In this shot I framed the landscape by using the leaves of a tree. I also used the rule of thirds to place one third of the sky in the top of the photo as Carr and Miller Peaks are just above the cross hairs. The photo is also in landscape (that means the long side of the photo is lying down) rather than portrait orientation which also adds to the expected "look" of a landscape photo. I used Windows Live Photo Gallery to crop the photo and then adjust exposure, color, and brightness.
This was a difficult assignment for me as I found that capturing something of interest from such a distance is hard. I shot dozens of photos and as I compared my work to the book, my shots were just BORING. In other styles of photography, I look for a subject and work to get close enough to it to make it fill the space. This assignment works from a distance and I found myself doing more work on the editing end to see if I could pull out interesting colors and contrasts.
Professional photographers do a much better job of finding interesting colors and subjects as seen below. Notice how even professionals still follow the rule of thirds by using the bottom third of the photo for land and the upper two thirds for clouds. However, it is the lighting of this photo and the capturing of the sun setting reflecting off of the clouds that adds interest to the perspective of the road.
Your Assignment:
Take several landscape photographs. Crop them and upload your two favorites to your club's blogger site. Copy and past your website address in the chat box below so we can all see them.
Photograph by Bruce Dale
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