Anitacv 52 in 2016

I much prefer the colour version on your vast Anita and I like the way the dry stone wall leads you through the shot. As you say the cloudless sky is just a great excuse to go back to a very lovely part of the country - I haven't been for years. Maybe this summer when I'm visiting family in Stoke...
 
Hi Anita, that's definitely a vast landscape and very pretty too.

I also struggle with landscapes and it's about getting composition right as well as having a real point of interest. The question I have started asking myself is "why am I taking this shot?" and the answer of it being pretty isn't enough! I realise the theme meant we needed to get out and shoot something vast, so that's the reason but I found asking myself the question and searching for a focal point improved my landscapes a lot. For me, there are four rules I follow when composing, especially landscape:

Simple - fewer than 4 identifiable "things" (e.g. sky, beach, sea, boat for example)
Asymmetry - usual rule of thirds but also ensuring the four quadrants aren't mirror images of each other anywhere
Eye movement - using leading lines etc. to get the eye to move naturally across the image. Ensuring there is a clear "subject" also helps this and also avoiding clutter etc.
Point of view - is there a better one? Lower/higher/left/right or closer in or further out?

Not sure if this helps and I'm not meaning to be critical, just explaining how I've struggled with getting landscapes working (and I still can't!) but this has helped me...
 
pjm1 said:
Hi Anita, that's definitely a vast landscape and very pretty too.

I also struggle with landscapes and it's about getting composition right as well as having a real point of interest. The question I have started asking myself is "why am I taking this shot?" and the answer of it being pretty isn't enough! I realise the theme meant we needed to get out and shoot something vast, so that's the reason but I found asking myself the question and searching for a focal point improved my landscapes a lot. For me, there are four rules I follow when composing, especially landscape:

Simple - fewer than 4 identifiable "things" (e.g. sky, beach, sea, boat for example)
Asymmetry - usual rule of thirds but also ensuring the four quadrants aren't mirror images of each other anywhere
Eye movement - using leading lines etc. to get the eye to move naturally across the image. Ensuring there is a clear "subject" also helps this and also avoiding clutter etc.
Point of view - is there a better one? Lower/higher/left/right or closer in or further out?

Not sure if this helps and I'm not meaning to be critical, just explaining how I've struggled with getting landscapes working (and I still can't!) but this has helped me...
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Hi thanks for your comments. Something for me to bear in mind. I do struggle sometimes with what looks lovely to the naked eye does not make a good photograph. But I shall continue to try and any help along the way is gratefully received.
 
Horizontal - I like your thinking
Vast - I like the colour version best, great landscape picture
 
Nice macro of a grater (?) Anita. Like the DoF fall-off either side of the mid-distance focus. Definitely rough. :clap:
 
rough - that looks very rough good choice I like the Dof
 
Great shot of a common kitchen item. As others I like the DoF and how it lies on a diagonal.
 
Anita, I couldn't work out what it was until I noticed the other replies mentioning a grater. Nice idea
 
A clever image for rough Anita love the DOF and composition.
 
Covered, that is one wonderful bench. Bench is also covered and the graffiti works well with the aged bench. Might have been tempted to crop the shrubs out.


Cheers.
 
Must admit, like Tim, I thought it was Colourful rather than Covered - could have served both themes. Nice composition Anita and well taken to retain the sky and all the details in the covered section of the rock face.
 
Great photo, captured in just the right light. And right on theme for two weeks :)
 
Really like that works for me looks like a nice place to sit on a sunny day
 
Hi Anita, a good technically strong take for rough - I do like the way you've captured it and lit it. Definitely taking my "Simple" at the top of my previous list to heart ;) But such an effective image :clap:

Covered is on theme but for me the lighting is what brings the image down a bit. High sun, hard shadows don't make the image any better for me, personally. Sorry! Interestingly though, the shadow falling above the bench is very interesting and works as a much tighter composition - you'd lose about 75% of the image (if not more!) but I find that a much stronger image - just not really on theme!
 
That's an interesting structure Anita, nice light, nicely captured :)
 
That's excellent Anita - all that detail retained inside the office without blowing the highlights outside ... as in the clock face. Lots of interest points for the viewer and loads of colour too of course. :clap:
 
Colourful - What a great image plenty of colours in there with lots of lovely details.
 
Colourful - great details and indeed very colourful all around, and very good point of view and composition
 
Hi Anita :)

Sorry missed a few of yours... so quick catch up

Horizontal - Damn that confused my brain for a second, I thought it was a wall light at first... nice illusion type shot :)

Rough - Love this one, such a great idea, super fine image and lovely narrow depth, love it :thumbs:

Covered - Very unusual, really like the colour of the rock its self more than the colourful graffiti, very unusual :)

Colourful - Now that is a great place to sit and relax, loads to look at and a photo that really makes me want to chill :)
 
ENTRANCE by anitacv.1, on Flickr

The pavement in front of Buxton Opera House slopes away quite steeply. I used Photoshop Elements to correct camera distortion but lost the top of the building.
 
What a beautiful building Anita. Shame about losing the top but presumably you can't get the distance to then be able to have space to correct the distortion - shame. I do like the centre section in particular with the entrance, balcony and arched window above and stretching to include those fabulous wall lamps. Lots of detail to enjoy. :clap:
 
It's quite a learning curve this photography lark isn't it...
I used to do this a lot (still do when I don't stop to think).

How to avoid it? (stop me if i'm teaching you to suck eggs)...

Options
1. Stand a lot further back and zoom in (not always possible - certainly not possible in this shot).
2. Go wide, go wider still. Make sure there is plenty of room in the shot to crop after you've applied the lens corrections, and then just to be sure, go even wider :)

Practice and learning these things is what the 52 is all about :)
 
colourful ... I like. A most pleasing image, lots of detail and lots of erm ... colour.

entrance ... as above, the top's missing. Interesting building, nice light and detail, but ... doesn't really say entrance to me.
 
Yeah, top would add to it. I try and remember to shoot wider if I intend to correct distortion...sometimes I forget, though.

Wonderful building and I really like the stained glass colours.

Cheers.
 
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