Picture of the Day

[barfastic]

heres my first image
im liking this cam the more i play around with it!

[shazza]

Looks like you're having fun, Barfastic.


One of my first pics with the Canon 5DMarkII

[Marin]

I found you

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...d.php?t=693792

But lets see if you can find me...

[EagleRock]

Found you yesterday
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...d.php?t=695256

[L0$t Pr0PhEt]

Look what I found This little guy was hanging out in the sun while I was mowing my lawn. I couldn't find my camera so it was taken with mom's cannon point and shoot.

[IMG]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/Knight-08/UPLOAD.jpg[IMG]

I would in my pants :p

[EagleRock]

What's the motive [cTx]EagleRock? I can't make out what you want to show to us. Imho there's far too much on the picture or not enough if you wanted to shoot landscape.

Does your camera offer different control settings? TV, AV or M? Then you could decide yourself what's important, instead of letting the camera decide. I think there must be some good english web sites that explain the effect of aperture, ISO and exposure-time. Your camera chose F2.8 for both of your pictures although it wasn't necessary. The ISO-rating is at 100 and the exposure time is very short, seeing how short your focal length is. As a rule of thumb you can say, as long as the exposure time is shorter than 1/(focal length) you can shoot without a tripod (even without image stabilisation). And always remember: 1/4 is less then 1/2

I wanted to take a shot of the blueberry flowers.
I didn't let the camera decide for me, I did choose f2.8 because i wanted the background to be blur but i let the camera decide the exposure-time, there was plenty of light that is why i chose 100 Iso otherwise i would have went with 200 "I Can't go higher because the noise will get crazy with my bad camera"
Do you think f2.8 was too high ? I'm still trying to learn
Here is another picture hopefully you like it more "you can see how much noise in the picture even at iso 100 "



Model : HP R818
Exposure Time : 1/500
F Number : F 5.6
ISO Speed Ratings : 100
Exposure Bias Value : 0 EV

[Nordling]

Canon 40D + Canon 50mm 1.8
F=4.5
1\125 sec
ISO=200

[Knight203]

I would in my pants :p

Hehe, he wasn't very big. He looks huge in that shot but he was only like a foot long.

[FischOderAal]

I wanted to take a shot of the blueberry flowers.

Hmmm. Imho (you can always argue about motives) there was too much on the picture. Try to show details, for instance just one blossom.

I didn't let the camera decide for me, I did choose f2.8 because i wanted the background to be blur but i let the camera decide the exposure-time, there was plenty of light that is why i chose 100 Iso otherwise i would have went with 200 "I Can't go higher because the noise will get crazy with my bad camera"

OK, I see. Seems like you've learned the details and effects.

F2.8 normally is fine to get a small depth of field. Problem is, as you showed a too big picture I find it difficult to make out what is within the sharp area and therefore is the motive. Plus for my taste the depth of field was too big, even at F2.8 (or did I just missed it?).

This is what F2.8 should look like imho (one of my first shots with the DSLR and the Sigma Makro). Not really good, but you should get the idea

# Camera Model = Canon EOS 450D
# Lens: Sigma EX DG 105 mm Makro
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/1000 second = 0.001 second
# Lens F-Number/F-Stop = 28/10 = F2.8
# ISO Speed Ratings = 200
# Focal Length = 105/1 mm = 105 mm

http://www.abload.de/img/img_0298ig85.jpg

Here is another picture hopefully you like it more "you can see how much noise in the picture even at iso 100 "

The noise is really high, but the chromatic aberrations are bad as well :/
Up to now I think this is your best picture.

[EagleRock]

Very nice shot you have there, I'm trying to save money to buy a DSLR till then i'm very limited with my crap camera. I appreciate the help i still have so much to learn

F2.8 normally is fine to get a small depth of field. Problem is, as you showed a too big picture I find it difficult to make out what is within the sharp area and therefore is the motive. Plus for my taste the depth of field was too big, even at F2.8 (or did I just missed it?).

I blame my camera

Here is another picture.



Model : HP R818
Exposure Time : 1/700
F Number : F 2.8
ISO Speed Ratings : 100
Exposure Bias Value : 0 EV

[Marin]

Camera: Leica M6
ISO: 400
Shutter: ---
Aperture: ---
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Lens: Leica 50mm f/2.0 Summicron-R

[GTSRboy]

GTX285 - Olympus Camedia C-4040

[FischOderAal]

On sunday we were on a marathon. The fastest were the runners from Kenya! They reached the goal 30 minutes ahead of the best German The weather sucked hard, typical for germany Not very happy with the picture, was the first shoot of sports


# Camera Model = Canon EOS 450D
# Lens = Sigma EX DG 105 mm Makro
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/1000 second = 0.001 second
# Lens F-Number/F-Stop = 28/10 = F2.8
# ISO Speed Ratings = 400 (*doh*)
# Focal Length = 105/1 mm = 105 mm
# Exposure Bias (EV) = -1/3 = -0.33
# Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode

Very nice shot you have there, I'm trying to save money to buy a DSLR till then i'm very limited with my crap camera. I appreciate the help i still have so much to learn

Thanks. I'm still learning as well. It's crazy to compare recent shots to my "old" pictures. Although I began with photography not two months ago there's a noticable difference. You learn very much very fast.

But you don't necessarily need a DSLR to take great pictures, I think a good photographer could take better pictures with a compact than I do with my DSLR. A DSLR has quite high following costs compared to a compact or, if you want something better, a bridge-camera.

I blame my camera

And you might be right. The compact cameras have evolved much in the past years. We have a Fuji Finepix F601 as well as a two years old Panasonic Lumix (my sister's) and the difference ist just increadible. The Lumix takes remarcable pictures if you have enough light and don't use the flash. To prevent to blur the picture because of a too long exposure you should use the self trigger. The press on the button sometimes is enough to blur the picture. That even helps with DSLRs.

Here is another picture.

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3545020885_be7989ddf6_o.jpg[./img]

Model : HP R818
Exposure Time : 1/700
F Number : F 2.8
ISO Speed Ratings : 100
Exposure Bias Value : 0 EV

Try not to shoot too centered or cut your picture afterwards, because for most pictures it looks "boring".
More details: http://www.digital-photography-tips....or-thirds.html

[barfastic]

Another image of the day from me im loving this cam!!!! cant wait till i get my macro lense aswell!



Does anyone know how i can EXIF data? do i need a specific peice of software? im using Photomatix and Firegraphics aswell as the usual Photoshop. And can i only obtain exif data using the RAW capturing format?

oh and can anyone recommend a program that is a bit faster at processing RAW files, because firgraphics takes 2-3 minutes to open each image :S

[FischOderAal]

JPEG-picutures can contain EXIF-data as well! My bet is that one of the programs you are using deletes the data.

What is the make of your camera? Photoshop should be able to open RAW as well.

[EagleRock]

Try not to shoot too centered or cut your picture afterwards, because for most pictures it looks "boring".
More details: http://www.digital-photography-tips....or-thirds.html

My camera can only center focus

[barfastic]

JPEG-picutures can contain EXIF-data as well! My bet is that one of the programs you are using deletes the data.

It was my mistake afterall, when i take pictures in JPEG + RAW format the data is in there if i right click and view the properties tab. Its because i opened the RAW file and saved it as a JPEG it got deleted.

What is the make of your camera? Photoshop should be able to open RAW as well.

Its a Sony A350 with a 18-70 Lens

[Marin]

Wish I was using a FF...

Anyways, I'm probably going to give the 70-200mm f/4 IS a try and see if that does any better in lower light, probably will only have an edge though when handheld (slower but it has IS).




Camera: Canon Rebel XSi
ISO: 800
Shutter: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

[shazza]

My camera can only center focus

Does it have the option where you depress the shutter button part way to focus, then allow you to move the subject in the frame before clicking? Won't work for all shots, but will allow you to follow the rule-of-thirds for many.

@ Marin ... did you shoot that last pic with your right or left eye?

[inCore]

This is a picture of my dad at the track today, he coaches my brother in athletics and was the Finnish champion in 1986 for 400-meter hurdles himself.



Model = Nikon D60
Exposure Time = 1/320"
F Number = F9
ISO Speed Ratings = 100
Exposure Bias Value = ±0EV
Focal Length = 18mm

[agor]

This was the reason my GPU went too hot..

Exposure time: 0,005
F number: 9
ISO speed rating: 200

[shazza]

Nice shot, inCore. Yikes, Agor, that definitely is a bit much on the TIM.

[barfastic]

another image of the day from me... i know im busting peoples @@ but i cant get my hands off this new camera!


EXIF Data
Camera Make: Sony
Camera Model: DSLR - A350
F-Stop: f/8
Exposure Time: 1/20 sec.
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 55mm
Max Aperture: 4.97

[inCore]

Nice shot, inCore.

Thank you.

Here's a picture that I took earlier today, it's a picture of Rapperswil, Switzerland, 30 kilometers from Zürich at the other end of the lake of Zürich. Not one of my best pictures but the view makes up for it.



Model = Nikon D60
Exposure Time = 1/200"
F Number = F7.1
ISO Speed Ratings = 100
Exposure Bias Value = ±0EV
Focal Length = 22mm

[Chicken Patty]

in core thats a heck of a shot bro, you have a hi res of that?