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For the first photo of the above gallery, an ordinary coffee-shop will never attract the local people's (except tourists) interest but if you are keen, a well-composed shot will make the difference. As for the staircase photo, showing exactly where it is leading to will only add up to the distraction but having it photographed sideway against the yellow wall makes for a more striking image. For the third and fourth photos, shooting them in my preferred angles - tight, near abstract shots plus deliberated slanting on the same subject matters (windows and wall) - is another example of creating interesting images out of ordinary things. For the close-up shots of the rows of multi-colored flowers, having recorded them in the vertical format is one way of doing it. A horizontal view has cropped off the green plants of the former and this has resulted in a more dynamic photo. Frequent visitors to this section will know how familiar the images of the last two shots are, the fountain where its pillar are adorned with miniature gargoyles. The first photo was shot at a 20mm focal length and later switched to a lens having a 135mm setting for the close-up shot of the gargoyles. The earlier photo, when it was shot, showed the fountain has temporarily stopped its water spray. For EOS users, Canon's exclusive Depth AE mode is another way to ensure appropriate depth-of-field in a given shot. Where previously, users of Canon's manual focus cameras have to use hyperfocal distance in order to get maximum or minimum depth-of-field by altering the focus so that the f-stop used will cover the required zone of sharpness, the EOS System's Depth AE mode will do it automatically. This mode will also add a creative touch to your images, even for ordinary subjects.
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