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I went to Rome last weekend, with 3 lenses. Processed about 300 of 500 photos so far and all are only snap quality. I know part of the problem is the time I took. It was so busy and such a rush to see everything that I didn't really pay much attention to the photos, composition, framing and settings.
Do you sometimes find that on Holiday or when your off out that it's difficult to get any sort of good shot with the rush you are under?
Does anyone have any good shots of Rome they took to post, just to give me a kick up the bum to make more of an effort next time.
PaulDCocker
02-09-2007, 21:31
I can't believe with the quality of your usual stuff that you have NO shots out of 300-500 - maybe go back and revisit them at a later date - or try processing in a manner you wouldn't normally?
And I can imagine it's frustrating but I am sure you'll have at least one gem.
RobDickinson
02-09-2007, 21:50
Sometimes being a tourist does not let you be a photographer, & v/v.
Busy spots, schedules , poor lighting/times of day etc...
Fat Bloke
02-09-2007, 22:05
Does anyone have any good shots of Rome they took to post, just to give me a kick up the bum to make more of an effort next time.
My pics from Rome (http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=399093)
Not the greatest of shots, but they're good enough for me.
I'm sure they're better than you think, but I know exactly what you mean. I only had an hour or so free when I went to Cornwall recently and decided to take some shots in Charlestown. On the brightest day of the year I picked matrix metering (no skylight or ND grad filter) and in nearly all of the water shots the sky is really over exposed and the port under exposed in the same shot.
In hindsight I should have shot central or partial, but I was in a rush to photograph everything in an hour. :doh:
I've made a few of them bearable as they were shot RAW, but like you I'd do things differently if I had the time again. Lesson learned.
You should have tried getting up early one day (5-6am) and just had an easy stroll. You'd have had good light and a lot less people milling about.
I generally accept that holiday shots are going to be snapshots unless I make that kind of effort.
KeyserSoze
03-09-2007, 06:17
My pics from Rome (http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=399093)
Not the greatest of shots, but they're good enough for me.
Ha ha you managed to bag the ceiling in Sistine Chapel. Did you some butch Italian set his mode to terminate? :D
Fat Bloke
03-09-2007, 07:01
Did you some butch Italian set his mode to terminate? :D
Huh? :?:
I tend to find that I take snaps while I'm away, rather than <i>photographs</i>. Being somewhere else is different to being on your home patch - you're less attuned to what's a cliché and what isn't, and you don't know the interesting nooks and crannies that are worthy of your attention.
I wouldn't beat yourself up over it - go back to your shots with a clear head and start looking through, I suspect they're better than you think.
greenguy
03-09-2007, 12:35
I think that sometimes you put yourself under a lot of pressure to get amazing shots just because you are in a place which is considered to be particularly photogenic. I agree with what Rob Dickinson said in that the two don't always meet. Another thing that can put me off is when I am somewhere where there are lots of others taking photographs too.......makes me even more self conscious at times.
Sounds like a great reason to go back again... ;)
TigaSefi
03-09-2007, 12:45
I know what you went through... I had a family holiday down in Devon and it was a nightmare to shoot cos my family didn't really want to hang around for too long while i set my camera up. Out of 200 pictures there might be 8 decent ones in my case!
wizbowes
03-09-2007, 16:33
I tend to find that I take snaps while I'm away, rather than <i>photographs</i>.
I think there's nothing wrong with snaps. IMO the purpose of a snap and a photograph are quite different and there's no shame in taking snaps. I'm always trying to take photographs and often end up with nothing good from a family outing. My wife on the other hand takes snaps and always has a few nice keepers. Not great photos but snatches of our families life that I'd never capture 'cos I'm trying to be arty.
When I'm old it'll be both the snaps and the photographs that I look back at - and I'll be glad I have both.
KeyserSoze
03-09-2007, 18:44
Huh? :?:
Last time I was in there they didn't allow photography. They had guys standing on the side who threw an absolute mental if they caught you.
Fat Bloke
03-09-2007, 19:49
Last time I was in there they didn't allow photography. They had guys standing on the side who threw an absolute mental if they caught you.
Ah, I see. They didn't like flash photography anywhere in the muesum, but didn't mind photos. Well, as I went into the Sistine Chapel there was a tannoy that tells you to keep quiet and not to take photos. Then as you enter the noise is really loud from all the talking and everyone was taking photos.
Thanks all...I don't feel so bad now and as mentioned after looking at them they aint too bad I guess. I was just expecting to get something first class in such a photogenic city.
Posted them here: http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=475945&page=32
KeyserSoze
03-09-2007, 21:20
What the hell, they look great to me!
I like the Trevi fountain :thumbs:
Did you use a tripod for these shots?
Thanks :) I do feel better about them now. I made an extra effort to get them better after the comments here and still have some to process.
No Tripod.. I was stupid not taking mine. I didn't want to carry it around all day. Although for the fountain I used the ledge, hence the poor framing. The Collisium was kind of handheld pointing up while resting on the railing.
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