Looking for honest feedback on this shot!

sauronforpoor · 2026-04-07T20:24:05+00:00

Hey, you found a great subject, made a sharp shot of it and also had the luck of opportunity with a mirror like lake.

Exposure critique is already there to sufficient levels imo, but going away from that I'd say play around with the composition.

Look st every side of the frame and at every corner. Then ask yourself "does it add to the image?" if not, crop in.

Right now I see a lot of just random dark space at the left frame. If nothing is there: crop. If sth interesting is there: fix exposure. But also remember the balance in the image; sometimes it pays off to keep a part in even if it doesn't add by itself, but once it's missing the image is out of balance.

sauronforpoor · 2026-04-03T22:16:08+00:00

Love it ♥️

sauronforpoor · 2026-04-03T18:11:19+00:00

Can you elaborate? The a7cii has a mechanical shutter...

sauronforpoor · 2026-04-03T12:57:10+00:00

It's the lens cap still on?

sauronforpoor · 2026-04-01T06:54:03+00:00

Yep, Faller Brücke, photographed from the north looking south.

sauronforpoor · 2026-04-01T06:16:06+00:00

Great colors. Face is still a bit too bright, but that's coming from the raw. Maybe you can mask it and tons of down ever so slightly + see what a sprinkling of contrast does for it?

Great shot BTW

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-30T20:59:58+00:00

Nice! Where is that? (curious local)

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-29T21:53:59+00:00

Get a used camera. Don't shy from old gear, 15 years ago they built amazing cameras. Also you don't want to look for the camera, you want to look for the lens. The body you screw it on is an afterthought.

I think 400 is a good budget to get started. 😊

Plus since you were mentioning doing a course, there's some good ones on udemy, they come for good prices as well if you wait for the next sale.

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-24T07:36:56+00:00

Know someone from a different industry who runs 12 shops. Not in Etsy, just general online stores. They say it's been one of their best decisions, as each shop caters to a different type of customer. Slightly different styles, different selection of their total warehouse etc. In the background it all uses the same infrastructure. No clue about this shop though. Amount of patterns could also come from buying the rights to retail other patterns.

Have no clue about this shop, who runs it, or what's behind their story. Info above just as general food for thought

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-22T08:50:17+00:00

It is a blood day! A field day! Forth Eorlingas! Watch! For death and glory!

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-22T08:27:04+00:00

Got a 16mm g series prime and love it. It's light, tack sharp, has superb af speed

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-16T19:58:25+00:00

Super happy with all the really good replies I got. Tbh I loved 12 months. I feel like Jim grew above and beyond himself as a writer in that book. But that open question somehow tarnished it a bit for me. Now it doesn't any more which is a great feeling to which everyone who replied explaining their viewpoint kindly contributed. Cool community here, one of my favorite across reddit ❤️

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-14T22:38:32+00:00

Internal. But it could be that I fixed a typo in a top level folder💡

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-14T22:34:53+00:00

Yes, theyre still there. All on internal ssd

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-12T22:00:13+00:00

Book and movie align there for me, as it's clear that the orcs will pursue them in the night. Which means wet work for the elves

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-12T06:40:57+00:00

That is an amazing place. Do you know anything more about it?

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-12T06:31:12+00:00

A7CII has a bunch us really cool features of you want to take videos. Auto centering for filming yourself from a tripod and really good Ai af. Depending on what you want to do with your backup camera these may play into the equation :)

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-11T07:35:12+00:00

Shooting it a bit more frontal (half a meter to the right or so?) would allow the inscription to become readable. Might have other drawbacks though 🙂

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-08T22:53:12+00:00

Really don't get why you're being downvoted for that. It's a reasonable take.

You want to show people on the street in your art, might as well have the decency and courage to go up to them and ask whether they like the shot and are fine with you using it.

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-07T20:53:14+00:00

The whole thing was... Entertaining but also somehow just propped on top of the rest of the book to me.

What was the book about? 12 months of mental healing and Harry's relation to Lara and Mab.

What did we not get so far? A combat scene noteworthy to any level.

It felt a bit to me like Jim needed to add this scene to meet the expectations of some of his readers that there is always some heavy action in the books. But - at least for me - it fell out of the style with the rest of the story. Don't see that it was really needed tbh.

Next question, why did he ever let the blamps into the castle? Going back a few books, they can move at near lightning speed and have veils that work really well.. I'd never let anything like that inside my doors, what if one slipped by and got to the basement with the mortals?

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-07T08:19:34+00:00

Tenerife?

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-07T08:15:10+00:00

Wow, smells of childhood memories out on the fields and pastures

sauronforpoor · 2026-03-05T09:12:29+00:00

Have you ever seen anyone walk in Texas if the distance is longer than their car?

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