How to take the photo of leaves on the wall

[Ericli72]

Red leaves on the wall is my favorite scene in the fall. Would you please make comments on the composition and where the focus should be (now is on the 1/3 from the right)? Thanks for your view.



Fujifilm FinePix X100, F8, 1/30s, 35mm

[Wavelength]

This is much better in composition; liked it

[Ken Curtis]

Hi Ming.

The eye has a tendency to go to the brightest, most sharp and most colorful parts of an image. I think the most interesting portion of your image is the leaves on the wall. Therefore, I would set the focus point about 1/4th of the way into the frame on the right side, and I would probably use f11 or f13 to get all the leaves sharp.

The leaves are already colorful, but on my monitor, your image is somewhat over exposed and lacks contrast. I would darken the image and increase the contrast to make the reds, oranges and yellows show more brilliantly.

I do not know what that black object is at the bottom, about 1/4th the way in from the left, but it detracts from the otherwise interesting image. You should consider cloning it out.

[Ericli72]

Thank you very much for the suggestion.

Hi Ming.

The eye has a tendency to go to the brightest, most sharp and most colorful parts of an image. I think the most interesting portion of your image is the leaves on the wall. Therefore, I would set the focus point about 1/4th of the way into the frame on the right side, and I would probably use f11 or f13 to get all the leaves sharp.

The leaves are already colorful, but on my monitor, your image is somewhat over exposed and lacks contrast. I would darken the image and increase the contrast to make the reds, oranges and yellows show more brilliantly.

I do not know what that black object is at the bottom, about 1/4th the way in from the left, but it detracts from the otherwise interesting image. You should consider cloning it out.