Jeff's Project 365

[Realist]

Day 8: Looks like you used a small aperture seeing the star burst coming off the light. Overall I think this is a great shot. I think cropping a tiny bit off the right to cut off the far right lights would help. Also it looks like you burned the bright spot on the water as it looks a bit dull. Polarizer would probably work to knock down the bright relections, but it may eliminate the star-burst if that is the effect you were going for.

Day 9: Nice pose, nice DOF, and seems to be nice noise control at such high ISO.

Day 10: Does convey attitude that you wanted.

Day 11: Good exposure of the face. Think you could open the aperture a little more to brighten the background. Also a reflector would be useful to eliminate the shadow under her chin.

Day 12: I think this composition works good. I think I would desaturate the yellow pole so it doesn't distract from the car.

Day 13: I like the tone, and the comp of this photo. I think a little could be cropped off the top, and for some reason the crease/line running horizontal in the sky is distracting me.


Everything is looking good though. Looking forward to what you come up with next week.

[Bucky]

^^ Thanks for the great comments.

Agreed on the crease line (Day 13), but it was a pre-packaged pre-set and could not figure out how to change it. I only really use those to make a boring picture interesting.

-- Jeff

[Mad Aussie]

Your night photography is excellent Jeff!

I disagree though on your car comp being questionable do the centre placing of the car ... sometimes that's the right move. In this case I believe it was due to the symmetry of the background elements. It's an excellent photo!

[Bucky]

Your night photography is excellent Jeff!

I disagree though on your car comp being questionable do the centre placing of the car ... sometimes that's the right move. In this case I believe it was due to the symmetry of the background elements. It's an excellent photo!

Thanks man! I appreciate it.

[Bucky]

Time for another update :

Day 14 / 365, December 14th, 2012



Here is a shot of Lexie, my oldest. This is actually a crop from a much larger shot. Shot with bounce flash.

Day 15 / 365, December 15th, 2012



Nothing like a nice rear-end to get your juices flowing. Minimal processing on this one. I'm please with the way this one turned out.

Day 16 / 365 - December 16th, 2012.



Taken at our home last night, it is my largest group shot to date. Taken with my 24-70, and one camera mounted speedlight.

Day 17 / 365, December 17th, 2012



A quick snapshot during a recent wash. Been using the trial version of OnOne's perfect suite 7. So far so good. I think I will be picking it up.

Here is another version of the same shot.



Which one do you prefer?

Day 18/ 365 - December 18th, 2012.



Taken at my cousin's hockey game. My first go at Ice hockey. Need to pre-set the white balance, as I had a hard timing getting it right in post. It was pretty fun taking the pics, and I got a bunch of keepers. Shot at 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 4000.

Day 19 / 365 - December 19th, 2012



I want to start working on some portraits, so this is the last car shot for a while. Besides it is way too cold outside to be shooting.

[Marko]

Loving your dedication here! Shot 1 for me on the car wash shot.

[Bucky]

Loving your dedication here! Shot 1 for me on the car wash shot.

Thanks Marko. I hope I can make it to 365. So far it has been easy.

The feedback helps a lot.

[Marko]

Thanks Marko. I hope I can make it to 365. So far it has been easy.

The feedback helps a lot.

My pleasure - given that this is a large thread I'm apt to miss a few posts for sure...but feel 100% free to PM me if that ever happens and you want additional feedback from me.

[Realist]

Loving your dedication here! Shot 1 for me on the car wash shot.

Same here. Has a calm mood to it, as opposed to the second which doesn't have much mood of any variety. Another reason is that the bright highlights softly blend into the midtones. The second one is a bit harsh, and too much white behind the car for my liking.

All in all got some good pictures this week. I guess my car would be "AWD+Snow=Perfect Donuts."

[Bucky]

Thanks Marko, will do.

Same here. Has a calm mood to it, as opposed to the second which doesn't have much mood of any variety. Another reason is that the bright highlights softly blend into the midtones. The second one is a bit harsh, and too much white behind the car for my liking.

All in all got some good pictures this week. I guess my car would be "AWD+Snow=Perfect Donuts."

Thanks man,

Maybe I can use the second one for this months photo assignment? Although I'm going skiing tomorrow and was hoping to get a shot for this months assignment.