On dreary winter days when the sky is dull white, it seems like there isn't much to photograph. That's not true. Bare branch patterns against the light background can make beautiful, fine art images. This is predicated on the design of the branches, though. They have to have a strong, attractive graphic component. Sometimes the branches make successful images all by themselves, and sometimes you'll want to include another element as I did here with a shot in Washington DC. It's very important that you use complete depth of field, though. Both the foreground and the background must be sharp in a picture like this. I used a 16-35mm lens set to the widest focal length ofn16mm for this shot, and that's why I was able to have extensive depth of field even though the aperture was only f/7.1. When shooting into a white sky, make sure your pictures aren't underexposed. Check the LCD monitor, and if the pictures are too dark, use the exposure compensation feature to correct them in 1/3 f/stop increments.
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