Brutally Harsh Photo Critique Warning: 1.5 Solid Photos out of 10

[@altern8ive]

so these were still cropped to hell even with +600mm, was this guy shooting from another planet or something

[@terrym45]

No teleconverter Jared just miss spoke do the the math it's 1.5X

[@riskromer9773]

Cropping doesn't always mean magnification.

[@wuzihuzi]

All these relplies are wrong, he's at 600mm on a crop frame sensor AND THEN CROPPED AGAIN. He is shooting from mars!

[@jeepjoseph9036]

They'd crop with a sigmonster

[@ro3843]

6 years later and this comment still cracks me up

[@zachschilly5622]

No matter how confident I was in my images I wouldn't send them to Jared. He's great but I'd most likely end up crying myself too sleep.

[@19MEJIA93]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. In my humble opinion give it a shot man

[@mrEbraheem]

haha yes you should try dude. Cry once of his harsh feedback. Who cares... It won't kill you as +Alex Sosa said! Best of luck! ^^

[@communitywatch1687]

Zach Schilly *to

[@hVF8KZuQPeCc8u]

Tactfulness goes a long way.

[@LouisPrudhomme]

"There are no two words in the English language more harmful than 'good job' " Terence Fletcher, Whiplash (2014)

[@elob5741]

No Jared, that is not a goose...Also I couldn't agree more, those crops are absolutely horrendous

[@johancarlberg1530]

Hes not a natureguy i guess

[@elob5741]

@554c46 if it were true that's a bullshit reason, but they're not completely square so it makes no sense? (Instagram didn't allow non square photos back when these were taken)

[@GeorgeHobson1]

For anyone curious, it's a Great Egret. 100% not a goose lol

[@NJA2k8]

+Edwin Barnes It's not about when they were taken. It's about when they were submitted to Jared because I can still upload old photos that are cropped like this to IG

[@juliad.4032]

and the squirrel that he said was a chipmunk 😂 I was cracking up with animal confusion

[@bukkake1015]

"Holy shit are you far away from everything" 😂 HAHAHAHHA

[@nicodimus2222]

Must not be a wildlife shooter. It isn't like being at the zoo.

[@LordArioh]

ahahaha) made my day)

[@jeffhiggins8087]

He shot these from the car.

[@CrazyAboutLife]

Best ever!

[@natalebabbu2513]

:'-)

[@strouze]

plot twist - he used a tripod

[@nattyjim73]

OMG WHAT! :-O

[@YaStarz]

Yeah he did. I dont get why Jared didnt see it

[@Mac-pluto]

Lol, hand holding @ 1/45 of a second @ 900mm hahahah . Dude would have to have mechanical hands

[@larsthoren3282]

Or shooting with Olympus IBIS

[@LordArioh]

also he probably used AUTO mode, that is why all settings might be messed up.

[@TrainsfanAlex6060]

People who get mad at you for being too harsh are the people who want a medal for showing up.

[@bleh7417]

Alex McDougall thank you!

[@owRekssjfjxjxuurrpqpqss]

Alex McDougall It's funny though because he himself can't handle critique and his photos are shit. I feel like critique is very surface-level, often focused on technical details and not especially harsh generally tbh. I agree that the bird photo is the only good one of this bunch, but this is a KZbinr who is notoriously bad at handling constructive criticism and his photography is boring af

[@visitsrilanka434]

i bought a Nikon d5500.. which is the best lense for this..anyone help me to choose to buy a lense

[@omeletteinabag3669]

Max Graphics, it depends on what you want to shoot. If you're starting, it's best to go with a normal kit lens or normal zoom like 18-200mm. Then you'll get a feel of what you want to shoot, and then I'd decide then which lens to buy next...

[@falkondezigns5397]

haha...lol!! xD

[@TriWaZe]

I'm trying to understand the logic. 1/2500 of a second for a giraffe but 1/125 of a second for a dragonfly. What???

[@mihaiobaciu3018]

It might have been moving at that moment. Dragonflies can stay still too - a lot, actually

[@arunashamal]

because fuk da police

[@MsIrrealis]

Mihai Obaciu but he is at 600mm....

[@orphanuprising]

He probably used a flash on the dragonfly, so it really doesn't matter what his shutter speed is. In fact a slightly slower shutter keeps the background from being too dark.

[@jeepjoseph9036]

@@MsIrrealis tripod and os

[@lolzifer]

I've recently sent a set to Fro and was afraid that title might be for my pics. DODGED.

[@flame123117]

Random Ibis same here xD

[@theizza68]

Random Ibis random in body image stabilization?

[@lolzifer]

Yes, it takes more skill to take a shot when the camera may randomly try to stabilize it. Once you turn it off, you can shoot handheld at 10". With just one hand.

[@theizza68]

Random Ibis handy.

[@jacobjohnson2116]

Random Ibis haha same here made my heart stop for a bit

[@jesselords1546]

So I like watching your critiques, but can I suggest something? Spend a little more time explaining why the photo is bad, and how it can be improved. When you were discussing the issues with grain and noise due to cropping, that was incredibly helpful for me as a new photographer. Typically you do a good job and that is why I watch all of your videos, but just a little more on the teaching side would be awesome. Either way, thank you for your videos and basically giving your knowledge away for free.

[@mayanalien]

jesse lords watch Chelsea Northrop. she does a great job of explaining the technical side.

[@HappyHubris]

@@mayanalien Yes the Northrups do weekly critiques where they actually edit your photos in lightroom, etc.

[@mitchthewonderboy]

Did we ever consider the possibility of this photographer using a tripod?

[@johnnyismybro]

Ha, same thing on my mind. :-) Guy was probably in a zoo or park with tripod. Which isn't a bad idea.

[@saphetiger_storyteller]

A note on the crop, square prints seem to be really popular. There are a crop ton of frames for 1x1 shots. It's hard to find 13x19 or 4x6 frames.

[@HeraldandGerald]

Just wanted to say that the way you explained the stops of light and how to convert settings blew my mind. That's super intuitive and now I want to go experiment.

[@shubhamjain931]

You were not harsh here Jared, the images were actually bad. As for the cropping issue I feel that he cropped these images exclusively for instagram. People seem to love square images over there.

[@ElsK81]

Shubham Jain i dont use Instagram, but i think that looking at a 16:9 image on your 9:16 screen is not the best thing ever

[@johncampbell335]

I am having a hard time understanding why Jared doesn't 'get' this square crop thing. He uses IG.

[@shubhamjain931]

John Campbell Its not the square thing. Its about breathing space and gazing direction. These things are important in an image. Square images decreases these most of the time.

[@shubhamjain931]

ñañaflen Damn right. I have clicked so many images in 16:9 that look gorgeous but can't upload it on instagram because 9:16 makes it look bad.

[@johncampbell335]

I understand composition, I was pointing out that Jared should understand the 'why' about the squares. My next head-scratcher is you two talking about 9:16 aspect ratio. What device has that? Your phone in portrait mode?

[@CharmingNewSociety]

Why is the default aspect ratio the only one Fro finds acceptable? Creatively, I don't think a 2:3 aspect ratio is the only shape you can create interesting compositions with. I get his thing about cropping, in terms of you should be composing the image in camera. But you can shoot for other aspect ratios or with them in mind.

[@josemendezfr]

It's 3:2 mate. And unless you are cropping for instagram you should leave the aspect ratio at 3:2 because that's the full width pf the sensor.

[@jeepjoseph9036]

@@josemendezfr unless it's micro 4/3 or medium or large format

[@fleshTH]

I feel like most of the pictures are grey in the midtones. They seem pretty flat.

[@charliedwyer9634]

That intro is always so cringey

[@WarKlutch]

Charlie Dwyer no u

[@yti]

Man i hated it so much but now im kinda addicted to ittttt I swear its a mind game

[@thelinthicums3295]

I like it.

[@thelinthicums3295]

The square crops were probably for Instagram.

[@90AlmostFamous]

Fits perfectly for comedy gay porn

[@BuKoxy]

I wonder if the crop is square for posting on Instagram and they didn't post originals on their site.

[@ANGELRUIZALONSO]

I don't understand what rule Jared is talking about at 8:41 about the exposure in the monkeys picture, can someone explain to me?

[@thomasackermann7505]

Whats wrong in not sticking with the original aspect ratio? I often use 1:1.618 for city and landscape. And for the portrait format I sometimes use 4:3 because it looks more pleasant to me in case of shoulder portraits.

[@paulinefollett3099]

A little bit of tough love eh Jared. But I do agree with your comments, except for the poor Great Egret that was turned into a goose.

[@noeladams1000]

Hi I have question. Why would you insist on raising the iso if the image is properly exposed and most importantly sharp. Reference to 18:09 on video timeline image of bug

[@almostcp]

While I can't speak for him of course but I believe he is mentioning it because of the potential of other shots. If the dragon fly suddenly takes off or twitches out, the higher iso/ shutter speed maximizes the potential of freezing that action. Perhaps not a critique on the shot itself but on the shooting style.

[@dietrc]

In the image where you were trying to see if he shot in Auto, you missed the line that said "Exposure Mode: Manual" You can see it at 12:49

[@guilhem3739]

I am a beginner so excuse my naive question pls. But why should the iso be at 800 instead of 100 for the two monkeys? It seems to be shot outside by a sunny day. I would think that it is better to have a low iso to reduce the noise if there is enough light. I would get a shutter time around 1/400 though with this focal length. Am I wrong and if yes where and why? Edit: For the monkey alone, the exposure mode is Manual according to the Exif.

[@C5drummer]

Goose?...Chipmunk?...Dude, didn't your parents ever bring you to a Zoo when you were a boy? Too funny!

[@C5drummer]

CowsRus, thank you for that. Not that I'm an English major or anything, but I believe the syntax to be correct. Basically, the essential difference between these two words is that "Bring" implies movement towards someone or something. {ie: Bring your instrument with you when you come over.} Whereas the word "Take" implies movement "away" from someone or something or something. {ie: Take your belongings with you when you're leaving.} Thus, I used the word "bring" as Polin's parents would be bringing the young Polin to or towards the zoo, not away from it. You're welcome, I enjoy correcting poor syntax. I guess being homeschooled has it's advantages if I am wrong, which I am prone to be from time to time.

[@C5drummer]

CowsRus, thank you for that. Not that I'm an English major or anything, but I believe the syntax to be correct. Basically, the essential difference between these two words is that "Bring" implies movement towards someone or something. {ie: Bring your instrument with you when you come over.} Whereas the word "Take" implies movement "away" from someone or something or something. {ie: Take your belongings with you when you're leaving.} Thus, I used the word "bring" as Polin's parents would be bringing the young Polin to or towards the zoo, not away from it. You're welcome, I enjoy correcting poor syntax.I guess being homeschooled has it's advantages if I am wrong, which I am prone to be from time to time.

[@veronicat3932]

The rapid fire misidentification of the animals had me rolling😂...especially the egret

[@nicoleroyce1050]

Can someone please briefly explain to me the relationship between focal length and shutter speed? If I'm shooting at 600mm, my shutter speed needs to be highter than 1/600? I'll have to look this up when I get home...

[@thomasbatters]

Curious about "no one shoots at 250" ISO remark; it is actually a setting on the Sony A7 iii and, if I went up one stop (100 to 200) to account for one stop on the 20mm f/1.8, that takes me to ISO 200 and f/2.5. I could then go up another third stop to f/2.8 and account for that with a quarter increase in ISO (to 250) or a half (to 300) depending on which way I think would benefit the shot.

[@timsrevids2597]

Can someone break down what all this means simply..what settings to use when? I'm super confused

[@chubba3569]

This video is a great example of a photographer who doesn't know how to use his gear but still bought a 2000 dollar camera.

[@1melahat]

There is nothing wrong with that. Maybe he makes a good living and wanted to pick up photography as a hobby so he bought some halfway decent gear. He's trying to learn and he will get better with experience. There's no shame in that. Now if as a beginner he bought a D5 and 600 f/4 then you could say he went a little overboard. :)

[@BrianCarey]

I had a portfolio critique done on some of my work many years ago and got ripped a new asshole and it was one of the best things to happen to me in my photography career. It helped me have a more honest and open approach to my work as well at taught me that "rejection" is not the end of the world. Take out of it what you can learn and move on!

[@MikeTaylorPhotoArts]

Blue bird photo has dull lifeless lighting, but the best composition.

[@theizza68]

Isn't the crop factor on the nikon dx 1.5? And he's probably cropping in squares for Instagram. Squares just don't look good.

[@samh4232]

Nikons crop sensor is 1.5

[@TheJACKCOLORADO]

The 1.4 he was referring to was the teleconverter used.

[@SidneyKenson]

That's what I thought too. @Jared Polin That makes an equivalent of 900mm straight and 600mm x 1.4 would equal 840mm.

[@samh4232]

No canons crop sensor is 1.4 the guy was using a D500 which has a crop factor of 1.5. I have a d7100 with the same crop factor

[@morbly]

Canon is 1.6, AND you spell it SENSOR. Censor means something else.

[@samh4232]

Thanks for the correction, I have that lens and the same size Sensor camera. Fro is most likely busy as hell and with all the different numbers out got it confused. But it's a 1.5 crop camera, with no teleconverter

[@uk11sunboxing52]

Hey jared..what is photography maths...ratio iso a/f etc combination

[@tectorama]

Being someone who does a lot of wildlife photography, you can't always take a lot of time composing your shot. Composing has to be done in post processing, as birds and animals don't tend to stay still for very long. Shoot wide then crop later. It's a matter of capturing the moment, not worrying about your camera settings.

[@danielrapp4096]

Thank you for offering some meaningful information on what makes a photograph different from a snapshot. I found the crop comments very useful.

[@notthere83]

Why on earth would you assume that everything is shot handheld? Unless the guy told you that he did it.

[@r_cab314]

Do you have a video focused on building exposure.

[@Olemrac11]

The only time I crop to 1:1 is when it's more an artistic shot rather than a moment or scenic shot if that makes sense. And if I have a natural frame in the picture that will save the picture.

[@michaelminella]

Just a note here. You assumed he was handholding at those long lengths with slow shutter speeds...my bet is that some of those were taken at a zoo with a tripod which would have let him get away with longer exposures and still be sharp.

[@ExploreAnywhere]

I really need help with my F stops, so 100 to 200 ISO is 1 stop, and 200 to 400 is 2 stops, but 400 to 800 is 3 stops but counted 4 stops in my head.

[@muzlee7479]

A1 43 what? 100 to 800 is three stops. 1, 100 ->200 2, 200->400 3, 400->800

[@ExploreAnywhere]

@@muzlee7479 I wasn't making a statement, I was asking a question.

[@JamesWrightman]

Agree mostly. Like to see a couple of them cropped to vertical. The sepia on the bird LOSES the pure white feathers, so a fail on post.

[@CyberEditing]

Excellent critique, the composition & framing / cropping in post were decidedly amateurish. Excellent examples of how not to set up the shots, or refine them in post.

[@blackythewonderful9447]

Totally with you on the critique. I didn't think you were too harsh. No point in sugar coating it. How can anyone improve if they don't get critiqued? The fact is there is only one or two really good shots out of that lot.The rest are in the main, badly cropped or poorly composed, or both. Hopefully the photographer can learn from this and correct some of those rookie errors.

[@r.h.3084]

I wonder if the square crop would look better if there was just a little more space above and below the bird. It seems very cramped.

[@Mac-pluto]

How did he not get any compression @ 900mm , 2.8 ?

[@BenMeyers]

I personally don't like the square crop either but I find myself using either a square crop or a 4x5 crop for Instagram quite often. I think it's important to differentiate yourself on Instagram by leveraging the social platform and using certain features to your advantage. If you use a square crop or a 4x5 crop as opposed to a wider crop, as people scroll past your images, your images will take up much more of the frame which means people have more of a chance of stopping on your images, liking them, and hopefully following you or checking out your work. Just throwing in my 2 cents on the whole square crop thing. Definitely not saying this photographer used the crop for that reason, but I just wanted to throw out that possibility. Also just want to say thanks so much for this particular segment! Stumbled upon your photo critique segment this morning and I've been watching them for about an hour now. Great stuff and I love how active the community is! I feel like I've learned so much. I'm personally a videographer but I'm branching out into photography and it's such a fun journey, especially when I can learn from pros such as yourself and learn from the mistakes that others are making (saves me the time of making them myself haha). Peace!

[@jadedragonfly1]

I agree that some of the crops take away the motion, the flow of the photo. the bird in flight..what are they flying to? where is the storytelling side of the photos?

[@hersh23]

Emily B indeed! Same with the picture of the squirrel. Great picture quality, but leave some space to the left. Let the eyes of the squirrel lead the viewer, even if it's to empty space. That crop is just making things feel like they are coming to an abrupt end. Hope that makes sense.

[@jadedragonfly1]

hersh23 it does. fro is correct and it feels like a snapshot..also with taking away natural color in a natural environment.. unless you go b/w.. don't go sepia.. I don't always agree with higher iso in bright daylight and some other nitpicking thing, but..the rule of 3rd was just throw in the trash.. I hope the Photographer sees what we see that there is no "story" in the photos. no matter how pretty the colors are..I will pass by because the photo doesn't tell me anything.

[@hersh23]

Emily B And oddly enough, the last photo blew me away because it WASN'T square. Lol. I mean, it's a beautiful shot but the fact that we saw square crop after square crop after square crop somehow made that last photo, with its basic rules of thirds in effect, so marvelous! Lol. I actually verbally said "Theeeere we go!" when Jared showed the last photo because it's not square, rule of thirds and because there is space in the direction of where the bird is looking at. Simple rules put to use and as a result, it's mind blowing when compared to all the others with the square crop.

[@jadedragonfly1]

hersh23 funny how that works. :) of course there is and place for tight cropping. just a matter of finding your happy place.

[@iainkane]

Maybe just me but is the crop not from being put on Instagram, hence the square crop?

[@nicodimus2222]

Shooting a perched dragonfly is like shooting a statue. The photographer made a good call with low ISO and longish (1/125) shutter speed. There is no need for 1/1000 with a statue, you just need it fast enough to eliminate camera shake.

[@michaelmurphy6434]

As you grow in photography, you, I mean us should be the best judge of our work. Once you can pick apart your own work and not be satisfied, you will grow as a photographer. On the other hand, if you are selling images like weddings, it only matters if your client loves the photography, not others photographers. Never be satisfied, keep pushing yourself brothers and sisters.

[@expatphotographer8745]

So-so review. A couple things are obvious, though for some reason the Fro missed them. They're NOT cropped. He was shooting at 1:1, obviously. Almost every single shot was 1:1, he shot them that way. Also, he clearly used a tripod. Did he shoot too tight? Yes. Why? More than likely, a new long lens. Happens all the time with less experienced photographers when they get a new long lens. The ISO setting was probably set to auto, which is common for wildlife photographers. Jared is examining the shot, and how to re-shoot it, as if a model was what was being shot. Asking to change the angle, on wildlife, at 600 mm? *faceplam* Jared is great and I watched his videos religiously. Unfortunately, he's a really inexperienced wildlife photographer who somewhat ironically was missing some of the wildlife basics the photographer actually did understand.

[@isa-jw3de]

Face palm to how you spelled face palm

[@theCameraVille]

This is a good critique session. 100% good stuff. When I was starting out, my teacher did the same thing.

[@SidneyKenson]

About handholding the Tamron 150-600mm f/5-6.3 G1 at 600mm, it is possible also on slow shutter speeds, the lens is pretty well balanced, and I got quite a nice shot at even 1/25s on a Canon EOS 1200D, making it an equivalent of 960mm. Yes, the image stabilizer from Tamron helped out a hell with 4 stops. But the rest was just a ton of luck and a little bit of breathing technique to keep it still during the shot for a sharp image. Well, focus missed by 3", but sharp on there anyways.

[@tdawg719]

To sign up for flicker do you have to create a yahoo account? id like to submit my photos

[@dominichanna]

I wonder these were exported to Flickr via Instagram. That would explain the square crop.

[@JCole78]

The mascot(s) for Kiddie City if I remember correctly was Kaycee Kangaroo and Baby Hop.

[@rsutter879]

Thanx, learned a lot. I know many people (including myself) who doesn't know acatelly the simple rules for iso, exposure and time and just shoot snapshots. With this video you force me to think more and better how to use my camera.

[@ocphotography9136]

I don't mind square format if the photo is composed for it. I have a 6x6/4x4 vintage camera and I love experimenting with square framing. These examples seem to be merely about removing negative space, negative space is great. imagine if all that lovely sky was cropped out of the blue bird photo? Unless of course it's ugly space that should have been left out of the framing when the shot was taken.

[@ChrisAdval]

I'd like to get that metal print. Do you have a special link from Adoramapix for I can help support the channel?

[@thegoblin3629]

How do you get all that info on your settings?

[@Luixxxd1]

How can i have my photos critiqued?

[@ekill1395]

That's an egret, not a goose.

[@cartoonasaurus]

Looked like a spoonbill to me, the one dipping its beak with the reflection...

[@sharkeatsyou2905]

That or possibly a swan of some sort

[@scry1888]

Nahhh bro that's a parrot

[@L3GenDaRyPr0diGy]

No one cares, gay nerds

[@pierrevilley6675]

That's a chicken.

[@latuman]

I'm a poor amateur but I never saw an unusual aspect ratio photo that looked somehow better than the regular I use (3:2 I think?).

[@theprettydamned]

Why not crop to aspect ratio, Jared? It doesn't affect print quality in terms of sharpness or noise (eg a 20x30" in 2x3 becomes a 20x25" in 8x10). I've come from a background of shooting 6x7 film and find the 2x3 ration a bit odd to use - too panoramic for headshots, perfect for street, reportage and full body shoots and not panoramic enough for a cinematic feel. I tried an Olympus m4/3 and found it much easier to take compositionally nice photos in-camera, while still leaving enough space in the frame for street and full body shots. I know, I need more practice, and I know a lot of this is very subjective, and the examples in the video above were perhaps not well composed in crop :) but I'd like to know your thoughts as to why 2x3 is the most suitable ratio.

[@tobiasyoder]

I feel like Jared does understand wildlife photography to a full extent. The rant about exposure was not a good one. This is due to the fact that with a still animal, you should take a few shots are high shutter, but then take lots of photos are a lower shutter speed in order to reduce iso noise. You then take the photo with the lowest shutter speed that is sharp. I can agree that the egret and some of the other photos had poor background and were not ideal, however the continuing rant of shutter speed was completely bogus, as long as the photographer can manage a sharp photo. It is not some miracle OS that makes it sharp, it is that he probably took around 70-100 photos are that slow shutter in hopes that one will be sharp which allows for lower iso and therefore less noise. Also, I am very surprised that you did not note that the gull was flying away in the gull photo which, to me, demonstrates that you really do not do wildlife photography and do not have a deep understanding for what goes into it. I am not saying you do not know your stuff about photography in general, but I would recommend in most cases to stay away from wildlife. Granted I can recognize that the photos you said were good were indeed good and the ones you said not so much I can also agree with, however your reasons often did not stack up as much. You also did not seem to realize that when doing wildlife photography you can always control where the animal is and sometimes going in tight to remove distracting elements is the only option. For all you know the monkeys were on top of a trash can. I am not saying I hate or dislike the video but as an avid wilflife and bird photographer I am a bit peeved.

[@tobiasyoder]

Uh yeah. A bird flying away is almost always worse. You pretty much never want that and to me it ruins lots of photos. Your not a wildlife/bird photographer either :P Unless youu are going for some kind of artistic effect which the gull is clearly not.

[@falcoperegrinus82]

How does reducing shutter speed reduce ISO noise?

[@itsme__a]

I think another reason you can tell he's not a great source for wildlife photography is that he basically doesn't know what any of the animals he's looking at are.

[@monsterous289]

Many wildlife photographers have their ISO set to auto. Whenn they reduce the shutter speed, their ISO automatically drops to compensate

[@dbauernf]

Jared, while I agree with almost everything you said - why are you assuming it's all hand-held? Also, where did you come up with a 1.4x crop? :)

[@harrisonbarden6876]

dbauernf Nikon crop sensor cameras are a 1.4x crop on the image.

[@dbauernf]

They're not 1.5x?

[@harrisonbarden6876]

You are correct my bad! haha

[@frankwoodbery2473]

obviosly all taken on a tripod. and the crop factor for Nikon DX is 1.5, not 1.4.

[@Direkin]

Wait, for that first image, what the hell was that light area on the left? It just looks really weird, like something is in the way and out of focus.

[@MriduM_]

How is bumping the ISO supposed to freeze the picture. ISO is just a number isn't it?

[@jeppeploug8978]

hey Jared I'm working on my photo book and i was wondering if i should put a few pages of text now and then to describe the trip i were on and to describe the picture? what are your thoughts on this?

[@AtomicArcherGuy]

Jared P: dude, I used to have a hate-on for you. Couldn’t figure out why, doesn’t matter now, but since I got myself a Canon T7i, and then watched your tutorial on setting it up and explaining all the controls and whatnot, (which I appreciated a lot and understood well) and then I watched your 5 minute portrait shoot with the denim guy and understood how you roll a bit better and now hearing all of this... dude, you’re hardcore. I meant, no cropping in post NO MATTER WHAT?!? That’s integrity.

[@talibytes]

You're right about the bad crops, squares don't look good. However, why are you insulting him about how he took the pictures? You are critiquing the picture not the method to get it. He got a sharp dragonfly. Does it matter how? You should be quickly mentioning something like, it would be easier to take with these small adjustments and.... then talk about the picture. (And honestly, the way you are critising him is cruel. Give more constructive feedback in a nicer manner)

[@nafisdelacruz9703]

i think that it matters how because just because that one picture managed to be sharp (i wondered if he used a tripod, honestly), those settings are not ideal for that situation, so the shooter should be aware of those settings and adjusting to situations (pretty sure he said this too, although not verbatim).

[@madtonesbr]

The dragonfly critique is still valid. He's pointing out that the photographer got lucky in getting a sharp shot here. He's hamstringing himself with those seting. In the future for a similar shot, those settings will result in a blurrier shot 4/5 of the time. He should be commended for the shot, but from a LEARNING perspective, he can get shots like that much more easily in any situation with a higher ISO and higher shutter speed. That's an incredibly useful critique and will help him improve as a photographer. There's a difference between getting lucky with a shot and being able to use skill to get shots like that easily because of practice and knowledge.

[@jomormont]

He's a professional, the guy wanted to be critiqued so he can improve. You can't improve if you kiss the guy's butt and be super nice about everything. If I wanted my photos critiqued, I'd want the same brutal honesty. I'd learn so much from it.

[@falcoperegrinus82]

How he took it certainly does matter. The fact that dragonfly was sharp was pretty much due to luck. If he was using the proper settings, he'd get many more "keepers" in that shooting situation.

[@Junabku]

where to send photos for rev? when ty !

[@Oneandonly12]

How can you tell there cropped?

[@dbauernf]

These shots give out the feel of someone wanting to get into wildlife photography, not having any experience, and buying gear that the photographer friend recommended. Good gear, amateur shooter. The crops are HORRIBLE.

[@michaelwatson3025]

Jared I have several unedited photos I'd love to see you cc they are all random and mainly raw

[@LetFreedomDecide]

They may be cropped for instagram

[@ammar9279]

how to send the images??

[@KoaTheDogg]

Where can I submit photos??

[@Mephistopheles13]

Not harsh at all. Not only was your critique honest but also informative. Society needs to learn how to accept critiques better. Anyway, great video

[@upgradeguy6418]

Can you do photos from /r/analog?

[@justin555666]

"If you're gonna crop, then leave the aspect ratio where the aspect ratio should be." There's nothing significant about an aspect ratio.

[@marcilk7534]

How can I send you my photos to critique? I'm new at photography and would love the feedback.

[@Poluxthefifth1]

Where can I get those math formulas he speaks about

[@cybrunel1016]

Accepting constructive criticism is the best way to learn, including humility.

[@LiLi-vk9us]

Hi Jared, I think the square photos used to be good for Instagram. However, I don't see the point of doing that any more, as Instagram now supports other aspect ratios, too. Besides, it's difficult to get close to wildlife, so I can understand him doing all the photos at 400+ mm, but I don't see the point doing the slow shutter - except when doing panning.

[@pormacrhistian]

The problem with the crop of all images its called "instagram" i mean, 4x5 always or die, i prefer crop the image in a 4x5 format instead the automatic crop that instagram makes on my photos.

[@JSmithRR]

Where so you send the photos to? Email? Just would like some feedback

[@dylank6650]

How do you send photos in? I have only started taking photos but i want to get slammed nothing better than Brutally Harsh Photo Critique.

[@coopnhtown]

Lol this made me laugh so hard

[@dylank6650]

I'm glad i made you laugh.

[@rodrigopages1054]

wonder if a set of pictures taken on 6x6 medium format film would get shit talked about the crop...

[@heatherb9575]

would love to learn more about correct cropping especially with basic dslr etc. Maybe something for a future video??

[@googleuser9073]

So what's a good crop? Because every review seems to have a bad crop

[@FaZeZombieslayer]

Isnt high ISO bad in daylight?

[@chenglin4213]

FaZe The Incredible Hunk ZombieSlayer depends, not if you try to freeze a action. Something you just need a sharper photo.

[@PedallingwithPaul]

love this video. very helpful I always am scared to crop. I try to take the photo as how i want to see it

[@rashodm]

I would love to get a critique from you. I feel that sometimes in the fb groups I belong to, the people don't give real feedback. how do I get you to critique me?

[@fredsbloggs656]

Several points here: firstly the bird was an egret!! Second point: I shoot birds, the last thing you want to do is raise your ISO "unless" you have to, if the guys is getting sharp shots at 1/50 sec. that's the best plan. Fur, feathers and fine detail are ruined by 800-1600 ISO especially on APSc DSLRs. Most birders are forced to shoot APSc bodies to get the reach, this means you have a 1-1 1/2 stops more noise than FF. BTW the "affordable" Tamron/Sigma 150-600mm generally are not sharp wide open at 600mm F6.3 this usually produces soft images, that's why most people shoot at F8. Other than that I agree with your thoughts on composition/cropping/chopping and prefer the 2/3 format. So it's always a juggling match between high shutter speeds and noise. I kinda get the impression your used to shooting 600mm F4 lenses on a FF camera, so don't cook your "goose" (egret) shooting high ISOs ha ha!

[@wasinsilakong4912]

The person who take this image is a walking tripod

[@ItsOnlyMikesLife]

With the shutter speeds, you don't know if he was handholding or had a mono/tripod. I'm super impressed and Tamron's IS system. Impressively sharp too.

[@falcoperegrinus82]

I would have cropped the jay a little closer. Of course still keeping the aspect ratio and the off-center composition.

[@weirjf]

Why are square photos bad? He cropped it too far, but why is the shape an automatic strike against the image itself?

[@GabriLinkHD]

Nikon crop factor is 1.5, so 600x1.5=900mm You're welcome

[@coolbeyblade5]

Gabriele Gugliuzza he had a teleconverter on it too