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10-05-2009 | 01:25 AM
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hawaii woot. looks good to me man, how much post processing did you do on them? you have so many shots its hard to c/c though. some shots are underexposed though from what i saw.
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10-05-2009 | 03:42 AM
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10-05-2009 | 04:18 AM
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the hawaii ones are straight outta the camera for the most part... jus used photoshop to resize, i think a few i changed the curve/contrast :dunno:
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10-05-2009 | 04:21 AM
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10-05-2009 | 05:36 AM
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I use the focal points in the viewfinder to verify my manual focus. Unless you are shooting high speed shots, I suggest doing as much manually as you can. I can focus faster on an object manually and more accurately than autofocus 99% of the time...especially in lower light.
10-05-2009 | 05:55 AM
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I use the focal points in the viewfinder to verify my manual focus. Unless you are shooting high speed shots, I suggest doing as much manually as you can. I can focus faster on an object manually and more accurately than autofocus 99% of the time...especially in lower light.
the close-up shots of those flowers were taken w/a MF .. i had to guess the exposure too :hs:
10-05-2009 | 06:31 AM
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For learning exposure: Best tips I have..
1. Set your ISO as low as possible. This gives you the least grainy photo
2. Any shutter speed lower than about 100 is more likely to be too slow for you to hold it without a tripod. As you practice, you might be able to get lower. I can shoot at about 40 without a tripod on a good day, but it's easier to bump the ISO one level.
3. Learn w/ your aperture all the way down. most of the time, from your shots, you'll want the blurred background of the lowest number aperture you have.
4. 1 stop down in aperture = 1 step up in shutter speed. This is helpful if you want motion blur (example, moving wheels of a car, etc). You want the shutter open longer without over-exposing.
Any questions, feel free to ask. A lot of us on here know the technical stuff pretty well. In the end, don't be afraid to take the same shot 10 different times with different settings and compare. The data is always in the 'properties' of the photo, or EXIF data and you can see afterwards what the changes did.
1. Set your ISO as low as possible. This gives you the least grainy photo
2. Any shutter speed lower than about 100 is more likely to be too slow for you to hold it without a tripod. As you practice, you might be able to get lower. I can shoot at about 40 without a tripod on a good day, but it's easier to bump the ISO one level.
3. Learn w/ your aperture all the way down. most of the time, from your shots, you'll want the blurred background of the lowest number aperture you have.
4. 1 stop down in aperture = 1 step up in shutter speed. This is helpful if you want motion blur (example, moving wheels of a car, etc). You want the shutter open longer without over-exposing.
Any questions, feel free to ask. A lot of us on here know the technical stuff pretty well. In the end, don't be afraid to take the same shot 10 different times with different settings and compare. The data is always in the 'properties' of the photo, or EXIF data and you can see afterwards what the changes did.
