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Photo of the Day - August 2009
- Thread starter Phrasikleia
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My apologies, i still dont see what you are talking about, but as I was looking at it again I did notice some 'haloing' around the reflection of the trees on the hood which is bothering me now. I know what stopped down means, unfortunately I am still only on 'P' mode on my XTi and have not graduated, if you will, to 'M' mode yet.
I'm excited though, tomorrow is the first day of school. Photography 101, here i come! Hopefully by semesters end i will completely understand what you are trying to tell me here. Thank you again though for your time.
Is that a 20 MP picture attached at under 1 MB? That is so low quality that if that is what pictures look like out of it I would never buy it.
The original is much more detailed , got the life squeezed out of it in compression.
Hmm, why is the Apple logo blue?
White balance is set to Tungsten for the hot lights and the logo is not a tungsten light
White balance is set to Tungsten for the hot lights and the logo is not a tungsten light
Fix it in post?
Schaumburg Airport Aviation Celebration
Nose of a 1937 Stinson
Olympus E-420, Zuiko Digital 14-42 f3.5-5.6 ED at 14mm, f8, ISO 100, 1/320
Nose of a 1937 Stinson
Olympus E-420, Zuiko Digital 14-42 f3.5-5.6 ED at 14mm, f8, ISO 100, 1/320
DOF experimentations...
I'm just playing around with a cheap, but easily overlooked little 50mm f/1.8 Nikkor on my D50. I actually like this lens better on a DX body, I think, because it almost behaves like a full-frame 80-85mm f/1.8 lens in character, yet you can pick one up for about $100-110 on ebay. I'm still trying things out I could never do with my kit 18-55 lens - more to come as I test this one further.
Camera: NIKON
Model: D50
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/80 sec
Aperture: 1.8
Focal Length: 50mm
I'm just playing around with a cheap, but easily overlooked little 50mm f/1.8 Nikkor on my D50. I actually like this lens better on a DX body, I think, because it almost behaves like a full-frame 80-85mm f/1.8 lens in character, yet you can pick one up for about $100-110 on ebay. I'm still trying things out I could never do with my kit 18-55 lens - more to come as I test this one further.
Camera: NIKON
Model: D50
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/80 sec
Aperture: 1.8
Focal Length: 50mm
As close as I get to doing portraiture:
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Pentax K100D
Pentax DA 18-250mm @65 mm
1/180 sec, f/5.6 with a Pentax AF 360 FGZ Flash
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Pentax K100D
Pentax DA 18-250mm @65 mm
1/180 sec, f/5.6 with a Pentax AF 360 FGZ Flash
Trying it from an artist's perspective (hope this helps)
As things fade into the distance, they become less detailed and even blur together if far enough away from the viewer. This is perspective, and makes all the difference between a square, with a triangle on top with a window, door, and stick-figure family (all smiling of course); and an intricately sketched capitol building replete with gorgeous and believable detail.
What happened in this picture was that you skewed perspective by making the background a uniform blur. Once this is done, the car looks much more 2-D than it would otherwise if you had let the lens handle the Depth of Field.
Try this...take the same picture with your lens wide open. Depending on the lens you are shooting with, there is an excellent chance that the blur will be taken care of for you.
Hope it helps....mcavjame is an amazing photographer and this, I believe is what he/she is trying to say...
Love the experimentation...playing in the sandbox is the only way to learn IMO.
Nice pic, although the background is a bit busy and distracting. What lens/settings did you use to take this pic?
Having a wide aperture lens is fantastic - I got a 50mm f1.4 and never used the kit lens again!
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Testing my new UWA at the beach. I like the picture, but there's something about it that seems off. Could it be that the horizon is smack in the middle?
