Sunday 3 May 2009

It Is Right If It Looks Right

Backlit Sunflower

Look at this picture. Nice, huh?

It has low contrast. There is some veiling flare from having the sun just outside the frame. There is chromatic aberration on the edges of the petals. The subject is neither centrally placed nor does it conform to the rule of thirds. On top of all of that the "stars" in the sunflower face do not have sharp focus and there is very little depth of field.

What? You didn't notice any of that? Exactly. Don't be intimidated by the online experts who want to replace feeling with formula. Shoot a lot, learn from your mistakes and slowly learn to trust your gut.

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