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Hello all

Ive never really put my images out there to see what anyone thinks. I've shown friends and love what I do but I'd be interested to see what the pro's think.... any feedback would be great.

A

Hello all

 

Ive never really put my images out there to see what anyone thinks. I've shown friends and love what I do but I'd be interested to see what the pro's think.... any feedback would be great.

 

A

Hey Ayesha,

Welcome to the community..

Really nice pics but this comes from a newbie and a novice still way below the learning curve. BUT i like them.

Critical appraisal : Let the pro's decide

Cheers,

Diggy

Nice composition in both photos. In the vertical position, it seems that your strobe is coming from below the subject. Is this the effect you are going for, as this is a style of shooting. If not, you may want to adjust your strobe when switching from horizontal to vertical.

Keep posting your photos! It is great to get feedback and we all learn from each other.

Good critique so far.

I agree that the composition is OK. The lighting is what needs the most attention.

If you're doing close focus wide angle, you need to reposition your strobes so that they will illuminate the close subjects. In your first photo, the mushroom leather coral (Sarcophyton) in the front is dark for example. You can pull your strobes in or back to help light the close stuff.

If you only have one strobe and flip your camera to the vertical orientation, also make sure that the strobe is on top. If I'm using two strobes, I typically pull the lower one over to the side, to avoid bottom-up lighting.

Cheers

James

How strange (which only goes to show):

I thought "fantastic light" when I saw your images, especially the second, where the sun and the reef are very nicely balanced.

I don't know how many frames you shot, but in that situation I would have shot several, trying to get the whole turtle into the composition.

Lighting the lower part of the image is what makes this second image work; it's not quite as successful with the first.

I'm not a pro, but I think that corals often look better somewhat under-exposed as they are often the lightest element of the reef and can get "blown out", or loose the sense of texture that makes them interesting, if you're not careful.

The coral on this image spoils the whole thing:

Tim

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