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Picture Composition... Tips on good Photography continued

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mortimer Premium account Joined: Jun 04 Points: 15075 Posts: 528 Posted: 2005-06-16 07:36:00    Hi Photoenthusiasts A follow up to Ravi's post asking for hints and tips on better photography. I did suggest taking a closer look at picture compostition to make your pictures look better and some links to related sites. On my trip to Copenhagen the last two days I did some shots of the Opera House there: All the shots were done with my Canon Powershot G6 Digital Camera on Auto Setting so no playing with any technical issues! All shots were taken in a range of about 50 meter, just to show that sometimes you need to walk around a little bit and be on the lookout to find the perfect picture. It was taken in the afternoon on a clear day so no playing around with skies or shadows or perfect light... there could be so much more done with this subject... So please have a look at them and decide for yourself why you like which picture better... http://www.globosapiens.net/mortimer/picture-copenhagen-opera...-1-21494.html http://www.globosapiens.net/mortimer/picture-copenhagen-opera...-2-21495.html http://www.globosapiens.net/mortimer/picture-copenhagen-opera...-3-21496.html http://www.globosapiens.net/mortimer/picture-copenhagen-opera...-4-21497.html http://www.globosapiens.net/mortimer/picture-copenhagen-opera...-5-21498.html http://www.globosapiens.net/mortimer/picture-copenhagen-opera...-6-21499.html Hope to have given you some inspiration... ;-) Mortimer [ This Message was edited by: mortimer on 2005-06-17 19:35 ] --- Today is the first day of the rest of your life, enjoy it! Reply    Reply with quote    Contact mortimer   davidx Premium account Joined: Dec 04 Points: 34719 Posts: 440 Posted: 2005-06-16 11:56:00    Hi Mortimer Funnily enough, yesterday I at last got to looking at a whole lot of faqs and other forum items I’d not previously read and I meant to write to you today to express my admiration for so much good guidance. However I think this is one of the most helpful of all and we should all be grateful to you for being willing to set yourself up in this way. I personally should very much like to know how you would rate them yourself, when there’s been time for others to do so. I tried to show my own willingness to do the same for some of my pictures but I kept hitting the word limit. I’ll perhaps write a separate letter on it.. Thanks again, David --- Grieve not for that which you cannot do but rejoice in that which you can. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact davidx   davidx Premium account Joined: Dec 04 Points: 34719 Posts: 440 Posted: 2005-06-17 13:19:00    Follow up to yesterday: I'm certainly not a 'natural' photographer - about as much artistic ability as a camel - so I should only give myself a very few more 5* than the two I've got. I think I could go along with the other 4s. It's with the 3s that it gets controversial. Whereas I agree with a lot of those gradings I should move some both up and down. Sometimes it's worth putting up a poorer photo for a time to illustrate a particulr point about others but it becomes pointless once it is separated from them in the file. Oddly, when I tried to delete one of these yesterday, I found that someone else had used it as a postcard. I don't think we should make people grade their own on the site but I'm sure it's a good idea to have a grade in your mind when you upload a photo. Then you probably won't upload 2 or 1 star photos without a reason. If you think one rated as 2* by members is worth more or you are fond of it, leave it there. It may be uprated ages later as with two of mine! --- Grieve not for that which you cannot do but rejoice in that which you can. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact davidx   mortimer Premium account Joined: Jun 04 Points: 15075 Posts: 528 Posted: 2005-06-17 19:34:00    Hi David Thank you very much for your kind words... it's really giving me motivation to do more such stuff ;-) Personal rating... well, in my eyes most of them are quite good, there are just small differences between them... my favourite is the one with the heavy rings in the front... If you want my personal hit list at the moment... 6, 3, 1, 5, 4, 2 6 being the top place... Anyway my opinion doesn't really matter. My point is that people should look at the pics and decide for themselfs and by spotting the differences and by thinking about the pics get inspired to do so when shooting their own pics. Well shooting is not the right word we all should stop shoot and begin create or compose ;-) Hope it helps... Martin --- Today is the first day of the rest of your life, enjoy it! Reply    Reply with quote    Contact mortimer   mortimer Premium account Joined: Jun 04 Points: 15075 Posts: 528 Posted: 2005-06-18 15:43:00    Ok Folks... I did another shot in the same way... rosenborg castle follow the links... http://www.globosapiens.net/mortimer/picture-rosenborg-castle-21596.html http://www.globosapiens.net/mortimer/picture-rosenborg-castle-2-21598.html you might spot the difference... one is shot kneeling down and holding the camera nearly to the ground the other one is shot by standing and pointing normally... decide for yourself In like the first one better it invites your eyes to follow the path and walk right up to the castle... find it more interesting Hope it helps martin --- Today is the first day of the rest of your life, enjoy it! Reply    Reply with quote    Contact mortimer   davidx Premium account Joined: Dec 04 Points: 34719 Posts: 440 Posted: 2005-06-18 22:19:00    Hi Mortimer I agree with you - but I actually gave them both the same rating when I looked at htem before reading this. Sometimes i feel very torn between two grades and the one I like better was a case in point. Sometimes a rating is a bit of a blunt instrument - which emphasises the importance of having a lot of them. One poser. If ratings are always put to the one above the average, what's happened with your second one called something like 'old and new' - the ship? Cheers, David --- Grieve not for that which you cannot do but rejoice in that which you can. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact davidx