Pr Military Park

[ecce38]

Snapped this last Sunday. Thought I'd share. Any thoughts on the composition? Feel free...good or bad.

[The Caddis]

Very nice. Looks like it was taken in the 1860's prior to a battle between the North and South.

I like

[Danoinark]

Very nice. Did you play with the color or is that how it came off the card?

I don't think there is anything you could do to improve that one.

Dano

[crappiefisherman]

thanks for the photo.Its now my new background photo.

[ecce38]

Very nice. Looks like it was taken in the 1860's prior to a battle between the North and South.

I like

You read my mind when I first looked at it. I think the mist really creates that effect. The only adjustments were to teak the WB somewhat and pulled up the color saturation a tad. Made it my new background too.

[Chuck Gardner]

Composition is very effective. It leads the eye down past the cannons to a natural horizon. The slope of the hill on the left meeting the trees angle of the top of the trees on the right create a nice X symmetry. The fence line on the other side creates a separate path back into the foreground. The interesting path up and back keeps the eye in the center core of the photo. Being lead back to the foreground (vs being stranded in back with no clue where to go next) encourages the viewer to take the trip again... Very well done.

You need to clean your sensor, you have accumulated some dust bunnies (blobs in sky). I use a 1/2 nylon artist brush and a can of Dust Off to clean mine.

1) Shoot a piece of white paper at f/22 as reference shot. The more you stop down the lens the sharper the dust appears. This will allow you to see where the dust is on the sensor.

2) Brush needs to be nylon, not natural. First clean the brush and rinse repeatedly in distilled water to remove any sizing.

3) Follow your camera recommendations for exposing the sensor for cleaning (it usually a menu option). I put my camera on a tripod angled down and clean it in a bathroom where there is less dust floating around.

4) Blow the Dust Off (Canned Air) through the bristles of the brush. That creates a static charge on the brush which will attract the dust. Gently brush the tip over the sensor a few times, blowing out the brush away from the camera between strokes. The sensor is covered with a glass filter so there is no risk of scratching it with the soft brush. Do not blow the Dust Off directly into the camera.

5) Re-attach the lens and take a comparison "after" shot at f/22. It should be much clearer.

Chuck

[ecce38]

Thankd Chuck! Now that's what I call input..haha. You noticed the Dust Bunnies too. I've been looking into cleaning the sensor. Which sort of nylon brush to do recommend? Can you give an example? Just don't want to use the wrong sort of thing for the job.

[wacky worm]

awesome shot

keep posting the good ones

thanks

russ