Opinion on my photography/composition?

gaizkabas

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hi!

first of all, im sorry if this is not the place for posts like this one, im new so please correct me if i made a mistake

i'm an amateur photographer, i shoot mainly film but also digital sometimes, and i wanted to ask for opinion on my photography from people that definitely know better than i.

my photography account on instagram is @gaizka.art (please, i dont want to promote myself, im not searching for any type of interaction at all besides hearing some opinions from you)

please let me know your thoughts!

edit: just added some into here. they are shot on my canon ae-1 and my nikon n-90. most of them are straight out as they were scanned, without any editing.

 
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BradS

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Hi, welcome to photrio.
May I suggest that you post a few of your photos in this thread? It would be easier and you’ll probably get a better response.
 
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gaizkabas

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BradS said:
Hi, welcome to photrio.
May I suggest that you post a few of your photos in this thread? It would be easier and you’ll probably get a better response.
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sure! thanks for the suggestion, i'll upload some of them
 

Sirius Glass

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Welcome to Photrio!

Please post your photographs in this thread.
 

Dali

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I vote for the last one with the signs in the middle of nowhere. This one catches my attention regardless its composition.
 

eli griggs

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Your work is good, however, in several shots, your tendency to center placement of focus does not assist in composition.

In particular, I enjoyed your b&w offerings.

As I said, good work, now shoot it a dozen times over for the experience of practice gross manipulation of composures.

Making tiny changes often is a ubiquitous method of the uninspiring "snap".

Just as a painter will use the largest of his/her brushes for best effect, major revisions featuring large compositions may get you to move with the camera and lens and light into positions you'd otherwise not have considered.
 

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You have a real talent for foggy scenes. I like the foggy forest scene the best.
 

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You have a good eye for mood and subject, and the compositions are pretty pleasing.

Most of these images would benefit from extra exposure. This caused by using expired film, or from using a light meter that has gotten dirty over time. Since you are using negative film I think you should give your exposures an extra stop or two.

To my eye, the images are a little over-sharpened, and you could extract more detail from the film by improving your digitization solution.
 

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There is nice stuff in your photos. The one of the foggy forest has a nice leading-in line. The medieval building has a good composition and is well-exposed. In some shots, the brightness of the sky is out of balance with the very dark ground. As said, this is partly due to underexposure. Film is especially sensitive to UV light, even if we cannot see it. The sky has lots of UV light. Light meters can be overly influenced by a bright sky, causing the ground to be overexposed. You can try a different metering technique like metering off the ground only. UV, skylight, polarizing and other filters can help mitigate UV light. There are also grad filters that can darken just a portion of the image, like the sky.
 

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FWIW, since you asked for feedback: I found the third frame (color landscape with overhanging branches) jarring. I think, as a rule, the eye wants to find a horizon in a landscape. It's not to say rules can't be broken -- it's more like the Pirate Code, right? But shooting a landscape on a diagonal rarely works. Your compositional instincts seem generally sound in the other frames. For me, the diagonal frame doesn't work in that one.
 
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