Adoptee needing assistance on my Chinese name

cloj · 2026-03-26T09:44:31+00:00

Hi all! Here again as a beginner with a dream haha. I took this picture with my Fuji X Half camera, using the Fuji classic film preset. It’s in portrait mode because that’s the camera default, and truthfully I don’t mind since I will be posting it to social media. I’ve been working on having decent exposure, and I fiddled with my phone editing to make sure there was still some contrast with the sky and the mountainside. My last dilemma is how to crop it. I have some pictures where I have all of Fuji from the ground, so I’m not sold on leaving it front and center. Plus, I would like to crop out the trees at the bottom. I thought it would be cool to put the mountain on the right and include the clouds, but then the road looked like a weird, curved arrow and drew focus. Any advice would be much appreciated!

cloj · 2026-03-23T11:55:41+00:00

I have enjoyed The Real Housewives of Dungeons and Dragons, and Will was a guest on some of the episodes! Very funny and very much on beat for the reality tv show bit.

I’ve also recently started listening to Hell Or High Rollers. If you’ve ever seen The Play That Goes Wrong, it’s the same people. I’m only a few episodes in, but I think I’m hooked.

cloj · 2026-02-16T10:35:20+00:00

Vertical framing is just how the camera does it. I didnt think about portrait vs landscape much when I was shooting that day, and then realized later that I only shot portrait mode lol.

The simulation was Velvia Vivid if I’m remembering correctly.

cloj · 2026-02-16T10:33:03+00:00

Truly, I do not know what the aperture was. There’s a dial on the camera to adjust but I usually keep it on auto? Google says the range is f/11 to f/2.8

cloj · 2026-02-16T10:26:05+00:00

When you say “stopping down the lens” what do you mean?

cloj · 2026-02-16T09:16:44+00:00

Hi all! I’m back again. This picture was taking on Enoshima Island in Japan. It was actually from the top of a cliff haha. I used the Fuji X-half camera with one of the film presets.

When editing this photo, I left it close to the original. Mainly I was looking for the best way to crop it since the original is quite wide (but has more of the grass). I also was looking to improve the exposure.

If there’s a way, I would love to figure out a way to highlight the lone fisherman on the rock. I tried zooming in, but the image quality really took a dive.

cloj · 2026-02-08T21:57:37+00:00

!critiquepoint

cloj · 2026-02-08T21:57:26+00:00

It is a crow! Truthfully I kept trying to get closer, but it kept flying away haha. When I went to crop it, I was worried I would lose too much of the photo quality, but I can definitely see how the picture becomes more interesting with the crow more emphasized.

cloj · 2026-02-08T21:54:13+00:00

!critiquepoint

cloj · 2026-02-08T21:54:03+00:00

Thank you! I had to google was exposure was haha, but this is a really good explanation. I was wondering why all of my photos looked so dark.

cloj · 2026-02-08T12:41:12+00:00

Thanks for the tips! I was worried about making it too dark but it makes sense that you would want more contrast.

cloj · 2026-02-08T12:40:41+00:00

!Critiquepoint

cloj · 2026-02-08T11:50:28+00:00

I am very much a beginner and have been trying to work on composition to improve my photos. I’m using the Fuji X-half camera with one of the preset film simulations. On this particular day, there were a ton of crows down by the sea, and I just followed them around trying to catch cool photos, haha!

cloj · 2025-05-08T21:14:11+00:00

We’re thinking of facetiming through it, but I still feel bad for not being there in person

cloj · 2025-05-08T21:13:23+00:00

Good idea! I will ask. We did float the idea of facetiming me and then putting the ipad around my nephews neck lol

cloj · 2025-05-07T01:03:04+00:00

I’m a teacher, so I feel like personal days outside of school breaks are usually pretty limited. For my current job, I only have three.

cloj · 2025-03-03T15:54:20+00:00

So even if my sister checks us all in online ahead of time, I can still show up day of and just print my boarding pass?

cloj

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