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mikenorton · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 3:18 pm

You are shooting when there are clouds, that's good, and you are using the rule of thirds, thats good. What you need to incorporate now is a foreground object. On the first picture a red boat placed in the lower left or a fisherman on the sand (Or of course . . . the Swedish Bikini Team playing volleyball on the sand) in the bottom right would be a creative solution to your problem.

The second one fits this rule: Mike's Norton’s First Rule of Landscape Photography: There is always one too many or one too few trees.
This time it's one too few. A tree positioned on the bottom left would add to the composition and be a very creative way to draw the viewer into the image.

The third one needs a big cruse ship on the top right rule of thirds intersection point, heading into the harbor. In this case it is not so much a foreground object as an accent element. Something out of the ordinary to bring a little attention to that part of the picture. The same way the snow on the mountains accents them.

Deborah de Graaf · Joined: 28 May 2012 Posts: 9

Cool! Great photo of Queenstown, look forward to seeing more of Aotearoa :)

As artifacts and noise seem to be causing me some issues.. So I can get a better idea, can someone post a 100% view of person (outside) or landscape so I can see what is an acceptable level of noise etc. And perhaps the settings you used?

Thanks heaps! :)

banepetkovic · Joined: 03 Mar 2012 Posts: 135

jeffbanke · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:11 am

Deborah,
Here is another of the land we love :-)

jeffbanke · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:37 am

Here is a landscape and a closeup of the same

semmickphoto · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:00 am

I went from northern to southern Island and I had never seen anything so beautiful like it before in my life.