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Something I've only recently figured, nearly every successful photograph contains strong diagonal or curved lines in it somewhere...

#1. Posted on Thursday, 30 Jul 2009 at 12:19pm GMT. Report this

I find these blank white, burnt out skies very distracting. I try to retain a bit of detail in the sky.

#2. Posted on Friday, 31 Jul 2009 at 08:28am GMT. Report this

The one point I always have agreed with Ansel Adams writings on (probably the only one!) is that clouds make a photo! Interesting clouds turn an otherwise uninspiring landscape in to something magnificent!

#3. Posted on Friday, 31 Jul 2009 at 12:43pm GMT. Report this

Does anybody else think these "black and whites" are actually green?

#4. Posted on Monday, 03 Aug 2009 at 11:55am GMT. Report this

Oh and those are the wrong files in the zip.....

#5. Posted on Monday, 03 Aug 2009 at 11:56am GMT. Report this


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