For this project, I chose to photograph the life-guard tower on our local beach. The photographs were taken on a bright sunny morning about 2 hours after dawn using the 55mm canon lens and, for the close-up, the new Tamron zoom lens. All shots were taken using a tripod and remote shutter release with mirror lock-up enabled and IS off. The Av setting on the camera was used for all shots.
1. The first photograph was taken 'normally' as I first saw the tower as I approached on the promenade, at f/4.5 and a shutter speed of 1/400. It doesn't provide much detail of the structure and the background, although clearly showing that it is a stretch of beach, is very uninteresting.
2. The second photograph was a 'fit the frame' shot, although I chose to exclude part of the structures legs. It is almost a back view and shows the design in good detail. Again, the proximity to the sea (with the little boat) is clearly shown. The shot was taken at f/5.6 and shutter speed of 1/250.
3. The third photograph was a close-up which ended up slightly out of focus, unfortunately. It was taken at f/25 with a shutter speed of 0"4. It is a very boring shot as, unlike the Hong Kong ferry, there is no interesting detail within the structure, only an (out of focus!) close up of the wooden structure.
4. The final shot was intended to show the structure in its surroundings whilst giving a little more interest in the background (i.e. showing not just sea and sand). It was taken at f/25 and 1/10 and at an angle of about 140 degrees from the 'normal' shot and shows the structure at about the same size, but there is much more going on both in the foreground and the background with the cliffs and buildings. 
1. The first photograph was taken 'normally' as I first saw the tower as I approached on the promenade, at f/4.5 and a shutter speed of 1/400. It doesn't provide much detail of the structure and the background, although clearly showing that it is a stretch of beach, is very uninteresting.
2. The second photograph was a 'fit the frame' shot, although I chose to exclude part of the structures legs. It is almost a back view and shows the design in good detail. Again, the proximity to the sea (with the little boat) is clearly shown. The shot was taken at f/5.6 and shutter speed of 1/250.
3. The third photograph was a close-up which ended up slightly out of focus, unfortunately. It was taken at f/25 with a shutter speed of 0"4. It is a very boring shot as, unlike the Hong Kong ferry, there is no interesting detail within the structure, only an (out of focus!) close up of the wooden structure.
4. The final shot was intended to show the structure in its surroundings whilst giving a little more interest in the background (i.e. showing not just sea and sand). It was taken at f/25 and 1/10 and at an angle of about 140 degrees from the 'normal' shot and shows the structure at about the same size, but there is much more going on both in the foreground and the background with the cliffs and buildings.
It strikes me now that moving back even further might have allowed a better balance between the wooden structure and the tower on the cliff by positioning the wooden structure more to the left of the frame.
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