Great to see a beginners forum.

[Carl13]

Hi, just started getting into Photograpy and purchased a Canon 400D eos, would be grateful for any future comments on images taken as i have enrolled at college and start next week, and any advise on assignment photo's i will be submitting would be gratefully appreciated, seem's to be a huge learning curve at the moment but loving it :D

Thanks

Carl

[ss1]

Looks like a cracking location in the first 2 pictures - where about is it!?

[Carl13]

Hi ss1, spent a couple of weeks in the Alps climbing Mont Blanc in July, photo's where taken at around 13000ft, was lucky enough to get a few clear days without the wind howling :D Tent bound most of the time!

Thanks for comment.

Carl

[Cameron]

Carl, welcome to the forum and I'm pleased you like our new beginners section.

Lovely set of images and I really like the compostion of #2.
The ridge and footprints work well as a lead in to the tower.

The image might benefit from a small levels and curves adjustment.
This will make the image pop a bit more.
I've also straightened the image and dodged (darkened) the rocks beneath the tower.

[Carl13]

Thanks for taking the time to enhance the image, great to look at the comparison and benefits achieved, just starting off using photoshop and going through the tutorials.

Appreciate the comments and advice :)

Carl

[strax]

I agree the second one is the pick of the bunch especially with Camerons (Lomond) edit. The eye is drawn up the line of footprints towards the figures and the tower behind.

[Dimitri]

What can I say, for beginner, the 1st 2 look great.
The dogs eyes seem to be slightly out of focus on my laptop and if this is the case, it is very important to have an animals eyes in focus.

[flowergirl]

good point brought up by dimitri, about the dog. If you used the full autofocus points on the camera, it will choose the closest and focus on that. I use only the center focus point. Watch your dof, if you shot this wide open, then stop down to say f8, and it make a huge difference. I often have the other problem, eyes sharp, forget to stop down, and have a nose out of focus! That's the trouble with shooting at dog shows, i switch from one sort of shot to the next, and tend to forget to change my f stops.

[Carl13]

Thanks for comments Dimitri and Tina, looking at the image now after the comments i can appreciate the points made and will bare in mind when shooting, appreciate the advice.

Regards

Carl :thumbsup: