Hi guys! Just a couple of days ago, as i was getting out of the house and walking to the lift, I noticed how brightly the sun was shining. The tower of one of the condominiums close to my house was lit up very brightly compared to those at my estate, which were quite shadowed. The scene looked very nice at that point because the tower really stood out. I couldn't help but rush back to my house to get my camera. I took about four shots and this was the best one out of the lot:
I'm new into photography and haven't got my hands on a DSLR yet. But I have been reading up. And I wanna see if its paying off. Okay... The main focus of this picture is of course the tallest standing building. The picture was composed like that because I thought that the building structures at both the left, right and bottom extremes could be used for framing, and also to make the building stand out more from the contrast in lighting. That was why I had to zoom out wide to include those structures, which in turn caused the tower to take up very little percentage in the whole picture. It was also a pity the clouds weren't exactly nicely formed up that day. A little bit of PP was done to adjust colour balance and to crop out the empty skies above.
I'm using a Lumix FX520. Picture was taken in manual mode. Aperture was set at F/8 and exposure time of 1/250.
My main points of concern are:
1) The building in focus is taking up too little space in the picture. Which i feel makes it look small. But the thing is, i had to zoom out to include the structures. How would you guys suggest getting about this?
2) I felt that the horizon was abit off and tried PP-ing it. Photoshop was used to tilt it back a little bit using the tower as the point of reference. It still does look a little off to me, but thats as far as I can tilt before the rest of the structures start to look like the leaning tower of Pisa. What do you guys think?
3) The picture still lacks impact. I feel that something is still amiss with it, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Any suggestions?
And lastly, thanks in advance for any input.
Cheers,
Evans
I'm new into photography and haven't got my hands on a DSLR yet. But I have been reading up. And I wanna see if its paying off. Okay... The main focus of this picture is of course the tallest standing building. The picture was composed like that because I thought that the building structures at both the left, right and bottom extremes could be used for framing, and also to make the building stand out more from the contrast in lighting. That was why I had to zoom out wide to include those structures, which in turn caused the tower to take up very little percentage in the whole picture. It was also a pity the clouds weren't exactly nicely formed up that day. A little bit of PP was done to adjust colour balance and to crop out the empty skies above.
I'm using a Lumix FX520. Picture was taken in manual mode. Aperture was set at F/8 and exposure time of 1/250.
My main points of concern are:
1) The building in focus is taking up too little space in the picture. Which i feel makes it look small. But the thing is, i had to zoom out to include the structures. How would you guys suggest getting about this?
2) I felt that the horizon was abit off and tried PP-ing it. Photoshop was used to tilt it back a little bit using the tower as the point of reference. It still does look a little off to me, but thats as far as I can tilt before the rest of the structures start to look like the leaning tower of Pisa. What do you guys think?
3) The picture still lacks impact. I feel that something is still amiss with it, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Any suggestions?
And lastly, thanks in advance for any input.
Cheers,
Evans