{"id":314,"date":"2010-10-10T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2017-07-23T10:32:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T14:32:57","slug":"nature-photography-unusual-angles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Angles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-316\" style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/0013-Tulips-and-Capital-Columns.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316 \" title=\"0013-Tulips-and-Capital-Columns\" src=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/0013-Tulips-and-Capital-Columns.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/0013-Tulips-and-Capital-Columns.jpg 599w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/0013-Tulips-and-Capital-Columns-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tulips and Capital Columns, National Arboretum, Washington, DC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One way to capture unique images is to look at your subject from an unusual angle. \u00a0I took this image at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usna.usda.gov\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Arboretum<\/a> in Washington DC. \u00a0Near the end of my day there I was looking at the old capital columns trying decide how to shoot them. \u00a0As I was putting down my gear I noticed the tulips along the edge of the sidewalk. \u00a0I got down on my stomach, framed the image, and took several shots whole moving my tripod slightly to capture different variations.<\/p>\n<p>My tripod was particularly helpful in this instance. \u00a0On my tripod I am able to flip over the center column and hang the camera upside down. \u00a0This allows me to position the camera closer to the ground. \u00a0In this case the columns were located on higher ground than the tulips. \u00a0Being able to locate the camera closer to the ground allowed me to aim the camera up and capture both the tulips and the columns.<\/p>\n<p>The Live View feature on my Nikon also saved me of neck strain, but that is another story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One way to capture unique images is to look at your subject from an unusual&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,558],"tags":[113,307,7,112],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outdoor-photography-tips","category-washington-dc","tag-capital-columns-2","tag-national-arboretum","tag-photography-tips","tag-tulips-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2137,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/2137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}