Hi Songbird,

A lady I work for is an extraordinary photographer.
She told me a real close up captures the spirit a lot
better than a far away shot with a zoom lens.

She also told me to not put the main object in the
center, but to divide the canvas into three sections
and place the main object along one of the third line.

Here are some examples of one my better shots she coaches
me through:

https://ibb.co/VVVhF4V
https://ibb.co/0MQsCV3
https://ibb.co/WsjvtKN
https://ibb.co/kcDgZq9

And now for a bad example. It shows the difference
between getting right up on your subject and zooming
on your subject. Make pretty flowers look like a weed.
And it is the same plant as three of the above.

https://ibb.co/J5BdN7J

And it really, really helps if the sun cooperates!

:-)

-T