Magazine Article Review

Article 1 Summary

The first article I read was titled 10 Everyday Fixes For Everyday Photo Problems by Philip Ryan. Some of the problems were 1. Q: No time to fiddle with controls A: Use preset controls. 2. Q: The exposure looks good but colors are off A: Check the channels. 3. Q: Your shooting in low light without a tripod or fast lens A: Try turning up your ISO or widen your aperture. 4. Q: You want to try high dynamic range but forgot y0ur ipod A: Set your priorities. 5. Q: You want to back up your images but your too lazy. A: Save directly to a DVD.


Aritlce 2 Summary

The second article I read was about Animal Arrangement by Kathleen Davis. To summarize the article it was talking about common problems with photographing wildlife. The subject is either too far away or too centered on the frame. To get better shots follow the Rule of Thirds, get as close as possible, use wide angles, and shoot from different angles.



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Photo Edit

Yeah I got bored of clone stamping, so the bottom right doesn't look as neat as I know I could have done it. But I did use the gradient on the sky and in the water.

So for the original picture I thought the sky looked really fake, because of the color it was. Also the shadow of the railing was pretty ridiculous in the bottom right corner. In general this picture didn't have realistic colors to me, but thats just my opinion.

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