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Are Pixel photos allowed here? This phone is getting me into the fun of photography right now. [Critique Wanted] (sopuli.xyz)
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[โ€“] IMALlama 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As you've already heard in this thread, one of the bigger adages in photograph is "the best camera is the one you have with you".

I'll also add one more, but it doesn't sound quite as catchy: the better the shot looks "in camera" the better the outcome.

What do I mean? Try your best to nail framing, composition, and exposure as you're taking the photo. You can always adjust after the fact via cropping, bumping exposure, etc if you need to but if you can avoid, or minimize the amount of, this you'll usually get a better end result. Modifying the photo after you take it is called post processing.

You recognized a good opportunity for a photo, which is a great first step. I personally like the aspect ratio (eg lots of sky, some foreground) but I find the cars in both corners distracting. That's probably why you're hearing so many suggestions to crop. I suspect if you walked a little bit closer you could have gotten both cars out of frame. This would also frame the pizza place a little tighter and you probably wouldn't lose much sky.

Possible standing locations:

  • standing on the same side of the car on the right thay you're already on, but closer to it. You could probably aim over its trunk to put it out of frame
  • standing behind the car to the right, assuming the driver wasn't ready to back up
  • standing on the far side of the car on the right, putting you closer to the building and the car behind you

The second building to the left is also a little distracting, but that might be harder to avoid. Move around! See if you can better isolate your subject unless you think something in the foreground or background is adding to the photo.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Speaking of post processing, I used magic eraser to see what it would look like: 1000008789

I will keep those tips in mind :)