Sheepish by pistache

Sheepish

I'm a little frustrated that I tend to come home and crop the shots I take with my wide angle lens. I think this is because I seem to be remarkably poor at finding foreground interest. I'm probably too impatient and shoot scenes that I shouldn't because the composition isn't good enough. Does anyone else have this problem? Or is there something else I'm missing? Thanks for any guidance you can offer!
I definitely crop more shots than I don't but then I am snap happy and take loads of shots of everything. My husband on the other hand takes much more care with his composition in camera and takes far less shots which suits him (and saves him time later :)! I also have a tendency to look purely at my main subject and have to consciously tell myself to pay more attention to what's around that subject. So if anyone has some good advice please tag me ;))))) I like your composition here and think the crop suits the image.
January 16th, 2016  
I usually find a main point of interest when shooting landscapes. It has been said to find a good leading line and the guy I was listening to today says because he is always looking for that he can find one every time. The crop tool is the photographer's best tool and I don't find anything wrong with using it. I often like my single image landscapes/seascapes to be a panorama so I often use the crop tool.
January 16th, 2016  
I probably would have cropped the sky even further as my eye keeps getting drawn to the dark cloud as the rest of the sky is so white and I would like to concentrate on the landscape below.
January 16th, 2016  
I often take shots with the intention of cropping them later, especially when when I can't get close enough or there are unwanted surroundings. Love the sheepscape here, but the bright sky is distracting.
January 17th, 2016  
Wonderful scene! I really like it in B&W!
January 17th, 2016  
I don't take a lot of landscapes, unless you count my recent cityscapes, and although I have a zoom lens which works as a wide angle when I want it to (it's 18-135), I don't use it very often, so I don't have advice to offer. I do like the details and comp of what's on the ground here, though.
January 17th, 2016  
i feel the same about wide shots
January 17th, 2016  
Looks a nice image, Lovely sky
January 17th, 2016  
I guess wide angle lens is very fussy about frame, I should practice it more.
January 17th, 2016  
In A class I took a while back, we were taught to use a longer lens UNLESS we could tough our foreground object and to not worry too much about the foreground being particularly interesting, but having it so close helps the sense of depth in the image and serves to anchor it. I think this rulevworks great
January 17th, 2016  
I am no help at all Clare as I have the same problem but I'm reading the comments on here with interest. I might retake the shots I took yesterday with a longer lens today!
January 17th, 2016  
There is some great advice here *she says making notes*. I am a total amateur so I wouldn't dare advise. I do however like this in black and white and strangely love the dark cloud it adds dimension.
January 17th, 2016  
I can't help you at all, as I have the same problem. However, this end result is lovely. And the black and white works so well.
January 17th, 2016  
Wonderful capture
January 17th, 2016  
This is a great B&W landscape and I like the way you have cropped and processed it - Fav for me.
January 18th, 2016  
I was reading on the landscapes this past week, and one advice was to really get down and low for the foreground. This, however, would require a tripod that can spread itself and hold the camera really near the ground. Or the photographer (if not using tripod) need to get to the ground. For the first one - I usually don't carry my tripod around, and I am too lazy to get down for a landscape. But here is an example that makes even dandelions look gorgeous: http://digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/flickr/205125227_3f160763a0_o.jpg
January 18th, 2016  
Well thank you all kindly for your generous and thoughtful input!

Jane, I went out with my 60mm today and preferred what I saw! Also the idea of being able to touch the foreground object will stay with me.

Vera, I would be happy to get down low, and often do in decent weather, but at the moment the mud needs to be seen to be believed. I also rarely have a tripod with me. That is a great dandelion shot :)

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January 18th, 2016  
Well I like this, it has some nice layers of interest throughout the shot, but not having much experience with landscape shots I can't help much. I love posts like this you learn something from them.
January 20th, 2016  
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