Seen on my walk

[topol]

C & C welcome (requested)

House and Bridge by taffopol, on Flickr

Walk path by taffopol, on Flickr

Trees by taffopol, on Flickr

Daisies 1 by taffopol, on Flickr

Daisies 2 by taffopol, on Flickr

[dem]

I think the first two images are good, but the other three do not quite work.

#1 good composition, clear what the subject is, well exposed but might need a bit more contrast

#2 good feel of perspective, nice and calm scene, the exposure and colours are spot on

#3 it is hard to tell what the main subject is and why

#4 is better than #5 in terms of exposure but the composition is a bit weak in both of them (too busy, not clear what to look at first, no pattern)

Try photographing

1) one or two daisies from about a foot away with a sea of flowers behind them

2) a group of 30-40 flowers that fill the whole frame from about a meter away.

[Shadowman]

Nice efforts, agree with Dem's assessment.

[topol]

Thanks, guys.

#4 &#5 (daisies) I was trying to copy a similar picture I'd seen in a mag - unsucessfully.
#3 I was messing with settings - you should see the others (not).

Easy enough to go back for another try when time allows.

House and Bridge 2 by taffopol, on Flickr

[bnnrcn]

Revised version of #1 looks better Norm. I would bring out the shadows a bit under the left part of the bridge and on the legs of the bridge . Shadows of the leaves on the bridge might also need a bit brightening

[Geoff F]

Yes, #1 works well.

Nothing really wrong with #2 but to me it lacks any substantial interest; that extra something which adds a bit of wow to the scene. Like a person or animal, or virtually anything on the path/grass to provide a definite subject. Possibly crop the foreground a little and have a different size ratio so as to concentrate on the open gate?

Dem has already commented on the others and I agree.

Groups of flowers are so difficult to photography well. You usually need a sharply focused foreground gradually fading into a blurred background; but that is so much easier to say than to actually photograph.

One is a bit bright on the white highlights while the other is fractionally on the dark side, but at least that one is fairly easy to brighten a little. Blown highlights are gone forever.