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Originally Posted by navin_bhp Samurai Sir, I have never touched a SLR before but read a lot about it. There are people who still rely on SLR's and comeout with beautiful pics. |
You mistook my comment entirely. I was not putting down SLRs, they are obviously superior to regular cameras. This photo was taken using film SLR in 1993 and now I use a digital SLR. I was comparing between film era vs digital era. We were very careful clickers during film era, because film costs money and we couldn't check our result instantly. Imagine visiting some distant place, taking 2 rolls of film shots, then come back and develop the film roll and find most of the snaps bad. So we were very careful while taking photos using film cameras. These days you can keep clicking and deleting until you get it right, there is no film cost and no risk of bad shot. Quote:
Originally Posted by navin_bhp Your pic is beautiful. I too like taking pics keeping the Sun behind the subject. Hope you wont mind if I crop it and do some PS work. |
I don't mind you cropping it, but I had left that sky intentionally. I could have cropped it and turned it into a narrow portrait like you did, but that would give a different sense.
This photo was taken in the middle of the crowded city of Wash.D.C. If I remember correctly I took lots of time to compose this shot to avoid every building in the vicinity. Those days we amateurs didn't have cropping ability, we couldn't recompose the shot later in photoshop, all composing was final once we click. I composed the shot this way to show that this majestic pillar stood alone. Cropping the empty sky around it will take away that feeling. Therefore, I didn't crop it even after getting it in digital format. Something like this: #5 Space Makes You Think: Composition: Photography Techniques: Learn: Digital Photography Review |