I'm glad you liked it Jason. I hadn't thought of that at the time of posting - I focused on his call sign more.
I'm not trying to impress because I accept nobody is going to be impressed. As far as impressing myself, I can see several issues with my images now that I've seen them on a decent screen.
I would be very interested in reading about your perspective of casual photography, yeah.
These are things that I noticed about my photos, please tell me if I'm identifying the problem and not the symptom:
First image is juvenile and has terrible framing. I see this truck all the time and every time I think to take a picture, I either remember I already have, or it drives off.
The second image could do with a crop on the top and bottom to hide both my NASCAR wallpaper border and my fan. If I had a prettier light source, like a bright lamp, that might be an improvement. I doubt I'm going to get my hands on many C-notes in the near future, however.
Third image fell prey to the same problem almost all my photos have: blur from too-long exposure times. I cant' hold the thing steady long enough. I could do somewhat better with my digital camera, but that's never on hand like the phone is.
Fourth image is amusing to me, and that's about it.
That storm/sunset image would have been better if the houses were level with the bottom of the image, I think.
Sixth image of the garbage bin does pretty much exactly what I want. The subject is mostly level (the 1337), and you get enough context to know what it is.
Onion-chicken sandwich is pretty lame overall, I think. Could have moved the mayo jar out of the view (far enough to avoid the shadow as well), my book could have been pushed aside, and the lettuce on the mat could have been arranged nicer.
I like the eighth image. I think it's a nice balance between the foreground and sky.
The sun rise photos are a series of images taken from my car early on a Sunday morning in October in the county east of Edmonton. I think I went far enough to have a claim of seeing the sunrise before anyone in Edmonton (unless they were in a building more than 4-5 stories high facing East). I'm sure with some nice film it would have given me some nice colours in the final product.
The twelfth image is just a fun snapshot of a shitty car. The noisiest transmission I've ever had between (all the city-legal) speeds of 45-75km/h, and smooth as glass past 130. Go figure. Could do with a crop of most of the steering column and a bit of the dash above the gauges. I'm not going to suggest I could have taken it straighter, if you consider the speed I was going at... And yeah, I know the brake warning lights were on.
I'm surprised how nicely the Flames 'C' came out, considering it was one of the only light sources in the entire place. It's surrounded by some crown moulding, where I guess a chandelier used to be? There were smaller ones all over the roof, as well.
Dr. Phil is just a creepy stalker photo I shot from the hip. I do like how the angle emphasizes his size, though.
The fifteenth image needs some cropping of the table, and would have been nicer if you could see more of the poster (I think it's Travolta and Jackson from
Pulp Fiction), but I had to focus where I did to get the lighting right for the camera's sensor to take a decent picture.
I'm feeling a little ill and sleep-deprived at this point, so I'll finish my own critique later.
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