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Chris, Baz, Toni, Tom, Andy, Ian, Jason, Steve. Thanks for the input and tips gents, ill try to keep it all in mind when I'm next out. Which will be tomorrow!
You don't want the eyes leaving the frame but what's all this 'stops' on the right hand side? I'm not saying this to brag but I've won awards in major landscape competitions and I've never ever heard of that or followed such prescriptive compositional advice. There's nothing to stop you leading in from the middle or right, the image just has to balance to hold the eyes and lots of things come into play such as lighting, clouds, trees etc. Composition is very hard to teach and it can be quite personal to the photographer, but best to read up from well-respected sources from the likes of Charlie Waite, Joe Cornish, David Noton etcfor landscapes have a stop on the right hand side. let me explain ,it is like reading a page the eye starts on the right of a line then comes to having to go onto the next line as there is nothing else to read. Same with landscapes, you may not be aware but the eye does the same with a landscape photo ,start at the left and needs a stop on the right
You could possibly go in tighter to crop out the person or go back when no one is around, a misty frosty dawn could be quite good.
What's 'golden hour'?
I've had a go at editing with the free Sony software that came with the camera. I dont think I can do some of the things you've mentioned though.
Ok, So I've been out today for the first attempt. I really enjoyed being out, purely with the intension of taking photographs. I wasn't sure what photographs I was planning on taking though, and I think this is where I struggled most (Apart from not actually knowing what I'm doing obviously). I didn't know what to look for.
I think I grasp the basic concept of exposure, as you'll see though, getting it right I've not got the hang of...however it is day 1.
Subject matter is now something I will concentrate on I think. Find something/somewhere I like the look of and practice on that until I get it right.
Anyways here are the crap snaps I promised...
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The top one's fuzzy - what happened there?
Out again today, wandering around one of the local nature reserves (Sandwell Valley if anyone knows it)
Started wandering off the beaten path and trudging through the wooded areas and came across this rose hidden behind a tree. Obviously placed there by someone and looks as though in memory of someone...perhaps I stumbled across someones special place?
The tree moss was green but came out Blue in the shot. Anyone tell me why?
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Managed my first moving water type shot aswell.
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I've been trying to crop her out for years...
What's 'golden hour'?