Posts for: MountainMike
Apr 9, 2019 21:44:19 #
Your luck, patience, and SKILL paid off! Beautiful sequence of great images.
Mike
Mike
Mar 9, 2019 23:18:59 #
Ava'sPapa wrote:
We just got back from Puerto Rico and thanks to some of your suggestions we had a terrific time. We zip-lined. We visited the Rain Forest, the bioluminescent lagoon (which was fabulous) and old San Juan. As I look at these photos I'm realizing that they they don't necessarily exemplify Puerto Rico. They could be anywhere. Oh well, they bring back great memories to me.
Fantastic images! The first 2 are a little ho-hum, but the others are great!
Mar 4, 2019 19:01:26 #
cjc2 wrote:
There is NO such thing as Center Weighted or Spot focusing. Those are METERING methods and the third, and the one I use the most, is Matrix Metering.
Okay, okay, you're being nit-picky! He meant "single-point center weighted focus".
polonois:
Watch the video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDzAMm1FCct
I agree, Steve Perry does a great job of an overview of "focus problems", which may help you solve her problem.
Mike
Mar 4, 2019 02:11:22 #
It is NOT camera shake.
Before looking at anyone else's response and thus being biased, I would strongly suspect that your daughter has her new Nikon on some form of "spot focus" and that "spot" is falling "away from" or "off of" her subject(s).
It would have been nice if you had numbered the photos before uploading them to the uglyhedgehog (UHH), so we could be more certain of which photo we are speaking about.
In the first photo, the white colored bird (goose?), has the bird out of focus slightly, but magnify the image and look to the blades of grass in the background. These are in focus, especially the area near the brown leaf to the right of the bird's neck. I am seeing a "zone of focus" BEHIND the bird of interest. So, the lens appears to be capable of focusing, it is just focusing in an area that is outside of the zone of interest.
Another factor, the "depth of focus" might be too shallow for her photos. What ISO is she using? Fast shutter speed? Wide-open lens? Maybe it is time for dad to check out the camera and lenses for his daughter, and return the camera if possible, or if it is under a new warranty, send it back to the manufacturer. New cameras sometimes are defective!
I have presumed your daughter is a teenager. So it will be a difficult teaching curve to show her she might need to change. Good luck!
Later comment: *************************
I have just read the other responses; we all seem to be "on the same page". If it is not the lenses, then it must be the (defective) camera body. Yes, they are mostly badly UNDEREXPOSED.
Obviously, if she has been taking photos for 20 years, she's past the teenage years!
Before looking at anyone else's response and thus being biased, I would strongly suspect that your daughter has her new Nikon on some form of "spot focus" and that "spot" is falling "away from" or "off of" her subject(s).
It would have been nice if you had numbered the photos before uploading them to the uglyhedgehog (UHH), so we could be more certain of which photo we are speaking about.
In the first photo, the white colored bird (goose?), has the bird out of focus slightly, but magnify the image and look to the blades of grass in the background. These are in focus, especially the area near the brown leaf to the right of the bird's neck. I am seeing a "zone of focus" BEHIND the bird of interest. So, the lens appears to be capable of focusing, it is just focusing in an area that is outside of the zone of interest.
Another factor, the "depth of focus" might be too shallow for her photos. What ISO is she using? Fast shutter speed? Wide-open lens? Maybe it is time for dad to check out the camera and lenses for his daughter, and return the camera if possible, or if it is under a new warranty, send it back to the manufacturer. New cameras sometimes are defective!
I have presumed your daughter is a teenager. So it will be a difficult teaching curve to show her she might need to change. Good luck!
Later comment: *************************
I have just read the other responses; we all seem to be "on the same page". If it is not the lenses, then it must be the (defective) camera body. Yes, they are mostly badly UNDEREXPOSED.
Obviously, if she has been taking photos for 20 years, she's past the teenage years!