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Sharing one photo every day until I forget (Day 4) (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/photography

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Just a fun little plant in my yard, this is the last in my backlog of pictures taken as jpegs originally.

Information:

I have to post one picture every day, I can take pictures in advance, in case I'm unable to take a picture for whatever reason (vacation, weather, idk) but I still have to post once per day.

I can't post pictures of the same thing within like, a week or two, idk, I might get rid of this "rule" if I feel like it.

Oh hey, before anyone asks, this is definitely inspired by that one guy who took a screenshot of the games he played every day.

Don't be afraid to give me any feedback on any of my pictures, I'm still veeery new to photography and would love any feedback given.

Gear:

Canon EOS Rebel t2i

18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 EFS zoom lens

55-250mm f/4-5.6 EFS zoom lens

For now (I have a small backlog of pics I'm gonna share) all images are originally taken as jpegs (5184x3456) with minimal compression, but I always compress and convert to webp to reduce stress on Lemmy servers and make things load better. Soonish I'll be uploading pictures taken in RAW, processed on Darktable and GIMP, then converted to webp and compressed. If you'd like a higher (or full) quality image, just ask me in the replies or dms, I'll happily send it when I get a chance. If you don't specify a file format or quality, I'll send a jpeg at 90% quality (or whatever necessary to get a reasonable file size). You can also totally ask for the version of the image before edits.

Also you're free to do anything you want with any of my pictures, just don't claim you were the one to take it :)

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[–] KevinFRK 2 points 12 hours ago

Nice mix of textures.

[–] IMALlama 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Two pieces of feedback.

First, please include your exposure (shutter speed, aperture, ISO) with your posts if you're interested in feedback. This information can help us understand lighting conditions and offer better feedback.

Second, I find the shallow depth of field unnecessary for this shot. Shallow depth of field is useful to highlight something important about your subject, but in this case your subject is pretty uniform so the whole thing seems like it should be in focus. I personally find the shallow depth of field detrimental to this shot.

Thanks, as always, for sharing! I should post something tomorrow...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

First, that’s a really good idea, I’m gonna edit all of my posts in a little bit To have all that information.

Second, I seeee, I have to admit that most of the time I just shoot with a wide aperture and call it a day, I should really start composing with intention.

Thanks for the feedback! You should totally post something!

[–] IMALlama 1 points 4 hours ago

I'm glad you found the idea helpful!

Shooting wide open can be the right call and doesn't always mean shallow depth of field. As a general rule of thumb, the more your subject fills the frame the less of it will be in critical focus.

There are two ways of blowing out the background: getting up close and personal with a wider lens or using a telephoto and zooming. The further away you are the less fast your lens has to be assuming you're able to fill the frame to the same extent.

Conversely, less your subject fills your frame the more depth of field you'll have. That's how you can shoot with say a 35mm f/1.4 focused on something 10 feet / 3 meters away and get tons of depth of field.

I should really start composing with intention

Step one is having an eye for things that are interesting. Step 2 is working on composition. the fact that you're thinking about either is a great first step!

You should totally post something!

I have some things I want to post, just need to take the time to do it. Maybe tonight.

[–] KammicRelief 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think because I'm kinda colorblind, this one's tough for me. My eyes mainly see the geometric shapes, the squared wood and stones in the upper right and left. The plant in the middle kind of blends into the rest of the shot for me. Maybe if i could see green better...!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

I’m so sorry you can’t really see the picture, but that’s really interesting!