Da Vinci Codes
Sony DSC-D770
I just finished reading the Da Vinci Code. While walking down Pine Street the other day, I saw this gate at a local hotel, and I thought, "Hey, how many da Vinci clues are on there?!".
You can also see the limitations of a 1.5MP sensor because the image did not stand up well to cropping. You really need to compose in-camera and not rely too much on cropping during post-processing (like I did here).
--Warren
posted by Warren T. at 7:20 AM
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I think nowadays with the super-megapixel cameras, we can get lazy in composing pictures and rely on post-processing. Advantage? Disadvantage? I'd say a little of both. A shot like this is very difficult to compose right on the spot due to the very straight lines and trying to get them lined up with the sides of your frame. In the thumbnail it looked pretty good until I clicked on it for the larger view and you could see the pixelation. Overall great shot, I love the symmetry and contrast.
The other difficulty was the fact that I would have been standing in the middle of busy Pine Street if I tried to compose in-camera. :)
If I wanted to do that badly enough, I suppose I could have.
--WT
See, there's a huge advantage for digital photography. The ability to grab a shot just because it looks interesting enough. Then be able to post-process it to make it look just the way you want it, without risking life and limb.
In the old days (pre-digital), I still would have created the same image, except I would have done the same crop of the original image, but in a chemical darkroom instead of on my computer.
--WT
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