This image was taken from above, while my son was playing the piano. I like this picture because it shows a very specific action with his fingers. There are fingers playing the white keys, and the black ones, and one white key you can see is pressed down. There is no room to wonder what the focus of this picture is. The only thing I don't care much for is the glare on his hair and on the piano from the flash. I did not take that into consideration before I took the picture.
This picture is again of my son, and I think I like this side view better because it gives the viewer a big picture of the whole area when he plays the piano. It looks as if you are in the audience watching. Unfortunately, I did not take the background into consideration before taking the picture. It certainly detracts. Like the first picture, the glare from the flash is too much.
nice pictures! I like the one you took from above, great angle!
ReplyDeleteYou do know how to change your flash settings, right? You can override the automatic flash by choosing "flash off". In both cases I agree, the flash off would have improved the shot. Flashes can be useful in low light situations, but usually they throw a harsh light that takes away from the shot. In the case of the bird's eye view I'd have left less of his head in the photo, just enough to let us know that's where the camera was focused from, and turned off the flash. Seems to me though you are quite aware of how to improve your shots, so enough out of me for now '-)
ReplyDeleteI like the above shot better than the side shot. It is neat to see what keys his fingers are striking. You generally don't get to see them actually pushing on the keys when someone is playing for you. :)
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