I've been taking photos with a 60D since 2012 and feel like I haven't improved much in that time. In particular I struggle with the actual process, often failing to get satisfactorily in focus or sharp images which leaves me unsatisfied even if I think an image's composition is good - I know the best camera is the one you have with you, but that aside I think I could do better. I've selected a bunch of photos I've taken over the past ~4 years since I started shooting raw that I am proud of and would like to dump them here for /p/ to tear apart. I've tried to keep editing unobtrusive, but I'm making this thread on a whim so some edits may be older or incomplete.
Somewhat related, I recently purchased my first vintage lens - SMC Takumar 50mm 1.4, 7 element - and it's been alot of fun just testing it at home. Even just holding it up to the lens mount - no converter yet - I've found that the image quality is comparable or better than my two lenses, Tamron 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 or Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5. Given that I'm a poorfag, what would be some other vintage primes I could try? One of my concerns with them is that I do most of my photography while traveling and I don't want to be lugging kilos of lenses around.>>4498027Forgot to say that I'll be posting exif for each because I believe there's no embed now.OP image1/805.6iso2500Pic related1/50006.3iso500
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>>4498054Man I like this photo but the stairs pull your eyes away from the subject which sucks. I think that red and white foreground element and just the tent guy and bicycle guy would have made a better photo?Like if you had taken it from lower so the red and white thing would take up more of the frame cutting out the water and stairs element.
>>4498057Again I want to like this picture, but what am I meant to focus on? The colors are nice, but my eye is drawn to the space above the chair stack.I think you have a great eye for color and subject, but composition is your failure point. I do like a few of your photos though, like >>4498037 >>4498038 >>4498049 >>4498062
>>4498029honestly op try different lensesits not your body unless the sensor is aged/damaged where the camera cant do accurate awb or your autofocus isnt where it should bethe problem is that you went nearly 15 years without a single good lens or even a prime, just a soft as hell telezoom and a wide angle zoom. pick up a 50mm f1.8 ef for starters. fortunately you have a dslr so you can aquire shit cheap.
>>4498027whats the first image of?
>>4498059this is good
>>4498027Don't shoot in manual do it in P. You can change a bit without messing things up. And try a different focus mode like wide continuous if you aren't on that
>>4498059The guy doesn't stick out, blends in with the back thing beside his face that's the same colour. Bad photo
