First time taking Photo's need advice

[smogsy]

I just took some photo's, i would like to get into some photography/editing as a hobbie. i use photoshop a bit but for webdesign.

these are the pictures i just took with my Canon Powershot A550 would like advice on how to make a better shot & how to edit these so they look even better.

i would like to get A SLR in the near future if photography takes off

Here they are

i have done a bit of photo editing before but that was just modding cars

 

[greedy123]

The second one is good. If you could see the cat's eyes it would be better...

Is there something in the first one i can't see or is it just a picture of gravel?

 

[smogsy]

saw some good pictures of gravel but my attempt failed

 

[A.N.Other]

saw some good pictures of gravel but my attempt failed

I know what you're trying to get, but you either need some interesting stones or simply a better perspective - get up close and personal with that gravel

Have you edited these at all yet? The third one looks a bit over-saturated to me.

 

[smogsy]

none have been edited

im just playing around with settings

ISO etc

i have one i didn't upload with cats eyes see below

 

[Cyanide]

saw some good pictures of gravel but my attempt failed

That the sort of thing you're looking to do?

 

[smogsy]

kinda

 

[greedy123]

Nice!


Gravel looks interesting at low angles, close up and especially when wet.

 

[smogsy]

thanks a lot

 

[xolotl]

Here's my advice on how to take better pictures:

Go somewhere apart from your garden!

 

[JBuk]

Learn about compostion and technique, find some interesting subjects

keep clicking

 

[Messiah Khan]

Here's my advice on how to take better pictures:

Go somewhere apart from your garden!

The garden is underrated. If you have some form of macro setup, the garden is a treasure trove.

 

[smogsy]

i played with one photo whilst watching tv. just brung out the left tree a bit more by removing colour from right

ill read up on techique and compostion is there a prefered site on this subject? or shoud i use good-tutorails? like i normally do

Edited the Cat

orig

edit

 

[Derek W]

http://www.morguefile.com/docs/Classroom

try there for some lessons. its clear and straightforward.

Posssibly resize the cat pic?

 

[ljt]

The edited version of the cat is better. I'm no expert and am currently learning photography myself. However It would look better if you cropped out the hand holding the meat. It gives the photo a certain mystery as to what the cat is looking at then.

(Sorry for editing your shot) but this is what I meant;

The one of the statue and bushes would have looked better if it were the statue in focus, as opposed to the bushes in the foreground. The amount of bushes are too distracting from what I assume was supposed to be the focal point of the picture

Hope that helps

Lee

 

[smogsy]

no problem i like people editing my photos shows me ways of making myself better.

the statue picture was actully aimed at getting the red tree on left i didnt even realise i had a statue behind that bush

just edited the cat like u did in PS

i also did this just now after learning a little about techquies