Perspective in photography can be defined as the sense of depth or spatial relationships between objects in the photo, along with their dimensions with respect to the viewpoint (camera lens or the viewer).Photographers often fall into the bad habit of shooting everything we see from eye-level. Changing the position from eye-level to ground level (low), from above (high), and depth is to change the perspective of the camera lens. Very interesting things can happen when the perspective is changed giving way to an end result that is not only aesthetic, but pleasing as well. The trick is to experiment at all levels and breaking out of the eye-level trap.

In this shot, the camera lens is at ground leven looking through the fallen autumn leaves to the other side of the yardj. This perspective allows the background to appear much closer to the camera. In hind-sight, I should have had a person standing in the background to give an even greater perspective to the entire scene.

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• Camera Type: NIKON D3100
  
   Lens: 18.0-55.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
  
   Date Taken: 11/29/2012
  
   Aperture: f/8.0
  
   Shutter Speed: 1/20
  
   ISO: 400
  
   Exposure Mode: Manual
  
   Focal Length: 55.0 mm
  
   White Balance: Auto
  
   Metering Mode: Center Weight
  
   Light Source (In Camera): N/A
  
   Flash: N/A
  
   Light Source (External): Early morning sun
  
   Size (MB): 5.92
  
   Location: 4361 Custis Avenue, Sacramento, California
  
   Latitude: 38,32.7424N
  
   Longitude: 121,29.8172W
  
   Elevation: 7.70 m