Red Rocket Loc: Elizabethtown KY

I've been a snapshooter all of my life. Now that I,m retired I am getting more serious about my photography. I would like to ask those who submit photos to give a little info. on the camera setup, i.e. apeture, speed, on tripod or monopod or off, filter or no, etc. Thanks.

oldtool2 Loc: South Jersey

When you look at the photo and it says you can download it click on that. When the photo is done loading right click on it. If you have an exif reader installed click it and all the info you want will be there. If not click on propeties and the info may be there.

What we really need to do is teach people to click the little box that says "save original" when they load a photo. That way we can see a large version of the photo and most of the time the info you want will be there for you to view.

Jim D

Jim D

Red Rocket Loc: Elizabethtown KY

Thanks, as a newbie to ugly hedgehog I am still learning all of the tricks.

oldtool2 Loc: South Jersey

No problem. Members that have been here a lot longer than you ask this or don't know what the check box is for.

I wish they would do away with that box and automatically store the original.

Jim D

ToadSlayer Loc: England

What ? And give you all my best stuff ?

OK - only a Brit can rise to the challenge ... I'll get the bike out.

BTW - good question RedRocket.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

Filter, monopod or tripod, and such things aren't going to be in the photo's file info. The shooter would have to tell you those factors personally.

Not to be rude, but I also think you might be asking the impossible in this forum that has literally thousands of posts going on per week. You're requesting a somewhat personalized tutoring from of various mentors to learn the basics of photography and lighting when the person posting a photo may just want to present something for public viewing or scrutiny and not talk it to death.

I'd recommend that you start by searching out columns and blogs with Google where people teach these methods and photo/light theory. They are usually free of charge, and available 24/7. Take your non-snapshot type camera (which has the ability to set it to manual operation) out into the field and do what the teaching-blogging people tell you. You will improve dramatically in leaps and bounds.

Bring some of your shots to UHH and post them with a question like "What could I do better in this shot to achieve "______________(insert your desired result here)" and a flood of people will answer your singular concern to help you.

Hope that helps.

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

Regarding settings always remember. Every shooting situation is unique. You can stand, say in your back yard,
shoot east and there will be certain settings. Turn south and the settings will be different. It all has to do with what you're shooting but more importantly the light, how it reflects off of objects, etc.

There is no hard and fast rule for settings, there can't be because of changes in light.

Setting up your camera yourself is a good thing but you'll not do nearly as well as the camera will.

There are certain things you can do to make it easier however. One thing I do is in my manual settings on both my dslr cameras I keep, as a rule, 1/200 (flash sync speed) and f/5.6. When I walk into a flash situation I simply roll the wheel to manual, pop the flash and fire.

I've had very good luck with these settings in flash situations... especially within 8 feet of the subject.

There are others of course and you'll get used to them as time goes on.

Best of luck

DavidT Loc: Maryland

I can understand your general curiosity on how certain photos are shot. Whenever you see a shot with no information, you certainly may ask the poster how he/she accomplished it. But, it is best to ask more specific questions like "What shutter speed or aperture did you use?" or "Did you use a tripod?" or "What kind of filter was used?" Most posters will be glad to share that information with you.

wilsondl2 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

Again do not want to put you down but settings do not mean a lot unless you know the lighting conditions when the photo was taken. As for tripod, monopod etc. this is a thing that is deffrant with differant people. For instance the rule of thumb for telephoto lenses is 1 over the focal lenght of the lens (200mm = 1/200th of a sec). I can do about 1/60th the other day a guy said he could do 1/2 sec others may have a shake and can not hold steady at 1/500th of a 2nd. and would just need a tripod at any speed. The apeture is the one thing you may be interested in.. You may know that the larger the apeture (smaller #} the less depth of field you will get and you will have parts of the picture out of focus. With smaller apeture you get more depth of field and everything will be sharp. What I would do is look at each pecture and try to figure out what was done and if you can't ask. Either in the post you are in or send a private post to whoever took the picture. Most of us would be glad to tell how we did it. Good luck - Dave

redfordl Loc: Carver,Ma.

When i click on the downloaded image i get a pop up with the properties listed on the bottom which i hit. unfortunately,the properties does not give the exif data. How would i get the exif data? what progam do i have to download to get it? Thanks!! from a stupie.

redfordl Loc: Carver,Ma.

From redfordl, I answered my own ?. I have a program already installed in my computer called fastone image viewer and it will enable me to get exif data from any dowloaded hedgehog image.( or others) You just copy and paste the image from the internet explorer temp file and click image exif data. Thanks!!

bullfrogs Loc: Chico, Calif.

Redford,
Do you like FS Image? What do you use it for primarily??
I have used it for years and really enjoy the simplicity of use and the fact that its legs are surprisingly long for a FREE program.
Bullfrogs

redfordl Loc: Carver,Ma.

bullfrog, so far i am just using it to get exif data from uhh images etc. I have photoshop elements 10 and hardly use it? The reason i downloaded fastone was to reorder photos inside a folder by dragging and dropping with the mouse. PSE 10 does not do this. And others don"t. Thanks. But it looks like a good program to do the basics with. What do you primarily use it for?

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

Most folks here are pretty nice. If you see a shot you like, just ask the poster what the condition and how they shot the photo. That said unless you know how to use your camera the info will be of little use. I recommend Understanding Exposure, by Brian Peterson if your still in the learning process. Welcome to the forum and I hope you learn what you need.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

I want you to be aware of "specialty" forums on UHH, where most images have settings discussed.
You can find and subscribe to these forums here: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/section_list.jsp