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Hi there everyone.
Coming to the church in the village of Enniskerry I came across this path that leads to the graveyard. It is a very well worn path, the steps that lead up from the street are bowed in the middle due to age and traffic.
I would have liked some sunlight to come streaking through from the right, it might have been nice to add to the affect and brighten up the colours a little, it was a dull overcast morning.
Hope you like.
Paul
I don’t think that you needed the sun to my eyes the colours are quite strong enough already. I would however suggest that you crop out that tree and fence on the LHS. I think that the gap between that tree and the next one with the fence visable between them is a distraction to the overall photo. The photograph itself is really very nice.
yeah Tex is right on the crop. wud get rid of the mucky earthy on bottom left too. The right side of image looks soft to me. Nice colours !
Many thanks for the comments guys, as someone just starting off advice such as this is invaluable.
I’ll certainly crop out the left side and see how it looks.
Paul
Hi Paul,
Lovely autumn colours and a well spotted scene.
The suggestions re cropping/composition are valid IMO.
My main issue with the image is the OOF leaves in the foreground.
They grab my attention and tend to spoil my enjoyment of what is
otherwise a very good effort.Cheers,
John.
lovely autumn colours…the pic is extremely soft on the right hand side though….bordering on blurry…it looks like you focused on the 3 trees to the left by the fence
pbyrne wrote:
What is the best technique to get the entire image sharp?
Hi Paul,
That is a very good question.
I do not claim to be an expert but here are a few tips which I believe to be true. :?If possible use a tripod.
You can use mirror lock up to prevent the possibility of the mirror shaking the camera body during the exposure.
Use a remote shutter release or the self timer.
Set the aperture that your lens gives maximum sharpness. (Not necessarily the smallest aperture)
Use ISO 100 (or 50 if you are lucky enought to have it) to give maximum image quality.
Focus on a point in the frame that will give the maximum depth of field for the lens you are using. (Hyperfocal distance is worth a look)
Bear in mind that if parts of the scene are very close to the lens it will be very difficult to get the whole scene in focus.Jodal1975 linked to a very good tutorial which explains Hyperfocal distance.
http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/shooting/using-hyperfocal-distance-to-ensure-maximum-depth-of-field-in-landscape-photography/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;I hope this helps.
All the best.
John.
john has covered all the bases in terms of getting a sharp pic …i think the 2 i would emphasize most would be the use of a tripod and the shutter release….these 2 relatively cheap ( argos and ebay respectively…….unless you want to spend big money : top of the range tripods are in excess of e300) pieces of equipment will make more of a difference to your landscape photography than anything else. if you do not want to read the link i/john posted (some of it is quite hard to read!) just scroll down to the table and print it…..or if you really want to cheat… an “unofficial” rule that works 75% of the time is simply to focus on something 1/3 of the way into the shot ( a process that is alot easier to do using live view …think of the scene as 1 dimensional) . also remember your aperture will probably be between f11 and f22. personally after reading the above link i have tended to stick between f13 and f16
“official get-out clause”im no expert either :D so i hope my advice does not prove to be counter productive!! :Ddallan
jodal1975 wrote:
“official get-out clause”im no expert either :D so i hope my advice does not prove to be counter productive!! :D
dallan
Well spotted jodal1975. I use that line in the event that someting I say proves to be totally stupid and
is pointed out to be so by a real expert. :oops:Cheers and keep up th good posting.
John.
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