Greetings Greg, welcome to Fine Art America, I do find it very strange or odd IMO when a new member ask for a critique there are others who seem to jump head over heels to input into the that particular discussion. It would have been a pleasure to meet you, being a local my entire life and taking photos since 10 years old I do have an advantage to critique your photos of New Orleans what would have a potential sale here at FAA or not.
I do have favorites and you did an excellent job. I like your photos series especially the cemeteries. Our cemeteries are like none other around the world you have done an excellent job capturing the mood. New Orleans has an old world charm and is one of the most important and historic cities in America. When did you visit New Orleans? Were you in town for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans.
I have no clue what kind of camera you used. But remember this important point. I had a Nikon and I discovered if there is something in foreground and you slightly tilt the camera upwards you then distort the left and right side of the photo and you alter the natural center plane because of the curve of the lens. This is something I had discovered with my Nikon digital camera and has never been discussed here at Fine Art America by other FAA members. I have brought it to the attention of others in other discussion forums. In the photo with Andrew Jackson and the Cathedral in the background, your camera was slightly tilted upwards and this created the cathedral to be leaning to the right side which it does not. Try experimental, I discovered this unique manual feature. I have an example of what I am speaking of in my gallery Its the photo of Canal Street downtown I had used wide angle but the moment I moved the camera upwards the buildings seem to meet a focal point above the natural horizon line. Keep an eye out for architecture or subjects in the foreground and rear.....When the photo of the of The Cathedral was taken, without knowing it you tilted the camera upwards to get the entire spires into view and the statue by doing that you distort or alter the natural looking, the building on both sides appears you used a fisheye lens. The two people standing in the gate I would remove them photoshop them out, they do nothing for the photo.
There are some which portray snap shot, lacking subject matter or the horizon needs to be straighten.
1. Neon with the gas lamp, excellent composition. You nailed it.
2, Lamps, excellent composition would be ideal for a holiday greeting cards. You nailed it.
3. Café du Monde and the fence is not an ideal composition. I would consider this a snap shot, the fence and café du monde clash.
4. Hidden Serenity, excellent composition, the mood is ideal. I would personally crop off the photo on the right side, the stalk wh
ite tomb is too much for the central focus which is the weeping statue. Crop some from the right not much but crop it.
5 Mississippi River from Jackson Square its an ok photo, it needs correcting, the photo is not level horizontal, the Mississippi River seems to be angled upwards. Remove some of the photo from the right side, and straighten the lamp post, on the left, it may or may not correct the photo. There is nothing significant with this photo because of subject matter. Did you take any photos of the Mississippi River bridge?
6. Frenchman Street yellow painted façade. minor straighten horizontal, the meter in foreground is distracting, photo shop and remove. its a very color photo.
