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Community => The Lounge => Media & Art => Topic started by: Spanky on Friday, April 29, 2011, 03:34:38 AM
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Kody was generous and passed on his "old" camera to me, it replaced my incredibly aging and failing Sony DSC-S600 so it was quite an upgrade. This thread will be a tip of the hat to Kody as none of these pictures (or the fun had while taking them) would be possible. Thanks Kody.
First off, a couple choice pics from the last few days:
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(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2Fheadshot%2FDSCF7398.JPG&hash=811f1cba91fe42d58d9c350afd705436)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2Fheadshot%2FDSCF7570.JPG&hash=f1435a54e9cd6adb47d6f82908cd6f9e)
Thoughts?
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The photos look nice. Nice focus on the bird in the first one and the second one reminds me of those old windows vista wallpapers. The third one would benefit from trying some hdr on it.
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Just taken:
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My favorite so far. They are looking good. How much post are you doing on these?
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My favorite so far. They are looking good. How much post are you doing on these?
Thanks. No Photoshop work, straight off the camera and onto Dropbox.
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Looks good negro.
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Back in from having loads of fun taking pics at sunset. One of my more favorite ones:
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I like it, it would be nice if some thing in the foreground was visible though. It would give the pic a sense of scale.
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I'll aim for that next time :)
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^^ Made me smile.
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They look like wisps.
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with sunset try opening your aperture this will create a good sense of depth
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with sunset try opening your aperture this will create a good sense of depth
Aperture bugs the fuck out of me. I can read up on it but when I need it, I don't know what the fuck the numbers mean. Backwards shit pisses me off. </rant>
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lol i think my post was backwards too, lol i can't remember now if its open or closed for greater sense of depth
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lol i think my post was backwards too, lol i can't remember now if its open or closed for greater sense of depth
Wikipedia:
The size of the stop is one factor that affects depth of field. Smaller stops (larger f numbers) produce a longer depth of field, allowing objects at a wide range of distances to all be in focus at the same time.
So, small f stop numbers for more blurry objects for great sense of depth?
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While I was taking that last sunset picture, an owl came by within 60 feet or so and started hooting:
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Unfortunately he didn't stay there long enough for me to fidget with the settings AND get a nice picture without him moving. He flew off and landed in a tree, I had to use a good 4-5 second exposure to get him:
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Just took a quick shot through the window with some bad settings but came up with some amazing color:
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Wikipedia:
The size of the stop is one factor that affects depth of field. Smaller stops (larger f numbers) produce a longer depth of field, allowing objects at a wide range of distances to all be in focus at the same time.
So, small f stop numbers for more blurry objects for great sense of depth?
I think it's larger f-stops for greater sense of depth. Depending on what your shooting, things closer or further away will be out of focus so you'll know at what depth objects in the shot fall in.
I think. Also nice multi-colored turkey (jk) you caught there.
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Open=more light
better DOF=LOWER NUMBER
Closed=less light
sharper image= HIGHER NUMBER.
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LOL, Spanky boy, what did you edit on that post?
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lol I just broke it up. It was all bunched together.
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Right now \/\/\/\/\/\/\/Look down\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ That thread is all you need to know starting out.
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Latest a hydrophyllum capitatum:
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I really like the lighting. Maybe more dof.
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I really like the lighting. Maybe more dof.
Thanks. The sun was setting and I was changing settings like mad so I could cherry pick the better exposures when I got back inside. That was shot with Aperture priority at f/2.8 and saturation boost on the camera. I like the details of the fuzzy leaves.
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Update:
I got sooooo pissed off with AF and macro while trying to take these. I dozens and dozens of pics and scrapped 90% of them just because they weren't even close to being focused. In the end I just put AF on with continuous shooting and moved the camera forward and back to get a wide variety of focusing. Anyway, here's the one I like the most:
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Looks like a beast bro. It's hard to describe what I think of the photo; but it looks happy :D
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Thanks :) It was pretty random and I was in a bad mood but perseverance pays off! The more I look at it, the happier I am with it :)
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I really like this, good color, nice sense of depth. +1
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Closed = Bigger and better DoP (Depth of Field) < Light
Open = Less DoP > Light
The Aperture scale is a constituted by the multiples of two scales.
A. 2.4/2.6/2.8
B. 3.5/3.7
A. 4
B. 6.4/7.2
A. 8
B. 12
A. 16
AB. 22
B. 24
P.S:. There are slight changes from camera to camera, as there are from type-1 lens to type-2 lens (where type-1 and type-2 indicate or apply to any different type of lenses, regardless of what their type is.), which is why some of the stops of the scale can vary (i.e:. 2.4/2.6). Some cameras/lenses will have 2.4, some other will have 2.6, and so on. Scale A is multiples of 2, whereas scale B is multiples of 3. There non-rounded numbers, such as 2.4 or 6.4 exists because of the imperfection between the several apertures --not because the apertures were/are done imperfectly, but because in such a small measurement, it is hard to concise so much light-information that stays true and relevant to reality, through such a small aperture. It's a bit more complex than this, and I haven't got much time to explain the rest.
P.S.S:. Just realised this has already been answered to. Oh well.
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2 more to add to my collection:
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really like the first one! nice job!
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Thanks :) Looking at it now, I probably should have tried a flash, at least to see how it would look since the flower is not illuminated very well.
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that is beautiful !! very nice.
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The flower doesn't need flash :D