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I would have gone to a more dramatic crop, maybe trying to hide the road and mountain, isolating Bridge and Sky. I think is disturbing how you ignore the simetry of this beutifull engineering work in your composition by chosing to stand on the right of the road.

I just looked at the bridge in Google Images and it is amazing.

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Thanks @parhampbaker @caimi @tersha for the comments.

I will experiment with ISO and a faster shutter speed when holding.

Ricoh GR is a very nice APS-C Compact. My skills just doesnt do justice to the camera possibilities.

I just rolled out from a Canon 60D and would recommend Ricoh to everyone who needs a second (more portable) friend…[Read more]

the angle doesnt speak to me. you should have selected a more dramatic framing position. it seems you missed the sunlight by a couple of hours. It is too dark and thus, thr sun doesnt hit the rocks with the necessary obliquity needed to convey the exuberance of the geography.Check It Out

it is too dark, the vignette is too strong and you could use vertical distortion to make the church building looking more straight.Check It Out

i dont like the perspective POV. it is too high and as a consequence it weakens the dramatic effect of the subject. I would have gone a little left or right and lower the camera.Check It Out

sorry @ashjob you mean “bump the iso” so I could fasten the shutter speed thus avoiding the shake?Check It Out

Camera: Ricoh GR / ISO400 / 18.3mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter speed: 1/20s
No tripodCheck It Out

I was trying to convey how art depends on the eye of the beholder and how each one of us have a different way of looking into it.

The lady in the far left is a bypasser (her body is not pointed towards the painting insted she just walks by in a hurry).

The couple (3rd and 4th persons from left) chooses to see it altogether trusting one in…[Read more]

I was trying to convey how art depends on the eye of the beholder and how each one of us have a different way of looking into it.

The lady in the far left is a bypasser (her body is not pointed towards the painting insted she just walks by in a hurry).

The couple (3rd and 4th persons from left) chooses to see it altogether trusting one in…[Read more]