How Good is my Photo..?? Discussion.. Any tips, Criticisms or Ideas Please..!!

Thats interesting. I bought a sony a300 in January and although I've been really pleased with it, I wish I'd gone for something that bit better. I'm seriously thinking now about selling the a300 and buying a Canon 50d which is what I really wanted in the first place. Do you think its worth all that money though?

 

50D is a damn good camera,and is getting into the realms of semi pro kit.
If you think you'll take enough quality pics to justify the pricetag,then of course its worth it.
Quality doesnt always depend on the camera,The lens is the most important bit.If you've got good glass on a bad camera,you can still do great shots.Low quality glass on a good camera,you still have low quality pics.
IMHO,from what I've seen and read about the 50D,if I had the bucks,I'd swap my 30D for a 50D without thinking twice.Although I would prefer a 5D mkII.

 

Who wouldn't...(drool drool...) I'd give your left arm for one of them...:lollol:

Steve...

 

i am so impressed by this:thmb:

 

Would you believe that was taken with a Fuji 2.1 MP ?
robert

 

I like your photo, but I think that it's a little too dark. I use Photo Impact as my editor and increased the back lighting by 100%. What a difference it makes and you can just make out the stems of the tulips as well. With your permission, I could show you the results?

 

Cheers, Here's the result. Hope you like it.

 

I to spent a few minutes with wows picture in PS
I used curves and unsharp and came up with this result

 

One of the ways to throw a background out of focus is to use the manual setting, and here I am assuming that you took your image with a digital camera?

 

Hows this WOO ?



I adjusted the curves and levels,added a cooling filter to slightly lessen the reds,and bring out the yellows.Duplicated the layer,gaussian blur.Multiplied the layers,then erased the tulips first at 50%,then 75%.Just until the colours looked right..A quick burn on the background,and thats it.:thmb:
Now i just hope that the colours are right

Shea /|\