San Diego Gas Lamp Quarter

Some pics I took while in the Gas Lamp Quarter this weekend.

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#1 too much sky too high of angle
#2 distracting sun flare, not level, either shoot the whole building or some small detail starting part way up the first floor not good
#3 would have been very interesting if you had the whole front of the train
#4 shoot the whole building or small detail and level
#5 get rid of everything except the main tree and sun and the sky

You do seem to be lacking a good grounding in most of the upward shots. Being able to follow a building or a tree all the way down to the ground will help the perspective a lot. I like the train the most, my only nit pick about it is that most of the shot is either highlights or in shadow. It could be that the light was just too harsh, but I think it would improve with more detail from well-exposed areas.

when shooting mid day it becomes about angles and waiting your shots out...take a long lunch and come back to see if the light is better....if you have to shoot it at noon go around the subject look at it from different angles....I'm sure you could had better pictures.....