Maria's photos clearly point this out. The strong directional light creates good light/dark contrast on the object being photographed, and it also creates strong shadows on the surrounding surfaces.
Cropping: You need to experiment more with cropping. One crop may improve a photo, but five variations could produce something far better than just the one. You are limiting your chances for coming up with an exciting photo if you don't experiment.
Time spent on photographing: You MUST get to work on an assignment from the time you receive it. I see evidence in many cases in this class that things were done at the last minute... not in every case, but too many. Again, I refer to the information I handed out the first night: Don't give yourself one day, one afternoon or one hour to get your shooting done. You must keep your eyes open all the time for good photo opps.
If you do manage to find a lot of good shots on one great morning or late afternoon lighting condition, great. Maria's photos are an example of that. But it is most important that you are always on the lookout for a good subject/lighting, etc.
Maria------------------------
1.
Try cropping this a little bit... I feel that you have a little too much background.
2.
This is good as is, and you did a good job cropping as you emphasize the horizontal layout of the vine and barbed wire.
3.
I like the way you placed the circle off center and to the right, well-balanced by the diagonal line.
4.
Very nice, Again well-composed with the focus to the right, balanced by the chain to the left, the diagonal in the right corner, and theh direction of the shadow line.
5
Very important that the background is out of focus.
6.
Nice contrast in shape, texture, and the richm black shapes of the shadows.
Lizzy-----------------------------------
1.
Nice composition and I like the pattern of the paint chips. The dull, uniform lighting detracts from it, however.
2.
Nothing really to focus on., no real focal point unless you consider that to be the dark greren area that takes your eye to the right edge.
3.
I actually like this the best of this series with the light, delicate lines and specks against the dark background.
4.
Pretty decent... notice how the out of focus background contributes toward making the foreground dominant.
5.
If the lighting had been stronger with more contrast between light and dark, this would be a better photo.Juan-------------------------------
1.
Macro photos usually have things out of focus. However, you need to contrast the blurriness with something that's in focus. Otherwise it just looks like a bad photo. I do like the general composition and light/dark contrast.
2.
Same problem here... nothing in focus.
3.
This is probably the best in the bunch because you have contrast and focus.
4.
Umm... no. Not a very interesting choice of subject.
5.
Same here.
Marissa-----------------------------
1.
This is your best composition with the light/dark contrast, the contrast in texture between the laces, the material in the shoe, and the dark shadow. The knot forms a good focal point.
2.
Zooming in a lot more followed by cropping would make this seem less random.
3.
Nothing in focus
4.
I'd crop it down a bit to the essentials
Gray scale? And what if you had taken this outside to get natural light and maybe light coming in from one side?
5.
I like this the best along with the shoelaces in #1
Shania-------------------------
1.
This is good, but tyu playing with the exposure controls to give it some brightness, thereby increasing the contrast between light and dark.
2.
This is more of a close-up than a macro. A macro photo would be a much closer view of a part of the original object, more like the cropped version below:
Your image files are at a high resolution so that you can crop quite a bit and not lose picture quality.
3.
This photo is pretty dull in terms of light/dark contrast. Plus, you have too much unnecessary background. By cropping it so that the most important focal point (the screw base of the bulb) is highlighted and by playing with the exposure controls, you get a better composition with more contrast.
4.
This is a good photo, but in order to make it a macro shot, you need to crop it down or get much closer in general.
5.
Bingo... you hit this one right on the head.
Savannah-------------------------
1.
Great shot... I like the way it pulls you in. Good contrast, great spiral lines.
2.
Meh... too much background. Macro means being much closer, in-your-face photography. You should also play with the exposure controls for more contrast:
Or even more severe cropping.
3.
not really macro enough...
It also needs more contrast.
4.
Okay...
5.
Now you're talking macro! Good one... Maybe just a titch lighter...
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