John Braden
Senior Member
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Camera: Nikon D5300
Exposure: 1/32 @ f/5.3
Focal length: 85mm
ISO: 400
Lens: Nikkor 18-140mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED
My first two weeks with a DSLR (D5300) had me in Japan for my learning/proving grounds. I always used a point-and-shoot camera in the past (Canon) and I decided to get a DLSR. I often sat in wonderment of the basics of photography-Aperture Priority and I wanted to shoot a subject with other items in the photo out of focus. I know it's one of the most basic "effects" but, to me, it was something that excited me about photography. I wasn't aware of the "neutral setting" of the sharpness on the D5300 when I took this.
I tried the center the main subject, the torii gate, in the center with some vegetation and a stone lantern on the peripheries to "frame" the subject, per se. I haven't altered the photo in any way but I wonder if using software to perhaps sharpen or add more color to make the water more blue or the torii more vermillion would make it better. I am such a beginner, I don't know what professional or advanced amateur photographers "see". I welcome any and ALL critiques. No matter how small, even if it's to say I should have waited for the ferry to get out of the background!
Itsukushima Shrine torii, Miyajima, Hiroshima 5/13/14 09:21:28am
Camera: Nikon D5300
Exposure: 1/32 @ f/5.3
Focal length: 85mm
ISO: 400
Lens: Nikkor 18-140mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED
My first two weeks with a DSLR (D5300) had me in Japan for my learning/proving grounds. I always used a point-and-shoot camera in the past (Canon) and I decided to get a DLSR. I often sat in wonderment of the basics of photography-Aperture Priority and I wanted to shoot a subject with other items in the photo out of focus. I know it's one of the most basic "effects" but, to me, it was something that excited me about photography. I wasn't aware of the "neutral setting" of the sharpness on the D5300 when I took this.
I tried the center the main subject, the torii gate, in the center with some vegetation and a stone lantern on the peripheries to "frame" the subject, per se. I haven't altered the photo in any way but I wonder if using software to perhaps sharpen or add more color to make the water more blue or the torii more vermillion would make it better. I am such a beginner, I don't know what professional or advanced amateur photographers "see". I welcome any and ALL critiques. No matter how small, even if it's to say I should have waited for the ferry to get out of the background!
Itsukushima Shrine torii, Miyajima, Hiroshima 5/13/14 09:21:28am