Random Pictures taken using your Phone..Let's see yours

The old Packhorse Bridge on the River Keer at Capernwray near Carnforth. iPhone 16 last week.

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Went through several pages of this thread that I don't look at often because, well, in urban areas I don't carry my old Android moto g smartphone around often and when I am out taking photography in the field, use my Sony a6700 usually with a large tripod. I recently created an unimportant image thread that as expected was ignored. So herein will amuse the rest of you with given decades as a photographer, ways I absorb images.. Much of what we choose and evaluate in the world involves subtle aesthetics. Photography forces a person to develop a deeper sense of aesthetics that develops over decades.

What I will say again is @Hollydolly has an exceptional consistent skill of aesthetically framing her subjects with excellent geometric balance. In my own work, I trust when that visual balance and aesthetic momentarily "feels" good in my mind. Thus unlike average persons that after deciding to take a photo of some subject, just stand wherever without moving around, aim, and then depress a shutter, more experienced photographers are taught to at that point to move about a bit left and right, back and forth, up and down, while zooming in and out while sensing what aesthetic "feels" best. Over years that develops that automatic sense of aesthetic feel.

Out in the field, with groups of other photographers, that shows by how someone like @Hollydolly will rather naturally, easily move to better locations to shoot subjects from while novices will wander about often looking at what others are doing and then go to such spots to see what they are seeing. I've picked out a couple of her many fine shots, rectangle screen captured, downsized, and marked/annotated them for a bit of discussion.

In photography, one learns the rule of thirds, two-thirds golden rule, per below. All digital cameras have options to place such a grid over one's display screen to help do so. It isn't necessary to put the main subject in such a location if one can use other prominent frame elements to effectively do the same thing. And it isn't necessary to be exact, just in the ballpark as our minds do the rest by nature.

How to use (& break) the rule of thirds

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Random Pictures taken using your Phone..Let's see yours

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In the above case the primary subject, the brick Roman arch is offset left while she uses the shadowed dark black building gable peak (marked with a red B) as the 2/3 golden point for one's mind to balance with.

One can see her shadow and how she is holding up the camera that has the same shadow direction as the tree shadows at frame right. She included at least some of the left arch column in order to provide at least part of the full arch inner circle geometry. Notice how the top of the arch is in shadows, indicating this was near mid day with the sun at a higher altitude.

If one were standing there, for our eyes, the dark black roof would have had much more detail, as camera exposure latitudes are limited so instead a camera auto exposes for most important elements.

Holly, it looks like you were wearing a dress...? What is that red fixture near the Slumber.. door?

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On this next image above, she uses a bright small bright lamp element in the distant part of the room with a center geometry that splits the table along it's center. The long dining room contains an excellent set of geometric lines funneling vision down the center that she had to get far enough back in the room to take advantage of. The table sign says "Coach House Kitchen". Holly is that the name of this restaurant? One can see at frame edge right an inner dining room area with a couple lamps. There is a sign on the entrance wall that I suspect means customers tend to enter the main restaurant from the left through this area. Above that is a box maybe for playing music and announcements?

It is rather unique in having a see through building awning allowing a nice complementing blue sky. Notice the dirt atop the clear pane. Do you see the strung Christmas lights with some apparently powered on? And those two folks are appropriately seniors. Someone further back has there right hand atop their head? Notice the distant tree frame upper left, tells us it is during winter dormancy. A good reason for this awning area to be fully enclosed during winter. The tiny dark spot in branches may be a raven? One can tell the sun position was high off to the right by the shadows on the building frame upper left.

David
 
David777 said:
Went through several pages of this thread that I don't look at often because, well, in urban areas I don't carry my old Android moto g smartphone around often and when I am out taking photography in the field, use my Sony a6700 usually with a large tripod. I recently created an unimportant image thread that as expected was ignored. So herein will amuse the rest of you with given decades as a photographer, ways I absorb images.. Much of what we choose and evaluate in the world involves subtle aesthetics. Photography forces a person to develop a deeper sense of aesthetics that develops over decades.

What I will say again is @Hollydolly has an exceptional consistent skill of aesthetically framing her subjects with excellent geometric balance. In my own work, I trust when that visual balance and aesthetic momentarily "feels" good in my mind. Thus unlike average persons that after deciding to take a photo of some subject, just stand wherever without moving around, aim, and then depress a shutter, more experienced photographers are taught to at that point to move about a bit left and right, back and forth, up and down, while zooming in and out while sensing what aesthetic "feels" best. Over years that develops that automatic sense of aesthetic feel.

Out in the field, with groups of other photographers, that shows by how someone like @Hollydolly will rather naturally, easily move to better locations to shoot subjects from while novices will wander about often looking at what others are doing and then go to such spots to see what they are seeing. I've picked out a couple of her many fine shots, rectangle screen captured, downsized, and marked/annotated them for a bit of discussion.

In photography, one learns the rule of thirds, two-thirds golden rule, per below. All digital cameras have options to place such a grid over one's display screen to help do so. It isn't necessary to put the main subject in such a location if one can use other prominent frame elements to effectively do the same thing. And it isn't necessary to be exact, just in the ballpark as our minds do the rest by nature.

How to use (& break) the rule of thirds

Back on thread page 104:

Random Pictures taken using your Phone..Let's see yours

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In the above case the primary subject, the brick Roman arch is offset left while she uses the shadowed dark black building gable peak (marked with a red B) as the 2/3 golden point for one's mind to balance with.

One can see her shadow and how she is holding up the camera that has the same shadow direction as the tree shadows at frame right. She included at least some of the left arch column in order to provide at least part of the full arch inner circle geometry. Notice how the top of the arch is in shadows, indicating this was near mid day with the sun at a higher altitude.

If one were standing there, for our eyes, the dark black roof would have had much more detail, as camera exposure latitudes are limited so instead a camera auto exposes for most important elements.

Holly, it looks like you were wearing a dress...? What is that red fixture near the Slumber.. door?

View attachment 414063

On this next image above, she uses a bright small bright lamp element in the distant part of the room with a center geometry that splits the table along it's center. The long dining room contains an excellent set of geometric lines funneling vision down the center that she had to get far enough back in the room to take advantage of. The table sign says "Coach House Kitchen". Holly is that the name of this restaurant? One can see at frame edge right an inner dining room area with a couple lamps. There is a sign on the entrance wall that I suspect means customers tend to enter the main restaurant from the left through this area. Above that is a box maybe for playing music and announcements?

It is rather unique in having a see through building awning allowing a nice complementing blue sky. Notice the dirt atop the clear pane. Do you see the strung Christmas lights with some apparently powered on? And those two folks are appropriately seniors. Someone further back has there right hand atop their head? Notice the distant tree frame upper left, tells us it is during winter dormancy. A good reason for this awning area to be fully enclosed during winter. The tiny dark spot in branches may be a raven? One can tell the sun position was high off to the right by the shadows on the building frame upper left.

David
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Excellent synopis... (y) .... yes indeed the name of the restaurant is Coach House kitchen .. and yes we do enter from the left, but not within that part of the restaurant., if you look out of the left window to the small window paned white building.. that is in fact the entrance. where we then turn right along past the ordering area... and then turn right into the restaurant. People can exit from the area we're in now...

The restaurant is part of a historical stately home.. Hatfield House | Visit Hatfield House, Park & Gardens In Hertfordshire, UK
 
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@David, I'm both humbled, and delighted at your synopsis of my pictures... I am of course as you know just a little amateur snapper.. but because I love it so much I try my best to get the better shots, with very basic equiment .... and as you say move in various positions to get the same shot.. thank you so much for noticing that.. no-one has ever given me such a wonderful and indepth review.. I'm absolutely overwhelmed and delighted..

In the shot where my shadow remains, I did that on purpose.. I usuallly snip any shadow out , but because this is a historial stately home, and the arch was originally the archway to the stables for carriages and horses to come to rest..... I thought it looked vaguely reminiscent of a coachman...I wasn't wearing a dress, in fact it was a cold but blue skied winter day, so I was wearing a full length coat.. :giggle:

The red box on what has now become a small store for all pet supplies.. is simply a fire alarm if I remember correctly...

Anyway.. before it goes to my head.. and keeping in mind I'm just a humble photo taker who tries her best to just bring little of my world into this largely American forum..I thank you very much, you've made my day...:love:
 
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Now I know a lot of the magic about photography is what remains unseen and is left to the imagination, but in this particular case @David777 , I thought you might appreciate a look at the surrounds of the historic house in the immdiate vicitnity of my earlier pictures.. just so you can see how very perceptive you were...
This is the entrance to the restaurant as we turn right through the white building door...

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The pictured long room restaurant area is immediately past the spiral staircase and to the right..


Standing facing the white entrance look to my left and this is the sight across the courtyard... or if I had been facing the larger windows in the restaurant , this is what you would have seen

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The Arch in the picture is in the far corner of the left fork of this picture....slightly right of the tree

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and finally the arch ( in the shade ).. from inside the courtyard looking back out....

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Ok, not from an iPhone but a visual example for the sake of the above post of why the hobby of photography given time and experience for anyone at any level of seriousness, can be a tool for developing a greater, deeper inner sense and appreciation of beauty. Arguably, a worthwhile goal in life positively affecting one's whole being that has nothing to do with $$$.
 
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Well to save you watching, because it's really probably not a film men are interested in, here's a tiny clip of the railway station from the film....


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Yep familiar stuff. That ramp up to the platform (the clock is away being repaired) and the tearoom/waiting room. Lots oif stuff from the film in their today.
 
Furryanimal said:
Unfortunately my local ‘Spoons is right on the main road through town…so it’s outside seating area is nothing like as nice as this.
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I understand... but this outside space is at the back... the front of this pub is right on the road... only 3 feet from the kerb in fact.. but fortunately it has the big garden at the back (y)
 

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