Yamadera: Temple in the mountain

[Marie-Jo]

Hello!

Recently I went to a famous tourist spot in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. I took many pictures, but found it very hard to do so. Everywhere is so beautiful, so how do your choose a frame? The correct one that is. I took several pictures of this one at different angles, but found that I would ruin God's creation every shot. So, my question is, how could I have framed this picture better? Or is it OK, this way?

Thanks for your help.

Marie-Jo

[windrider86]

What sort of frame are you referring to? A natural frame or a wooden or metal frame?

[Marie-Jo]

Hi again,

Good question. I just mean, what should go in the picture and what should be left out. When you look at the scenery, it is very nice, but you can't fit everything in, so how do I choose, esthetically speaking, the correct "frame" (the expression may be wrong)?

Thanks for the reply

Marie-Jo

[windrider86]

Its all a matter of taste. I personally like the angle you chose because it probably isnt the view you saw first. Which means everyone else in the universe has gotten that very same shot.
Did you do some cloming at the very top where the orange flowers are?

[Marie-Jo]

Hello again,

Yeah, I did . It was either that or I leave the hideous metal poles that connect the electricity wires. There are still people, monks, living there, and they need electricity, but in terms of scenery, it doesn't do anything good, especially for this historical site.

Should I have left it the way it was? I don't know any other cleaning techniques, do you?

[tokyotom]

I just went to Yamadera a few weeks ago, and I know exactly what you're talking about. The angle and composition you got are as good as it gets.

I think this one is a keeper.

Try the healing tool.

[Marie-Jo]

Hello Tokyotom,

Thanks for your input. From what I can see, we live quite near. I saw your pictures on your blog. Many of them are from around where I live.

Thanks again.

[windrider86]

I'm guessing you had your clone tools hardness set to zero so it feathered your clone a great deal. Play with the hardness levels so you dont get that feathered look

[Marie-Jo]

Thanks! I will.