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Hello,
I just finished designing a new site called http://www.forestwander.com and am interested in what the photohraphy community thinks about it. I am just an amateur getting started so please don't be to harsh. I think that some folks may appreciate these pictures I have on here. By the way I am looking for anew camera has anyone used or heard of how one of these perform? Canon S2 IS Digital Camera?? Thanks |
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I just wanted you to know that I really like your website.
I'm bookmarking it and will visit again very soon. I especially liked your quote from How Great Thou Art. I still use the Nikon Coolpix 8700 so can't help you with your query on the Canon S2 IS Photog * * * * * Join us at the Cafe! http://photography-cafe.com |
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"Photog" wrote in message ups.com... I just wanted you to know that I really like your website. Funny, most people didn't on other NGs. Just being honest here but the quality of the images is terrible and not very well composed and exposed. I suspect many didn't utilise a tripod in their making? The layout is plain and simple which isn't a bad thing but it is quite old in its styling. There is nothing to impact on getting people to buy anything, least of all the images themselves. I'm bookmarking it and will visit again very soon. If you look up to poor work, you'll never achieve better than poor yourself. I especially liked your quote from How Great Thou Art. I still use the Nikon Coolpix 8700 so can't help you with your query on the Canon S2 IS Photog * * * * * Join us at the Cafe! http://photography-cafe.com |
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Thank you for the nice comment about the site and than you for your
honesty. I shot all of the photos with a Canon A50 1 Mega pixel camera You probably have not heard of one of those. Well that is because it is about 6 years old. The good news is the Good Lord allowed me to recently purchase a New Canon 350d rebel Which should be a dramatic improvement. Need less to say I will be composing more photos this year beginning with winter shots this late winter (once some snow finally falls) and then other shots throughout the seasons. Again thanks for the comments. Positive or Negative. no_name wrote: wrote: Hello, I just finished designing a new site called http://www.forestwander.com and am interested in what the photohraphy community thinks about it. I am just an amateur getting started so please don't be to harsh. I think that some folks may appreciate these pictures I have on here. By the way I am looking for anew camera has anyone used or heard of how one of these perform? Canon S2 IS Digital Camera?? Thanks Look at other websites for design ideas. Yours is a little static. It's also a bit repetitious in some places, seven images in a row of almost the same scene (top of page 4); nine skylines (page 3) with very little variation. Pick the best and make it a larger image, then link to the others as alternatives. Let the images speak for themselves. The font is too small and the text doesn't do much for the images, yet it's the primary feature on the page. Also include a link on the larger image page to move from one image to the next or back to the page where the thumbnails are located. |
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"Forest Wanderer" wrote in message ups.com... Thank you for the nice comment about the site and than you for your honesty. No problem, all comments I make I do so with complete honesty with no disrespect for the recipient. I shot all of the photos with a Canon A50 1 Mega pixel camera This explains a lot. You probably have not heard of one of those. Well that is because it is about 6 years old. The good news is the Good Lord allowed me to recently purchase a New Canon 350d rebel You will do a heck of a lot better with that camera. Glad to hear of your purchase. It will make a massive quality improvement! Which should be a dramatic improvement. Need less to say I will be composing more photos this year beginning with winter shots this late winter (once some snow finally falls) and then other shots throughout the seasons. Just remember the slogan, "Keep it simple stupid", as it works very well for most photography abd I use it all the time when looking at any scene or subject I want to capture. The other rule is that of "thirds". It is probably the most important part of basic photographic technique. Keep out irrelevant material from an image that detracts from the subject. Keep out "noise" from the image that makes the image lose impact. Make sure the colours are pleasing to the eye and try and capture the essence of why you visited a place or studied a subject, whether flower, insect or animal. Then you will do well and people will want to buy what you have to share with them. Good luck. Seriously, buy yourself a book or two on nature photography. I invested in a few of John Shaw's books which I highly recommend to be able to learn the basics of composition and exposure. cheers Jasen Again thanks for the comments. Positive or Negative. no_name wrote: wrote: Hello, I just finished designing a new site called http://www.forestwander.com and am interested in what the photohraphy community thinks about it. I am just an amateur getting started so please don't be to harsh. I think that some folks may appreciate these pictures I have on here. By the way I am looking for anew camera has anyone used or heard of how one of these perform? Canon S2 IS Digital Camera?? Thanks Look at other websites for design ideas. Yours is a little static. It's also a bit repetitious in some places, seven images in a row of almost the same scene (top of page 4); nine skylines (page 3) with very little variation. Pick the best and make it a larger image, then link to the others as alternatives. Let the images speak for themselves. The font is too small and the text doesn't do much for the images, yet it's the primary feature on the page. Also include a link on the larger image page to move from one image to the next or back to the page where the thumbnails are located. |
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great photos whish i could do that, i might be able to if i had been to
a place like that, you luck, great job. i am also a new photographer please check out my website. www.the-photo-place.piczo.com |
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wrote in message oups.com... great photos whish i could do that, i might be able to if i had been to a place like that, you luck, great job. i am also a new photographer please check out my website. www.the-photo-place.piczo.com Ok, you need to learn quite a lot about how to take an interesting photo. I'm no pro but I have sold and been pubished and my style of photography was learnt through short courses and reading photography books such as John Shaw's nature photography series of books for instance. Unfortunately the images you have on your site are lacking colour, sharpness and interesting composition styles. You can read about how to take a good simple photo by looking up such site via Google. Here's a sample of my photos: http://www.photographersplace.com/pi...mber=Jasen1970 |
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Ok, you need to learn quite a lot about how to take an interesting photo.
Jasen, did you not notice Joe's age? Perhaps a little more encouragement eh? Your photo's aren't exactly ground-breaking in composition themselves (though I love the butterfly on the nose!), and 'being honest' is not a justification of unbalanced criticism. I like your website Joe. I think the in-your-face way you've presented your portfolio goes really well with the sense of jungle chaos I get from your pictures. It's all a bit mad - I like that. Good job mate Anyone who thinks a photo needs to be in focus to be any good should look at http://www.toycamera.com. Obviously this sort of artistic angle wouldn't be appropriate for a lot of nature photography, but maybe chilling out about the technical side of things would open up new opportunities for evoking a broader range of emotions than awe at nature. Anybody have any examples of nature photography that's weird? freaky? funny? bizarre? Sure, nature photography is classically about themes of beauty, simplicity, peace, eternity, awe, but this can be a comfy human viewpoint. For creatures living out there, nature is full of constant change and upheaval, fear and hunger, redness of tooth and claw. It's a jungle out there. And one which is even more unnerving when it's not in focus. Cheers, Phil |
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wrote in message oups.com... Ok, you need to learn quite a lot about how to take an interesting photo. Jasen, did you not notice Joe's age? Perhaps a little more encouragement eh? Your photo's aren't exactly ground-breaking in composition themselves (though I love the butterfly on the nose!), and 'being honest' is not a justification of unbalanced criticism. I like your website Joe. I think the in-your-face way you've presented your portfolio goes really well with the sense of jungle chaos I get from your pictures. It's all a bit mad - I like that. Good job mate Anyone who thinks a photo needs to be in focus to be any good should look at http://www.toycamera.com. Obviously this sort of artistic angle wouldn't be appropriate for a lot of nature photography, but maybe chilling out about the technical side of things would open up new opportunities for evoking a broader range of emotions than awe at nature. Anybody have any examples of nature photography that's weird? freaky? funny? bizarre? Sure, nature photography is classically about themes of beauty, simplicity, peace, eternity, awe, but this can be a comfy human viewpoint. For creatures living out there, nature is full of constant change and upheaval, fear and hunger, redness of tooth and claw. It's a jungle out there. And one which is even more unnerving when it's not in focus. Cheers, Phil Sorry, no I didn't..am tired. As I said, I'm no pro, but I do have a point. |
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