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 04/17/2006 04:18:06 PM · #1
I took this at Westminster Abbey...thanks!

Message edited by author 2006-04-17 16:18:36.
 04/17/2006 04:24:05 PM · #2
left comment
04/17/2006 04:25:53 PM · #3
sorry, I am new to this site, when someone says "left comment" where do I find that comment?
 04/17/2006 04:27:36 PM · #4
Originally posted by dgroz:
sorry, I am new to this site, when someone says "left comment" where do I find that comment?

At your photo... just go look at the photo in your portfolio, and you'll see comments underneath the photo. Click here.
 04/17/2006 04:27:42 PM · #5
oops too slow

Message edited by author 2006-04-17 16:28:06.
 04/17/2006 04:28:03 PM · #6
Go to the image and look below it :)
 04/17/2006 04:32:54 PM · #7
Left a comment. :)
 04/17/2006 04:38:42 PM · #8
Thank you!! You're all so helpful, much appreciated. I am a TOTAL amateur so when you say lack of exposure?
 04/17/2006 04:55:03 PM · #9
Originally posted by dgroz:
Thank you!! You're all so helpful, much appreciated. I am a TOTAL amateur so when you say lack of exposure?


He means the foreground bars are in silhouette, underexposed so they have no detail. This is because the camera is (correctly, I might add) metering for the bright scene behind. It would be very difficult to expose this to preserve detail in both the bars and the building, if not impossible, unless you used fill lighting on the fence bars.

R.
 04/17/2006 04:57:30 PM · #10
Originally posted by dgroz:
Thank you!! You're all so helpful, much appreciated. I am a TOTAL amateur so when you say lack of exposure?

Too dark.. the bars in front are darker than the background (bars are underexposed). This isn't in itself a bad thing, but, in my opinion only, it doesn't work well in this particular photograph.

Also, parts of the building are overexposed, or too bright, commonly known as "blown highlights". In both situations, the camera doesn't have enough information to record enough detail. Again, not always a bad thing, but very generally to be avoided, and in this picture, for me, it doesn't quite work.

Hope this helps.

edit: oops, Robert got to it first.

Message edited by author 2006-04-17 16:58:32.
 04/17/2006 06:18:15 PM · #11


this still doesn't work for me, you?
 04/17/2006 06:37:29 PM · #12
Originally posted by dgroz:


this still doesn't work for me, you?

It still has the same lighting as before. You'd probably have to reshoot. Composition is a little tighter this way though.
 04/17/2006 06:44:27 PM · #13
Originally posted by dgroz:
this still doesn't work for me, you?

Well if it doesn't work for you....!

What is your main subject here, the bars or the windows? - It appears you are trying to draw attention to the shapes and patterns of the bars, as they dominate the shot. But there are also interesting patterns and repetition going on in the windows in the background (which is in focus, and so also looks for attention)

If it's the case that you wanted to shoot the windows of the abbey, but the bars were in the way, then I'd look at alternative angles to shoot from. If you wanted to concentrate on the details of the bars, I'd try either throwing the background out of focus, or using a simple background, like the sky or the grass.
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