Critique Me!!!!!

I personally like it. I like the lighting and everything. I think it add something interesting to the photo. I think it really emphasizes the loneliness of the tree. I think it really helped create the mood that I think you were trying to portray. The only real problem I see with it is that some of the tree - the top and some of the side branches - are cut off. Good Job!

There are a few blogs by professional photographers you can read. http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/ You can subscribe to the tips. It is a good site. Take more pictures on a variety of subjects and see what you are good in. Some of us are good in close-ups or macros. Some in landscapes, sports and so on. Don't worry about the type of camera you are using, your skills come first in every aspect.

That's a good one but it is not very clear.

I like your subject matter, but found the picture a little too dark. You might want to reduce the contrast and increase the brightness. Also, and this may just be me, but my eye was drawn to the roots and the stones around them more than to the tree. Please take my comments in the spirit they were intended, as constructive criticisms not as attacks. I think you have potential. Keep taking pictures and keep showing them, getting feedback is good. You might also want to check out some books at the library on the works of photographers you admire. I am currently studying the work of Ansel Adams as I find his photos intriguing. Like you, I am trying to teach myself but I think when I retire I shall actually have time to take some classes from professionals.

I personally like dark photos, but I think you need to adjust your lighting just a smidgen. Not much, mind, just a tiny bit. Also, maybe adjust your angle? For that picture I would've gone up just a bit, starting just above the roots beginning, and ending nearer to the branches tops. All in all though, that's a pretty lovely picture. I've dabbled in it for years, but I'm just not getting more serious about it. I dunno, people say I've knack for it ^_^ Keep taking pictures, hun. I think you're good at it.

Your photograph pinched my heart. Not because it's an ugly photo but I think that you were able to capture and convey the sadness of the tree. It's actually very good. If your photo can elicit a feeling from the people that look at it, you should be very proud. I wanna see more. keep it coming.

you have to make the tree 'alone and looks little in the centre of frame. examine the picture i upload. this tree 'looks' alone.

i'd have to say you did get the loneliness of the tree. The way it was all in black in white. It gave a dark lonely feeling, but in a creative way! Its like it makes you want to sympathize with the tree.