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I just shot this photo of my hood. I think it's pretty good a photo for quite a few reasons, to name a few:

- DOF is deep enough, there aren't really out of focus areas
- Placement of the point of focus adheres to the rule of thirds
- Shadows aren't too dark and the sky isn't blown out
- Colors are vivid
- The birds add an interesting detail

So, what does /p/ say?
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>> Anonymous
its boring....
>> Honest So You Dont Have To Be !9UISPtwBPo
Skys to burnt out

Not enough light/detail in the foreground and the building.

Nothing elts wrong with this shot, just nothing elts that good about it
>> Anonymous
/p/ says take photos of something else.
>> Anonymous
Well, I think it's interesting. Have some imagination and wonder Anon.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
Ehhh. Gotta agree with the anons, Anon.

What does the tree on the right add to the composition? The red lights? The cars on the left? The intersection signs? Whatever that structure is on the right?

These things detract from your composition. Or, rather, they give the strong impression that you didn't really bother to compose at all.

>Well, I think it's interesting. Have some imagination and wonder Anon.
We do. However: your picture here is unimaginative and not wonderful. It's mundane and ordinary. Sorry.
>> Martin !!ve2Q1ETWmJH
>Shadows aren't too dark
Come again?
>> Anonymous
>>240691
>These things detract from your composition. Or, rather, they give the strong impression that you didn't really bother to compose at all.

Not like I'm sticking up for this photo, which lacks power completely, it looks like a shot you'd see on a Wikipedia article of your hood.

BUT..
i hate comments like the one above.
the tree is a PART of the environment. the tree is a PART of the street, a part of his HOOD. what does the tree ADD to the composition? uh.. let's see. it adds a better view of the street. it's obvious that the point of focus here is the ENTIRE street. it doesn't mean that he "didn't compose well"
Come on now.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>240702
I can certainly see where you're coming from here. I think the central point of disagreement is:

>it's obvious that the point of focus here is the ENTIRE street.
1. This wasn't really obvious to me. Given that, yeah, the tree and so forth make sense. But:
2. "The entire street" is not really a point of focus. There's no there there. It's like sticking one of those little plaques that tells about the art up on a blank gallery wall and claiming that the entire wall is the art (which, granted, people will do, but it's still a pretty cheap move). The shot has no subject, it just has background, and it's not a particularly compelling background at that.
>> Anonymous
i used rule of thirds!! i aer t3h hpotographa!!!
>> Anonymous
need moar HDR
>> Anonymous
>>240706
i agree with this anon.
although i agree that the entire street is the focus, if you cover the right side of the photo, starting from where the street is it, and you look at the photo then, it's immediately better.
if you cover everything to the left of the tree, it should become clear that the right side of the photo is completely useless and just wasted space.
the photographer should have then just moved closer to the building and still maintained the DOF with the trees in the background.
>> Anonymous
Should have stood UNDER the tree and used SUPA WIED ANGEL. Also sky blown out etc etc.

For a "pic of da hood" it certainly captures a lot of DA HOOD but as others have said, the tree on the right is a bit too dominant for the true impact it has on the image of your hood (that is, it's just another tree but in the photo it's XBOX HUEG and takes up a good portion of your frame.) I think there are many things you could do to get the shot better, mostly involving getting the sky to not be so shitty and getting that tree on the right to be smaller/not there. Perhaps a different angle would be good? The other major components of the picture (intersection, building, street) do work well to show "DA HOOD." As I suggested initially, try going wide and shooting the scene from under the tree, you may get better results. Or go further down the street and angle stuff so the tree on the right is less dominant.