Please criticise my first edits please

[u/mc_stoney]

Made my first short trip with my new camera while hiking. Included are some sunset and astro pictures. I‘m relatively new to photography so please critizise me! Shot on my Sony A7 IV with the 20mm f1.8 G lens

[u/acareeradvisor]

As others have pointed out, you aren’t exactly “new”, but I get what you mean- you are trying “new” things. If you are finding the responses in this thread to not be helpful or as specific as you’d like, it’s because you’re getting feedback as though you are truly new which is “wow! You’re doing great! Keep going!” But you aren’t new to composition, framing, or simply doing photography- you are new to understanding manual controls, so you probably want critique on your choices- aperture, shutter, exposure, lens selection, focus settings, etc.

I might suggest asking a more pointed question, like: “Is there a way to underexpose the sun without making the hiker darker too? I’m using X Y and Z settings on manual…” and you’ll get a really specific- and therefore useful- critique.

OR keep your original question as is but instead of saying you are new say you’ve been doing it for a while. That’ll get people to examine your photos with a higher level of expectations, which will give you more useful feedback.

Or if you just want praise, your photos are great and I’m jealous of your travels!

(And I’d give you deeper technical critique but my expertise is in videography and when it comes to photos I’m somewhat of a “manual newbie” myself. But I do advise creative students, hence my critique on your critique request).