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Welcome to the Photography critiques!
Would you like a second opinion before nominating a photograph of yours as a Quality Image, Valued Image or Featured Picture candidate, can't decide which of your images to enter into one of the Photo Challenges? Or do you have specific questions about how to improve your photography or just would like some general feedback?
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Feedback on coastal sunset photo
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I’ve been editing Wikipedia for a couple years now and realised I could probably provide a bit of value to Commons so here I am!
I’d love some feedback on my first serious upload. SnowyRiver28 (talk) 22:29, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
- I mean, it's hard to go too wrong with a sunset photo, and it certainly looks like a nice place to view it from. Just some thoughts, since you asked for it, from someone who is very much an amateur:
- Composition is alright. Having the horizon be two-thirds of the way down works very well here. Sunset pictures especially benefit from having something like a tree in the foreground to contrast against the sky in the background like this has. But the tree on the left is cut off a little bit, and you just see some leaves coming in from another tree on the far right. It might have been better to take a couple steps to the right to see if you could get the entire left tree in the shot.
- If you look at it at 100%, neither the foreground nor the background are especially sharp and well-defined. Trying to capture such a wide range of light and trying to get both foreground and background sharp is tricky to get done for any camera and may require more post-processing, and I don't think I would have done any better myself. Often with sunsets one can use a tripod and longer exposure times, though I don't know as that would have worked as well to capture the waves coming in for this sort of photo.
- I hope that's a little bit helpful. There isn't nearly as much activity here on the Photography Critiques page as I would like, but hopefully other people will have better suggestions for you. Welcome to "serious uploading", it's more addictive than I would have thought at first! — PeterCooperJr (talk) 17:37, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
Feedback on photo
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I would appreciate opinion about this photo of Pelješac Bridge. Does it meet the criteria to be nominated as a quality image? Ma▀▄Ga 17:14, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
- It's a lovely view. But if I were reviewing it, I don't think I would choose to promote it as a quality image, mainly since it's just too noisy when looking at it at 100% and edges around things aren't very sharp. I wouldn't decline it either though, since I'm not very confident enough in my evaluations of pictures yet. Sorry, I don't know if that's all that helpful to you. Maybe other people have better feedback. — PeterCooperJr (talk) 17:13, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
Cherry blossom photo
[edit]I think this is my favorite photo of the year that I've taken so far.
I don't know as it's quite FP-worthy, but I would love suggestions on things I could have done better, especially with composition and editing. Thank you! — PeterCooperJr (talk) 17:16, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
- Certainly not a bad photo. Might have been improved by a higher f-stop; assuming there was any wind, though, you couldn't do a much longer exposure, so you'd have to increase the ISO number. I think you could have had some gain there: ISO 100 is very low, most digital cameras will perform roughly as well at ISO 200 and even ISO 400. Also, I'd have cropped this a bit at top and (especially) left, I think it would make for a more dynamic composition. - Jmabel ! talk 20:36, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
- Maybe I'm still not entirely comfortable with photography jargon, but are you saying that the image should be brighter? Or just saying that instead of f/8 ISO 100, it would have worked better at like f/11 ISO 200 which in theory would be at the same brightness? Would that be to make something look better with the flower, the clouds, or both? (Also, it's a relatively-low-end camera with smaller than a full-frame sensor, which I know isn't quite as good at higher f-stops and higher ISOs, though I'm guessing probably for this it would still be adequate.)
- In terms of the crop, I liked the look of the expanse of clouds, but I can see how putting more focus on the flower might work better in some ways. I've made an attempt; is this the kind of thing you were thinking of?
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- Thank you for your feedback! — PeterCooperJr (talk) 22:15, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
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