photography #1

by biqq • 2 Sep 2010, 10:27 • Journals
http://biq.deviantart.com/art/cry-of-the-black-birds-176764570

What do you think off this picture? It's been taken on the 27th of July 2010 on Iceland's southern coast, close to a small town called Vik.

ISO: 200
Focal length: 28mm
Aparture: f/5.0
Shutter Speed: 1/100s

critiques welcome, aswell as chats with fellow photographers. :)
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garin 2 Sep 2010, 11:29
nice view, looks a little foggy/dark tho
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biqq 2 Sep 2010, 11:37
It actually was foggy as hell, but I agree on the dark colors, looks a bit depressing.
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defOK 2 Sep 2010, 11:31
rly nice composing but the black rocks at the right side are lacking structure (too much contrast) and are therefore crushing the rest of the pic

e: also, the rock in the middle of the pic at mid-distance doesnt rly fit in imo!
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biqq 2 Sep 2010, 11:39
I'll ask the icelandic government to get rid of that rock it right away. Thank's for this critique! You're a photographer yourself?
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defOK 2 Sep 2010, 11:45
yes i read a book or two but i dont rly know much and im not rly gifted :p

with the rock thing i was just giving the hint to play around with the bildausschnitt as many photos can be improved with post-processing
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biqq 2 Sep 2010, 11:58
i'd only crop it even more, it would lack quality then I guess
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Juize 2 Sep 2010, 11:32
looks awesome, bit dark at close distance tho
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GunRu5 2 Sep 2010, 11:35
increase your shutter speed by 100 ms and reduce the Aparture by half and maybe decrease the focal length by about 23 and take a dirty picture for me, preferable of your penis
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syndicate 2 Sep 2010, 11:35
looks pretty cool, love the cold atmosphere in it. maybe a little bit too much contrast as other already said, but its all taste in this matter.
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ENSJQM 2 Sep 2010, 11:35
i like :)
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Henk 2 Sep 2010, 11:39
i'm no expert but i think it looks nice :)
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Rhand 2 Sep 2010, 11:49
You should get in touch with Wales Panda. He has been photographing for a while now as well, mostly nature scenes. He's pretty good (to my untrained eye :D).

His website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/inyunyyn/
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Panda 2 Sep 2010, 13:05
I has a fan? :o

<3
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RazZaH 2 Sep 2010, 13:08
http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif

:DDDDDDDD made may day

great
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Panda 2 Sep 2010, 13:12
The spaceball did? :D copy main url next time :pp
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RazZaH 2 Sep 2010, 13:15
the chickeeeeeenpic

ye
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Panda 2 Sep 2010, 13:17
Oh... :D
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banaan 2 Sep 2010, 13:18
Can you also make nice picture of penis
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Rhand 2 Sep 2010, 13:24
Ofcourse!

Been a fan at Facebook for a year or something!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Pandas-Photography/206920326028?ref=ts

Update it ;-p
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herbal 2 Sep 2010, 11:50
little dark, but i guess thats the effect your going for!
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J 2 Sep 2010, 11:53
I love the simplicity of it and the nice post-processing you have done to it. Bw fits very well with those tones. Marvellous job.
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danL 2 Sep 2010, 11:58
the foreground object(the cliff) is too dark and for me it seems like it takes the depth of the picture away and I'm more focused on the dark area that on the rest of the picture, some texture in that dark area would be better

the rock doesn't help also, and there is a glow around the edge of the cliff, layering fault or..?

but the pic is nice
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evil 2 Sep 2010, 12:13
hab gerade schulung,
bild sieht gut aus auf meinem handy :p
was fliegt denn da?
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biqq 2 Sep 2010, 15:01
Ne Möwe! hi2comeback? :P
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evil 4 Sep 2010, 16:15
comeback? grml!!! ramin, wenn er es denn sein sollte, spielt ja schon wieder! :pp
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biqq 4 Sep 2010, 16:55
nä is nich ramin :P
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Irmeli 2 Sep 2010, 12:25
I really like it!
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Panda 2 Sep 2010, 13:05
Quite nice!
Would agree with pretty much what danL said though.
Just downloaded the full res, not too sure what's up with the paint sorta effect going on which seems to spoil it a bit when at 100%.
I'd have cloned out the odd bird, they're not really noticeable and a lil distracting. Likewise with the blacks down the bottom 1/3rd or so. Could have bracketed your exposure and blended in = less blown highlights at the top too, but I guess the haze and what not adds to the atmosphere of the shot.
Tried cropped it at all?

Picture title amon amarth much? : PPP
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RazZaH 2 Sep 2010, 13:07
i dont understand your language matey mate
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duNzy 2 Sep 2010, 13:12
u mad cuz the pic is stylin on you?
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Panda 2 Sep 2010, 13:13
Very :'(
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duNzy 2 Sep 2010, 13:14
I miss Olivia :(
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biqq 2 Sep 2010, 14:52
I so far dislike the idea to crop the picture to any degree since the black/white parts both take about 50% of the picture with a diagonal seperating both parts. But nevertheless I appreciate the effort you put in your critique as well as in your crop. :)
I already added you as flickr contact, btw

And yes, the title is inspired by amon amarth, ofc ;)

e: mind deleting your crop from the page pls?
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jackie^ 2 Sep 2010, 14:24
very nice photographs although they could have been a bit sharper for perfect quality :D
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