It just clicked!
Apr 8, 2018 22:47:15 #
Most of the time I shoot in Aperture or Shutter priority. So when I am experimenting in fully manual I usually take a LOT of pictures using different settings, I can usually figure it out but it can take a while (sometimes it can also drive my wife nuts while hiking). While I was out today taking pictures of fly fishermen on the Provo river something happened, I was in manual mode and was able to start setting up exposures almost as fast as when shooting in a priority mode, the exposures were either spot on or extremely close to what I was after with an acceptable DOF. Came home and shot some random stuff in the house with the same results, felt like a kid with a new toy :).
Thanks to the HOGs that have helped and given me some tips to better myself. Working on post and have access to both PS and LR, thanks to the people that have given me some help there also.
Still waiting for the composition thing to click, could take a long time for that, lol.
Thanks to the HOGs that have helped and given me some tips to better myself. Working on post and have access to both PS and LR, thanks to the people that have given me some help there also.
Still waiting for the composition thing to click, could take a long time for that, lol.
Apr 8, 2018 23:44:08 #
Apr 9, 2018 06:26:26 #
Yes, congrats! There is little more satisfying than being able to almost subconsciously being able to evaluate exposure while composing.
Apr 9, 2018 06:44:09 #
The Villages
Loc: The Villages, Florida
Larz wrote:
Yes, congrats! There is little more satisfying than being able to almost subconsciously being able to evaluate exposure while composing.
And Post Processing can most always take care of any errors.
Apr 9, 2018 08:09:10 #
Apr 9, 2018 08:37:50 #
The Villages wrote:
And Post Processing can most always take care of any errors.
That is one of life's greatest misconceptions! Cleaning up their mess later is not a habit of many successful photographers. And, NO, you cannot "always take care of any errors" in post, and the photographs usually prove this. A photograph that is poorly made cannot be salvaged by a computer "make-over." Putting lipstick on a pig might work in politics but it is not too beneficial to photographers. Make a photograph with a camera, tweak a photograph in a computer, unless you are using Photoshop, then the camera is optional.
Apr 9, 2018 09:32:19 #
bgrn wrote:
Most of the time I shoot in Aperture or Shutter pr... (show quote)
I LIVE FOR THAT DAY!!!!!
Apr 9, 2018 09:57:43 #
bgrn wrote:
...Still waiting for the composition thing to click, could take a long time for that, lol.
Composition priority is not a feature of current models. It will probably be another generation or two of camera bodies before that is offered.
Apr 9, 2018 10:03:48 #
The Villages wrote:
And Post Processing can most always take care of any errors.
Here is a photo of a Monarch butterfly I took. There is an error in timing, which I have not been able to correct in post.
Apr 9, 2018 10:22:55 #
Apr 9, 2018 10:37:26 #
Apr 9, 2018 10:42:48 #
Larz wrote:
Yes, congrats! There is little more satisfying than being able to almost subconsciously being able to evaluate exposure while composing.
Try that without the meter built into the camera. I have done it in film days as I forgot my hand held meter that day and my Bronica has no meter in it. Best exposures I ever had.
Apr 9, 2018 11:55:19 #
If you had started out with a Nikon "F" with the Photomic head you'd have chuckled at all the talk of learning to work in manual mode. Now I find the Full Auto modes work very well. Only on rare occasions do I shift to manual, mostly for fun.
Apr 9, 2018 12:47:22 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
Here is a photo of a Monarch butterfly I took. There is an error in timing, which I have not been able to correct in post.
... use the clone stamp... alot...
Apr 9, 2018 12:54:10 #
That's not the purpose of processing.
--Bob
--Bob
The Villages wrote:
And Post Processing can most always take care of any errors.
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