Not a lot of compelling action in this image
I like the contrast between zones of color. You may have been limited in what perspective you could achieve from the ground, but it would be awesome to have more even balance between the clouds, evergreens, and aspens.
I like this. I think it would be a stronger image to move the composition up enough to crop out the distracting elements in the bottom left. That would leave a feeling of floating in sky.
I like the water, but it is obscured by too much foliage in the foreground.
Sophia, this is your strongest image. The focus might be a little off but I really like the light and color. It feels tilted to the left so some manual cropping in photoshop could take care of that. It is something to look out for in the field, especially when shooting oceanscapes!
NARROW DEPTH OF FIELD (next 5 images) Good focus on the legs. A vertical image might have help bring draw the eye across the image and towards the horse a bit more. Remember to think about the background elements. If you could have gotten on the other side of the house to avoid the fence and dumpster in the background that might have produced a better image.
Animals are tough because they move. This would be a stronger image if you got more of a side shot that included the eyes a bit more.... I like it!
Nice, unfortunately the shed wall wasn't a bit more authentic western... As you play with the narrow depth of field, play with stopping the aperture down to something like F8 or F10 which will provide a bit more focus on the horseshoes.
Cool. Super narrow depth of focus. Perhaps it would be a bit better if you were looking down onto the top of the fence post a bit more, set the plane of focus on the front edge of the log, or close the aperture down a bit more to broaden the range of focus.
Nice. Watch for distracting element in the backdrop.
Nice capture. Good depth of field example. Perhaps move the leaf/water junction to the upper or lower third...?
This is more of an example of a narrow depth of field, however I think that works better for this particular composition. If the scraggly sticks in the background were in focus, it would be more of a distraction than anything else.
Sun stars are tricky and also are dependent on the particular optics of the camera lens. In general they show up well in wide angle lenses at the smallest aperture. This one overwhelms the photo. As I mentioned in the field, if you can position yourself to the sun is just peaking around the edge of a tree trunk it will reduce the amount of light hitting the camera and will reduce the size of the flare. Your second sun star photo offers a nice example of this.
Fun to play with capturing blurred water. This exposure looks like it was around a 1/10 of a second. A tripod will help significantly. When you are hand holding something like this I would fill the frame as much as possible with the water. It is the more interesting element anyway, but then you have less "still" subject matter that is blurry from the slow shutter speed.
I like this image a lot. I think the only improvement would be to place the sun further from the center of the image. Then again, you might loose some of the symmetrical feeling of the trees if you did that...
This was a great subject matter that several students focused on. I was hoping to see more examples that show a broad depth of field which would have the concrete edge in the foreground in focus as well. However, I do like the way you have isolated in this image.
As you can see here, there is a wide variety of light going on in this photo. It is good practice to play with exposure levels to see what you get.
Another good example of how something can be exposed well (wood) with some very washed out elements (the slides). Understanding this can help create interesting images by combining the exposure in relation to your overall composition.
What works better. Dark foreground and well lit background or the other way around. Good to play with the exposure levels here.
Another difficult exposure situation. I really like the variety of color on the walls of the slide. I might try to crop out the dark area around the tunnel. You can also do this in Photoshop after the fact.
I really like the cool blue color in this image. I don't know if it would be possible, but I would love to see more of the sign which would mean raising the photographer's perspective. Also, the Class of 2016 could be in better focus which you get by stopping the aperture down as much as possible.
Cool colors here as well. I think the image would work better as either a zoomed in abstract image of the solar tubes, or a wider angle perspective showing the entire greenhouse so I know what the solar tubes are for. But, I like the color and reflection on the tubes.
What if this were vertical with the lower third filled with the basil and the distant 2/3 the blurred aquaponic system. This image makes me curious if they are linked, but I think a vertical composition would tell more of the story.
Playing with a broad depth of field?
