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My first attempts with my new E-PM1!!!
« on: March 25, 2012, 10:18:38 PM »







A new Branch! A new Hope! by imkaush, on Flickr


In-Focus! by imkaush, on Flickr


The Free Pigeon by imkaush, on Flickr


Line6 Spider IV - 2 by imkaush, on Flickr


Line6 Spider IV - 1 by imkaush, on Flickr


The Pillar of Light - 1 by imkaush, on Flickr


The Pillar of Light - 2 by imkaush, on Flickr


The Pillar of Light - 3 by imkaush, on Flickr

Any comments are welcome!!!! :)
« Last Edit: March 29, 2012, 01:31:44 PM by imkaush »

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Re: My first attempts with my new E-PM1!!!
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2012, 01:41:15 PM »
Appreciate any comments/constructve critism.... ;)

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Re: My first attempts with my new E-PM1!!!
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2012, 02:21:04 PM »
What was your intent behind each photograph? If you tell us that, may be we will be able to comment or give critique :).

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Re: My first attempts with my new E-PM1!!!
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2012, 09:22:40 PM »
Don't wish to discourage you but none of these photographs have any sort of appeal to me. Poor subjects and improper lighting can be used to sum up all these photos.

#1 - Focus is off and there is camera shake. Such photos need to be deleted.

#2, #3 - Bokeh lights are nice but I would suggest you try to have something in focus as well.

#4, #5 - Uninteresting subject. Try shooting flowers rather than plain leaves or at least choose an interesting leaf. Shooting flowers is a good idea since you can experiment with different compositions

#6 - My eyes searched for a few seconds to see what you were trying to show in the photo and after 5 seconds I finally located the barely noticeable pigeon. A good photo should (at least when you are still learning and wish to stick with the basics) have a clear subject (like a cat, flower, person etc). This photo has nothing to hold a persons interest.

#7, #8 - I see you are trying some selective focusing which is good but your composition can be much better and the fluorescent lighting isn't very nice. Try shooting the same subject with different angles and preferably with natural lighting.

#9 - 11 - I am liking that you are trying experimenting with light and shadows but again the lighting is poor and the subject is nothing special.

I suggest you choose better subjects and read up on lighting. Fluorescent tube-lit photos rarely (if ever) make good photographs and I haven't seen even one subject in your photos that was worth photographing.

Please don't be disheartened. I am an arm chair critic, nothing else and all you need to do to improve is to keep shooting. :)
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Re: My first attempts with my new E-PM1!!!
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2012, 09:54:59 PM »
Whoa, thanks for all the comments!  ;D

Just some clarifications:

I haven't used any fluorescent tube-light anywhere.
The photos #7 and #8 were shot during daytime but in a darker corner of the room.
Anyways I know the lighting is bad.  :P

In the other photos of the leaves, the pigeon and the shivling, I was practicing manual focusing.

In the shivling photos, I wanted to focus the water drops/dewy surface shining in the day-light in my house.

Thanks again for the tips, I will surely improve with them. ::)

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Re: My first attempts with my new E-PM1!!!
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2012, 12:17:27 AM »
As I said I am an armchair critic so its no wonder I found fluorescent light when there wasn't any ! :P

In any case my intention was to only help you get better so its good you took what I said in the right spirit.

I am sure that in no time you will be clicking some stunning photographs. :)
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Re: My first attempts with my new E-PM1!!!
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2012, 10:52:41 AM »
What was your intent behind each photograph? If you tell us that, may be we will be able to comment or give critique :).

Agree whole-heartedly and even then I doubt that they'll be positive comments.

From my perspective I see (and that's all it is my perspective - others might see otherwise):
1. Zero intent behind almost all shots - unless it was to check if the camera was working as I see no focal point, no play with light/shape that you're trying to bring out in these pics
2. That 'free pigeon' shot .... my first reaction was literally - ****? It's only on reading Brendon's comment that I realised that there was a pigeon in that frame somewhere and it took me a while to spot it.
3. The amps were the only shot where I saw any sort of intent and I read it as a test of dof (so a test, not something you want to share/show). Might have been more meaningful to have an oof guitar in the background with moody lighting. I've got a friend who's doing a project on guitars - you might see what I mean through some of these pics: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.336321029726450&type=1
4. In the Shivling pics, if the intent was to focus on the drops - you need to get a LOT closer.

I'd encourage you to look through pics that work - eg http://www.flickriver.com/explore/interesting/24hours/ and not just look, but ask yourself what is interesting about each shot? How would I have shot it differently? You'll notice that in each shot there's a definite subject and the angle, focal length, light, perspective are all working towards showing that aspect to the viewer .... that's what a pic does.
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Re: My first attempts with my new E-PM1!!!
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2012, 12:40:12 AM »
Very nice work. Liked it.
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Re: My first attempts with my new E-PM1!!!
« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2012, 03:56:40 AM »
Nice efforts with good camera. As you said it is your first try. I would say, you have begun to like your camera and of course you will do good in future. Best of Luck.  Begin to use zoom and focus, you would do certainly good. I am sure of that. 

I liked your thought process of taking photo. Soon you will see great photos from your camera as well.

Keep going. Wish you luck!
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Re: My first attempts with my new E-PM1!!!
« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2012, 08:49:02 AM »
Thanks a lot guys for the compliments and encouragement,

I have clicked many more pics but haven't got time to upload them, will do asap....

By the way, also have a look at some of my pics from Koln, Germany...visited in June this year...

www.jjmehta.com/forum/index.php/topic,20835.html

Thanks again!

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Re: My first attempts with my new E-PM1!!!
« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2012, 08:49:20 AM »
please go through the following tutorial from one of our fellow member to get the beautiful water drops
http://121clicks.com/tutorials/15-tips-to-take-water-drops-with-refractions-in-them

images :
http://121clicks.com/inspirations/showcase-of-the-week-aroon-kalandy




I am sure that in no time you will be clicking some stunning photographs. :)

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congrats for your new gear and keep clicking :)