Comments on: Get Down Low to Frame Out Ugly Backgrounds http://www.goldengod.net/2007/09/08/get-down-low-to-frame-out-ugly-backgrounds/ Photography Tips and Digital Camera News from Andrew Ferguson's Photography Blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:47:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Andrew Ferguson http://www.goldengod.net/2007/09/08/get-down-low-to-frame-out-ugly-backgrounds/#comment-22322 Andrew Ferguson Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:58:30 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/09/08/get-down-low-to-frame-out-ugly-backgrounds/#comment-22322 <b>@Roger:</b> That sounds a bit like bowling, granny-style! I can definitely see some situations where that's useful but I'm a bit more limited than you if I do it over water: I have long hair! <b>@funkypancake:</b> That's an awesome example! The photo where you're right down on the ground is way more dynamic and interesting than the one from standing height. The DoF on that shot is particularly good, too. ...And your name *totally* cracked me up when I approved your comment. @Roger: That sounds a bit like bowling, granny-style! I can definitely see some situations where that’s useful but I’m a bit more limited than you if I do it over water: I have long hair!

@funkypancake: That’s an awesome example! The photo where you’re right down on the ground is way more dynamic and interesting than the one from standing height. The DoF on that shot is particularly good, too.

…And your name *totally* cracked me up when I approved your comment.

]]> By: funkypancake http://www.goldengod.net/2007/09/08/get-down-low-to-frame-out-ugly-backgrounds/#comment-22303 funkypancake Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:23:32 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/09/08/get-down-low-to-frame-out-ugly-backgrounds/#comment-22303 i regularly go one step further and take photos at street level: http://www.funkypancake.com/blog/archives/2007/09/the_key_to_a_di.html great articles. keep up the good wrork i regularly go one step further and take photos at street level:

http://www.funkypancake.com/blog/archives/2007/09/the_key_to_a_di.html

great articles. keep up the good wrork

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]]> By: Saturday Link Lovin’ and Photo Highlights - Sept. 15, 2007 | Sublime Light http://www.goldengod.net/2007/09/08/get-down-low-to-frame-out-ugly-backgrounds/#comment-22252 Saturday Link Lovin’ and Photo Highlights - Sept. 15, 2007 | Sublime Light Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:02:44 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/09/08/get-down-low-to-frame-out-ugly-backgrounds/#comment-22252 [...] Get Down Low to Frame Out Ugly Backgrounds - I live in Austin, so there are no ugly backgrounds to be found. Yeah right, ugly backgrounds can be found anywhere. Here’s a technique for getting rid of it without any post processing work. [...] […] Get Down Low to Frame Out Ugly Backgrounds - I live in Austin, so there are no ugly backgrounds to be found. Yeah right, ugly backgrounds can be found anywhere. Here’s a technique for getting rid of it without any post processing work. […]

]]> By: Roger Barnes http://www.goldengod.net/2007/09/08/get-down-low-to-frame-out-ugly-backgrounds/#comment-21761 Roger Barnes Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:32:22 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/09/08/get-down-low-to-frame-out-ugly-backgrounds/#comment-21761 A tip which I'm not too proud to share is one I discovered on a recent holiday... We were walking along a river at Ile de Pins in New Caledonia, and occasionally found ourselves in water up to our knees. The scenery was fantastic but I really wanted to isolate one particular foreground subject with only sky as the background. Of course, getting down low with a camera while knee deep in water is tricky, especially with an SLR camera where you can't see what your composition is like when holding the camera low. The solution: I faced the opposite direction, planted my feet, bent over and took the photo with the camera upside down between my legs. This let me see the scene in the viewfinder, stay clear of the water, and get low enough to get the background I wanted. A tip which I’m not too proud to share is one I discovered on a recent holiday…

We were walking along a river at Ile de Pins in New Caledonia, and occasionally found ourselves in water up to our knees. The scenery was fantastic but I really wanted to isolate one particular foreground subject with only sky as the background. Of course, getting down low with a camera while knee deep in water is tricky, especially with an SLR camera where you can’t see what your composition is like when holding the camera low.

The solution: I faced the opposite direction, planted my feet, bent over and took the photo with the camera upside down between my legs. This let me see the scene in the viewfinder, stay clear of the water, and get low enough to get the background I wanted.

]]> By: Brian Auer http://www.goldengod.net/2007/09/08/get-down-low-to-frame-out-ugly-backgrounds/#comment-21755 Brian Auer Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:26:20 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/09/08/get-down-low-to-frame-out-ugly-backgrounds/#comment-21755 Great stuff -- I always enjoy seeing photos from creative angles. I probably need to be better about this type of thing, especially when I "whip out the 10mm". I have, however, been getting much better about paying attention to my backgrounds. I've found that a distracting background can ruin an otherwise good photo. Great stuff — I always enjoy seeing photos from creative angles. I probably need to be better about this type of thing, especially when I “whip out the 10mm”. I have, however, been getting much better about paying attention to my backgrounds. I’ve found that a distracting background can ruin an otherwise good photo.

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