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Kentucky Monument

Looking straight up

Looking straight up
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Canon EOS REBEL T3i

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Aperture f/4.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/640

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Aug, 2014

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in Kentucky. In the middle of all this country, you see a huge monument up in the sky!

Time

It was around noon maybe 1 p.m., the day was beautiful, sun shining, hardly any clouds. It was a bit hot but that did not matter the scenery was too beautiful to pass up for taking pictures.

Lighting

The lighting was very harsh in some pictures I took but at the time I took this picture the light was sitting just right for the shot. It didn't flush out any of the detail in the photo and and I had just enough shadow in certain places so I could get a lot of other photos I took.

Equipment

I just used my camera, standard lens, however, I prefer my 70mm - 300mm lens, the pictures are a lot sharper but because I wanted this tower to fill the lens from bottom to top so I used the smaller lens and I really enjoyed the outcome.

Inspiration

Just being near a monument, I don't travel much with everything I got going on, I have no time so when I finally went somewhere I had to experiment and explore how best to get the pictures and what ways to take these pictures so that I can develop as a photographer.

Editing

Yes, I shoot in RAW, always, so I set the colors as I remember them, and the one thing I remember is the beautiful big blue sky, my favorite color is blue and I really wanted the blue to be brought out. I also increased the clarity a lot, it brought out the grunge and dirt, but also the brick outlines and that I thought added so much history to the picture. I used the RAW setup in Photoshop, but I didn't add anything else from Photoshop.

In my camera bag

I usually carry my lens (x2), camera, camera battery charger, a fisheye lens, some macro lens, and my flash. I usually carry it in a backpack it makes it easier for me to get around and my backpack has been with me through a lot so I trust its durability for traveling.

Feedback

Take any chance you have to explore different angles, test the lighting every which way, and tag your photos at home with something that will remind you of what you were thinking when you took the photo so that you can explore those methods and thoughts again in a future shoot until it becomes second nature. You can practice many things and get good at what you practice, but the experiments are what bring experience to a photographer and beauty to a picture.

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Kentucky Monument

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