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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 458762" data-attributes="member: 13090">I've been working on learning how to &quot;see&quot; in a more artistic sense for a while now as I continue to learn about composition. On a more practical level when something catches my eye I ask myself what it is, more exactly, that I like. Is it about color, is it about shapes, is it a pattern, does it make me feel something? Usually it's one of those things but not always. Regardless, once I've decided it's worth shooting, I start looking at it through the viewfinder and working the shot. I look for strong compositional elements and try to keep the background clean both in form and color (I don't like too many competing colors in the background if I can avoid it). I change perspectives by getting high and low and working from as many angles as I can. Usually, when a composition comes together something &quot;clicks&quot; for me in visual sense. On the other hand, sometimes the shot just doesn't pan out and I have to let it go. I'm not averse to taking as many shots as I feel I need to get The One Shot, but I also delete ruthlessly and I don't start shooting without some degree of purpose. Doing a 365 as I am means I probably take fifteen or twenty shots every day, but I only keep one; possibly two if it's a good day......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 458762, member: 13090"] I've been working on learning how to "see" in a more artistic sense for a while now as I continue to learn about composition. On a more practical level when something catches my eye I ask myself what it is, more exactly, that I like. Is it about color, is it about shapes, is it a pattern, does it make me feel something? Usually it's one of those things but not always. Regardless, once I've decided it's worth shooting, I start looking at it through the viewfinder and working the shot. I look for strong compositional elements and try to keep the background clean both in form and color (I don't like too many competing colors in the background if I can avoid it). I change perspectives by getting high and low and working from as many angles as I can. Usually, when a composition comes together something "clicks" for me in visual sense. On the other hand, sometimes the shot just doesn't pan out and I have to let it go. I'm not averse to taking as many shots as I feel I need to get The One Shot, but I also delete ruthlessly and I don't start shooting without [I]some[/I] degree of purpose. Doing a 365 as I am means I probably take fifteen or twenty shots every day, but I only keep one; possibly two if it's a good day. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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