Posts for: Twice Retired
Nov 28, 2011 11:17:22 #
They both get an A++ from me!
The Sunset is just sooo great! We have absolute black, silloette (sp?), blasting color, and the blue sky all in the same photo!
The Sunset is just sooo great! We have absolute black, silloette (sp?), blasting color, and the blue sky all in the same photo!
Nov 28, 2011 10:52:12 #
cancatphoto wrote:
I have a friend who is black and her husband is white. Some of the photos I have done of them are only ok. But most are really bad. (as I stated when first joining this forum, my goal is to learn to do portraits) Most of the time he looks so washed out. Then if I adjust the lighting for him, she then comes out too dark.
Any advice?
Any advice?
Back when I was first being taughy exposure (film) the question posed to us was how to meter for a lump of coal in freshly fallen snow. The problem is the camera "sees" proper exposure as 18% grey. Cutting to the chase, in the digital world we live by "white balance". Try turning your camera off "auto balance" and set white balance off of your skin tone and see if his doesn't fall in place.
Adding a separate continual light source to his face is really just having two areas of the photo with different exposures.
Nov 28, 2011 10:20:36 #
BOB wrote:
What you hurry !!! are you living your last few day in life ???
Don't ask that because if the answer were to be "Yes" you wouldn't feel so hot !
Nov 23, 2011 16:44:05 #
I'm not too hot on the goats, but love the kids. If you tried to pose them the shots would have been too stiff or contrived. Letting them create the pose really puts the personallity into it!
Nov 16, 2011 12:03:01 #
tilde531 wrote:
VERY nicely done!
She's soft against a hard background, eyes tack sharp... and that perspective/angle is refreshingly unexpected and well-executed!
dc-images wrote:
I took this a few months back
VERY nicely done!
She's soft against a hard background, eyes tack sharp... and that perspective/angle is refreshingly unexpected and well-executed!
+1 !!!
Nov 15, 2011 14:46:26 #
Robert Lindsay wrote:
Thanks for all of the comments and advice everyone . It's the dots across the top of the building and into the sky .
I will try again when I can with your suggestions .
May also try and get rid of the noise in an edit program.
Thanks again !!
I will try again when I can with your suggestions .
May also try and get rid of the noise in an edit program.
Thanks again !!
I shot the same picture from the grounds of Portsmouth Naval Hospital about 10 years ago! It was on film with a tripod and a cable release! Anyway, I'm of the opinion that it's sensor noise due to a high ASA for a night shot. They are about to have "The Grand Illumination" parade and turn the lights on for the holidays so shoot it again! Perhaps we'll meet each other there!
Nov 14, 2011 23:39:32 #
Excuse me while I turn green with envy!! I have been looking around for a shot of this bird for years.
I agree with the others ...... FANTASTIC !!
I agree with the others ...... FANTASTIC !!
Nov 14, 2011 20:37:49 #
Singing Swan wrote:
Is that you in the avatar?
No! LMAO! That young lady is my avatar. Shot with her not long ago (6 weeks?). I'm a 67 yrs. male photographer with nothing to do but look at beautiful women through my lens! Ya gota just love it!!!
Nov 13, 2011 10:30:44 #
Susieb721 wrote:
Thanks, everyone. I am already Gramma to Damian who is 11 and Lydia who is 5, from my oldest son and daughter-in-law, but I wasn't as snap happy then. And I didn't know as much, nor have a pro camera. These poor babies will be sick of photography!
I am profondly jelous! My 5 grandchildren are all grown and "doing thier thing". The next round of babies will make me a WHAT??!!! Oh my God!!
Nov 9, 2011 06:37:55 #
Good looking family!
So I'm not sure why you want to get this shot with the 18-55mm lens. The typical lens is best in it's mid ranges and not so hot at either end. For a portrait, in most cases, around 85mm or so is "usually" the best. Your best bet would be the 55-200mm. Of course if you don't have the room for the long lens go to the 18-55mm.
Shoot in aperature priority with the lowest number/largest aperature opening/narrowest DOF possible in order to blur the background AND lets talk background. Subtract the "negatives" from your shots where ever possible. In this case turn the chandalier off! The "temperature" of the incandesent bulbs gives the orange glow and if it was off we would not notice it as much, leaving us to concentrate our eyes on the main subjects!
Narrow DOF, subtract the "negatives" and keep on shooting!
So I'm not sure why you want to get this shot with the 18-55mm lens. The typical lens is best in it's mid ranges and not so hot at either end. For a portrait, in most cases, around 85mm or so is "usually" the best. Your best bet would be the 55-200mm. Of course if you don't have the room for the long lens go to the 18-55mm.
Shoot in aperature priority with the lowest number/largest aperature opening/narrowest DOF possible in order to blur the background AND lets talk background. Subtract the "negatives" from your shots where ever possible. In this case turn the chandalier off! The "temperature" of the incandesent bulbs gives the orange glow and if it was off we would not notice it as much, leaving us to concentrate our eyes on the main subjects!
Narrow DOF, subtract the "negatives" and keep on shooting!
Nov 8, 2011 23:20:10 #
#1 Shows the "temperature" of light nicely, BUT the subject of the photo isn't there. IMHO
#2 Wonderful capture! The multiple elements cause you to keep looking around while the main subject remains the boat. I really like it!
#3 The focus is dead on for the feeder and should be on the Humming bird! As to shutter speed, it's a matter of taste. Do you want motion or to see the wings? I like the motion!
#2 Wonderful capture! The multiple elements cause you to keep looking around while the main subject remains the boat. I really like it!
#3 The focus is dead on for the feeder and should be on the Humming bird! As to shutter speed, it's a matter of taste. Do you want motion or to see the wings? I like the motion!