Search results for 'back focus' - page 2626
All in the mind
I see a woman too, and her back facing us.:shock:
Posted by frankwu on 07/09/2009 - 23:49
Thurso - in the far North of Scotland
I have been working up in Caithness, Scotland for the last couple of weeks, not a lot of internet time, and even a mobile phone signal is hard to find. But I did manage to get a pic or two, K10D + Pentax 17-70mm, ( from almost the same spot as my fortnightly competition winner was taken )...
Posted by Galoot on 06/09/2009 - 23:55
My first spider pic.
Get an old manual focus lens. Either the Tamron 90 or Pentax 1:4 100mm. You'll find both on Ebay. G
Posted by George Lazarette on 08/09/2009 - 11:44
C & C Samsung 12-24
One of these days you and I will meet up Barrie, we only live about half a dozen miles apart and we get to the same places to make photos. I too like the centrally placed lighthouse between the beach guards in No. 1. Rules of composition are there to be broken by adventurous photographers, once they...
Posted by davidtrout on 08/09/2009 - 15:22
Cosmos flowers
The same photo but the first is with the soft focus filter effect on the K200D. In the second the saturation is slightly reduced. Which do you prefer - do you like either? Richard
Posted by Wilf200D on 09/09/2009 - 09:59
Cosmos flowers
I prefer number 2 as I do not like soft focus in close up shots. :D
Posted by mr.mellow on 09/09/2009 - 12:47
1st PPG acceptance! (Hopefully not last :P)
Mike which was your first? My first was the duckling that opens up when clicking on my PPG link below. It was a shot taken at a park in Spain that I totally disregarded as a rubbish picture but when I went back to it some days later I noticed that with a bit of cropping I could maybe get a reasona...
Posted by Mike-P on 12/09/2009 - 13:32
The moon
It was shot with the DA*300 and there isnt much about technique here actually. Just followed some tips and advice from fellow members here, mirror lock up and sturdy tripod Just out of interest, did you let the AF take care of it, or did you focus manually? You might have missed quite a few of ...
Posted by ChrisA on 10/09/2009 - 14:49
The moon
Mark, that's precisely one of the things I wanted to know. I went to great efforts to not let the highlights get blown up while PP also, so in my editor I couldn't see any highlights blown up. Blown highlights have nothing much to do with PP. If they're blown, they're blown, and there's nothing y...
Posted by ChrisA on 10/09/2009 - 15:49
The moon
If they're blown, they're blown, and there's nothing you can do to get back the detail that's been lost. Thanks for that Chris The original RAW file I shot doesn't have blown highlights. If there is any then I must have overdone with levels, hence me mentioning it Thanks
Posted by aminstar on 10/09/2009 - 15:52
The moon
Hi Amin, Funnily enough I was also taking pictures of the moon last night!!! Oops sorry people, perhaps I ought to mention that this shot wasn't taken yesterday. This is one of my previous shots back in April when there was a huge moon craze going around here in the forum :) and myself along with...
Posted by aminstar on 10/09/2009 - 16:26
The moon
so John, on the big white feature lower-right, can you see tones throughout the area? with no continuous white? If you pass the eye dropper over the area there are two distinct blobs of 255,255,255 white covering enough pixels to appear noticeably clipped. The next tone I see is a yellowish halo ...
Posted by aminstar on 10/09/2009 - 16:36
The moon
Let me try this again. I went back to the RAW file and brought it down manipulating it less. I wonder how this one compares to the first one
Posted by aminstar on 10/09/2009 - 18:21
London Eye HDR
sorry doesnt work for me. If I saw this on a postcard or magazine while on a visit to London I would make sure not to go and see it as a point of attraction. Try straighforward shot of the london eye without HDR please and give me back the visual beauty of that lovely landmark before I cancel my ...
Posted by aminstar on 10/09/2009 - 16:15
London Eye HDR
sorry doesnt work for me. If I saw this on a postcard or magazine while on a visit to London I would make sure not to go and see it as a point of attraction. Try straighforward shot of the london eye without HDR please and give me back the visual beauty of that lovely landmark before I cancel my ...
Posted by organicimagery on 10/09/2009 - 16:57
Reflective abstract
Thank you for your comments and criticisms, this was just a quick shot. A large area around the base is still a building site while they install the water feature and paving. The blue figure is made of a beautiful blue translucent material. I will be going back in a few weeks to take some proper ...
Posted by john941 on 11/09/2009 - 13:51
Doll house
you'd be surprised how tough that was to light... my polarizer gels for the strobes was MIA so glare off the back walls was an issue... so the softbox wasn't gonna cut it. I decided to re-create what you'd see in a real house... the softbox for fill, and a gridded snoot to bounce a pool of light...
Posted by Don on 11/09/2009 - 14:23
Women Soccer
Good action shots. ..and the canoniky users say Pentax can't do this! those who say this have to, to justify their expenditure. I have found, that having the right lens makes the difference I have what I assume, unless wrongly of course, an appropriate lens (DA*300 and DA*60-250) but with my K20 ...
Posted by aminstar on 13/09/2009 - 13:35
Pleased as Punch
Speedy recovery Alan. Lazy Days...... Only back here one week and looking at that image, I'm sooooo home sick. :( It is excellent!
Posted by K10D on 13/09/2009 - 10:24
Pleased as Punch
Marvellous shots Alan! The robin and lazy days for me, but the pheasant and church windows are also great shots. Hope you get back to strength in good time and can enjoy going out taking such wonderful shots again. Prieni
Posted by Prieni on 13/09/2009 - 11:48
