Soooo confused

[lj4bes]

Well said., I certainly will try..

 

[jcdeboever]

OK and wow, the parts of the pic I liked and made sure they were there, shouldn't have been.. but I get it, and yes I get the rule of thirds. Thanks for your feedback. Another question, I bought a wide angle lens but returned it for the reason everything was so far away I like to zoom in for some reason, for instance that picture. Would a wide angle lens be a good choice for that? Uggh..

I have seen a lot of fine landscapes with zoom lenses. My old mentor (retired pro), used 70-200 for his landscapes and told me you could use whatever you want with landscape. He preferred to zoom for that compressed look.

 

[lj4bes]

You seem to be seeing interesting subjects. The dark fence creates a somewhat odd line going across the photo, so next time walk around and think where you want that to be in the picture.

The three trees the light's hitting are to me the focal point. There's too much sky which seems to throw off the balance of the composition. I'd probably crop it down some, as well as on each side, because on the right side there's some odd bush/tree thingy sticking into the lower right corner and not doing a whole lot for your photograph. I can see why you might have found the clouds interesting, but sometimes it's a matter of figuring out what a photo is about - the sky? the three trees? I'd try to bring the viewer's attention in to what's interesting in the photo.

Very good advice.. thanks

 

[lj4bes]

OK and wow, the parts of the pic I liked and made sure they were there, shouldn't have been.. but I get it, and yes I get the rule of thirds. Thanks for your feedback. Another question, I bought a wide angle lens but returned it for the reason everything was so far away I like to zoom in for some reason, for instance that picture. Would a wide angle lens be a good choice for that? Uggh..

I have seen a lot of fine landscapes with zoom lenses. My old mentor (retired pro), used 70-200 for his landscapes and told me you could use whatever you want with landscape. He preferred to zoom for that compressed look.

I like to hear that! thanks !

 

[Frank F.]

The point is that with landscapes distance to subject is given. That is why you can use the sweet spot of your equipment.

All cats are grey at night all lenses allright at f=eight.

But if you have subject distance even f=1.4 gives you all depth of field you might ever need.

 

[lj4bes]

The point is that with landscapes distance to subject is given. That is why you can use the sweet spot of your equipment.

All cats are grey at night all lenses allright at f=eight.

But if you have subject distance even f=1.4 gives you all depth of field you might ever need.

That's a keeper..

 

[Gary A.]

What I learned early on ... That when all else fails, use the rule of thirds. That applies to all the rules. Every photo is different and every photog's eye is unique. Using the rules will deliver a nice, pleasing photo nearly every time. But intentionally discarding the rules will deliver a lot of failures ... but the successes you capture will be beyond pleasing and into exceptional.

 

[Designer]

This one's from a different angle, let me know what you think

Oh, thanks for that shot. Unfortunately it doesn't have what I saw in the first shot; and that is the horizontal lines being mimicked and echoed.

Sometimes an outstanding shot is simply capturing something unusual. Something nobody else happens to be seeing at the time.

Sometimes you have to work at it, like the high-paid landscape professionals do. You should see what they go through to get money shots.

Anyway, your first shot has qualities that I envy, but then there are those shadows that kind of spoil it.

 

[lj4bes]

This one's from a different angle, let me know what you think

Oh, thanks for that shot. Unfortunately it doesn't have what I saw in the first shot; and that is the horizontal lines being mimicked and echoed.

Sometimes an outstanding shot is simply capturing something unusual. Something nobody else happens to be seeing at the time.

Sometimes you have to work at it, like the high-paid landscape professionals do. You should see what they go through to get money shots.

Anyway, your first shot has qualities that I envy, but then there are those shadows that kind of spoil it.

OK, thanks again for your feedback

 

[lj4bes]

What I learned early on ... That when all else fails, use the rule of thirds. That applies to all the rules. Every photo is different and every photog's eye is unique. Using the rules will deliver a nice, pleasing photo nearly every time. But intentionally discarding the rules will deliver a lot of failures ... but the successes you capture will be beyond pleasing and into exceptional.

All right, I will stick to the rules.. thanks again

 

[thereyougo!2]

What I learned early on ... That when all else fails, use the rule of thirds. That applies to all the rules. Every photo is different and every photog's eye is unique. Using the rules will deliver a nice, pleasing photo nearly every time. But intentionally discarding the rules will deliver a lot of failures ... but the successes you capture will be beyond pleasing and into exceptional.

All right, I will stick to the rules.. thanks again

Why? I think you are missing Gary A's main point. You can get many decent images by following the rules. That's all well and good. Many exceptional photos break or partially break some of the rules and are exceptional because they give a view that those following the rules wouldn't ever get.

There are lot of good photographers. Exceptional ones are rarer. Depends what you want to achieve. It's good to follow the rules and then try and bend them a little. Personally I think that too many photographers think too much and feel too little. All art is subjective and therefore there has to be emotion there too. Images that speak to people generally have emotion.

 

[Frank F.]

I think it is a good idea to learn the artisian first. That part is always useful. Later one can decide if the artistic part is for her/him or not. I have very little talent for visual arts this is why I chose photography to train this underdeveloped part of mine. Sometimes I achieve wonderful results due to hard work. Sometimes I get lucky.

 

[lj4bes]

Oh, and... I personally love my 50mm 1.8, play around with that 1.4 indoors for photographing people or things close to you. The f1.4 will make an amazing background. Also, if you're unaware, you can flip your lenses around so the front element is now touching the camera mount and use it as a macro lens. Try it out!

I did not you could flip the lens, something I'm definitely I'm going to try. I Googled it and will be ordering the piece to try it out.. thanks for the info

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

Oh, and... I personally love my 50mm 1.8, play around with that 1.4 indoors for photographing people or things close to you. The f1.4 will make an amazing background. Also, if you're unaware, you can flip your lenses around so the front element is now touching the camera mount and use it as a macro lens. Try it out!

I did not you could flip the lens, something I'm definitely I'm going to try. I Googled it and will be ordering the piece to try it out.. thanks for the info

You can do it without the reverse lens mount. That's how I've done it

 

[lj4bes]

Oh, and... I personally love my 50mm 1.8, play around with that 1.4 indoors for photographing people or things close to you. The f1.4 will make an amazing background. Also, if you're unaware, you can flip your lenses around so the front element is now touching the camera mount and use it as a macro lens. Try it out!

I did not you could flip the lens, something I'm definitely I'm going to try. I Googled it and will be ordering the piece to try it out.. thanks for the info

You can do it without the reverse lens mount. That's how I've done it

Really?? I've tried again unless there is something I'm not getting, but when I turn the lens around it will not connect in any way

what am I not getting??