A Little Note

This is just a little note to all you bloggers out there. If you scroll down the page you will notice a new widget on the right-hand side of the page. This is the Blogrush link I read about in Daily Blog Tips. I thought that I would give this a try as my blog is very new (just 1 week old). Give it a try yourself!

Results of Day 1 Project

I attempted to correct the errors of my original picture mainly by changing my viewpoint. Since most of my errors were compositional, I thought that this was the best method. In the shot below, I figured that if you can't remove them (the distracting tree branches), let them come into the frame. Unfortunately even here I cropped them a bit on the sides. This was due to the fact that if I had moved back to include them, I would have ended up with rubbish and a gutter at the bottom of the photo. I figured that slightly cut off trees would be better than that. Most importantly though, most of the distractions are removed (the tree branches, muddy patch and the distracting lamppost). This by simply moving across the street and changing from portrait to landscape format! I'm also happy with the foreground, this is the effect I was after originally. By moving back and including the walkways in the foreground that there is more to draw the eye into the photo. Finally, with this viewpoint I was able to show the monument in it's context more effectively than in the original photo.

There are still problems with this photo, though. The exposure is not quite right, although I did get the white balance ok. I forgot about the EV compensation button, so didn't even think about correcting the exposure that way. I tend to forget this function a lot, until I get back home then I remember all about it! The focusing is also off. I hand-hold my camera and this along with a wide aperture doesn't make for the most focus shot. Overall, though, I think that this is a much improved shot.


In this photo, I moved closer to my subject so that it is the only focus in the frame. Again, I think I got most of the elements right compositionally. I'm pleased with the exposure on this photo, although again the image isn't as sharp as it could be (same reasons as above). I've really got to get a tripod! The only thing that I would change if I were to re-shoot this photo would be to somehow blur the background a bit because the flats in the background are a bit distracting.