b23avfc Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Fast lens.. at least 2.8. Get a 50 or 35 1.8 and you'll be happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 2, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 2, 2011 What's your feeling about ISO set to AUTO on Nikon's Gareth? Also depth of field for good shots - read a bit and some say short some say long - I suppose take loads of pics :-) I really don't think ISO needs an auto setting, you'll know with only a small amount of experimentation how far you can push your ISO settings on your particular camera. On my D2Xs I daren't go above 400 really, picture deteriorates after that, On my D300 I can happily push it to 1600. And guess which is the cheaper camera, that highlights the advances they've made in just a few years DOF all depends on subject matter tbh, its an individual shot decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bromsgrove_avfc Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I'm doing an online course at the moment and need to submit a homework image. The brief was 'find a simple object and use a white or black background, whichever contrasts most with the object you've chosen.....shoot in aperture priority and use exposure compensation' These are my best shots so far but I can't decide which to upload. I think Mario is the better shot but I found black backgrounds quite easy. The white background I found loads harder so pleased with my achievement with the headphones. Which do you all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I like them both equally to be fair. I'd probably plump for the first though, as I think it shows the depth of field a bit more clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 2, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 2, 2011 Headphones are better, Mario looks like he could be entirely drawn in PS, thats actually a compliment and you have everything spot on inc the lighting but it's just it's too good and due to the subject being a plastic model it looks possible that it isn't a photo at all (I know it is btw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 3, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted April 3, 2011 Is the blurring on the jack plug deliberate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Bicks, have a look at my Iphone album on flickr, want to do a whole summer with my Iphone and have already started. Just want some suggestions on how to get the best possibly picture quality and what I can do to improve things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 3, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 3, 2011 Will if I get time mate, just kinda busy right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 No probs thanks mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Is the blurring on the jack plug deliberate? It's called shallow depth of field, and of course it's deliberate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Just signed up to flickr....what is everyone's usernames? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 5, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 5, 2011 I think mines bicksvilla, not really much of my stuff on there at the minute though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I keep meaning to give HDR a proper go but I see so many awful results that look totally false I give up on the idea My first attempt at a bit of HDR: Tried not to overdo it but it's so tempting to just ramp all the settings up to maximum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 14, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 14, 2011 Its quite good simply because it doesn't look HDRish at all Compositionally though the centrally placed horizon is what I'm not sure about. Either a lower of higher perspective would have been better imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Its quite good simply because it doesn't look HDRish at all Compositionally though the centrally placed horizon is what I'm not sure about. Either a lower of higher perspective would have been better imo Yes agreed, normally I'd stick to the rule of thirds, but I was concentrating on all the bracketing and exposure etc, so forgot all about that! Then I tried cropping it, but it didn't look so good. I think a lower perspective would have worked best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 14, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 14, 2011 I think maybe lower perspective, portrait format and lots of sky, the sky is the real winner in that shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 14, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted April 14, 2011 HDR is fine until you get into the ridiculous 10-15 stops scenario. I have seen some decent images using that sort of range but I always find the key to using HDR is a little bit more subtlety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 My camera can only bracket three shots at a time, so if I want more I have to quickly manually alter the exposure after the first three and hope that things haven't moved to much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted April 17, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2011 Just in the back garden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Very nice Pete. What lens was the second one taken with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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