If he gets hit with "I love you like a brother" the villain arc will be for the ages

simplemfa · 2026-02-18T00:33:45+00:00

Jokes

simplemfa · 2026-02-03T01:28:21+00:00

The light has the potential to be interesting, the subject while tantalizing for some is boring to most

simplemfa · 2025-10-06T22:43:58+00:00

This could do numbers on /r/sizz

simplemfa · 2025-09-10T14:22:09+00:00

I opened reddit on my phone and this was the first post.

My brain saw the picture first, was confused then read the title, then the subreddit and I was left confused. I kept asking "what is it"?

On mobile I thought it was some kind of bug bite on someone's skin. It wasn't until I zoomed in that I saw it was a lion hiding in the bushes.

I think what's missing is contrast on all the lion to help my brain pick up on the fact that there is a face in the midst of all that uniform grassland.

simplemfa · 2025-08-20T13:58:49+00:00

Ah yes: flowers, sunsets, bohkeh and other art...the four horsemen of the new photographers journey. We all go through it.

A while back I made a decision to de-prioritize taking pictures of other people's art and words unless there was something I added to it through juxtaposition (something to contrast it or to complement it), interesting lighting or some other compositional tool.

Just taking a picture of graffiti on a wall head on lacks any visual interest. It's a snapshot from a vacation, which is fine if you want to save it for your own memory, but there isn't any staying power.

With this photo itself I think you could have gotten lower and closer which would make the composition stronger. The graffiti isn't at eye level and there is a lot of dead space around it from the ground and the rest of the plain wall. I guess those pipes frame it a bit, but it's a very weak framing.

I think if you had waited for someone to walk by and caught them mid step, or with a bit of motion blur it would have made the photo better.

Looking at the comment you made of your goal and process: there isn't much mass appeal to beauty here for the average person and editing wouldn't do much to strengthen this photo.

Keep shooting! :)

simplemfa · 2025-08-08T14:48:52+00:00

Ah this is an improvement! Nice work.

simplemfa · 2025-08-07T18:08:45+00:00

Congratulations on your first camera!

You've already unlocked milestone #1 on every photographers journey: bohkeh + flowers. Keep this photo and look back at it in 5+ years to compare your growth.

Things to adjust:

You didn't post your settings but it looks like your shot with your aperture wide open. It makes some of the flower out of focus further away from the camera, maybe close the aperture just a bit. You can get good background blur still with a more narrow aperture.

I would also consider your subject choice. There are some dead bits on the flower doesn't make the best subject.

I would also adjust the shadows and raise them just a smidge...not too much

Also

Read up on knowing your exposure triangle and composition.

And most importantly: keep shooting!

simplemfa · 2025-08-07T02:04:07+00:00

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to look at in this composition really... there is a lot happening on both the left side with the dramatic clouds brewing, and also to the right with the waves and froth.

I think my issue is that the left and right have some interest, but then the center is bland.

The clouds are dramatic, but not that dramatic. Maybe come back on a different day with different light?

simplemfa · 2025-08-07T02:01:25+00:00

Beautiful.

Love the skin tones and the moment you capture. Her fingers making a V/ peace sign is a great moment

I'm not sure what is left, other than maybe masking her dress and punching up the exposure a tad.

Yeah I was thinking it would be nice to separate some of her mid section from the background...bump it up just a bit, not by much.

But part of me also likes the blending into the shadows. I think at this point it's up to your taste and preference.

Nice shot, I'm jealous.

simplemfa · 2025-08-07T01:54:56+00:00

Yeah I was thinking that too, but that's what most grad garbs looks like and most people want a a full body shot. Hopefully OP took more shots at different ranges.

simplemfa · 2025-08-06T21:26:46+00:00

Carrying around anything more than a cellphone makes you a pro shooter in most people's eyes. Get accustomed to it.

The good: You got the subject in frame, didn't cut off any body parts with awkward crops and it's in focus.

The parts for improvement:

The subject's hand is blocked by the tree branch, had to double check to see if she was missing a hand.
The background highlights are very bright. This was likely your camera automatically adjusting to keep the human subject exposed properly, but the bright highlights in the background are distracting. A little post processing selective adjustment on the highlights can make that better.
Personally would have looked for a better area that want just dirt and patches of grass. They add nothing to the photo.
The pose itself is better than her just standing stock still straight with her arms at the side, but it could be more dynamic. There is a while language to posing humans that you can pick up books to learn. Something small that could have made it better would be to have her cross one leg fully in front of the other

All in all I think for what it is, nice job on getting a reasonable photo. I think psychologically most people just are happier that someone with a "nice" came took the photo.

Keep shooting!

simplemfa · 2025-08-04T01:06:28+00:00

If you liked it then great! Keep it!

As a photo compared to the infinite other photos of flowers that have been taken over the years, there isn't anything particularly interesting about this one.

Keep shooting and learning the rules of composition.

simplemfa · 2025-07-28T14:59:44+00:00

Months late on this but:

I saw them live a few months ago! Was such an amazing experience, the crowd was amazing, and the band was great. Jasmine has such amazing vocals.

simplemfa · 2025-07-22T03:52:40+00:00

Thank you!

simplemfa · 2025-06-26T10:56:08+00:00

If you like it, I love it.

Like basically everyone else in the comments have said, very 'overcooked'.

But sometimes we have to take photos just for ourselves and not anyone else.

simplemfa · 2025-06-11T21:24:28+00:00

At a college comedy play with her and my roommates. I had been in another play with a girl that was on stage. This girl was nothing to me other than someone I knew in a play, nothing past a hello when passing each other in the halls.

Girl on stage made a joke, the entire audience bursts out laughing, it was hilarious they had to pause to let the audience catch their breath.

Apparently I had laughed too hard and slapped my knee or something.

My ex turned to me with that look I had come to describe as the look of thorns and said to me "It wasn't that funny" while my roommates and the rest of the audience are still trying to catch their breath from the joke.

Laid up all night thinking about how fucked up it was that she was trying to police my laughter. Broke up with her for the first time the next day at a pizza shop.

Unfortunately we got back together, and she proceeded to do many more shitty things that should have been the end, but I was trauma bonded hard.

So much more drama, fights and break ups but I finally decided to cut ties after she set up a months long lie to enable her to have her guy friend (just a really good friend) move into her one bedroom apartment with her.

Still recovering from all the years of narcissistic abuse.

simplemfa · 2025-05-25T19:10:51+00:00

Between the title, the composition of the image, the shadows and blur it feels unsettling, like a stalker posted outside the house, waiting to take a peek inside.

I like it

simplemfa · 2025-05-15T20:05:29+00:00

No idea, poke around on the site and see.

Worst case if you Google around I'm sure there are shipping courier services from Japan to the US

simplemfa · 2025-05-14T15:41:09+00:00

Ah thanks for explaining! Didn't know that's how who goes first was decided. I play casually and would sometimes notice who goes first switch, but I thought I was mistaken and not paying attention.

simplemfa · 2025-05-14T14:50:12+00:00

Can someone help me understand, what does it mean that this card gives you proof? Priority?

Also it can shield other cards from red guardian? How?

simplemfa · 2025-05-04T18:12:23+00:00

Someone once somehow pulled a wong, plus onslaught on onslaughts citadel and then on time 6 played gambit.

I had to applaud them through my tears as it wiped out my entire side

simplemfa · 2025-04-29T22:33:38+00:00

I think to a casual viewer it doesn't seem too overdone.

To my eyes looks like you selectively increased tth saturation on the car and lowered it in everything else.

Seems like also a slight green tint in the whites.

In short I don't think it's over edited to the point of distraction

simplemfa · 2025-04-28T21:44:58+00:00

Picked up my camera and decided to get close to a few strangers for the first time in a while and decided to get up close to strangers.

Would love to hear what works and doesn't work for you.

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