As promised, here is the 2nd shot of that morning in Turimetta.

Lets take a look first and I will then explain again, how I tried to line up the elements for the final composition.

- Exposure time about 1.5 mins
- Aperture f/11 (was just enough DOF – although if you see the cliff edge in the b/g at 100% you would notice it is OOF.)
Foreground is more important as this is where the eye goes around, checking out the textures in the rocks.
I decided to rather shoot the lens at it’s sweet spot with the down side of having the b/g slightly out of focus rather than having an overall slightly less sharp image.

First take a close lookt at it, think about what I tought you yesterday about leading lines and convergence of them. See if you can find them yourself.

Ok, lets take a look at the 2nd image

This was an easy one, right? Now go and practice it yourself, it is not that hard and take your photography to the next level.

It also needs to be noted, that I wanted to include the reflection on the rock at the bottom as well as the beautiful colors of the other rocks. I wanted to make sure that they frame the shot nicely. If you play around with your composition long enough, eventually all the elements will fall into place.

A tripod really helps you to achieve that, not only does it make your images sharper, but more importantly, it slows you down and makes you think more about your composition. Thus a a tripod is a really valuable compangnion.

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