Nature and Nightime Chicago

I've never taken any classes in photography or photoshop... but I came up with these pictures.

I am a newbe.. :p


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Nature

Begining of the End

Battered Leaf

Leaving Home



Nightime Chicago

By the Lake

62 Floors Down

Big City

Water Tower

Damn, those are nice. Were you on top of the Sears Tower when you took those city shots?

Originally posted by PowerfulSquid
Damn, those are nice. Were you on top of the Sears Tower when you took those city shots?

Thanks.. Those pictures where taken in the bulidling right across from the Hancoch (sp?).

Right off of Michigan Ave. Forgot the exact address. My buddies parents new place.

They were taken from I believe 62 floors up.. but it could have been a little higer...

Ahhh, well I love 'em, but I love almost all pictures taken of cities like this. I just really love aerial type photos, lol.

Those are some really awesome pics man....
what camera are you using?

Some really clear night shots too Nice....

Your a really good photographer. Too bad your car is slow. MY 02' SS eats rice!

Originally posted by thewhitenite007
Your a really good photographer. Too bad your car is slow. MY 02' SS eats rice!

Thanks... I think... :p

Yeah my car is not that fast, but it sure is nice!!


Too bad they stoped making the F-bodies, I guess they could not compete with the Stangs... :D

Yeah too bad. Too bad ford bought out aston martin, and made them crappy, too bad ford bought jaguar and made them even crappier. O crap I wonder what ford is going to make next to shame the US. We are talkn here about someone that makes the focus :D

Originally posted by thewhitenite007
Yeah too bad. Too bad ford bought out aston martin, and made them crappy, too bad ford bought jaguar and made them even crappier. O crap I wonder what ford is going to make next to shame the US. We are talkn here about someone that makes the focus :D

Yeah my last car was a Mustang GT. Piece o' Crap. I wanted a car that did not rattle and break down after that one. I could not be happier with my Acura. :D

nice shots, RSX-man. :D You're not a newbe, you're a NOOB! Get it straight. j/k Well, since you are a noob, although I don't know how much of a noob you are, how about some constructive criticism?

first one has some awefully pretty clouds. Nice colors and 'underlighting' on the clouds as well. Much better than some cloud shots. I'd actually crop out the tree on the far left, and the little tree on the far right. Save this pic in your library and use it someday on a shot that has a boring sky and needs sprucing up.

second one is a nice angle, but the background does not provide enough contrast in color, and the leaf is lost. So when looking at it, your eyes end up searching the image and feel a pull from the background when you try to focus on the leaf. In a case where the color is not enough of a contrast, I would then shoot very telephoto, totally blurring out the background, which can help to direct the focus more to the leaf. And get a little closer if possible, the branch isn't really interesting. But if you're a noob I'm guessing you're not using fancy equipment, in which case you've done pretty well with all these pics.

third one is nice, very pretty road by the way, is that where you live? Road wrap is nice, I would prefer to not have the left tree in the shot, only because it kind of messes with the balance of the image. Before we wander down the curvy lane, we end up stopping and looking at the tree on the left. I might have tried taking it a foot or so lower and tilting a little to the right, to minimize the distraction from the tree. But the composition of the rest of the image is very nice, between the road and smaller trees.

Anyway, good work and keep shooting!

Later,
cablemotion