Commons:Photography critiques/September 2017

Amit usara common and self photography

How would you make this better?

I really like this picture. This original terminal is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It's taken after recent roof repairs and I'm sure it's useful on the commons. But I know it could be better. So my question is quite simple really, how would you improve this? I appreciate the help.Sixflashphoto (talk) 19:53, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Maybe it's just me, but to me it looks a tad tilted to the right. It also looks a little under exposed. PumpkinSky talk 01:29, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

• The lighting is rather boring. Perhaps revisit it when the weather and time of day is more interesting? For example blue hour photos tend to be good. A clear day with clouds against a blue sky is better than overcast (though you have to watch out for harsh shadows). You may also want to stand farther back and use a longer focal length, or perhaps try to get the whole building in the frame. Google maps shows that there is plenty of empty space around the building. Since it's September, you can try shooting the building in autumn, when the trees have red leaves.

As for technical quality, there are some green/magenta chromatic aberrations, which you can easily fix using Adobe Lightroom or Darktable or any equivalent. I think Nikon DSLRs have the ability to automatically fix chromatic aberrations. Talking about postprocessing, it's usually advisable to apply digital perspective correction for architectural photos. dllu (t,c) 02:17, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Napoleon's veterans

Before starting restoration I'd like to check for considerable compression artefacts in any of these 15 photos (I suspect some but not entirely sure). Alternatively, those without artefacts could be singled out. This is a set. Thanks in advance. Brandmeister (talk) 16:58, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

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@Brandmeister: I'm setting this to "resolved", as it seems unlikely for you to get a good answer here (but don't hesitate to revert). This page is more aimed at discussing your own pictures in the sense of "What could I have done better when I took this picture?" or "How would you develop this RAW file?". It's not that you're not welcome here, but I think you'd have much better chances for getting useful answers at Commons:Graphics village pump or Commons:Graphic Lab/Photography workshop. --El Grafo (talk) 10:51, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: El Grafo (talk) 10:51, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Sunset over lake

Would love your thoughts! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 04:53, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Very pretty, excellent capture of the waves. The photo is a little small but might have a chance at COM:QIC. The sky is a bit noisy and the small spot toward the upper left corner (a tiny cloud?) might be questioned. Unless someone else strongly demurs, I would recommend for you to nominate at QIC and see what happens. Even if it doesn't pass, you'll probably get some more specific advice there. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:57, 7 October 2017 (UTC)