Newbie wanting some feedback

[Idicious]

Hi, I've ony recently (1 year or so) have become interested in photography and would like to know what you guys think of some of the pictures I've made. All were taken from a standerd 5 megapixel digital camera, 3x optical zoom 2x digital. Sorrie there are so many, I couldn't pick At my computer at home I have them all wallpaper size and sharp quality.

Concerts:

http://www.ywamconnect.com/c9/images/19/94/2/29419/144871.jpg
http://www.ywamconnect.com/c9/images/19/94/2/29419/144868.jpg (this was taken during a song, you didn't even notice a pause in the song)
http://www.ywamconnect.com/c9/images/19/94/2/29419/144869.jpg
http://www.ywamconnect.com/c9/images/19/94/2/29419/106582.jpg
http://www.ywamconnect.com/c9/images/19/94/2/29419/106580.jpg

Africa:

http://www.ywamconnect.com/c9/images/19/94/2/29419/144876.jpg
http://www.ywamconnect.com/c9/images/19/94/2/29419/144877.jpg
http://www.ywamconnect.com/c9/images/19/94/2/29419/144875.jpg
http://www.ywamconnect.com/c9/images/19/94/2/29419/144873.jpg
http://www.ywamconnect.com/c9/images/19/94/2/29419/144872.jpg
http://www.ywamconnect.com/c9/images/19/94/2/29419/144874.jpg

 

[yugin]

I liked your pics from Africa series, especially sinset and splash. Couple suggestions for you. For landscape photography try to go wide angle (well, depends on your composition); another thing watch your horizon, keep it horizontal. Other than that good work!

 

[nerdypants]

Those are some awesome pics, I'm not a huge fan of slipknot but the africa ones rocked

 

[Starr SDA Living Word]

GOOD JOB.

 

[TSharpFilm]

Should I give you a nice reply or the kind of reply I would give one of my co-workers? I'll just give you a little advice.

Try to be more conscious of your compositions. Take notice of everything in the frame, and try to compose your shots in a way that will draw the viewers attention to the whatever the subject is. BUT, don't always center the subject. You want the viewer's eyes to linger, but not too far.

I thought the Africa pictures were very nice. Thank you for sharing your work with us.

 

[rgbivens]

Good shots. I really liked the concert one where your shutter speed was slow enough to show the movement of the audiences hands. Really cool. The African ones were good too.

Keep it up

-Grant

 

[TSharpFilm]

106582.jpg, 144871.jpg, and 144875.jpg were my favorites.

 

[edwardsfreak1]

Aaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssoooooooommmmmmmeeeeeee!!!

 

[edwardsfreak1]

Those pictures are AWESOME!!!!

 

[diversityROXZ]

really good work.
the africa pictures are gorgeous. you must have an eye for the sort of it, because you captured such amazing moments.
awesome!

 

[Deamiter]

I do like your pictures. I'm not a huge fan of the concert pictures. They're really well done from a fan's perspective, but obviously you didn't have a whole lot of options in your shots so I won't bother critiquing them (they're quite well done compared to others I've seen).

In the Africa pictures, you do need to watch your horizon. You composed some good landscapes, but they ended up tilted.

For the sunset and the picture of the multiple people (or huts... I couldn't quite tell) you could have used a slightly longer exposure time (or a lower f-stop). The sillouettes in the sunset aren't quite complete enough -- I find myself really straining to figure out what's in the shadow and a bit more light from sky wouldn't have ruined the picture. Same with the people, you can see the foreground quite well, but the interesting bit -- in the shadow is too dark.

Finally, I adore the little child with the crutch, but I feel the picture could have been a little stronger if he was slightly off-center. Totally centered pictures rarely turn out strongly (artistically at least) and it might have also been much more powerful to include parts of the background by squatting down to take the picture from his level. You'll find that your pictures of children will often turn out much stronger if you take them from eye level (for the kid) or lower.

Hope that helps!