My wife and I came upon a rummage sale being held at an old church. I made sure that it was ok to take pix and as we shopped I snapped a few off that caught my eye. I'd like to share some with all of ya and get some MAJOR feedback on them. LET ME HAVE IT! Anything that I could have done better? What would some of you have done? Oh and by the way, I started to explore the FULL MANUAL features of my digicam with these pix. I'm still kinda lost with apeture settings, shutter speeds and all that mumbo jumbo!

another pic

some more stuff

some glass bottles

colorful glass

the last 3 show some mad cool potential for some messed up cropping. They could really freak people out man. I like the last three. The first one seems unfocused where it should be focussed, and the second, nothing bad really, just doesn't do it for me. The last 3 though man, CROP CROP CROP!!! lol

I really like #4.

Yes but the colors in one three and 5. Some judicial use of the rubberstanp tool... All kinds ow wonders can be created. Thanks Daze for the show. But what was I supposed to be focusing upon? OH. Comments. Well the first one is blurry. And could possibly use some retinting. I hope the wall was not this shade of yellow orange. The second seems fine. I think you wanted to capture the window and you did no problem. ( BTW. Yse the window with a lense flair and ad an angel. Tres' Magnifigue ) And while you are at it can you post a larger picture of the second one!!! The third. I think the picture is too dark.. Maybe you can lighten things EXCEPT for the bowels-plates er whatever the red things are. The fourth I'm not sure what your focus was. I think it was the bottles but somehow I think I'm missing something. Perhaps it's because I see such bottles all the time. althogh I admit they ARE clean!! The fifth is also nice colors. But the green tint is killing you. I have no idea how to lessen it though. I gather the plates are clear and the stained glass is blue BUT the plates look light green instead. I you DON'T mind a LOT of work if you crop out all of the other dishes and just leave the stuff JUST infront of the window I think you would have a smashing picture. But that's my opinion. Bsteph

Looks like a really cool sale - I love the way they put the red plates in the bedspring! The first is a great shot, but blurry....the second is kinda dark, but the way the table top picks up the window is really effective....those bottles in 4 are just awesome....and I agree with Bsteph on cropping the last, if you had just the stuff right in front of the window it would be gorgeous!

3 & 4 are my favourites. I just love jumble sales!

Okies, first one - focus seems to be somewhere in the middle of the room. Shame really, coz I like the pic itself. 2nd one I really like. A quick photoshop to rotate it slightly and straighten it up would be the bees knees. 3rd - so abstract it's unreal!! Yep, whith judicial photoshopping, this could be used in a wierd way with 1000's of different subjects... 4th - leave it alone, it's brilliant as it is. 5th - dunno what it is, but this one just doesn't float my boat. Nothing specific, just - I dunno. Too cluttered maybe? all in all, a worthwhile trip, methinks! Thanks for sharing! (",)

Thanks everybody for the critiques, feedback and advice! I'm finding that shooting indoors is pretty challenging and I've learned alot from taking them. My digicam doesn't seem to take great pix in low light. I've noticed even the slightest bit of shake screws up shots. That and my general lack of "photo" knowledge being a limiting factor at times. As for "creative cropping" and all that. Once I learn the basics of Photoshop, I guess I'll have to re-explore these pics! Thanks again!!! L8r!

Bsteph-- I like the pix--maybe the bottles shot is the one I like best. I have two questions: First, did you use any sort of camera support? Monopod even? Because in low light situations, you may end up with slow shutters, and camera shake can destroy an otherwise wonderful shot. I hate using a tripod myself; well actually I just hate carrying it--and then with ALL THAT GLASS around--yikes! LOL Second: can you set the ISO on your camera?

ALPHA - thanks for the advice! My camera does have spot-metering, going to have to experiment MORE with this when I get a chance! SUEO - I didn't use a tripod for any of the shots above! Picked one up this weekend at a flea market. Haven't been able to use it as I'm searching for the mount, which was missing. My camera goes up to 800 ISO. I've used the 200 ISO setting with SOME decent results, but anything higher brings in ALOT of noise.

L8r, try Jessops - I got a 70 tripod for next to nothing coz the quick release mount was missing - it cost 3 from there. (",)

damn, there I go again, assuming everyone lives in Britain - erm, try whatever your equivalent is, ie. national chain of camera stores. ;) (",)