More Digital Photography Talk

[policeman0077]

I took these photo in the old community near my school. It seems doing some rebuild now. Any advice?

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[ShutterbugGail]

Hi there and welcome to the Q&A Forum!

Your photos are very interesting and I think they are well composed. If you have Exposure Compensation on your camera and put it on -1/3 or -2/3 you may be able to reduce the washed out sky in a few of them.

My major suggestion has to do with the second, fourth and ninth images that are a bit tilted.

You can correct them when editing. But you can also watch the LCD as you frame a shot to make sure the lines run more parallel to the edges of the photos.

Some digital cameras have a Rule of Thirds grid that can be turned on and used to align shots like these (as well as images with a strong horizon line).

Related reading:

The Rule of Thirds

http://www.digicamhelp.com/learn/shoot-like-a-pro/rule/

Photo composition:

http://www.digicamhelp.com/taking-photos/advanced-techniques/composing-photos/

Exposure compensation:

http://www.digicamhelp.com/camera-features/advanced-settings/ec/

[policeman0077]

Thank you gail.
I need to sleep now.
I will read your advice carefully later.

[ShutterbugGail]

policeman0077, I also think some of your photos would "pop" a little more if you did a slight brightness and contrast adjustment. I do that for all of mine.

If your photo editing program has a Levels adjustment try that. If not, most programs let you adjust brightness and contrast.

Depending on lighting when you photograph a subject, digital images can look a bit dull, for lack of a better word. Adjusting brightness and contrast will remove that dull look, especially for black and white photos. The trick is not to over do it.

Levels

http://www.digicamhelp.com/processing-photos/advanced-editing/levels/

[policeman0077]

Today I took some photos and use the rules you told me.
I try to use exposure compensation. And when in the back lit situation should I  +EV to make the main object brighhter or -EV to keep the details in dark place.

I found it is unesay to make the buliding looks like vertical. My ixus 70 hasn't Thrids grid,so I try to let the building parallel the brim of the screen, but it is still difficult. It looks not bad in the screen of the camera but when you looks it on the laptop you find it is so tilted.

here are some photos to use diffrenet EV SETTING.

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gail what do you mean "pop"? Can I do this on Picassa?  I think you use photoshop in the link you mentoned?
And I will attach some other photos I shoot today in the following stories.Hee, hee.

BTW: When my avatar of this forum can not dispaly?

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[ShutterbugGail]

Today I took some photos and use the rules you told me.
I try to use exposure compensation. And when in the back lit situation should I  +EV to make the main object brighhter or -EV to keep the details in dark place.

It's best to experiment. Sometimes it's better to under expose (darker) than over expose because it's easier to bring out detail in a darker area when editing. White, or "blown out" areas often contain no detail.

I try to let the building parallel the brim of the screen, but it is still difficult. It looks not bad in the screen of the camera but when you looks it on the laptop you find it is so tilted.

It's not possible to eliminate all barrell distortion. Sometimes zooming in a little bit rather than shoot at full wide angle helps. Also, stepping back from the subject.


You can use the Straighten tool in Picasa to help eliminate some of the distortion.

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gail what do you mean "pop"? Can I do this on Picassa?

By "pop" I mean removing the "dull" look that sometimes appears in digital photos. Yes, Picasa has some very good tools for this. When editing a photo, click to Tuning tab to make adjustments.

When my avatar of this forum can not dispaly?

I'm not sure. I'll look into it.

[ShutterbugGail]

You got some very good shots. Most seem less washed out than the first set. Boy, there is a lot of construction going on in your town.