Christmas Decoration

[HufflepuffBR]

This photo was shot front the HQ of one of the most famous sweet shops on Brazil, called Ofner, that is near my work.I taken this shot with a little more confidence and using Program mode so I could "play" with ISO and other options. I put manually the camera on ISO 100, so I could have good shades (not the pixelated of ISO 400 or so on). The idea was take all the Christmas Decoration on one shot, but I think my framing was not that good... As I shot the photo at 8am, I take some indirect light (Sun was raising behind the building) and hade anyway good light. AF was taken on center.

I had some reasons for this shot:

1. I like Christmas Decorations;
2. Christmas Decoration has complex shades, so I could try more shots until take the best;
3. Christmas for me is a good theme for photos, even here in Brazil;
4. I was working with my new camera that was in my backpack, so I was ready for action, so to speak ;

Okay, now for the Tech Specs:

• Camera: Fuji FinePix S2950
• ISO: 100
• Aperture: f/3.1
• Exposure: 1/80s

[MattJohnRobinson]

I'd love to see this Ofner I met a group of Brazilian physicians who live and work in São Palo a couple months ago while in Ecuador...I can't wait to get to Rio some day for Carnival.

Your enthusiasm is wonderful! The subject of the photograph is really nice. Is there any reason you didn't take the shot from directly in front of the display? From this angle you can really tell the 2D nature of the house. It would also be nice to zoom in more to get the street and top of the building out of the frame. I saw in your other post you mentioned GIMP; some simple contrast/levels adjustments could benefit you nicely.

[HufflepuffBR]

Originally Posted by MattJohnRobinson

I'd love to see this Ofner I met a group of Brazilian physicians who live and work in São Palo a couple months ago while in Ecuador...I can't wait to get to Rio some day for Carnival.

OT: Ofner has kiosks on all the best shopping centers on Sao Paulo. You don't need to came In HQ to eat their (marvelous) sweets.

Originally Posted by MattJohnRobinson

Is there any reason you didn't take the shot from directly in front of the display? From this angle you can really tell the 2D nature of the house. It would also be nice to zoom in more to get the street and top of the building out of the frame.

The place where they put the decoration is on the entrance and had in the day some parked cars in front...

Originally Posted by MattJohnRobinson

I saw in your other post you mentioned GIMP; some simple contrast/levels adjustments could benefit you nicely.

I'll try later make some adjust on this. BTW this photo is crude: as I taken the shot, I downloaded to PC and sent here