At the risk of sounding rude, pick a different scene.
Or, be like @gray flicker and try black and white.
#What could I do to improve this
dull cradle
molten kiln
Lollll
Come on there is something there w that flower stuck in the door
Idk it’s possible I like stuff that is ugly
molten kiln
At the risk of sounding rude, pick a different scene.
Or, be like <@263121562281...
How about this 😬
molten kiln
For some reason I don’t like black and white I do try it but I still haven’t gone to a good editing setup
dull cradle
Reduce Saturation to 0, raise contrast.
molten kiln
Reduce Saturation to 0, raise contrast.
I’m a damn amateur I didn’t notice that leaf crap was behind the bottle
dull cradle
That's what's so great about B&W
molten kiln
It makes messy crappy details not look like crap?
dull cradle
No, it forces you to focus on things beyond just color.
Color can distract from poor elements in a composition.
dull cradle
One of my favorite things is using a color filter when I shoot because it removes all color from my viewfinder and I just see the world in tones of whatever color my filter is.
molten kiln
I like the way b+w looks on film photos but for some reason it never does it for me w modern cameras but I never thought of that aspect of it
Huh cool I didn’t even know that was a thing
dull cradle
The big thing I like, personally, about B&W is it lets you focus on just the patterns and textures of surfaces.
molten kiln
Ok I can see that it would simply things to some degree when it takes the color aspect of it out, then you’re left w less elements to be concerned about
So you have to work w different aspects of the scene
dull cradle
Yup
Heck, I know you shoot on your iPhone right? I bet it has a black and white mode that you can use to see what I'm talking about.
molten kiln
It does I think I can change the filter
dull cradle
Yeah, I wouldn't recommend using that seriously, but for playingg around it will give you an idea of what I'm talking about
molten kiln
I’m going to practice w b+w filter w the iPhone it’s nice you can still look at the color version
I think it’s a good idea to practice
I think I spend too much time reading and studying others work and not enough time practicing
I’m noticing that people are perfectionists about stupid crap and when I study the work of older photographers their photos are wonderful but they honestly don’t give a shit about a line in a photo not being perfect or something like that. Like Diane Arbus is an example of that her photos are a damn mess
dull cradle
I'm not super familiar with Diane Arbus' work, but I'd say that if you're not seeing the discipline in someone's work, then it might just because you don't recognize it yet.