people framed at Angkor Wat

[Akhsan Aziz]

Akhsan, one of your photos seems to have been replaced by an image from a computer screen. This sometimes happens randomly when TinPics has been used to upload photos.

Hi Bruce, thank you for the info. but what the implication ? sorry I am a bit confused. Thanks.

[Akhsan Aziz]

I very much like the first image, of the monks. I like the oblique lines of the robes against the vertical lines of the background, and their implied movement. It makes for a dynamic image. The dark figures against the light background also works well. Because of the dynamic feel of the image (people in movement) I prefer the original, off-centre composition to the cropped one (putting your point of interest in the middle makes a picture look static and stable. Positioning it off to one side gives the image a sense of imbalance that can make it more interesting. Have a look at the Rule of Thirds. It is a "rule" to be broken if you have a reason to, but a good place to start). It also gives the figures some visual space to move into. We can feel uncomfortable if an image shows someone looking or moving into a space and there is no space for them to look or move into. So, that works well.

You have a real eye for this. It will take time to learn all the technical stuff, but don't stop going out into the world and capturing images whilst you learn it. And an interesting but technically flawed photo is a hell of a lot more interesting than a technically perfect but uninspired one. Keep going!

Hi Max,

Thank you for your appreciation.

[Akhsan Aziz]

I like all of these pictures but, I agree with Izzie regarding straightening of the building lines.

I copied the images into Photoshop and sharpened them just a bit using the unsharp mask. It helped the sharpness considerably.

Generally a bit faster shutter speed might have been better. The standard formula for hand held shutter speed is 1 / focal length x crop ratio. Or in the case of using a 50mm lens on a Canon crop camera, the minimum shutter speed might be 1 / 50 x 1.6 or 1/80 second.

However, your lens might have image stabilization with which you can get away with a slower shutter speed.

Here is the image of the monks with unsharp filter applied



BTW: This is an all-around swell image. Congratulations!

Hi Richard,

Thank you. looks great and thank for the advice !. should get the photoshop software

[rpcrowe]

Akhsan...

Photoshop is not the only program with sharpening capability. Photoshop Elements also has that capability and I am sure that other programs (which are free) such as GIMP also have sharpening included.

I think that the software included with Canon cameras allows some sharpening also!

[Akhsan Aziz]

Akhsan...

Photoshop is not the only program with sharpening capability. Photoshop Elements also has that capability and I am sure that other programs (which are free) such as GIMP also have sharpening included.

I think that the software included with Canon cameras allows some sharpening also!

Hi Richard.
Thank you for the info. I am downloading the software.
Regards.