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I’m not James, but I would recommend shooting @ f/8 and using a slower shutter speed. I would have composed the first image a little differently. I would have swung the whole camera towards the bottom right corner of your frame, putting the tree line and rock line on the rule of thirds.
I found this on a Moultrie review website….
Megapixel Ratings:
In the past, many people get confused with the megapixel rating trail camera manufacturers advertise. Companies inflate the mpxl rating to attract eyes to their products. They do this through interpolation, which digitally adds megapixels to a photo without actually improving the picture.
The best way to judge picture quality is to look at actual pictures. You will notice this the most when you zoom in on a full-size image that a camera has taken. The details of the photo will appear hazy or even digitized. This is normal, and to be expected.”
Yeah @buddingphotographer, Reading the license plate is the important thing here, so that’s why I was asking. It seemed like there was a lot of extra pixels in the car’s plate that makes it difficult to read. I’ll try to run a test next time I get ahold of the cameras.
I’m pretty sure the reason they’re the same size is they got re-sized to go onto Drive. That particular camera is this guy: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Moultrie-D-900i-10MP-No-Glow-IR-HD-Video-with-Sound-Color-View-Screen/46542939
I’ll have to run a few tests and see what the difference is exactly.Hey @melaniethomsen, I was just curious… The CD title is “Looking Upwards”. I found it interesting that the photo is actually “looking downwards” at the harp. Just sparked my interest.
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@Joshua Ong, Yes. You should definitely take it into account for both the background and the placement of the subject in portraiture.
Okay @Mirandawaite, I’m attaching some images that I grabbed online. They demonstrate the rule of thirds. Basically, our eyes are drawn to photos that have the subject on one of the lines you will see in those images. It’s easy to find these in your Lightroom crop tool as well.
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On second thought, I think I’m going to recommend editing it a little bit more heavily too. Next time I’m near my computer I’ll try to show you what I mean. BTW, it is a really nice photo idea.
Hey @mirandawaite! I remember you from Taccoa. I had some similar thoughts as the ones mentioned by others on here, but I would add one other idea. Did you consider processing this as a black and white image to bring out texture and details? That’s probably something I would try.
I don’t know what the scenery was like, but sometimes you can make a cool composition by shooting wide along the edge of a field (creating a “leading line” to the horizon), with a wheat grain head as the subject up close in the lower right rule of thirds “crosshairs”.
@Abbie, Yeah, there’s a lot of farmland. Besides that, it’s mostly retired people who did well in life and wanted to live on a quiet place on the water. It’s mainly waterfront property around here.
@Abbie, The water I took a photo of the first time was off of one of our points. I live on the Chesapeake Bay in southern VA. The second photo was from a farm the next creek over from mine. The creeks around here are all saltwater, and are usually about 50-100 yrds. wide. The second photo looked out onto the saltwater North river, which is about a mile wide. Around here rivers/creeks don’t “flow” because they are tidal. (Hence why you thought it was a pond…) In my county, wherever you are, 80% of the time you are within 1/2 mile of a creek/river/bay. So we live on the water, because our county sticks out in it! 🙂
Attached is the view from my backyard.
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And @Abbie, about a earlier post you made, there’s no need to be sorry about pointing out my mistakes. I love critical review, that’s a lot of what makes all photographers better. I make plenty of them, and that’s partly why I’m on these forums. :D.
@Abbie, I think that photo is pretty good, and I like the depth of field. Were you focusing on the flowers, or the morning glory leaves? If it was the leaves, you might be able to mess around with the rule of thirds and move your camera so they are in the bottom left “crosshairs”. Great spot to take a photo! I don’t have any streams or “waterfalls” where I live.
