Nevada Appeal

In this photograph I captured an old newspaper holder. What I like about this photograph is how well the colors are contrasting against each other. Also how old and rustic everything looks. However, what I do not like about this photograph is how there are some hot spots on the newspaper holder from the sun.

Since I took this photograph during a bright time of the day I had to adjust my camera settings a lot. I set my aperture on F 5.6 and exposure speed at 1/400. This allowed only so much light to go into the camera lens, but the sun was still too bright. The focus is really strong in this photograph. The newspaper holder is completely in focus and the background is blurred allowing the eye to focus only on the newspaper holder.

I took this photograph because I wanted to practice blurring out the background and keep the main subject in focus. This photograph also represents Nevada very well because thee is sagebrush, bobbed wire fence; to show farming and and old faded sign. What can be improved in this photograph is the angle I took the picture at. Some of the sagebrush is in front of the sign; thus, it shouldn't be because it is distracting.