it's the first picture I'm happy enough with to show off, complete with a pseudo-philosophic bullshit title to seem "deep" or whatever.
I love the sky color and the sun shine. Did you try to capture nature?I tried to capture the effects of nature (the sunshine) on architecture... well buildings.
@Daffy Canon EOS 600d - buy or not?That depends, the main difference between the 550D and the 600D is the live view monitor that you can tilt plus another non-essential function or two, I'd get the 550D and use the extra cash on better lenses.
The colors are amazing, did you adjust them in some graphics software? The shot is pretty damn great.I used Adobe Lightroom 3 to correct barrel distortion and remove chromatic aberration, I took the shot with a bit less contrast, saturation and vibrance than optimal so I upped those a bit and removed some of the noise that came with the 1600 ISO as I should have used a lower ISO and a longer shutter time since the 1/5000 shutter speed was ridiculous overkill and a ISO 400 picture with the shutter speed at 1/500 would have been a lot more optimal so I made up for that.
Thats a beautiful shot. The color composition and focus is great. Only thing I can tell you is (even though this picture is close to perfect) really think about where you leave space in your shot. You have alot of overhang, which isnt so bad here since you have a great looking sky but it creates an imbalance. That can be used to emphasize something but in this picture it is just a little too much for me. You focus alot on lines, dont you? Thats great - I like that style. You should try watching Hitchcock's Psycho, and then go shoot. He focused alot on lines - and space in pictures. If you do watch Psycho - I want you to pay extra attention to 2 scenes - the scene where the private investigator is killed - there is a shot from above (notice the lines) and the last shot where you see the guy sitting in his room (notice how space in the picture is used there)I did focus on the lines there as it made sense to do just that but I forcefully avoid myself to have a constant focus on a particular perspective enhancer as I'd might overlook other opportunities that a different scenery have to offer.
Please post more, I'd be happy to give you feedback
Cool colour indeed but if the buildings on the right especially the crane weren't that close to the bridge thing and they were closer to the pic border it would look better.I tried taking a picture from that angled but without that space all the structures created a dominating pressure which isn't what I was going for, I might go back there later though and try again as I travel by that bridge every day.
That depends, the main difference between the 550D and the 600D is the live view monitor that you can tilt plus another non-essential function or two, I'd get the 550D and use the extra cash on better lenses.
I had a 550D that I sold though and with the money I got I bought a Canon 5D which I'm even happier with.
If you just want a point-and-click camera that you have on auto-settings most of the time I'd get the 550D but if you really want to learn photography I'd recommend getting a used Canon 5D which you can get for less than the 550D but it is a bit harder to learn.
You can see the differences listed better here, the most important one for me though was the full frame sensor on the 5D that offers support for better lenses.
http://snapsort.com/compare/Canon_EOS_550D-vs-Canon_EOS_5D (http://snapsort.com/compare/Canon_EOS_550D-vs-Canon_EOS_5D)