Jill Morgan Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Over the past couple of days I have been going through my photos of my trip to Toronto. And as I bring every picture up to 100% for QC, I find myself over and over saying "Why didn't I also take a zoomed in shot of that as well as the wide shot?" Or why didn't I notice that great shot in the background I should have taken as well? jI"m beginning to think I should take my laptop with me as well on shoots so when I go in for a coffee, I can go over the pics at 100% and see if there was anything in there I should have shot and missed. Anyone else suffer from cases of Why Didn't I? Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Oh yeah. Why didn't I shoot wider so that the playing cubs wouldn't have their heads cut off when they stand up!!! I habitually zoom too far in. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Missed a good one a while back. Took photo of front of pub with wide wide lens and only when seen at 100% on computer did I notice a lovely missed image of a person sat in the pub behind a clear glass window reading a newspaper with the sun streaming in on him alone. Reminisant of some shots taken by a geezer with an old Leica some years ago. Arrgh! Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Anyone else suffer from cases of Why Didn't I? Jill Hmmmm....... not really I think this is because - especially for landscapes and certainly for mountains - I prefer to use my 70-200/2.8 (even my 400mm) to pick out the interesting bits. Wide angle lenses, I use mainly to show an interesting foreground subject in its environment. But very rarely use a wide angle lens to capture a whole scene. When I want to show the whole landscape in one shot without the interesting bits getting lost, I prefer to make a panoramic shot (when possible) by stitching several 50mm or 70-200mm lens' images. Developing an eye for those little distant gems will get better in time Cheers, Philippe Similarly, I use a 50mm for a lot of my landscapes, especially if there are mountains, as using a wideangle often makes mountains look small and wimpy (unless I'm in very close as in a valley or a cliff). The 50mm gives superior image quality to a wideangle. I'm normally using landscape format but I will frequently take an additional sky shot with overlap and stitch later to get a portrait or even a square format. I also prefer to do a panorama with the 50mm rather than use a wideangle. It gives a realistic representation of the scene although a wideangle can provide a more dramatic rendering, especially on skies. I don't use anything longer than a 50mm for landscapes because I am usually at the weight limit of what I want to carry. Of course it means a lot more work post-processing having to stitch images together - that is the downside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Anyone else suffer from cases of Why Didn't I? I wake up in the morning thinking "I must try to look beyond the scene in front of my eyes when taking photos". And when the camera is at my eye I get so engrossed in the scene I totally forget. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York Photographer Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Oh Yeah, been there, done that (or not as the case might be) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brooks Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Why didn't I after every shoot. It is the best way to improve your photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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