Re: Day 22: October 2010 PAD
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wilgk
Oh, those are so cool! I especially like the ball reflecting in the water. :)
Re: Day 22: October 2010 PAD
Today I had boat work to do and it was expected to rain. The boat work got done but the rain never happened. I had already made some "how slow can you hold it" shot of friends at breakfast just at day break. This was shot with my E-330 which doesn't have image stabilization at 50mm, f/5 @ 1/13sec. Not a great shot, but the best of 4 and it's nice to see that they old hands are still reasonably steady:)
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...achmentid=7236
OldPhotoBuff
Re: Day 22: October 2010 PAD
Kay
Very interesting. Did you use a blue filter or use in camera effects?
Stan
Day 22 (I think - it's all starting to blur together! =])
I was so grateful for the new tutorial on exposure. I know that I just barely understand it but there were a few revelations in there - i.e. why I can never get a good photo of a deep blue flower. Not knowing what I was doing but knowing that fiddling around can help me figure it out, I pushed the exposure compensation down and played around with mm and fstop. This is, actually, the best I've ever done with a deep blue flower. However, advice and insight would be extremely welcome!!!
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1335/...1d79f595_z.jpg
1/30 f4.5 exposure bias -1.00 35mm (so that I could get f4.5) spot metering ISO 100
P.S. Is the underside of that leaf too distracting? I just love it! Also, it was a muted quiet day and soft light on the widowsill - I was trying to get that across but is it too dark? I couldn't seem to get it lighter without having the white edges blow out.
Sailing Over the Bounding Wood
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1362/...472dae_b_d.jpg
Canon 50D, EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, f/2.8, 1/30s, ISO 1600. Full EXIF, PAD slideshow.
Another desperation shot. :( Oh, well, that's part of the point, to do something.
A brass ship, illuminated by a single overhead light, in my mom's guest room. I'm on a quick run up to Pennsylvania to visit with an aunt before she goes home. I left the tripod in the trunk, so it's high ISO and slow shutter.
This is one of the things I really love about the 50D, though: I can shoot at ISO 1600 and get a decent shot. It really opens things up.
C&C are always welcome.
Cheers,
Rick
Re: Day 22: October 2010 PAD
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Originally Posted by
Oldphotobuff
Kay
Very interesting. Did you use a blue filter or use in camera effects?
Stan
Hi Stan - no filter, that is the colour of the water, just tried to focus on something above the water, that's at the same distance away - then flip the image and in the second shot - cropped the 'real' just leave the reflection.
Rob posted 1 recently - so I thought I'd give it a try.
Re: Day 22 (I think - it's all starting to blur together! =])
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Katy Noelle
You mean the one on the right? No. What I do find distracting are:
a) the one at the bottom left and,
b) that vertical dark line (is it the edge of the window?) at the back (right of centre)
The exposure looks very good to me.
Re: Day 22 (I think - it's all starting to blur together! =])
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Originally Posted by
Katy Noelle
I was so grateful for the new tutorial on exposure. I know that I just barely understand it but there were a few revelations in there - i.e. why I can never get a good photo of a deep blue flower. Not knowing what I was doing but knowing that fiddling around can help me figure it out, I pushed the exposure compensation down and played around with mm and fstop. This is, actually, the best I've ever done with a deep blue flower. However, advice and insight would be extremely welcome!!!
From my experiences of trying to capture difficult colours, particularly blue, I found that a Custom White Balance certainly helps. Shooting Raw also gives you an opportunity to fiddle with the colour temperature during conversion. Avoiding direct sunlight can help to produce better blues.
Irises, particularly the early spring flowers have always been a nightmare to me. I have even brought flowers inside so that I can compare them with my computer screen. But when you bring an iris indoors, it changes colour! Must be something to do with the lack of real natural light I suppose.