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Special advice for beginners

Since time doesn’t ever seem to take a break, your whole scene
is changing every second. Therefor, it’s always a good advice to
use a tripod and take multiple shots of the exact same frame
like you would do this for an HDR during complex lighting con-
ditions.
I've improved so many photos by just taking multiple shots and
merging them together into one single composition. In one
shot there may be some car trails that look nice, while another
one contains better cloud formations, and yet another looks
better with all these lights of the skyscrapers turned on even if
they were off during sunset for your main shot.
Think about what's changing in your scene and what's impor-
tant for you to capture. Most of the time I am even configuring
my camera settings for special parts in my photo by choosing a
longer exposure for a car that is driving by to get these beautiful
light trails. The rest of the scene may look odd, but that doesn’t
matter because I already know that I got the other parts in shots
I did before.
In my opinion it’s sometimes better to focus on just one single
element in your scene instead of getting everything just perfect.
You can wait for this perfect moment or you can combine mul-
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All images by Manuel Becker

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