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Before the Start (Goodwood - 29/07/08)
I hate horse racing anyway, i wouldn't know one end of a horse from another.:lol: The front end has teeth and can bite (not usual) and the back end has very powerful legs and can kick (more usual) :wink::lol:
Posted by Hyram on 31/07/2008 - 22:03
Before the Start (Goodwood - 29/07/08)
I hate horse racing anyway, i wouldn't know one end of a horse from another.:lol: The front end has teeth and can bite (not usual) and the back end has very powerful legs and can kick (more usual) :wink::lol: Thats valuable information if ever your asked to clean a horses teeth. :lol:
Posted by Clarky on 31/07/2008 - 22:37
Before the Start (Goodwood - 29/07/08)
You know which end it is at feeding time. What ever goes in the front end will always come out the back end. You just have to watch long enough to find out which is which. :lol: I do like the first picture in fact I wish she was leading me around like that with that smile. :oops:
Posted by Phototramp on 01/08/2008 - 02:08
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When taking buildings, one technique I sometimes use (with a suitably wide lens) is to take the picture with the camera held level (not pointed up). This produces a lot of foreground, which needs cropping out later, but it also means that the buildings no longer lean in or back. G
Posted by George Lazarette on 03/08/2008 - 15:01
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Cool, thanks for the tips. After reading the comments I've had a look at my other pictures taken at 300mm were a little out of focus. I use manual focus all the time because that way I can choose quicker which areas I want to focus on. It looks like I still need a lot of practice with manua...
Posted by OC_Photobug on 03/08/2008 - 22:40
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If you're serious about manual focus then you'll probably end up buying a . At $105 (more if you start adding optional grid lines and coverings) these aren't cheap, but everyone who has one seems to swear by it. It utilises a split prism (like the old MF film cameras) which makes manual focussing a...
Posted by hefty1 on 03/08/2008 - 23:21
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Thanks for that, I'll definately consider the Katz-Eye focus screen. But, does a viewfinder magnifier help with manual focusing?
Posted by OC_Photobug on 04/08/2008 - 09:59
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I use manual focus all the time because that way I can choose quicker which areas I want to focus on. It looks like I still need a lot of practice with manual focusing. Any tips??? Since you have AF lenses, you might consider using AF as follows: - set the AF mode selection to centre spot - h...
Posted by ChrisA on 04/08/2008 - 10:29
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OCPhotobug To add to what Chris has said regarding using autofocus. I use the method he describes of centrepoint focus and then re-frame. With the Pentax lens you have (18-55), after the auto-focus has locked on(in single AF mode) you are still able to turn the focus ring to "fine tune" the focus...
Posted by pschlute on 04/08/2008 - 10:46
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With the Pentax lens you have (18-55), after the auto-focus has locked on(in single AF mode) you are still able to turn the focus ring to "fine tune" the focus if needed. I find doing this quite fiddly with AF coupled to the half-press, since you have to hold the button half-pressed while doing t...
Posted by ChrisA on 04/08/2008 - 11:22
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I found that using the focus and reframe led to out of focus shots and then I found this: http://visual-vacations.com/Photography/focus-recompose_sucks.htm and this http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/focus_recompose.html Why not use one of the multiple focus points? I do this...
Posted by mikew on 04/08/2008 - 20:27
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I found that using the focus and reframe led to out of focus shots and then I found this: http://visual-vacations.com/Photography/focus-recompose_sucks.htm Well, sure. The closer you are, and the wider the subject, the larger these errors. But once you get a decent distance away, they're in...
Posted by ChrisA on 04/08/2008 - 21:48
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Chris I totally agree with your point about the MF screen. I was very surprised when I had focus issues when I first got my 10-20 zoom which were resolved by using the multiple focus points. Personally I don't find them any hassle to use as I can use the thingy on the back of the K100D to set the po...
Posted by mikew on 04/08/2008 - 22:05
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Chris I totally agree with your point about the MF screen. I was very surprised when I had focus issues when I first got my 10-20 zoom which were resolved by using the multiple focus points. Personally I don't find them any hassle to use as I can use the thingy on the back of the K100D to set the po...
Posted by pschlute on 04/08/2008 - 23:01
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Not the 10-20 but the kit lens and yes throuigh pixel peeping I felt I could see a difference. I am no longer a believer in DOF if I ever was. All my geometric instincts tell me that there is only one plane in sharp focus and DOF is saying well it looks sharp enough really even though it's out of fo...
Posted by mikew on 05/08/2008 - 07:02
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That said it was a photograph taken with the 10-20 that led me to wonder about the focus. It was taken down the length of a log and the fungus I wanted in sharp focus wasn't because I had used the centre spot for focus and the fungus was 2/3 down the length of the log (which wasn't all that long). I...
Posted by ChrisA on 05/08/2008 - 07:48
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You are certainly right that digital enables us to examine our photos in a lot more detail than we ever did with film. If I ever get round to scanning all my old negatives i am sure a huge amount of "good" pictures will be dismissed by me as out of focus !
Posted by pschlute on 05/08/2008 - 08:53
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Just a quick note to agree and confirm with pschlute, I use both the viewfinder magnifier O-ME53 and for the last week or so a Katz-Eye focus screen. I'm a very happy bunny, it makes a huge difference for me with my manual lenses, cos I'm an old fart with the eyesight going off. :lol:
Posted by kerrowdown on 07/08/2008 - 15:47
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How are you setting up you shots John? I use x5 exposures on AV mode at f/11 and then again at f16 shot in RAW. (Shoot at ISO 100 and again at ISO 200) Above 200 introduces to much noise). The import into Photomatix, If you have used a tripod all the shots should be aligned no need to have th...
Posted by GaryMoffat on 05/08/2008 - 08:54
A Fly
I quite like that actually Clarky. Anyway, it was a Tamron 90mm F2/8 Macro lens with 2X Vivitar macro teleconverter attached. Hand held and manual focus. External flash used. 50% crop, resized and quality lowered to get it under 300k for display here at a decent size.
Posted by Mike-P on 07/08/2008 - 15:49
