Photo Walk
Mar 6, 2019 11:43:03 #
A few shots from a recent walk...comments always welcome. FYI All taken with my 100 2.8 macro
Mar 6, 2019 12:00:50 #
Mar 6, 2019 12:17:38 #
Terrymac wrote:
Great shots I like the fire hydrant colours. Thanks.
Ty.
Mar 6, 2019 13:01:18 #
Mar 6, 2019 13:19:45 #
UTMike wrote:
Nice and bright in Florida!
Yes, we have had great weather most of the winter. Getting a cold blast at the moment and our bottom floor heater went on the blitz..perfect timing!
Mar 6, 2019 14:33:00 #
Mar 6, 2019 14:37:59 #
kpmac wrote:
Nice set. I like the Azalea shot best.
Thank you. The lens did a great job. I keep taking different lenses out because I have a habit of always using the same one, trying to force myself to try the others that I use less often.
Mar 7, 2019 07:22:30 #
EyeShootWideOpen wrote:
A few shots from a recent walk...comments always welcome. FYI All taken with my 100 2.8 macro
Judging by your moniker, Diane, are you always a fan of very shallow Depth-of-Field? After a while, my eyes start to water.
Mar 7, 2019 08:13:47 #
Just curious, how did you process the fire hydrant shot? It stood out to me. Looks like a fun walk.
Mar 7, 2019 12:03:58 #
cameraf4 wrote:
Judging by your moniker, Diane, are you always a fan of very shallow Depth-of-Field? After a while, my eyes start to water.
I like big bokeh, I cannot lie.
Ok, just a little fun there. I would say often what I shoot does require some element of blur in the background. The moniker was taken from a T-shirt that I own and happened to be wearing when I found/signed onto UHH. So, for lack of something more creative it was more of a steal but I switched out the I for Eye.Mar 7, 2019 12:04:27 #
Mar 7, 2019 12:09:42 #
Wanda Krack wrote:
Just curious, how did you process the fire hydrant shot? It stood out to me. Looks like a fun walk.
Aside from the standard adjustments in LR or raw, I took the photo into one of the Topaz filters. Sorry, I cannot remember exactly which one was used. I wanted a softer look for the surrounding foliage. I may have masked or reduced when back in PS. Hope that helps, sorry I cant be more specific. I edit experimentally by each individual photo based on how I envision it when I took it...and there are always happy accidents as well.
Mar 7, 2019 12:10:29 #
Mar 7, 2019 12:42:05 #
Szalajj
Loc: Salem, NH
EyeShootWideOpen wrote:
I like big bokeh, I cannot lie. Ok, just a little fun there. I would say often what I shoot does require some element of blur in the background. ...
Ok, just a little fun there. I would say often what I shoot does require some element of blur in the background. ...Bokeh is one thing, as long as at least something is in focus in your shot.
But in the shot with the gazebo, fence, and pink flower, nothing is in focus.
Decide upon your primary subject, and ensure that it's in sharp focus, then work on your other settings to blur the surroundings.
Some lenses will lend themselves to better quality Bokeh results than others.
The lower the f-stop number, the wider open your lens will be, giving you a narrow or shallow depth of field. It's that shallow depth of field that will give you an enhanced bokeh background and foreground.
Using the aperture priority setting on your camera will get you there the fastest, but experimenting with the manual setting will teach you how the combinations of settings will get you to your desired effect without having to resort post processing special effects.
Mar 7, 2019 13:29:17 #
Szalajj wrote:
Bokeh is one thing, as long as at least something ... (show quote)
Thank you. I am still learning and one of the reason I have been taking out lenses I do not use as much. I typically grab my 24-105 which lowest is F4. I do find that I have the tendency to miss the mark with my settings when I grab the primes, misjudging the focal plane area. I once found a really great site, dofsimilator.net, which I need to go spend some time at with my lens selection before I head out to shoot. I will go back and try to improve the shot you mention! Thanks again.
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