Day1: Neophyte Shot
After arriving at the site, shooting the video clip, I walked around and took a few shots on the left side, center, and right side. All pretty much at the same max zoom. This is the only landscape shot. I was hoping to catch a jack daniels bottle up there but to no avail.
Some exif data:
posted by atwoods at 8:43 PM
2 Comments:
Few things to note here:
- The trees in the background are in focus, the jackalope isn't. This is the annoying thing about the screen on a digital camera - you can't easily tell a slight focal difference unless you zoom in after taking the picture.
- The trees and jackalope could be positioned apart rather than thrown together in the shot
- Go by rule of thirds and position your subject and any relevant details about a third from any side. In this one I'd have put the JLope on the left third of the screen.
- straight lines - if you can't get them parallel to the edges, throw them way out and use a distinct angle vs looking like you couldn't get the lines straight. Kind of like clothing - if you can't match exactly, contrast.
- Depth of field could use some modification - either open the aperture up to take the background a bit out of focus, or close it down (higher numbers) to get everything in focus. Looks like you were in the middle there. If aperture priority is available, always use that - let the auto-exposure vary the shutter speed.
- The correct exposure is the best thing about the picture
Manish - I'll attribute the lack of focus on jlope to fear. It's not until you've stood so close to a jlope that you really know the fear of god. Thanks for the comments. I'll try to apply them next shoot.
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