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Learning Shots at CBD area during day
Topic Started: May 9 2009, 01:49 AM (372 Views)
jkkm
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I took a walk at CBD area this afternoon and took some pictures.
Welcome any bros/sis's comments and advice on where I could improve? Thanks so much

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A900, 1/80, F16, ISO100

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A900, 1/80, F18, ISO100

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A900, 1/80, F20, ISO100

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A900, 1/250, F2.8, ISO100

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A900, 1/25, F22, ISO100

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A900, 1/80, F2.8, ISO100
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Nice.. Maybe u can post a bigger photo... Mi old man eye got problem...hehe :sweat:
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P1. Nice Photo you can try to put the bridge lower because day time the water are nice attractive
but if this shoot in taken on night time than u must give more space for the water.

P2. is a very common effect in wide angle lens. the side building are not stright to the sky. use PS make it stright.
a bit under EV. [look from the tree, give some brightness on the tree will do.]

P3,P4 are good.

P5. Just be careful your horizontal line.
first your subject to show us is the shadow, than we follow your shadow to the tree.
from the tree we shaw the building but the building are not in stright up to the sky.

Att. to take this kind of picture which can see the horizontal line most of it the line really need to be
horizon. but if you subject are very very strong than you can forget the line. [& this only will come up from Portrait shoot]


P6. Take note on your photo composition. The end of the tunnal sure be higher a bit. [just low down ur camera when you take this photo]
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#3 is a good capture of the Marina IR construction. the horizontal balance works for me, i'm glad you didn't crop of the lower building on the right to fir the three towers in the middle. nice cloud cover to suggest a frame.

#5 has good dynamism, although a subject where the shadow and tree converge would make it stronger.

:thumbsup: nice, keep shooting! do you work in the CBD area?
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Btw... why use such small aperture?
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jkkm
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Thanks all bros for the comments and advice. I still need to learn a lot.
I was on leave yesterday so went down to take some day photos of the CBD area.
I was playing with Shutter mode instead of manual mode. Sorry I am still a beginner so I am not quite into Manual mode. Therefore most of the time, I will play around with Aperture or Shutter mode setting.
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aperture and shutter priority are perfectly fine for anyone. its not recommended to use manual priority in ever-changing conditions like street shoots or even concerts where lighting levels differ drastically one moment to the next. however i must admit i'm addicted to manual, i'm a sucker for challenges... but at times i wish i would just be happy to shoot in aperture priority again.
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May 9 2009, 12:25 PM
Thanks all bros for the comments and advice. I still need to learn a lot.
I was on leave yesterday so went down to take some day photos of the CBD area.
I was playing with Shutter mode instead of manual mode. Sorry I am still a beginner so I am not quite into Manual mode. Therefore most of the time, I will play around with Aperture or Shutter mode setting.
Hi jkkm , welcome to the Forum !

Don't be sorry , Shoot & Learn as we go along . Hope you do not mind , i did some editing using your photo #2 .

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jkkm
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Hi Bro Ming, Thanks alot.
I dun mind on the editing done on the photo. It looks brighter. Did you perform some exposure edit to the photo because it looks brighter?

I am trying to shoot more to improve on my skills. But need you all bros and sis who are more expert than I do to give me advice.
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personally i feel that using aperture priority would be more useful if most of ur shots are static scenery. cuz wat u want is mostly in-focused landscapes near and far thus using a smaller aperture like f8 (reference to sum of ur pics posted) which i feel is just right. might have other opinions out there but it works for me.

therefore, the shutter speed will be adjusted accordingly to the environment to get the most light in. thus i suppose A mode wud be good so u can kip an eye on your focus instead of putting in S mode and letting the computer do the focus u mite not want.

alternatively once ur comfortable with how all functions correlate, u can try using M mode as most time im using it..
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