Lens Artists Photo Challenge #401 – More Tips on How to Focus on the Subject

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For this challenge Patti has given us tips on how to focus on the subject in our photos.

She asks us to “Select 2 or 3 tips and then use them to compose several photos. In your post, share your photos. Try to limit them to 4. Identify what tip you used. For an extra challenge, post a “before and after” photo of the same scene/person/object. Identify how you could improve the first shot and then reshoot it, using one of the tips mentioned here.”

Vary your subject placement

I placed this curious House Finch on the right and also used negative space and selective focus to blur the background

Get Closer to the subject

I used a telephoto lens to get close to this little bird

Use Negative Space

The colorful hot air balloon stands out from the negative space of the blue sky

Use Leading Lines

The leading lines of this road draw the eyes to the beautiful green fields on the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland

Last week Tina challenged us to use the Rule of Threes in our photos. Your responses were wonderful. Thank you to everyone who joined the challenge..

Many thanks to Patti for this week’s challenge. If you would like to join the challenge please be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to her post Lens-Artists #401: More Tips on How to Focus on the Subject.

Be sure to check back on Saturday, June 13 at noon eastern time when Sofia will be your host for the challenge.

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42 thoughts on “Lens Artists Photo Challenge #401 – More Tips on How to Focus on the Subject”

    1. Thanks Judy. I’m so glad to hear my Irish landscape made your morning and brought back happy memories of your trip to Ireland. Going through my archives of the trip brought back happy memories for me, too. I’d love to go back.

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  17. A lovely set of visual choices showing how simple composition shifts can completely change a photo’s story. The House Finch really stands out with negative space and selective focus, while the hot air balloon uses emptiness in the sky to emphasize color and shape. The road in Ireland is a great example of leading lines your eye naturally follows it straight into the landscape. Together, these techniques quietly guide attention without ever feeling forced, which is exactly what strong photography does.

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