What Not To Do

In taking shots on auto I figured out a few things that really need to be paid attention to. Mainly that involves lighting for the photos. For example:


When you try to shoot from light to dark obviously the camera will adjust to whichever environment its in. In this case it made the pillars extraordinarily bright with the inner area being much too dark, which wasn't what I was thinking of when I took it.

As I mentioned yesterday, there is also the awesome addition of flash.


I generally don't like using flash, I'd prefer natural lighting. So the flash really washes out this shot and doesn't help at all.

Also, as a bonus there is this shot:

Which I can't decide if I like or not. I like the idea of odd focus-points, but this seemed weird to have the un-focused blob right in the center. The branch of that plant extended up toward me, MUCH closer than the other flowers. I didn't realize it looked quite the way it did until I got it onto my computer screen.

I'm starting to develop a list of things to pay attention to while I'm shooting. Eventually they'll become second nature, but right now it seems like a long list!