Criticize a beginner

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A stream that i found interesting.

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The view from the top of the mountain where the temple is located.

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The temple.

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The sun was going down at that time, so the light was right behind the temple...

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Last shot of the temple, the sun destroyed my shot, but i liked it, and maybe some of you will do too...

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>>2846514
>>2846509
You should do your best to wait for tourists to get out of frame unless that's what you really want.

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And this was a macro that i tried to do, notice that i don't have any macro lens, so i took this one with a Pentacon 1.8/50(that lens has 30 years? maybe more) adapted with a ring to my D3100, i really like that shot...

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>>2846509
Over exposed, sort of.
The temple looks great in terms of exposure but the sky where its blown out has no saturation and looks unnatural.

>>2846499
>>2846508
>>2846509
>>2846514
>>2846516
If you plan on shooting a lot of open sky I suggest you get a circular polarizer for your lens. It will improve the color contrast and can help you avoiding situations where the sky gets blown. Also it will help make the clouds get more prominent contours.
And just a tip, try to use -0.7 exposure compensation for everything, adjust correct exposure and white/black point in post.

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>>2846545
>circular polarizer on a wide lens

Yeah...bad advice there anon...

Unless you want shitty, weird looking skies. Pic related

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>>2846576
I didn't say he has to use it on the UWA end. The kit lens set to 24 or 28mm have a narrow enough angle for the circular polarizer.

>>2846579
5/7 shots in this thread were taken at 18mm and you even fucking linked them in your comment.

>>2846587
So? Having a CPL is still a good idea along with a set of ND and graduated filters.

you should resize your photos to 1000px on the widest side.

otherwise these are genetic 'tourist' photos. they are not awful but not special

>>2846509
chromatic aboration, weird haze around building, edit people out, decent composition, would use lens correction in lightroom

>>2846503
nothing interesting, too cluttered, needs a focal point, eye doesn't rest anywhere

>>2846516
much better picture, would tone down the greens, just pull saturation back in greens a tad

Op here! Thanks for all the advices!

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1/2 daytime shot

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>>2848090
2/2 Night

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>>2848090
I guess its just the architecture that is interesting, but I really like this picture

>>2848144
Gastown in Vancouver

Hopped on a rooftop to get that angle