Too much post processing?

This is the image straight from the camera. It's OK, a little under exposed maybe.

This is the image after what was probably too much editing.  It's been sharpened quite a bit. There was a lot of dodge tool used in the foreground. And the careful observer may even notice the clouds in the sky are different.  I used the sky from another picture because it looked more interesting.

When it comes to editing, I've learned sometimes a minimalistic approach is best.

Additional pylons

I'm still trying to figure out what I like to photograph.  So far I've really only been taking pictures of stuff that "looks cool".  When I took this picture I thought "hey, that looks interesting", but seeing it now, I question why I even bothered to take it.

Not that majestic

A seagull was nice enough to take off from the water in front of and pose for an action shot.

Terrible composition and boring subjects

I wasn't standing on a dock or anything when I snapped this. I was laying down, hanging over the side of wave barrier.

I'm starting to feel comfortable with the technical aspects of photography, but the creative bits aren't coming to me as easy.  I never exhibited any kind of artistic talent during my school days.  I didn't really like the composition of the whole picture, so I went mad with the crop tool until I found something I was Ok with.


I like the final result. I think the water kind of looks like glass.

Familiar angle

I'm starting to like this angle of putting the camera low to the ground and getting a perspective shot.

Bokehlicious

The 50mm f/1.8 from does a fantastic job of isolating the subject from the background.

Comparing lenses

Had some crap weather today, so I stayed inside and played with the cat.  I thought it would be a good idea to compare my niftyfifty the the kit lens that came with my camera. 

I used both lenses at their maximum aperture. I had to shoot a bit lower shutter speed to get the right exposure with the kit lens.  The niftyfifty produced a very shallow depth of field, but theres a bit of aberration around the whiskers.  The kit lens produced a much sharper image with a larger aperture and also eliminated the aberration around the whiskers.  I think I still need to do a little more testing to become familiar with the nuances of both lenses.