Winter photography

Look at what you decided to photograph, Anon.

Therein lies your problem.

>>2981375
It was just an example of the weather conditions. Also, I kinda like the contrast of the abandoned mower in the snow. It's obviously not meant to be a prize winning photo.

>>2981373

>I have all this beautiful snowfall on the ground and in the trees, wat do?

I do believe you're retarded.

>>2981378
>snowey trees wow that hasn't been done 100,000,000,000 times!!11!!1

Technical issue.
Snow is not easy to properly expose. It has to be bright. Your pic is underexposed. Even on a smartphone, you could fix that.
Subject issue.
Like others have pointed out, you're taking a pic of something boring. What do you want to show? What do you want to say? Where does this fit in?

>>2981381
This phone is pretty shit but yeah you're right. It's too easy to over expose snow. And I just like the summer tool in winter contrast. It felt oddly desolate.

>>2981382

>juxtaposition wow that hasn't been done 100,000,000,000 times!!11!!1

>>2981388
>irony wow that hasn't been done 100,000,000,000 times!!11!!1

>>2981388
Let me quote myself >>2981377
>It was just an example of the weather conditions. Also, I kinda like the contrast of the abandoned mower in the snow. It's obviously not meant to be a prize winning photo.

>>2981373

>How can I take decent shots in the winter?

Find good subjects, and learn how to expose.

>Here in urban Wisconsin it looks like pic related pretty much until March (on a good year).

And? There's nothing wrong with the weather. You just seem uninspired and untalented.

>Does anyone have anytips on how to make the pics look less drab?

Find good subjects, and learn how to expose.

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>>2981417
>find good subjects
Well no shit. I meant how do I make the photos pop more. Like look at the sky in pic related, it makes everything look depressing.

>learn how to expose
Well I am a beginner and I have a lot to learn. Also this is just from my Alcatel phone so what do you expect? The sky's gonna be gray either way.

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>>2981419

So stop making excuses.

Why the fuck would you start a thread here when you could ask your simple question in the appropriate thread, or (wait for it) Google some fucking tutorials?

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I tried playing with the exposure a bit and I'm still unsatisfied. Everything looks somber. I didn't do any post.

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>>2981524
you can't change the fucking weather. also could be somber cos the tone is so goddamn neutral, why don't you add contrast?

>>2981524

Time to give up, I guess... looks like you tried everything.

>>2981524
Wtf is wrong with somber? Go find some virgin snowfields and ravish them.

Also this is quite good, even with the top of the tree missing.

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Wait until the sky gets pink. People love that shit, especially in winter. Pic unrelated

>>2981550

>quite good

I believe you are quite high.

>>2981379
>muh homeless street photography wow that hasn't been done 100,000,000,000 times!!11!!1
What are you implying? That originality still exists in photography? kek

>cudahy

mkefag here, you're fucked

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>>2981531
I'll try playing with it more did

>>2981550
Thanks anon. I was trying to get the whole tree in then my phone died

>>2981543
WOW I GUESS UR RITE ANON

>>2981601
I know that's Sarcasm but twilight is beautiful when it looks unique.

>>2981623
Yeah if you try.

>>2981627
How about this fuckin weather huh?

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>>2981651
>Yeah if you try.
Okay anon, show me something original please

>>2981653
Well I'm still a beginner. I'll admit I have a lot to learn and do.
"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst."
-Henri Cartier-Bresson

>>2981657
>Well I'm still a beginner.
I din't ask for more excuses, I asked for an original photo from todays day and age. It doesn't have to be your own, any will do. So let's see it.

Uh, can that phone camera shoot RAW? Set it up on a stick or something else that is stationary, make it AE bracket some exposures of a scene with a bunch of details, and see what you can do with HDR or other tooling in post.

>>2981680

>HDR
>for a scene with like 4 stops dynamic range tops

i think you're just throwing out phrases that you heard somewhere.

>>2981657
>your first 10,000 photos are your worst

In the film days of shooting tons of rolls like he did, yeah. In modern times with instant feedback on digicams and massive amounts of information online you can divide that number by at lest two before arriving at the number of images you'll need to take before you start getting "good".

>>2981691

>the "right" numbers make a photo good.

wew lad you just went full /p/

>>2981651
Framing needs to be dead square for shit like this - lines all over the place

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>>2981680
No RAW unfortunately, I am getting a D7200 soon.

>>2981710
Yeah I screwed the pooch on this one. I'm gonna try to retake it and see if I can get it straight.
I have that problem a lot. It's hard for me to get straight image without a tripod

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>>2981709
i admit it's different for everyone, but that was part of my point. If we're gonna stick with this idea that you need to take a requisite amount of photos before you're consistently good, then we at least need to shift what that number is. Or you can just throw away the idea that X numbers makes you good. Because there's so much information out there to advance your learning about everything from the technical and narrative aspects of photography, and because the digital age gives us instant feedback, there's no reason you can't get better faster, especially if you've had experience with other visual arts prior to picking up a camera (they would've taught you about light, composition and story-telling).

But if it's just somebody who's never shot anything or done anything creative before, they're going to have to fumble a bit before finding out how to shoot, and then what they want to shoot and how to be good at that.

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>>2981668
Stop being such an uppity faggot. Obviously I'm not going to do anything ground breaking being a beginner with a smart phone.

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>>2981764
>Stop being such an uppity faggot
Oh stop projecting you little cunt.

Also learn to read, I clearly stated "It doesn't have to be your own, any will do". You believe originality still exists "if you try", therefore you should have no problem showing me a photo that contains originality, since you seem to know everything.

Again, the photo D O E S N ' T have to be your own.

Op i quite like the moody pictures you can take in winter.

> less drab?
>somber
whatever man.
winter is super comfy

>>2981713
>>2981764
Where in cudahay is this building?

I'd love to shoot it

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>>2981765
I'm an uppity faggot too, but the difference is I admit it, faggot. Also your request is too broad. Find your own examples of originality, or better yet take your own original photos.

>>2981774
See pic. Be warned some times theres cars there because it's used as a little community center or some shit sometimes.

>>2981777
>Also your request is too broad
No, you're just too fucking autistic to understand it.

>Find your own examples of originality, or better yet take your own original photos.
Holy shit, see above where I mention your autism. You're the one complaining about unoriginality here >>2981379, not me. I don't need to find examples of originality, as it no longer exists, and it's not the point I'm trying to make.

My point is nothing in photography is original anymore, everything has been done to death, but you're clearly too naive and arrogant to understand that. However, that doesn't mean cliches and unoriginal photos are a bad thing, you just need to execute them better than the majority to stand out. You're never going to learn and improve if you're not taking photos because it's "been done 100,000,000,000 times!!11!!1 ".

>>2981777
I cant find that building anywhere in that address. I specifically meant the tan/brown one from those two pics

Snow isn't gray.

>>2981813
It definitely gets that way after the snowplows get to it

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>>2981790
>look at me I'm so Nietzsche

>>2981811
Oooh okay thats a factory called NPS. Makes toilet paper .

>>2981813
Have you ever lived in a snowy area??

>>2981817
>>2981821
We get a few feet per year. Not Buffalo but not Florida.

And by "gray snow" I mean shitty exposed-as-18%-gray snow photos.

It's going to be awfully hard to get photos that aren't drab on an overcast day with snow on the ground. Even properly exposing your photos will still leave things bland and boring, because between the sky acting as a giant softbox and the snow acting as a giant reflector, there will be hardly any shadows to give contrast and shape to things.

>>2981713
> No RAW unfortunately, I am getting a D7200 soon.
Maybe still try to wrangle your JPEG with https://www.google.com/nikcollection/ for fun.

>>2981840
I just have to find some color I guess.

>>2981852
Thanks for the suggestion. Will try