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Canada Blue Jay
A really pretty bird, but seeing as noone else has mentioned them - I love the oof trees behind. And while Chris' advice about aperture is right for the bird, you might have lost some of the lovely quality of the b/g with a smaller aperture. Just a slight shame about the burnt out areas, though you ...
Posted by Dr. Mhuni on 10/11/2009 - 10:39
Canada Blue Jay
Hello.... Thank you all for the comment and the advice.:D8):D To be picky, a slightly smaller aperture would have given you the DOF to get the head as sharp as the body, but this is very marginal. A smaller aperture...would have given me a shaper picture from head to tail??? you might have lo...
Posted by JudithAnn on 11/11/2009 - 01:26
Canada Blue Jay
Judith Ann, b/g is an abbreviation for background. Re. aperture - the smaller the aperture the greater the amount of the picture will be (actually, appear to be) in focus. In technical terms this is decsribed as the depth of field (often refered to as DoF/DOF/dof...) - smaller aperture = great...
Posted by Dr. Mhuni on 11/11/2009 - 04:32
Canada Blue Jay
Lovely photo Judith :) It's even better at the large 1600 wide version you've posted. From memory this is easily my favorite of all the photos I've seen from you. Excellent subject matter nicely isolated, and a lovely background. Nice work, keep it up :) Like Mhuni says, a slightly larger dof wo...
Posted by thoughton on 11/11/2009 - 09:41
Canada Blue Jay
Nice one Judith, But as others have mentioned the shallow DOF takes the edge of the shot slightly. Chris suggests a smaller aperture but at long focal lengths even this can still be a problem, what I would suggest is switching the camera to centre focus point and try to aim for the birds head, don...
Posted by fatspider on 11/11/2009 - 10:03
On the quay side
Agree with the left side cropping. It's the large expanse of empty concrete, it doesn't add anything for me. Ditto for the lowest 100 pixels or so of water. I think it's still missing something though. I'm not sure which part of the image to focus on. In my opinion the signs don't tell enough of ...
Posted by thoughton on 11/11/2009 - 09:44
My favorite bad photograph
This was one of the first pictures I took with my K10d. It's (ever so slightly) out of focus but I kind of like it. So does anyone else have a favorite bad photograph?
Posted by greynolds999 on 11/11/2009 - 07:54
My favorite bad photograph
It's (ever so slightly) out of focus but I kind of like it. I wouldn't say that, some of the grass is purrfectly in focus. :oops::roll::oops: Well somebody had to say it . . .
Posted by Mannesty on 12/11/2009 - 14:31
Cherry Blossom in November
The flowers are very pretty it is a shame that they are right beside the ugly stump but there are time these things can't be helped, may be a narrower DOF would have given the blossom more emphasis or perhaps a touch of burning out of the stump end would help. Think I may have used a copy layer in m...
Posted by Thordell on 16/11/2009 - 14:08
Rickshaw!
I like it Mhuni! Donesn't seem oversharp to me, and I think the face is bright enough, especially at the larger size. I love Tuktuks. I once caught a TukTuk from Kandy to Trincomalee after missing the bus :) A very bumpy but great fun 6 hours or so :lol: There was a thing on British TV a few ...
Posted by thoughton on 12/11/2009 - 09:49
Rickshaw!
It was great fun! Quite a lot of potholes but fantastic scenery :) This was in 2003 or so, the North had just been deemed safe again. Got to Trinco and found all hostels had closed down, so ended up staying in an orphanage (sadly too many of those around) for a week. Had a brilliant time eating meal...
Posted by thoughton on 12/11/2009 - 15:56
Broken end
Tim, that is a great shot. I like the atmosphere of it and the crisp structures of the walls. What did it look like before PP? There is a bit of a halo around the tower and on the wall bits on the right. Of the top three windows (BTW: seems these windows go back to the origin of the word, wind ey...
Posted by Prieni on 13/11/2009 - 08:21
Broken end
Just a little update :) new photos caught my interest and I ended up doing very little extra to this photo. However a while back I submitted it to the PPG and it got accepted this week, thanks to anyone who voted :D (unfortunately I appear to have submitted my first version, complete with halo and...
Posted by thoughton on 05/12/2009 - 00:00
victoria
Stefan, I agree it's way too dark. You're also right about the head - I think she has an unfortunate growth or maybe one of those tiny bowler hats on the top of her head. But focus etc. is bang on as the eyes have it!
Posted by mikew on 15/11/2009 - 14:06
victoria
I see you've a second photo up, that one looks very nice and that you miss the top of her head their isn't that bad, it help the composition since the focus is on her eyes. The exposure is also much better, maybe do a tiny bit of photoshoping to make the photo "pop"a bit more?
Posted by Anvh on 17/11/2009 - 21:14
Just a two test shots
Yeah, i saw these on your Flickr stream and to be honest I didn't agree with the comments on the candle shot. It's a good idea, but it needs better focus (my personal opinion, of course :) ) Nice blues in the gas fire shot but the burnt out highlights are bit extreme for my taste. Hope you don...
Posted by thoughton on 14/11/2009 - 11:03
Just a two test shots
Yeah, i saw these on your Flickr stream and to be honest I didn't agree with the comments on the candle shot. It's a good idea, but it needs better focus (my personal opinion, of course :) ) Nice blues in the gas fire shot but the burnt out highlights are bit extreme for my taste. Hope you don...
Posted by Dr. Mhuni on 14/11/2009 - 11:09
Assembly
Firstly - how do you find out how many people have looked? I see it in the gallery, but not elsewhere? Back in the 'Your Photos' forum list, you can see the number of replies and number of views.
Posted by thoughton on 16/11/2009 - 08:34
From today's graveyard jaunt
Good one Mike but I still prefer the one you put in the weekly competition, Textures I recall. I like the differential focus but would prefer to see a greater area of sharp focus. I've prowled around graveyards myself and have some examples which might end up in The Forum one day.
Posted by davidtrout on 15/11/2009 - 22:09
From today's graveyard jaunt
Makes my eyes hurt. There's not enough there for me. I would perhaps have been looking for more of the ivy in focus (as above) and changing the tilt to vertical or going out a bit further for more context. or I would have been trying to pick out the top words in focus "aged 70 years". Doug
Posted by dougf8 on 15/11/2009 - 22:32
