amanda_photos
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1. I chose to compose this photo in the horizontal orientation to include as many of the colorful, historical buildings in downtown Faribault. To minimize distractions I decided to shoot just above the cars and made sure I didn't include signage . Though there are horizontal lines I feel that the vertical lines, such as the window frames, are stronger.
2. The light value of the sky provides a nice background that really allows the colorful buildings to stick out.
3. Though it was a very overcast day when I shot this scene it was very bright outside and there was quite a bit of light so I decreased my ISO setting to 100 and felt that there was enough light to capture the buildings and the detail in the lines and curves of the window hoods.
4. Write about any technical challenges in regards to focus, exposure, depth of field, and white balance
The most challenging thing technically about shooting this image has to be the white balance and the overall brightness. Since this photo was shot on an overcast afternoon and not during the "golden hours" the colors appeared to be just a little bit washed out and the sky too bright. I decreased my exposure compensation just a little bit and decreased the ISo to 100 and the white balance was set to daylight.
5. I wanted to capture the detail, the wonderful colors and the uniqueness of the historical buildings (still very much intact and in good repair due to restoration efforts). Perhaps this image would appeal to tourists who would like to visit an old town just to see observe the iconic, 19th century architecture. In post-process editing I increased the saturation a little bit in post-process editing to really allow for them to stick out against the white sky.
--Interesting fact: "Faribault is blessed to contain more than 40 individual properties that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places." - www.faribault.org/about/history
Faribault's Main Street in the 1880's: faribaulthpc.org/downtown-district/
w11p Best
1. I chose to compose this photo in the horizontal orientation to include as many of the colorful, historical buildings in downtown Faribault. To minimize distractions I decided to shoot just above the cars and made sure I didn't include signage . Though there are horizontal lines I feel that the vertical lines, such as the window frames, are stronger.
2. The light value of the sky provides a nice background that really allows the colorful buildings to stick out.
3. Though it was a very overcast day when I shot this scene it was very bright outside and there was quite a bit of light so I decreased my ISO setting to 100 and felt that there was enough light to capture the buildings and the detail in the lines and curves of the window hoods.
4. Write about any technical challenges in regards to focus, exposure, depth of field, and white balance
The most challenging thing technically about shooting this image has to be the white balance and the overall brightness. Since this photo was shot on an overcast afternoon and not during the "golden hours" the colors appeared to be just a little bit washed out and the sky too bright. I decreased my exposure compensation just a little bit and decreased the ISo to 100 and the white balance was set to daylight.
5. I wanted to capture the detail, the wonderful colors and the uniqueness of the historical buildings (still very much intact and in good repair due to restoration efforts). Perhaps this image would appeal to tourists who would like to visit an old town just to see observe the iconic, 19th century architecture. In post-process editing I increased the saturation a little bit in post-process editing to really allow for them to stick out against the white sky.
--Interesting fact: "Faribault is blessed to contain more than 40 individual properties that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places." - www.faribault.org/about/history
Faribault's Main Street in the 1880's: faribaulthpc.org/downtown-district/