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Learning How To Notice - The Photograph May Not Be the View You Came For : Simple Photography Tips by Michael Blyth
Image One, is the original image I took before I noticed the flower poking out from the cliff. In itself made quite dramatic by the sharp vertical shadow pointing up towards the setting sun, with quite good visual balance overall - the lighter but larger rocks to the left, countering the smaller but darker ones on the right.
Michael Blyth
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Photographing sea glass - Using Translucence and Refraction – Simple Photography Tips by Michael Blyth.
Image One is taken looking directly down, but with the shop lighting coming in from the top of image. What I'd point out is, that with translucent items like this worn glass, the light passes through them, so each 'pebble' contains 'inherent' light of it's own which is what gives them the beautiful nature combined with texture.
Michael Blyth
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Simple Photography Tips - Learning To Notice
The weather is broken cloud, the sun peeking through, then hiding again.
You’re in the mood for looking, for noticing. Seeking something quirky in this seemingly rather featureless wintery lane, as a diversion from Christmas 'festivities' perhaps.
You might start to notice a few things; the way the recycled road material has formed a pebbly surface, with shapes and shadows. The trees either side of you, and the way their trunks sit in parallel up to the sky.

Michael Blyth
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Friday Photo Inspiration: Simple Photography Tips & Uplifting Insights, Don't get too close
a quiet moment to end the week with inspiration through Photography and Words “Light doesn't ask permission — it just transforms.” Friday photo inspiration ;“A quiet reminder that the overall you is more important than the tiny details - don’t get too close.” “Nymphe couchée” (Reclining Nymph) by Léon-Ernest Drivier, Palais de Tokyo / Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris Not a simple photography tip as such, but more like inspiration through Photography and Words—a mix of visual with

Michael Blyth
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Simple Photography Tips - Finding Inspiration Through Photography and Words - Beauty in imperfection.
I went for a pint and a think at the Horseshoe Inn. Looking brought me to seeing, and that in turn led to this image. And now to the reflection on the reflections.

Michael Blyth
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