My Paris photo in need of help...

[rssilverandlight]

trechic -

Didn't Gitte do a nice job. While shooting, if you see the distracting
things, you can shift the camera or back up and zoom in to deal
with them . If not you can photoshop it out.

Sometimes you may see a picture within a picture and want to
crop down to make the entire picture out of the one within.

Send me a post with any questions or send a picture.

Happy New Year

[phread]

Regarding the original photo... sometimes walking around and changing perspectives can help tremendously. For that shot... by moving far out to your left, you can get a view of the lamppost, obelisk and ET in that order, which adds an angle to the top of the shot that is interesting to the eye.

[rssilverandlight]

Well said Phread.

What often happens is that by taking a photograph you can then
begin to see other angles, perspectives or possibilities. Other
photographs could then be taken, possibly improving on the
previous one (s).

Unfortunately most people take one shot and walk on so they
have a record that they were there. Good photography is
more than a record.

[rssilverandlight]

Do you ever find yourself inside a large building, taking a flash picture with your digital camera,
focusing on your friend(s)and they are properly exposed but it looks like they are in a dark cave?

To bring the background out you need to adjust the shutter speed on your camera. Most digital
cameras operate at 1/60th of a second when using flash. If you slow the shutter speed down
(on Manual) to 1/30th or 1/15th you will be amazed at how much of the background will show.

Be careful to hold your camera very steady or you will have camera motion.

The "technical term" for this procedure is "dragging the shutter".

[annettecinca]

Hey, that's just what I needed to know, Randy! ;D ;D ;D

[jazz]

Beautiful Gitte, thank you. I love the black and white shot of the tree branches. Exquisite.