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Lake Springfield, Springfield, Mo. at sunset. My first real attempt at landscape shot since the Eagles and Ospreys were in hiding.
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Small attempt at a landscape shot
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Good on ya for trying different subject matter. Any time you have the camera in hand and capture images you're practicing and learning something. Looks like you nailed the exposure, so maybe a step towards working out some of the issues you mentioned in other threads.
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I am on day 2 of no clipping in my images. I am trying to learn more about the histogram, Also trying to figure out how my pictures look like pictures while others posts look like somewhere I want to go.
Decent landscape. New subject matter always has a learning curve.
If taken with your D500 suggest configuring it so the viewfinder virtual horizon indicator is available to assist in leveling horizons/far shorelines/etc. when composing images - this image appears a bit tipped to the right.
If taken with your D500 suggest configuring it so the viewfinder virtual horizon indicator is available to assist in leveling horizons/far shorelines/etc. when composing images - this image appears a bit tipped to the right.
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Thanks, I am used to tripod but my AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR does not have a tripod foot so I was hand holding it. Sorry for the tilt.
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There's a learning curve to landscape photography like anything else but there are some guidelines that help:
- We're generally trying to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two dimensional image. IOW, we're usually (nothing is always
) trying to create a sense of depth like you can walk into your image and go there. - Ways to do that usually start by having something in your photo near your position, something midway into the photo and something far away to almost make a visual trail into the image. Photographers often describe this as: foreground, middle ground and background.
- So starting with something like a bush, a tree, a path or walkway, maybe a stream or flower or even a person (often looking into the scene not at you and the camera) can serve as a foreground object to start creating a sense of depth.
- Middle ground can be many things like a forest, a field, a lake, a valley that brings the viewer's eye deeper into the image. Often we look for leading lines that help bring the viewer's eyes from that initial foreground object deeper into the frame. Things like a path, a winding stream leading into the image, an interesting fence line, a line of trees receding into the image or many other things can serve as leading lines to help bring the viewer deeper into the image.
- The background can be distant trees and the sky, a mountain range (often with the sky as well) a band of cliffs or other far away things that serve as the backdrop to the whole image. One big thing to look for is great skies with interesting clouds, sunrise or sunset colors, fog, etc. We all shoot some blue sky landscapes but are generally most pleased when the sky isn't just clear and blue.
- A lot of images are aligned in a rule of thirds kind of way with the foreground in the bottom third, the middle ground in the middle of course and the background and sky taking up the top third. Don't do this all the time and don't think of it as a rule, just one guideline to start creating depth in your photos. But if the foreground element is really interesting there's no harm in getting close with a wide angle lens and emphasizing it while the other parts take up less of the frame. Same thing if the sky is really interesting it could take up half or almost all of the frame if it's really interesting visually so don't limit yourself to rules but when in doubt breaking your image up into thirds isn't a terrible starting point.
- There are also some technical gotcha's to look out for like it's best if visual horizons like your lakeshore don't slant across the image (usually easy to fix while cropping the image) and it's usually best if those horizon lines aren't smack dab in the center of the frame vertically unless you want a sense of tension and imbalance.
There's a ton more of course but those are a few things to think about with landscapes to give you ideas.
-Dave
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Tried adjusting the tilt and a little (hopefully subtle color adjustment.
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