. The autoexposure weighted the dark soil too much and overexposed the bike and rider. Using a center weighted exposure meter mode instead of an average weighting would help. You could also try the camera's auto bracketing. Tighter viewfinder cropping would've made the rider a bigger portion of the picture, which in turn would've made the exposure average out better, but you may want to show a wider shot in some instances. 1,3,4,5, 6 and 8 - tighter cropping. The longer zoom will help you here. 5 is the best IMO, just a bit tighter cropping would really help by getting rid of the distracting banner and stakes which serve to seperate the viewer from the action. 7 is a good shot. The only thing that is missing is any sort of perspective that let's us know how he got there and how high he really is. But, it's still cool. 9 is a good shot. Again, tighter cropping will help. The left 1/4 of the picture is dead space. Easy to fix in Photoshop, but remember that if you have to crop a picture a lot you are throwing away quite a bit of resolution if you then have to re-size the cropped image back up to an 8x10. Seriously, the pictures are good and 7, 9 and 13 are very good. 11 should've been among those, the composition is great, but the autofocus got you. See what I mean about really analyzing and being hyper-critical? Sorry if I offended you in any way, just trying to let you know how I analyze photos. Have a blast! [/QUOTE]
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