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As a hobbyist shooter, one, is
of course, expected to go through the usual trial-and-error way of making some success
in advancing his/her photographic skills to the next level. As they said, practice
makes perfect for anything one is interested in and this applies too to photography.
In case anyone hasn't realized it, professionals, too, learn new things everyday
(and all the time) even though they have what it takes to be among the best in the
world.
Practice Makes Perfect
You may or may not have the ability to pre-visualize the images you wanted to
capture prior to clicking the shutter button. In this case, it is quite all right
to shoot a lot of angles till you have the right image desired. Films, are, after
all, quite cheap, so don't be conservative and thrifty in trying to save as much
as you can by not using up a lot of them in your quest of getting the best image.
Think of it this way: if you are in a foreign country or a place where you seldom
go, would you rather shoot a few frames or experiment with various angles and exposure
bracketing to get the images right? It will be more expensive and a real hassle if
the few shots you take do not turn out the way you want them to.
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Okay but the background is quite
empty |
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Much better visual compared to the
first one |
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A higher focal length ensured fill-up
of the frame |
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Vases too small and the stadium is
the subject now |
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The above is a series of shots
of using wider focal lengths to emphasize the flower vase as the main subject in
conjunction with the exaggerated perspective to keep the background objects smaller.
The first shot was okay in the sense of the execution but the background was quite
empty. A 360-degree turnaround allowed me to include the Bukit Jalil Stadium - venue
of the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur - in the picture, on a 28mm focal
length..
Zooming to a slightly longer focal length (35mm) enabled me to make the stadium in
the background bigger and fill up the frame while maintaining the same image size
for the vase in the foreground. The last shot, also at 35mm, gave a different view
altogether from a vastly different angle, with the stadium ending up as the main
subject instead.
Personally, I like the third image better than the other three, as the stadium in
the background did fill up the frame while the vase was no doubt the main subject
to any viewer concerned. These photos were shot just weeks before the '98 Games started
and I never had the chance nor time to go back there again until recently (2000)
for another event but the vases were no longer there.
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