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Looking for some positive help with a rejection

  • August 12, 2022
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So, I am a pretty amature photographer. I enjoy taking landscape photos. I would really appreciate some positive critiquing on a recent photo that was rejected. I am willing to learn and would like to get better. I have photos that posted and photos that havent. So obviously i need some help. Please be friendly as i have seen some really rude critics here. we all started somewhere right? 

Setting: 1/20sec f18, iso 320

Thank you. Corey

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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August 13, 2022

Think about how this will be used in commercial projects, especially print.  If the majority of the image prints in black ink, it's not print quality.

 

You may not like to hear this but it's the best advice I can give new photographers.  Take some structured photography courses.  You'll learn about the importance of lighting, color, composition, depth-of-field, how contrasts (lights/shadows) add visual interest and most importantly manual camera settings.  These are essential skills to have to take the guesswork out of getting good results.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    CG_PhotosAuthor
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    August 13, 2022

    Nancy, thank you for the input. I appreciate it very much. I have concidered taking such courses, and have been looking into them. Do you have any such courses you would recommend? Also, i have always shot photos in manual. Once again, thank you for the advice. 

    jacquelingphoto2017
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    jacquelingphoto2017Community Expert
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    August 14, 2022

    Hi @CG_Photos ,

    There are good courses on LinkedIn Learning. There are two introductions to Ben Long's courses in the second link I post above. I learn from Ben Long.

     

    I suggest you go through all the information in those links above.

    Best wishes

    Jacquelin

      ClaudePhoto
      ClaudePhoto
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      August 13, 2022

      Je dirais comme principale critique, c'est que la photo est floue,L'avez-vous passée dans l'histogramme de LR ou PS, je pense que vous apprendrez beaucoup de chose sur son exposition. Je conseil vivement pour ceux qui en dispose que l'histogramme s'affiche sur votre APN après la prise de vue. Cela évite déjà pas mal de petites erreures.PS et LR ou autre ne peuvent pas tout.

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        CG_PhotosAuthor
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        August 13, 2022

        Thank you. Histogram has opened up a whole new world to me. yes, after reading your commnt on the histogram on my camera and i am planning to make those changes. 

          jacquelingphoto2017
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          jacquelingphoto2017Community Expert
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          August 13, 2022

          Hi @CG_Photos,

          The photo is underexposed, noisy and out of focus.

          It seem you pointed the focus on the horizon. That's not the correct way to take landscape shots. Also it seem you did not have enough depth of field.

          Learn more from Seven tips to get your photos accepted at Adobe.

          Learn more of what is required at this link and I suggest you participate in some of the LinkedIn Learning photography courses.

          Best wishes

          Jacquelin

          George_F
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          George_FCommunity Expert
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          August 12, 2022

          The first thing I noticed when I opened this was how dark it was.  Nothing was clipped that I could tell, but there wasn't a ton of detail in the foreground of the trees and field.  I also noticed a lot of pixelation and artifacting in the sky when zoomed in to 100% view.

           

          Raising the exposure introduced enough noise that I can't really tell about focus, but I believe focus was on the sky and the field may have been out of focus?  I also spotted a few dust spots in there.

           

          I've posted an edit with exposure closer to where I think it should be.  Compare the two histograms.

           

          Just to clarify: I don't think any of us are trying to be rude.  When CC is requested, I find an honest and to the point opinion works best.  At the end of the day, I think we all like to see the photos of others get accepted 🙂.

          George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer
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            CG_PhotosAuthor
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            August 12, 2022

            Thank you very much. I will compare them. Yes focus was on the sky. What do you mean by "clipped"? I will make sure to keep an eye on my lens for dust. 

             

            Honesly I can hadle the criticism. I have seen some really rude replies. I think some forget that some of us are trying to learn. It has kept me from posting in the past. 

            George_F
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            George_FCommunity Expert
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            August 12, 2022

            Clipped just means the areas that are pure black or pure white and have no detail in them.  If you view histograms in Lightroom or Photoshop there are indicators on both sides of the histogram that show when this is the case.  You can even click on them and it'll highlight the areas in the photo with either blue(blacks) or red(whites), at least in Lightroom.

            George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer
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