tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-756762554076215586.post3614544314508871937..comments2023-08-21T22:28:11.115+09:00Comments on Amami Superman Photography: Sakura in JanuaryAmami Supermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475719827384411096noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-756762554076215586.post-85380007881433688682010-01-13T12:16:30.839+09:002010-01-13T12:16:30.839+09:00Thanks for the advice. I'm glad you liked the...Thanks for the advice. I'm glad you liked the photos.<br /><br />I did what you said to the "Meh..." photo and downed the clarity. I also upped the blacks a bit and did a little sharpening. <a href="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s86/stolencar75/My%20Photography%202010/1_12/DSC_0166-3.jpg" rel="nofollow">This</a> is what I got. I don't know if I like it or not. Maybe it's the telephone pole in the background...<br /><br />The exercise you mentioned sounds like really good practice. I'll get out and try that as soon as the weather turns a little better.<br /><br />EarnieAmami Supermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11475719827384411096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-756762554076215586.post-21092389233285483362010-01-13T07:48:33.205+09:002010-01-13T07:48:33.205+09:00Just gorgeous... delicious! We only very rarely g...Just gorgeous... delicious! We only very rarely get blue sky like that here in the valley of Kyoto (most often when it does happen, it exists only in the fleeting world of Lightroom's develop module :-).<br /><br />Try slamming the "clarity" slider on "Meh" over to the left and see whether you like the effect.<br /><br />With cherry-blossom photos, it's all about balance in the composition.... balance about what is in focus and what is not (and how "not" the not-in-focus stuff is), how the frame is filled, etc. It's very artsy stuff that the rule of thirds won't help you much with in this case, I think.<br /><br />An exercise that might be fruitful is to revisit the tree and pick just one clump of blossoms, then take 100 different pictures of it.... different compositions, different distances, different apertures, etc. Then go home and study the results... what do you and don't you like, and delete them. Then return again and spend time to find a different clump, thinking about the possibilities, and take just one photo.Jeffrey Friedlhttp://regex.info/blog/noreply@blogger.com