well, before I can practice..I may need to acquire a better camera haha..
as of now, I have a Panasonic DMC-FS15..it's a Panasonic Lumix branded, 12 megapixel camera..hardly a pro tool.
thanks! thats exactly the info i'm looking for..getting feedback from other users is a great way for me to pinpoint where i should start my reading/reasearch/etc..
well, before I can practice..I may need to acquire a better camera haha..
as of now, I have a Panasonic DMC-FS15..it's a Panasonic Lumix branded, 12 megapixel camera..hardly a pro tool.
Don't let that keep you from working on taking the best pictures you can, even with a point and shoot. I have a cheap Lumix LZ8 that I bought for $99 about two years ago, and I've posted many pictures from it right here. I've found that working with a more limited tool, but one that still can make great images, can actually be liberating. Just stick within what it can actually do... which means don't try to shoot subjects that require fast reactions. But certainly you can do macro, available light (use the image stabilization,) interesting angles... just think outside the simple snapshot box, and you can come up with great images worthy of posting here... then when you get a dSLR you'll can still keep it as a little video cam, and for those spontaneous times when you don't want to carry a bigger camera...
I'm all for getting the most out of your point and shoot... most modern p/s cameras are pretty amazing little pieces of gear that ten or fifteen years ago we'd have dropped our jaws at seeing what they can do now.
Spectacular! The colors are so rich and deep. Nice use of ND filter. Point Vincente Light must be one of the most beautiful sites in the Los Angeles area...
Don't let that keep you from working on taking the best pictures you can, even with a point and shoot. I have a cheap Lumix LZ8 that I bought for $99 about two years ago, and I've posted many pictures from it right here. I've found that working with a more limited tool, but one that still can make great images, can actually be liberating. Just stick within what it can actually do... which means don't try to shoot subjects that require fast reactions. But certainly you can do macro, available light (use the image stabilization,) interesting angles... just think outside the simple snapshot box, and you can come up with great images worthy of posting here... then when you get a dSLR you'll can still keep it as a little video cam, and for those spontaneous times when you don't want to carry a bigger camera...
Thanks Greg - it took me about a month to get the right lighting conditions.
This is great advice.
Here's today's submission from a P&S, in honor of RWil85:
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Very nice colors and flow through this image. Nice bit of organization within the viewfinder.![]()
f/11, ISO 200, 22mm, 30 seconds (10 stop + 2 stop ND filters, plus a 2 stop soft GND)
Orb weavers can be really persistent creatures. They seem to have total disregard for basic sane laws of construction. Nice shot of an interesting spider.
That's my Point&Shoot. It's always in my bag with my Canon XSi. Great little camera.well, before I can practice..I may need to acquire a better camera haha..
as of now, I have a Panasonic DMC-FS15..it's a Panasonic Lumix branded, 12 megapixel camera..hardly a pro tool.
Please use timg tag on image quotes.Hey, is that Marquette, MI??
Hey, is that Marquette, MI??
I have seen as many as ten whales at once from the platform just above this pictured light-house light mechanism.
Whale spotters delight: The herds are just now off Santa Cruz, California and sightseeing excursions there are doing a brisk business. The blue & humpback herds will now move a bit further north toward Point Reyes and then Mendocino as this latest weather change turns sunny and warmer. Today 70+ F. just off shore with a warming trend. (Lots of dolphins in the SF Bay this last weekend.)
Bleak? Norway? No!
someone posted these specs on a digital photo: "1/3158, F/ 2.8, 48mm, iso200"..can someone outline what each of those is for me?
and does the option to adjust these setting exist on my panasonic p/s?
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5d2 , f9@ 400 , iso 400 , 50 1.4
Good framing oldguy. Is that some lens distortion on the doorway at the top?
Good framing oldguy. Is that some lens distortion on the doorway at the top?
Distortion should be pretty low at that focal length.
I would say that from the shape of the curvature, it would indicate that somebody probably very heavy has been sitting directly above the archway for a long time .![]()