kd's noob to not so noob thread

The Outer Border by King Damager, on Flickr

In the end out of about 91 photos I ended up with 21 that made it to the final cut (these, on top of the three I've already posted). Frankly, some of the one's in here, looking at them now, I'm not massively happy with.

I've learnt a few things about wildlife though. Most notably, how hard it actually is to get the right shot, in the right settings. Things that like to move and are skittish are a right pain. These are the tamest Squirrel's I've ever seen, and they were still a pain to get. Hence a couple of photos that shouldn't have perhaps make it into the set doing so. Some of them were great shots, just required a lot of sharpening/exposure in LR (1+10), which means the end results not great anyway... Lighting's out in some, and I don't like the angle on the telephone box (I shot it without a tripod/beanbag etc.. around [another lesson learnt]), and as such however much I rotate the base to be the right angle, the perspective isn't quite right.

Oh, and I should probably say, the plant shot, came about because the ducks kept waddling away, so I decided to focus on something else instead. Turns out Ducks make nice bokeh xD

As always, feedback's appreciated

kd

King Damager · 20 Oct 2012 at 01:12

Uhm, I don't know actually xD

The animals, I was trying to get down on eye level with them. Partly because it's less intimidating, and partly because I felt it'd make a better shot rather than looking down on them.

Felt it worked for those shots. For the non-animals, I'm not so sure it seems like an easier shot to get right for some reason.

Looking at them now though, it does seem like I was crawling around all the time though :S

kd

King Damager · 20 Oct 2012 at 01:19

Yeah, I've realised that too now xD

For the Telephone Box, I know it was a case of low light issues. I've got about 15 failed photos of that exact image, where I simply couldn't hold it still for long enough to get the 'TELEPHONE' in focus. So think I resorted to sticking the camera on the ground.

Looking back at all the ones of the pub it seems that actually a lot were taken from that angle.

I like the path in the final one, but yeah, probably still would have worked.

I do have other images that weren't taken from the floor! but for some reason or the other, they haven't made it to the final cut :S

(Memo to self, take more photos standing up)

That said, if that's the only flaws you're going to complain about, I'm completely winning xD

kd

King Damager · 11 Nov 2012 at 16:00

Danbo

Can I live here? by King Damager, on Flickr

I've already been told how to sort out the massive overly exposed eyes

I quite like the light bouncing off the inside of the tin. As some of you may have noted from the other Danbo pic in the post your pictures here thread I've started playing around with light.

I'm not quite sure about the composition of the lid and danbo's head being not straight, but didn't really like the bottom not being straight either xD

kd

King Damager · 11 Nov 2012 at 16:31

That's shot wide open

F2.8 is the lowest I can go...

I have no idea what 'lens' is technically permanently attached (bridge issues), but it's made by Leica.

I want Christmas to hurry up.

kd