09-06-2007, 10:15 PM
I think they both break the rule of thirds on the horizontal.
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The first, I can't quite tell if you're trying to show me the building or the sky. If it's the sky, move the frame to the right a little bit. If it's the building, move the frame to the left a little bit.
The second is somewhat guilty of the same thing but not as much. The question I have about the second is what do you want us to look at? I think the buildings on the right are a distraction. Is it the brick side lit by the street light you're showing off? If so, make that a bit more of the focus. I actually like the color, because you know it's street lights.
I think the second pic is also pretty grainy. Why are you using ISO1600 but stepping the exposure down 0.3? Is F/4 to largest (smallest number) that lens will go? If so there's at least something to be gained by doing ISO800 with a 1/3 stop down. If you're having trouble with the camera pattern metering off the bright window then switch to spot metering (I always use this) and manually pick where you want to meter.
Here's my take on composition. I wouldn't necessarily have shot it this way but I think it's a decent demonstration on how The Rule can impact the photograph.
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The first, I can't quite tell if you're trying to show me the building or the sky. If it's the sky, move the frame to the right a little bit. If it's the building, move the frame to the left a little bit.
The second is somewhat guilty of the same thing but not as much. The question I have about the second is what do you want us to look at? I think the buildings on the right are a distraction. Is it the brick side lit by the street light you're showing off? If so, make that a bit more of the focus. I actually like the color, because you know it's street lights.
I think the second pic is also pretty grainy. Why are you using ISO1600 but stepping the exposure down 0.3? Is F/4 to largest (smallest number) that lens will go? If so there's at least something to be gained by doing ISO800 with a 1/3 stop down. If you're having trouble with the camera pattern metering off the bright window then switch to spot metering (I always use this) and manually pick where you want to meter.
Here's my take on composition. I wouldn't necessarily have shot it this way but I think it's a decent demonstration on how The Rule can impact the photograph.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth