Budding Photographer

A quick portrait by the fountain in Riverside Park, Neenah.  This photo was taken with the beautiful afternoon light during the "blue hour".  The f/4 aperture should be obvious as the fountain is not in focus.  I could have done more depth of field but that would have meant cranking up the ISO = more noise.  I was at 800 ISO which for this camera is just fine.  What makes this photo "work" is the good compositional elements.  When we see a photo our eyes are first drawn to the brightest part.  I did a curves and color adjustment to…

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Anchored

Anchors can be many things.  They can hold you fast and safe when all around you are storms and danger.  They can weigh you down when you want to move fast.  You can pull them in any time you want - or even cast them into the sea.  They can be so real sometimes and other times they are only imaginary...   This was taken in Savannah, GA, in a fountain on River Street.  I used my LX7 in 16X9 mode to give this a very wide angle/aspect ratio. Panasonic Lumix LX7 | 17.7mm | 1/100 at f/2.3  

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