Apr 28, 2020 21:42 | #1 Every spring in our neighborhood we have these beautiful flowering trees in the park across from my house. I never can figure out how to get nice photos of them, being right in a neighborhood, there is always a cluttered background  Image hosted by forum (1041484) © duckster [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.
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May 02, 2020 23:48 | #2 Get closer, shoot up through the branches, don't try to get the whole tree in. You can get really close, my first link, or kinda close, second link. Wish I had an example from this year, but we had some nasty freezes and looks like we are out of luck for any flowering trees this year. Still don't even have leaves on anything yet.
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Tronhard Goldmember  More info Post edited over 3 years ago by Tronhard. (3 edits in all) | May 03, 2020 00:40 | #3 duckster wrote in post #19054630  Every spring in our neighborhood we have these beautiful flowering trees in the park across from my house. I never can figure out how to get nice photos of them, being right in a neighborhood, there is always a cluttered background 
 Hosted photo: posted by duckster in ./showthread.php?p=19054630&i=i217240400 forum: General Photography Talk If your intent is to focus on the trees, then my first reaction is that the lamp post is a major distraction: it competes with the trees for attention and occupies a power point within the photo. If you were able to stand to either side of the light and don't attempt to get all of the trees - sometimes less is more. Are there other places, such as parks, reserves or other streets with fewer distractions?  Image hosted by forum (1042318) © Tronhard [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. If all else fails consider asking for help. I once persuaded all of my neighbours to move their cars so I could get a clear shot on promise of a copy of the image. I left on note on windscreens with contact details and suggested a day and time and they bought into it! It's also a great way to meet your neighbours!  On another occasion, when I was living in a block of 9 apartments that had full glass fronts, I got them all to open their window coverings at dusk with their lights on to get an image of how each (otherwise identical) apartment was furnished.Apart from shooting the whole tree, consider also shooting a detail as per this example in which I separated the detail, but kept the hint of the wall of colour in the background.  Image hosted by forum (1042317) © Tronhard [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. "All the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow", Leo Tolstoy;
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OhLook insufferably pedantic. I can live with that.  24,908 posts Gallery: 105 photos Best ofs: 2 Likes: 16337 Joined Dec 2012 Location: California: SF Bay Area More info | May 03, 2020 08:50 | #4 Tronhard wrote in post #19056843 Apart from shooting the whole tree, consider also shooting a detail as per this example in which I separated the detail, but kept the hint of the wall of colour in the background. 
Hosted photo: posted by Tronhard in ./showthread.php?p=19056843&i=i42953697 forum: General Photography Talk That's what I do by necessity, lacking the equipment for proper treatment of larger subjects.  Image hosted by forum (1042385) © OhLook [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. PRONOUN ADVISORY: OhLook is a she. | Comments welcome
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May 03, 2020 12:54 | #5 Thanks for the suggestions, I will give them a try
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