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A Walk in the Park...

tyflier

tyflier

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Went for a walk to the park today to play with some ducks...

I don't have the exposure data on these. I know I was shooting in shutter priority, and I had a fast shutter speed...so I imagine my aperature was pretty low, but I don't know the numbers.

Anyhow...I was playing around using sequential shooting and got these two shots:

mallard-big-wings.jpg


duck-splash.jpg


Exposure data for these flowers is posted on my Interrupted Thought Process blog, if anyone cares...

red-flower.jpg


purple-flower.jpg


I should have blown the pollen off, but...oh well...next time.

Any comments or criticisms are greatly appreciated.
 
Can't get enough of that new camera?
I'm learning camera work, too. I just had to comment on the great color you captured in the first mallard pic.
 
The mallard shots look great!
The pansy shots do look a little fuzzy. I would try focusing more on the center of the flower than on the petals. If you can get the center in focus, there's a good chance you'll get the whole flower in. The first shot looks like it's just focused on the bottom right portion of the bottom petal, and the second shot looks more focused on the top back petal. Just my opinion. Take it for what it's worth. I don't have a fancy camera with a manual zoom, but if I did, that's how I'd shoot it. I'm sure someone with more experience than me will come along and shoot this down before too long. :D

I look forward to seeing more of your fun pictures!
 
alan said:
Can't get enough of that new camera?
I'm learning camera work, too. I just had to comment on the great color you captured in the first mallard pic.
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HA! I can NEVER get enough! I love it...I shot 250+ pictures today. I only *really* like those four. If I was still shooting film....I'd be broke in a weekend...:D
 
RobbiesCornField said:
The mallard shots look great!
The pansy shots do look a little fuzzy. I would try focusing more on the center of the flower than on the petals. If you can get the center in focus, there's a good chance you'll get the whole flower in. The first shot looks like it's just focused on the bottom right portion of the bottom petal, and the second shot looks more focused on the top back petal. Just my opinion. Take it for what it's worth. I don't have a fancy camera with a manual zoom, but if I did, that's how I'd shoot it. I'm sure someone with more experience than me will come along and shoot this down before too long. :D

I look forward to seeing more of your fun pictures!
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Shooting macro with a wide aperature, it's nearly impossible to get the entire flower in focus. You gotta pick your spot.

I could have narrowed my aperature and increased the depth of field, but "fuzzy around the edges" is what I was hoping for. It stands in sharp contrast opposed to the crisp edges of the petals that are in focus. But if you focus on the center of the flower, all the edges fall away, and you lose the crispness of the focused edge...

I do appreciate the input, though!
 
tyflier said:
Shooting macro with a wide aperature, it's nearly impossible to get the entire flower in focus. You gotta pick your spot.

I could have narrowed my aperature and increased the depth of field, but "fuzzy around the edges" is what I was hoping for. It stands in sharp contrast opposed to the crisp edges of the petals that are in focus. But if you focus on the center of the flower, all the edges fall away, and you lose the crispness of the focused edge...

I do appreciate the input, though!
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Ah, I see (kinda... lol). They do look good, I'm just more used to seeing the focus on the center of the flowers. :D
 
maxcherry said:
http://poppinjeremy.tk/
http://punkcracks.nl.nu/

love the pics, i have a sony dslr and i click away as well. Above links will give you photo sop and others ie lightroom etc if you need.
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Nah...I'm using Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2. It does everything I need to do, I just don't know how to import and export the Exif data. I'm using a card reader, instead of the software from the camera...but I tried the software from Olympus, and I still couldn't find the data...

I did have Photoshop 7, and even with that...couldn't find it. I'll have to read my camera manual again...
 
I love my dslr camera when I first got it I played non stop shooting everything. It takes a lot of practice, but you should save these shots because in a few months you will notice how much better you are getting. I love the ducky shots they look great already. Invest in a tripod is the best advice I was given it will reduce a lot of the blur factor a well. Good luck!!!
 
danielle said:
I love my dslr camera when I first got it I played non stop shooting everything. It takes a lot of practice, but you should save these shots because in a few months you will notice how much better you are getting. I love the ducky shots they look great already. Invest in a tripod is the best advice I was given it will reduce a lot of the blur factor a well. Good luck!!!
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I already have a tripod, and I use it extensively for most macros and landscape shots. It's tough to set up wildlife shots with a tripod, so I try to shoot those handheld with fast shutter speeds.

Landscapes I use narrow apperatures and slower shutterspeeds, so a tripod is absolutely necessary. I took these this morning:

mt-tom-from-tablelands.jpg


sierras-from-tablelands.jpg


Both of these were shot at f/22; shutter 1/50; ISO 100 using a 14-42mm Zuiko lens. I also used a split neutral density filter to bring out the contrast in the sky, clouds, and snow...
 
DaGiant said:
Great pics Chris!

I really wish I could afford a DSLR.. LOL
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It's the best recent investment I've made. I laid out quite a bit at first, but it will last a LOOOOOOOOOOONG time. And the enjoyment factor is priceless...
 
Holy crap it is beautiful where you live!! I love my tripod and remote. Before I knew nothing I thought you didn't need one, but I was so wrong. I am still quite the novice with too little play time, but those shots have inspired some play time!
 
Hi,

Those two views you have posted are absolutely fantastic? If you live close to that then i am SO jealous, if there any chance you could email me the top one of those two pictures in their original format to use as my desktop?

Where are those pictures taken?
 
Those are some great shots luv! I especially love the action shots of the ducks. Bravo! :cheers:

Did I already ask you what kind of camera you got?
 
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