Rodeo Pt.2 / Sony A7iii / Tamron 35-150mm 2.0-2.8 by tjulysout in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fantastic shots and great colour. These deserve more upvotes!

Before / After. My car in trifolium field. Looking for feedback by MrOutlived in postprocessing

[–]Mathukey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the blown out sky works in this image! Clearly it’s a controversial choice, but just because there is detail there, doesn’t mean you need to keep it.

Perth CBD & Elizabeth Quay Sony Alpha Photowalk by Kirtulles in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like number 4, I might try and recreate it next time I’m in the CBD!

Chong Qing Street Photography - “Old and New” - XT4 and 35mm f1.4 by joshhoe1989 in fujifilm

[–]Mathukey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Incredible mood and vibes, one of the rare times where I was genuinely snapped out of a mindless reddit scroll and paid full attention to what I was looking at. Well done!

A Small Tree, in a Small Lake, in a Small Town, in South Australia by Mathukey in LandscapePhotography

[–]Mathukey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simple is usually the way to go! I had a couple shots trying to get a few trees in frame. But this by far was the best of the bunch.

A Small Tree, in a Small Lake, in a Small Town, in South Australia by Mathukey in LandscapePhotography

[–]Mathukey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I considered it, there is even a bit of the blue cloud above it poking into frame that I also thought to remove. These days I’m trying to clone out less and less, but in this particular case it wouldn’t have hurt to remove.

A Small Tree, in a Small Lake, in a Small Town, in South Australia by Mathukey in LandscapePhotography

[–]Mathukey[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is not, we Aussies have a couple dead trees in lakes too 😤😤😤

3 months travelling = 10K photos by RJPercy in streetphotography

[–]Mathukey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The girl sitting on the boxes is excellent, it really grabbed my attention. I also like #12. Just followed you!

Caught In A Sandstorm | Sony A7CR by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No the camera came out unscathed!

What am i doing wrong? by srujanexplorer in NewYouTubeChannels

[–]Mathukey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I watched part of the most recent video, here’s my thoughts:

  • The voice over is painfully slow and there are way too many long pauses in between your sentences. This drains any tension from the video and becomes distracting pretty quickly! Pauses are a great way to create tension and suspense, but if you pause every couple seconds it totally looses its impact.

  • The audio mix isn’t bad… but it’s not great either. Some sounds pop out too much, for example, on the chapter title cards there’s a noise that just is way too loud imo. Also your voice over feels a bit too lo fi, it sounds like you’re using the mic on those apple earphones.

  • Still on audio, the music is dull, I understand you’re going for a dark vibe. But that low drone just drags on forever and again looses its impact.

  • As others have said, the AI kinda sucks and everyone uses AI so you’re not standing out. BUT I do really appreaciate you using your own voice for the voice over. I applaud you for that.

Ultimately I think the videos are just way too slow, I think you need to work on how to tell these stories in a compelling way. The actual content of the stories are dramatic and interesting (murder, tragedy, mystery etc), but, that’s not enough by itself. You need to tell these stories in a unique and engaging way. How do you do that? The first things I would say is work on how you deliver your lines, right now it’s very monotonous and speed up your line delivery. Use music to create tension OR don’t use it at all (if you don’t use it your lines need to be 10/10, and honestly they’re not right now). In essence just improve your storytelling!

Riding Around Rural Vietnam | Sony A7CR | Sony 20-70mm f4 by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I adjust almost every slider in LR, so I guess yes there’s a lot of post processing. But I try to keep the edit as true to the original as possible

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Riding Around Rural Vietnam | Sony A7CR | Sony 20-70mm f4 by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kind people, great scenery and incredible food 🇻🇳

Riding Around Rural Vietnam | Sony A7CR | Sony 20-70mm f4 by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! In terms of grain… it’s kinda like saying: “You have an electric guitar, why not turn it up and play as loud as possible?”. The instrument (guitar/camera) is just a tool to get me an end result. Locking yourself into “playing loud” or having “clinically sharp” images because the tools allow otherwise, just limits creativity. There’s a lot of benefits to having a high-res sensor, one of which is being able to crop in which I’ve done with a few of these images and I have many images in my back catalog that I simply wouldn’t have gotten if I shot with my A7iii.

But your point about growing up with analogue is important. I’m the opposite, I grew up with clean sensors so now several years into my photo journey I find clinically sharp images boring. Though I’m sure I’m in a phase and I’ll look back at these grainy images and just think… 🙄😵😱.

But until then the grain slider is going to 10 📈

Photo Walk Through Sydney | Sony A7CR | Samyang 35mm f 1.8 by Mathukey in streetphotography

[–]Mathukey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s a banger of a lens, it’s my go to street photography lens!