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Kmar wrote:

Jenspm wrote:

You guys have any beginners photography books or online guides to recommend?

How beginner?

Chris Orwig has some video out there on Lynda.com (and other places) that are pretty helpful for the novice. Also, bookmark http://strobist.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swoWaQZUcr4
The biggest thing is shoot shoot shoot.

merci.

I've understood the concept/relations between ISO, Aperture and shutter speeds now, I just need to go practice and learn what settings work best for different scenarios. I also need to read up a bit on the basic use of the flash as well.

I've been drowned in exams lately, but my last one is on Saturday and after that I'll have 9 days to play golf and shoot pictures while I wait for the others to finish up.

cool look forward to the pics wally

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Last edited by Kimmmmmmmmmmmm (2011-01-13 21:23:40)

I wish I knew more about posting Pictures. I am a pretty decent artist.

Right, went out to take some pictures today. Sadly the sun decided to hide itself quickly so didn't get a lot of stuff done. Anyway, thought I'd post some bad pictures in here for the sake of tips - if that's alright, anyway.

I'll start off with this one, which was rather disappointing, because the actual scene was nice. There was such a nice contrast between the worn pier and boats and the clear blue sky, and ditto the contrast between the red boats and green houses. It just doesn't get shown in the photo. The colours were also a lot more vivid than how they appear in the photo, the sky a lot bluer. It's just kind of, ehh, boring I guess.

The idea was to get a lot of it in focus, so I chose a relatively low aperture and focused on the green in the water. Though I guess i could've focused on the boats instead. 1/80 sec at f/14, ISO 100.




Any tips would be awesome, but basically what I wanted from this picture is for it to be more.. exciting, if you will.

Hrm, what exactly would that do? I've seen those that add a coloured (e.g. blue) tint to the photo, but I don't think that's what you're talking about?

a polarizer will take away maybe two stops of light (like going from 2.8 - 5.6) allowing you to be open wider, longer. but what it does is cut glare and even out tones. "the blue tint" is a more natural sky.

Exif data
Camera     Canon EOS 7D
Exposure     0.011 sec (1/90)
Aperture     f/11.0
Focal Length     33 mm
ISO Speed     200

Fuck, now I want a circular polarizer. At least they're not too expensive.

burnzz wrote:

Jenspm wrote:

Fuck, now I want a circular polarizer. At least they're not too expensive.

look at the end of your lens (the size you needs right there).

i never use it from about an hour and a half before sundown, to about an hour and a half after sunrise.

Yeah, 'tis a 58. Would I notice a big difference between this and this?

Obviously I'd prefer the cheap one, but if it's just a piece of crap, then...

I've been sitting here thinking about polarizers and reading about how they're used in photography (the physics behind it) for 10mins or so. Interesting stuff.

get a thin polarizer if you have a wide angle to avoid vignette, otherwise probably not necessary

hmm i don't use a polarizer too much. bad kim lol

you'll be glad. remember, polarizer's are best used when the sun's up - doesn't matter if there are some clouds - but the best light of day (sunrise/sunset) is best unfiltered. cheers!

playing with photoshop~

Jens, don't be shooting around f/14 if you don't have to! First up, your lens has a sweet spot (typically two stops down from max aperture) where by the image will be sharpest.. after that you may find that the image gets softer. Secondly, since it's a river scene, I'd have opened up the aperture to give a faster shutter speed, to ensure that there was no blur from movement.

When using any filter, remember that you get what you pay for. My 77mm Hoya slim circular polarizer cost me maybe $150-200, but I'm willing to pay that price because it's going in front of a very expensive lens. If I used any old filter, it would erode any image sharpness benefit I get from expensive glass!