You've got me at it now Hama

[Albedo]

I think the ae lock could be good for this as I can do it once then reel off ten shots at different shutter speeds without moving the camera as it will be on the little flexi tripod.

 

I think it may have moved a bit in that first shot, may need to invest in a mini tripod with stiff legs.

 

Will take you up on that offer, but need to get to understand the lingo first aye, I'm not sure that I ever did this properly, even when I was into the photography 20 yrs ago. If I ever did I have clearly forgotten..

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Think about focus first, pic the object and press halfway the shutter, THEN compose the image, THEN fire the shutter, its a proscess, one step at a time,

 

focus, lock then compose

[Albedo]

Think about focus first, pic the object and press halfway the shutter, THEN compose the image, THEN fire the shutter, its a proscess, one step at a time,

 

focus, lock then compose

 

Whoops meant focus lock, don't want to run before I can walk, will do the exercise as instructed:thumbup1:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Rules are good Albedo:thumbup1:

 

the golden mean and the rule of thirds are what make this image.....

 

The oak in left hand third, the tree clump in right hand third, sky to ground third ratios, lead in line via worn path from lower right in grass:thumbup1:

 

[Albedo]

Rules are good Albedo:thumbup1:

 

the golden mean and the rule of thirds are what make this image.....

 

The oak in left hand third, the tree clump in right hand third, sky to ground third ratios, lead in line via worn path from lower right in grass:thumbup1:

 

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Glad youv'e thrown that in H as have decided that hiding from the rules is not necessary when an understanding of them will allow more effective rule breaking in the longer term.

 

I still haven't looked at this properly, but have been too busy on the technical side

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Albedo, drop the tech, its not rocket science and I will prove it too you, cameras these days aint the same they are so easy to use.

 

as for technical, crikey mate, wait till you read up on colour and kelvin temps!

[Albedo]

Rules are good Albedo:thumbup1:

 

the golden mean and the rule of thirds are what make this image.....

 

The oak in left hand third, the tree clump in right hand third, sky to ground third ratios, lead in line via worn path from lower right in grass:thumbup1:

 

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Just a thought I have had H.

 

What would you say, if someone who didn't know the rules took this image?

 

This is not a trick question, or disrespectful to what you have been saying, but do you think it a possibility?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

In an infinate universe all thiungs are possible Albedo, yes of course it is possible, but exceptionaly unlikley!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

In an infinate universe all things are possible Albedo, yes of course it is possible, but exceptionaly unlikley!

[Albedo]

In an infinate universe all things are possible Albedo, yes of course it is possible, but exceptionaly unlikley!

 

I know what you mean in that to take a textbook image, that conforms to so many rules would be extremely unlikely, but by extension, does this mean that you think that an untrained person is unlikely to take such a well composed image.

 

If I had a scanner I'd be able to show you one or two picks that I took that I was told conform to these rules but I didn't know them.

 

Is it not possible that the rules came from a formalisation of what makes a pleasing image and that this could be done by anyone with an eye for what is pleasing