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drzz (151) 2006-06-26 6:34

You are taking pictures in one of my favorite place in the world, Co. Clare, so of course I have to comment :) You mention that you are very inexperienced so I'll give you a few comments that might help. First, it would help people make more useful comments if you list what camera you are using. It would also help if you state in the notes what you were trying to get when you took the picture and whether you think you got it. The results of digital photography are mainly determined by choices of when and how to take the picture, what equipment you use and what kind of processing software you use. There is an enormous range of choices you can make in all these areas, but your interests, budget, time, etc. make the practical choices more limited. Inexpensive eqiupment has more limitations tham more expensive equipment, but if you understand the limitations, you can choose to shoot in situations where the limitations are not as much of a problem.

In the present picture, I would guess the thing that attracted your eye was the combination of detail and order in the stone work and the decay in the crumbling areas and the overgrowth of the vines. I think the way you framed the picture works well but the problem is that the the outside wall has a lot of light on it and the inside wall has very litle. That's a very tough situation for any camera and in this case, the inside wall got exposed pretty well. but the outside wall is kind of washed out and the interesting detail is much harder to see. One way to help is to use image editing tools to even the areas up some. I've posted a workshop where I used Photoshop shadows/highlight tool to try to get some detail back in the outside wall without losing the detail on the inside wall. I've also used some sharpening tools. It should give you an idea of what is possible. Hope it helps.