I have shot it at around 5 PM last Saturday, in a par (I was attending a marriage) with a 1/3 overexposition of light (Canon IXUS 400, no postwork, just resizing)and I wonder if there's a way to take these kind of pictures with light filtering without makin the green of the leaves so brilliant.. maybe 1/3 of underexposure? I am lookin for tips :) I have all to lear here but I am sure your expert advice will help. The title of this should be "Shining Light" (what a fantasy... I know) Thank you in advance.

okay.. I will try that :) actually I am gonna post a certain number of pics here, because lookin at them, I find them unperfect but I can't say why.. and hearing your feedback will help me in training the eye and learning.About darkening in PS.. well, I could but I try to post pure photos in the Photo gallery... allowing not even cropping if it's not really requested :) But I can work on as you indicated for training the compositional skills, that I will surely do :) Ty.. you're very kind in trying to help me :)

This seems very nice to me Meli.... I think the exposure seems right (IMHO) it really depends on what you were trying to accomplish. Your highlights are not burnt out and your shadows have not lost detail. Which is good exposure. The lens flare is interesting, and lends a sunny feel to the image although it is something that people usually try to avoid (it's usually a bad thing for a photo)... The only suggestion I have would be to crop out the foreground blurred leaves on the left. I find them a distraction and do not help the image compositionally in anyway. A step to the right or a slight shift in angle while composing in camera, would have eliminated those. Overall, excellent and pretty picture.

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Thank you Michelle :) Your words are indeed a greta inspiration :) I had no idea on how it would have turned on because from the camera spy eye the light was SO massive I even thought all would have been yellow :) I like the idea of sun filtering on the leaves.. but maybe it gets better when the tree leaves are darken than those :) Now I know that what was disturbing me in the pic were the leaves both you and David adviced me to cut :) Okay.. thank you. You'll see me pretty often searchin advice here. (Out from 80 pics taken.. practically only one satisfies me... and wonder why? without knowing it, me and ratto shoot EXACTLY the same scene but from two different point of view in distance...Seeing that without knowing did like him, I was sure the pic was at least decent ;)). But we will post the series when also jgeorge will be done with her developing :) Thank you.. precious words were yours :)

Molto bella davvero. In questo genere di foto io tendo sempre a sovraesporre rispetto alla lettura dell'esposimetro.. ovviamente, dato che la grande quantitdi luce tenderebbe a scurire eccessivamente la foto. E' chiaro che il risultato finale risultermolto chiaro se non addirittura bruciato in alcuni punti, ma dipende sempre da cosa vuoi prediligere.. qui interessa non perdere la chioma degli alberi e che si distingua bene dal tronco.. forse hai sovraesposto un po' troppo...ma puoi correggere tranquillamente con PS.. :)

sai che non lo far;) (argh!!!! PS per le foto.. vade retro ;))ma sto trascrivendo i tuoi consigli.. mi saranno utili per la prossima sessione... che sarROMA-Rieti la prossima settimana (nuovo matrimonio... ho un vestito da mettere che un amore ;)) Con la tua supervisione.. imparerpersino io a fare le foto :) un bacione!!!! :)(sai che i miei adorano talmente le tue foto che non vogliono che le porti a Lodi??? oh ! La senilit. ;)) Sorry for the Italian language.. we are just blabing out ;)

Other wedding? :) Well.. I think 1/3 under exposure won't work. This one offer light and green. It's a very difficult shot. Maybe lower ASA could help and if your camera has RAW mode use it for this kind of photos. Anyway I like it.

thank you Francesc :) I'll try some as you suggest in the next wedding then... and.. I am sure some sight of Rome will be provided (at least in the forum) too :) Have a great weekend :) Mine starts as soon as my love comes :) (the one thatw as in ratto's pic, that everyone mistook for ratto himself ;) That's my Ste!!!) Hugs and thank you man :)

Ahh so that was not Ale!? Hehehe......

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--- michelleamarante.com

No dear.. that's Stefano, my fiancfrom many, many years :) The light of my life, to put it briefly ;) But I am gonna make a pencil portrait of our Ale soon :) he really is shy, but the sweetest of men too :) It's impossible not to adore Ale, indeed :) (and he also did the best pic ever of me and Stef... totally capturing the way we are.. one shy and protective.. and me.. well... a mess ;))