Well, I'm still plugging away at learning to take portraits of people, but decided to take a minute to look at nature from a differently perspective. I recently visited one of my favorite places to take sunset photos here in the area and play around with a new lens. While there I was able to capture some pretty neat plant photos aiming for a different perspective. It's amazing what can you capture just by tilting your camera slightly or looking up, instead of focusing straight ahead. I also had a few shots that werent so interesting until I played around with them in Photoshop Elements and added some filters to the finished product. Take a look:
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| By tilting my lense slightly to the right, I got a close up of this grassy plant. Straight on would not have been as interesting. |
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| Some more wild grass taken at a slight angle and close up |
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| This was just some wild grass growing in front of the lake, again by tilting my camera slightly I was able to capture it at an angle. It wasn't as flattering until I added a filter from PSE changing it into an abstract art. |
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| While walking under some big trees I looked up and took a shot looking straight into the sky. Added a filer from photoshop which gave the tree much more depth. |
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Alone these two rockers werent as interesting until I added some texture to the photo using PSE.
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Lesson Learned:
Take some chances when taking photos. Look and think differently when you're aiming your camera. A slight slant to your angle or looking up will give you a different perspective and might produce some dramatic photos. Also, by using some photo editing software, you may be able to save a boring shot and turn it into something a little more interesting by using some of the editing features that it has.
Unveiling Nature,
Dee
I absolutely love taking pictures of trees straight up like that, but I didn't notice you manipulated that photo until I read the caption-It really DOES give it a lot of POP :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of nature photos, so I do love all these pictures you took!
Thanks Kayla, hope you are doing well!
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots, Dee! I especially like the one of the wild grass growing in front of the lake. Thank you for sharing your explorations with photography.
ReplyDeleteI so agree about trying different angles for photos. Even a slightly different position can make all the difference between an OK picture and a spectacular one!
I'm remembering back in the days of film cameras I was hesitant to experiment with different views and angles. In those days taking experimental shots was expensive because of the film and development costs.
But I love the freedom we have now to experiment with shooting from all kinds of angles with our digital cameras / phones.
Whenever I photograph jewelry, I move the camera in close and then take shots from every possible angle. I nearly always find that of all the shots I take of a piece of jewelry, one shot will stand out as the best of that batch - just because of its slightly different angle.
Thanks Rena! Yes, digital makes is a lot more cost effective to play around with photography. BTW....7 hours later and I'm still chuckling at your story :)
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