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Moon Shot
Newtonians are renowned for lack of back focus but here are some options others have used to solve the problem. These modifications are difficult and not advised. 1. Custom fit a low profile focuser rather than the standard rack & pinion focuser usually fitted, this 'might' give enough adjustme...
Posted by mikeyscope on 25/12/2010 - 23:38
Moon Shot
This may be a bit a a 'stupid' question but with the K-5 could you use the 'Catch in Focus Mode'? I am tinkering with the idea of using my 8" reflector. I got the voucher to get the connector for the Reflector/Pentax K from a local shop next week. Just wondering if for some (if they got the K-5) t...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 26/12/2010 - 07:37
Moon Shot
This may be a bit a a 'stupid' question but with the K-5 could you use the 'Catch in Focus Mode'? Well I know a bit about astrophotography but DSLR's ...I'm still on the learning curve there and doing so with the K5. The K5 instructions do say a manual focus lens which would probably include a ...
Posted by mikeyscope on 26/12/2010 - 10:33
Moon shot (with a free lens!)
It's great shooting the moon and you've got a superb image!! I had a play last night and got a nice one. I can hark back to when I first shot the moon with my camera mounted on a tripod with my 500mm mirror lens and was using slow shutter speeds... then I had the epiphany moment when I realised...
Posted by Spad on 01/12/2009 - 15:30
Usual problem
Chris - I've been using PSE to re-size of late. Funnily enough, on my old computer I used to just do a resize in Microsoft Office Picture Manager, with no adjustments. I guess this is pretty crude, but I never noticed any particular loss of image quality back then. When I did this on my new computer...
Posted by Dr. Mhuni on 03/12/2009 - 09:07
Test shots high ISO
just looked up 'stacking' in Photoshop and did this test: very effective way of reducing noise if you can use a tripod and take multiple identical shots. 100 percent crops: Ignore the softness - I probably didn't crop on the focus point.
Posted by Darkmunk on 03/12/2009 - 17:21
Test shots high ISO
just looked up 'stacking' in Photoshop and did this test: very effective way of reducing noise if you can use a tripod and take multiple identical shots. 100 percent crops: Ignore the softness - I probably didn't crop on the focus point. Excellent example, thanks. Gonna have to try th...
Posted by thoughton on 03/12/2009 - 19:54
Test shots high ISO
Peter, I had extended from the beginning. I thought there was a way around the problem but it was about focus stacking, sorry :(
Posted by Anvh on 05/12/2009 - 19:24
Is this better than my entry (Bricks comp)
I'd say that there's way too much going on in this to allow the viewer to take in any structure within the composition. Certainly (IMO) you don't need the stonework very top right. I suspect you don't need that bit of sky top centre. I'd ask one question: What was your intent in taking the photog...
Posted by mikew on 03/12/2009 - 07:28
Egypt
Back from my mad-dash week in Egypt. I didn't really have time to get great photos, mainly just snaps, but a few of the ones I like are here. Pyramids Abu Simbel (You're not allowed to photograph inside, but if you bribe the guard...) Karnak Kom Ombo Phi...
Posted by greynolds999 on 04/12/2009 - 08:34
2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters Memorial Service, Derby
Number 2 for me. Now, bearing in mind I know nothing about photography, would it be worth cropping the half a soldier out in front of him and losing some of his bottom half to focus more attention on his face? But love it, you can feel what he is probably thinking. Andy
Posted by andyvarney on 07/12/2009 - 10:33
First New Pictures for Two Months
I was going back to the car park when I saw the light reflected on to the road. I was about to take the photograph, when I heard the ambulance coming, so I just waited for a second or two. Seemed to work a bit better than I had planned.
Posted by Galoot on 05/12/2009 - 01:07
First New Pictures for Two Months
3 & 1 for me too, John. The portrait's particularly nice. BTW, thanks for turning me on to Fishy - it was your photos that first alerted me to that lens' many qualities. Just spent a w/e away where I could hardly take it off the camera. It's just a fabulous little lens. The colour rendition in pa...
Posted by Dr. Mhuni on 07/12/2009 - 07:25
First New Pictures for Two Months
Thanks for all the positive comments. :D I've been working away from home again this week, so it cheered me up to read them when I got back ! Hoping to get back into Edinburgh this weekend, might try to capture some of the 'Xmas shoppers'.
Posted by Galoot on 11/12/2009 - 18:35
First New Pictures for Two Months
Hoping to get back into Edinburgh this weekend, might try to capture some of the 'Xmas shoppers'. I now have an image of Galoot stalking shoppers with a large net and an elephant gun... K.
Posted by womble on 11/12/2009 - 18:44
Adding OOF areas
I've been merrily going through some older photos for the last few days. Here's one I found. It was one of my first images with my 85/1.8: I was never happy with the OOF patch on his forehead where the plane of focus intersects it, so this photo had always been relegated to the 'almost' pile...
Posted by thoughton on 05/12/2009 - 10:06
Adding OOF areas
Hi Mate, The blur looks ok but doesn't really recover the picture, the head is still out of focus and that detract from the whole image (IMO of course) Have you considered maybe cutting out parts of the head that are in focus and overlaying them on the parts that are not in focus, then distor...
Posted by pnjmcc on 07/12/2009 - 22:03
Adding OOF areas
I don't mind the narrow band of focus and I think your blurring has worked in that respect. I prefer the colour to the b&w, though - more for the statue than the b/g.
Posted by Dr. Mhuni on 08/12/2009 - 01:42
Adding OOF areas
I prefer colour as well, the contrast of the stone of statue is to hard with the B&W in my eyes. I'm still thinking if I like it or not... :? Would have loved to see a bit more focus.
Posted by Anvh on 08/12/2009 - 13:16
Adding OOF areas
Tim, I think what you did was a really good idea and has worked very well but I think you could go further... the hair at the front looks more oof than the hair at the back, if you make the top left even more oof then you could really have a cracking picure (think Lensbaby). I'd also be inclined ...
Posted by gartmore on 08/12/2009 - 13:24
