3 landscape shots from Doe Park West Yorkshire
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Your first photo is under exposed and it is not clear what the photo is supposed to be about. The second is better but it still doesnt have a strong composition, like the the 3rd.
A good start, just try to think of what the viewer is supposed to look at and feel. What is the subject, how are the elements arranged in the frame, what lines are there to draw people in and guide them across the frame?
I don't know why you say you wanted a longer exposure, what do you think you will gain? Or do you just mean the photos are too dark and need a slightly longer exposure to brighten them?
I think you need to buy the book "The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos by Michael Freeman"
In fact, every photographer should.
A good start, just try to think of what the viewer is supposed to look at and feel. What is the subject, how are the elements arranged in the frame, what lines are there to draw people in and guide them across the frame?
I don't know why you say you wanted a longer exposure, what do you think you will gain? Or do you just mean the photos are too dark and need a slightly longer exposure to brighten them?
I think you need to buy the book "The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos by Michael Freeman"
In fact, every photographer should.
Im going to have no time to take pictures with the amount of books i have to read haha! But noted and i shall purchase this, anything to improve my photography skills!
Im not sure what more i could do here, but i do want to know what more i could do, what should i have done better in the second 2 images? In the first and second image it was the tower coming out of the water that i wanted to highlight, i wasnt too bothered about the sky this time round.
& yes i wanted to get some more light into the first image as its a tad too dark which let it down, annoyed me a bit when i saw it back on the computer, i was messing with the aperture rather than the shutter, i had the aperture set, its the shutter i didnt have right! But now i know i can alter this next time i go down, at the moment im trying new things to get used to changing my settings and eventually going back over everything ive done and improving.
Im not sure what more i could do here, but i do want to know what more i could do, what should i have done better in the second 2 images? In the first and second image it was the tower coming out of the water that i wanted to highlight, i wasnt too bothered about the sky this time round.
& yes i wanted to get some more light into the first image as its a tad too dark which let it down, annoyed me a bit when i saw it back on the computer, i was messing with the aperture rather than the shutter, i had the aperture set, its the shutter i didnt have right! But now i know i can alter this next time i go down, at the moment im trying new things to get used to changing my settings and eventually going back over everything ive done and improving.
Just purchased the book
It is a great book, packed with details and explanations. i t is technical so don't attempt to quickly read the whole thing and take too much from it. Just take it easy, read it chapter by chapter. Come back to the same chapters in the future. At first glance a lot of images highlight how compositions and techniques like leading lines, balance and space works. You don't have to follow these rules religiously, but it is great to have a range of techniques and compositional styles that help you make fascinating photos.
Loving this book, almost a quarter the way through only picked it up twice, cant seem to stop once i get going! Very informative!
Just purchased his "understanding composition" for when i complete this, i dont expect itll take long at all.
Just purchased his "understanding composition" for when i complete this, i dont expect itll take long at all.