RE: 34 favorite photos from 15 days of shooting challenge, impressions and lessons learned
This is an exceptional post! You hit all the right buttons!! 😇
I thoroughly enjoyed watching all your photographic exercises for the last two weeks and a day. I looked forward to seeing what you'd make.
You said
As a result my eye developed and I started seeing much more opportunities around me. Instead of snapping photos from the obvious spots, whether it be people or landscapes, I was putting extra effort to find a better position for myself. This is the most valuable thing I'll take away from this challenge.
Excellent advice!
I am not going to say which are my favorites because these are YOUR favorites and it's about you at this point in your journey.
Also, I noticed that you've actually printed your photos. I've never done that. Maybe I should give that a go - it's not expensive to get prints.
Amazing post @alcibiades. :)
Thank you! And I looked forward to your valuable feedback. :)
Print out some of your favorite photos - you'll appreciate the whole photography process more and you'll learn if you were doing something wrong like underexposing etc. It's easier to notice on paper than on screen.
Also, you can easily show your work to friends, visitors and anyone who might enjoy it. :)
I'll give it a go. I was frustrated today though. I went out looking for signs of spring....sounds like a good plan. But when I got home and uploaded my photos to LightRoom I noticed a purple pink line of color outlining some of the objects in the photo. I only could detect it zoomed in. But....I don't know why. I have to figure it out - it happened with my last batch of photos too. If you know or have experienced this please let me know!! So disappointing when that happens. I wouldn't need to print these ones out to see it! lol.
Oh the color would dilute if I removed purple in the saturation edit but I could still see it.
I'm guessing it has something to do with wide aperture and a really sunny day. Were you shooting the problematic shots wide open like f/1.8 or f/2? If yes, try stopping down the aperture next time. There's an option in Lightroom, Remove chromatic aberration - maybe that can help.
Desaturating purples will also remove them from other parts of the image.
Oh thank you SO much!!! I'll try that. I wondered if that might be the problem. I was shooting with f/1.8 today bc I wanted to macro shots of buds and whatnot. But I didn't change the aperture when shooting farther away. I'll look into that chromatic aberration and see how that does. You're the best!