{"id":15674,"date":"2016-06-12T05:25:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T09:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=15674"},"modified":"2016-06-08T18:35:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T22:35:24","slug":"brians-tip-of-the-day-for-better-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/brians-tip-of-the-day-for-better-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian\u2019s Tip of the Day for Better Photographs."},"content":{"rendered":"

Many photographers typically expose from a standing position, and\u00a0in many instances this provides a suitable vantage point.<\/p>\n

Yet, in some circumstances your natural standing height may not give you the optimal viewpoint.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not talking about gaining elevation; that\u2019s a topic for another day.<\/p>\n

Sometimes making a small adjustment, by lowering the height of your camera can make for a noticeably different photograph.<\/p>\n

Both images below were exposed the other day from the Shore Line East high-level platform at Westbrook, Connecticut. I was using my FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera fitted with a 27mm pancake lens. This is a fixed focal length lens, rather than a zoom. My exposure and nominal post-processing adjustment were the same in both images.<\/p>\n

The first was made from my normal standing position.<\/p>\n

The second was made from the same basic angle to the train, but from about a foot lower down.<\/p>\n

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I was able to improve on this image by lowering the position of my camera by about a foot (see below).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was especially troubled by the hooks of the\u00a0platform lamps on the far side of the cars that makes for an incongruous shapes. These\u00a0add nothing of value to the image, and could easily be mistaken for some appendage atop the cars.<\/p>\n

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Although very similar; this photo offers a cleaner perspective that is free from some of the distracting elements that detract from the photo above.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Notice the relationship of the NH herald, and more importantly the change to the distracting elements above and beyond the passenger cars.<\/p>\n

Try this technique for yourself.<\/p>\n

Use the opportunity offered by a paused train to expose several images from slightly different angles by making small changes in elevation. Pay careful attention to foreground and background elements as well as window reflections.<\/p>\n

Tracking the Light displays new material every day.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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