First thing I learned about photography: Dawn or Dusk and not in-between. Next thing I need to learn is tripod tripod tripod!
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Photo of the Day: August 2010
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Hey, is that Marquette, MI??
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.
And hey, you can get the EXIF viewer plugin for Safari and see what camera, software, and all the info about the image. Providing it was saved with exif.
All you really need is manual mode. Even without that, you can try different perspectives with the creative modes just to get your feet wet.
Don't do what I did and wait to learn until you start getting good equipment. Now I'm playing catchup.
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?
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:
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:
that's a fantastic photo - would've never guess that it had come from a p/s..
and you're correct, that was a great advice that i plan on adhering to..thanks PDXFLINT!
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.Found in my backyard today, the web spanned about 5 meters between 2 trees...
EXIF Summary: 1/125s f/5.6 ISO200 58mm (35mm eq:87mm)
Chef Jay
That's my Point&Shoot. It's always in my bag with my Canon XSi. Great little camera.
Please use timg tag on image quotes.
Dale
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/3603314023_eb6d05eeac_b.jpg
a dragonfly i was following around one afternoon and then it landed on some pampas grass.
Uneventful walk home from my in-law's house with my wife till the lighting got pretty cool around 8pm!
1/1024, F/2.8, 65mm, iso200
1/1024, F/2.8, 65mm, iso200
It is. I went there for 4 days and took 400+ pictures ... it is a picture wonderland.
The sunsets are immaculate...
Fantastic. Wish I could have seen some whales and dolphins there. Anyway, I will be in Sydney later this year and will go on a whale-watching trip out of the harbour, so should see some then, and will definitely take some pictures.
I meant it in a good way. I like these photos.OK, so here are storm clouds gathering over some boathouses along the Thames at Putney.
Camera: Canon EOS 1000D
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 96 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off
If you don't recognize those stats (shutter speed, aperture, focal length, speed), I recommend getting a beginning photography book. Look on Amazon and see which ones get the highest ratings, I'm not sure of any.
Once you begin understanding those four, you start opening up new tools to photograph what you're envisioning, not what the camera's Auto mode is telling you.
I have no way of knowing if that camera has manual.
5d2 , f9@ 400 , iso 400 , 50 1.4
Good framing oldguy. Is that some lens distortion on the doorway at the top?
![](http://<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davennikki/4899566961/" title="2010-08-16 at 21-37-01 by Dave Gregory, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4899566961_92c0fcf9de_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="2010-08-16 at 21-37-01" /></a>)
This is a pretty nice shot, but was there no way you could've just shot infront of that lamp post? It's very distracting being right near the centre of the frame. Still, nice long exposure, I do love traffic shots.
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.
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 .
I'm sad to say that the inner and outer walls are curved .....
though ManhattanPrjct's conjecture of impending structural failure caused by the extremely obese is far more entertaining !!!