Joined: Wed May 09, 2007 5:58 pm Posts: 1259 Location: Western Masshole Gender: Male
Beautiful shot, Flips. What kind of lens is that?
Last Soldier, the picture of the bird was actually taken with a point and shoot camera I had before I got a SLR. I actually just got some photography books from the library and started reading about things like aperture and shutter speed, then it's just trial and error. Does your camera have settings that say M, A, S, and P? If so, than you can do a lot of experimenting. To begin with, pracatice with just the portrait and landscape settings. Portrait will bring the subject into focus while blurring the background while landscape keeps everything in focus; the camera will automatically adjust the aperture and shutter speed for you. Once you get more comfortable with that, try finding running water and slowing down the shutter speed. Try shooting a sunrise/sunset. If you run into problems or have specific questions just post or pm me. I am by no means an expert, I think LittleWing and Fitzy take better pictures and C_B is certainly experienced as well.
I'm up in Massachusetts for the week visiting family. I went to Mount Holyoke College to take pictures and finally started playing with White Balance, and holy crap, what a difference it makes. I'll post some of my pics when I upload them.
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Joined: Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:10 pm Posts: 711 Location: walking the long road
Thanks mate for the help.
I've got a Canon Digital IXUS 60. I've had the camera for nearly 2 years but I have never read the manual but I will soon. It's got features like potrait, night, digital macro, foilage, snow, beach etc. It also has this White Balance feature which you speak of.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 46000 Location: Reasonville
dscans, you're on drugs if you think my photos are better than yours.
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Joined: Wed May 09, 2007 5:58 pm Posts: 1259 Location: Western Masshole Gender: Male
corduroy_blazer wrote:
dscans, you're on drugs if you think my photos are better than yours.
You also don't have photoshop. Either way, I just don't want to come off as sort of a photography professional when I still have a lot to learn myself. I'm just opening the door to other people to step in when I give advice.
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Joined: Wed May 09, 2007 5:58 pm Posts: 1259 Location: Western Masshole Gender: Male
last|soldier wrote:
dscans wrote:
Last Soldier, the picture of the bird was actually taken with a point and shoot camera I had before I got a SLR.
Didn't you need a sizeable zoom to take it that close up though?
Not really. I got about 10-15 away and the zoom is pretty decent. Then I just held my elbows in and stood with my feet a little more than shoulder width apart. It also helps to make sure you are shooting at a decent shutter speed to avoid camera shake.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 46000 Location: Reasonville
jesus, look at those colors ...
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Thanks SSR and Fitzy.
That's just my standard AF-S DX 18-55mm lens, Flips. It was an overcast day and I finally started adjusting my white balance, set it to cloudy, and it made a huge difference.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 46000 Location: Reasonville
ok, so i'm going to embarrass myself and post what i took with my point and shoot (left the d60 @ work this weekend but went to prospect park anyway and wanted to shoot):
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Looks like a nice park CB. Thanks for the pics. I would have guessed fall was nearly over up north but it looks like you've still got some leaves yet to change.
I'll post some of my point-and-shoot shots from a park near Charlotte and the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden I visited last weekend.
I forgot, I already posted these pics in the RM Photo album thread. I didn't want to post in Dscans' but here they are again.
I don't have photoshop (or skills) but I did mess with the contrast and color to get the red "redder" on this one (all the rest are raw, low res images uploaded to myspace).
Monarch chrysalids. You can see the butterfly in the blue one about to burst.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 46000 Location: Reasonville
whoa! awesome pics.
yea, prospect park is right down the street from me. it's really nice because unlike central park, in manhattan, it's very untraveled, so you can get lost in the woods and feel completely outside of the city life. i basically rolled myself a little joint, found a place to sit on a hill, got stoned, took in the sunset and enjoyed the quiet.
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