I'd have preferred it without the fence post and foreground twigs but a decent shot
Thanks for your comments guys, do 'they' not say to try and get a bit of foreground in the pic to add depth ?
Still learning
Russ
Absolutely, but the post kills the shot in this case. Simply getting the camera lower often helps.
Phil
Thanks for your comments guys, do 'they' not say to try and get a bit of foreground in the pic to add depth ?
Still learning
Russ
Maybe if it was to the left, but being in the middle makes that the main focal point.
Nice shot anyway
To me it seems an ugly snapshot.
Was it a trick?
Thanks for your comments guys, do 'they' not say to try and get a bit of foreground in the pic to add depth ?
To me it seems an ugly snapshot.
Was it a trick?
there are some much better scenes around fairburn ings, nip down to the visitor centre for your first ones, should be able to get good leading lines to the ings down the swan/duck feeding point... if you can get it when its empty even better!
for a first try your onto the right lines keep it up
there are some much better scenes around fairburn ings, nip down to the visitor centre for your first ones, should be able to get good leading lines to the ings down the swan/duck feeding point... if you can get it when its empty even better!
for a first try your onto the right lines keep it up
sorry, i posted this as the girlfriend... shes had a beating for leaving it left logged in on my machine :bang::bang::bang:
it wont help that 'look north' told everyone to go last weekend and feed them, i bet it was packed after they did that... poor birds will have been gorging themselves...
Think about foreground interest this way...
1. As others have said it must be interesting... but i've used fenceposts before... they can be interesting... but only if complete... the top of anything is not foreground interest its something popping up into the shot... The foreground interest must be part of the essence of the scene you are trying to capture...
2. Try to lead the eye into the scene... use a road... a tree line etc etc... I find with your shot everything crossess the shot but does not lead you through the scene... they are like blocking lines.
3. Landscapes are all about exciting light... the light in your shot is not exciting... if the light is not exciting... shoot details or river shots... flowing water etc...
4. Use the rule of thirds (usually)... It works!
5. Get low sometimes but not all the time as you can often loose the depth of your scene
6. Dont always jump for a 24mm - 35mm lens range... sometimes 50mm is fine!
7. Be patient... look for details and walk walk walk...
8. Know about DOF and experiment with all your lenses... take test shots at dif apartures... make up some DOF charts for your camera and lens combo.
9. Tripod, hotshoe level and cable release!
10. Get technical... read read read until you understand the basic principals... if you need to think too hard about your techi stuff when your out you have not read enough... you should only be thinking the shot composition when your out!
And finally if everything comes together... god is on your sight with the light... then your shots will improve...
dont forget, its there all year round, and im guessing its nearby to yourself...