I decided to focus on a layout that featured formal balance. This was taken July 17th at the Dallas Arboretum. I'm still learning how to take photos... I wish the fountain wasn't blurry. I did adjust the colors a little, just to make it pop a little more. :)
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I like the composition a lot. I don't know why it's so blurry though. Part of it is probably that the JPEG compression is too high. The image is about 50KB, while you can use up to 150KB for your image. If you raise the quality setting when you save to the JPEG file, there will be much less loss of quality.
This is a very difficult scene to capture properly, though. The contrast between the bright fountain in the sunlight and the dark trunks of the trees means you'll have sacrifice either the dark areas or the bright areas to the hungry demon of lost details. You can use the exposure compensation feature of your camera to reduce the exposure and make the fountain more clearly exposed.
You have a good eye for composition! Practice, practice, practice! 8-)
Very pretty setting. It's too bad the site only allows a 640 pixel sized photo, because this one would have a great impact if seen in full screen. I like the composition and DOF here. The colors seem a tad bit washed out from the bright lighting, but that may just be my monitor. Nice work : )
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