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Barrington Court, Somt. Inside and Out
Following of from the garden shots I posted a few days ago, here's a another set. All with manual focus Tokina 28-80 or 70-210. South Front Gateway to the White Garden Wooden Bridge with Bluebells Statue in the Walled Kitchen Garden River and Orchard The Bee Hives Bridge o...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 27/05/2010 - 19:17
Barrington Court, Somt. Inside and Out
Was admirnig River and Orchard again this morning, and was wondering about that top edge. The forground leaves are in focus, but background leaves are OOF, yet the distant orchard is in focus? How did you manage that? :)
Posted by thoughton on 28/05/2010 - 09:37
Barrington Court, Somt. Inside and Out
Thanks everyone. I tried to do one or two different things with some of these. Was admirnig River and Orchard again this morning, and was wondering about that top edge. The forground leaves are in focus, but background leaves are OOF, yet the distant orchard is in focus? How did you manage that? ...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 28/05/2010 - 10:11
Advice please
Back in the olden days :D people used to use the "Sunny Sixteen" rule, that might be what you're after. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_16_rule
Posted by thoughton on 28/05/2010 - 15:02
Advice please
Aliengrove Hmmmm - this is rather interesting :) And I think that it goes back a good while . Maybe I should start a new thread elsewhere for this . My reasons for wishing to go manual are complicated , I think , and actually go back to my days of point and shoot .
Posted by techno-terminator on 28/05/2010 - 21:02
Advice please
As I rarely take pictures of things which move I use aperture in three ways often not worying too much about shutter speed unless the light is poor. 1. Default aperture is f8; lens tests show that most lensrs perform best well away from extreme apertures. 2. Large aperture to throw back grounds ...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 28/05/2010 - 21:03
New Lens Macro 100mm
The first portrait is very good imo, also the dandelions. The cat, however, is not. If anything needs to be in focus, it's the eyes. But keep trying. Nte narrow DOF makes it very difficult to get the focus in the right plane.
Posted by terje-l on 29/05/2010 - 14:08
New Lens Macro 100mm
thanks for all the comments. i would never have thought of anything everyone has suggested so thanks, thats given me something to think about. could the dandelions blueness be because i dont have my screen calibrated? Is the eyes in focus a general rule of thumb?
Posted by richardmills on 30/05/2010 - 10:34
New Lens Macro 100mm
Number 1 is the best for me, although as noted the crop doesn't feel right, the face is too central. I would have suggested keeping it landscape but cropping off the left side, although Mannesty's crop is also an improvement. You've nailed the focus on the eyes, but unfortunately the catchlight cove...
Posted by thoughton on 01/06/2010 - 20:37
New Lens Macro 100mm
Is the eyes in focus a general rule of thumb? General rule, yes. 100% mandatory, no.
Posted by Mannesty on 01/06/2010 - 21:32
Some from Liverpool
Colin, Good job with these, given your focus was on composition (and thus by extension, also on choosing your subjects). The noise was the thing I homed in on too, but that's a separate issue. On the Gondola shot, check out the metal beam above the RHS of the actual gondola itself. There's a...
Posted by i-Berg on 30/05/2010 - 05:20
Advice on background please
Thanks for the comments all:D I agree with your comments, perhaps I'll go back to edit the bird after I have time and patience to do that. Regards, Tobio
Posted by Tobio on 02/06/2010 - 12:41
The ratter
And he's got the battle scars to prove it. Nice. Show me a working dog that does not thanks for the feed back. Ian
Posted by philstaff on 01/06/2010 - 10:16
Merit competition entry, thoughts please...
I can remove the shadow from her right cheek, and lighten her left cheek, do you think that would improve things? I'd think so, but be interesting to see what other feed-back you get first. We all see things so differently.
Posted by JohnX on 31/05/2010 - 17:48
1st pre wedding shoot...
Hey all, I'm back after a horrendous time studying, and planning for this wedding I'm doing..... Wanted your views and CC's on the images I will be uploading soon... Thanks in advance... Shane
Posted by shanegeach on 31/05/2010 - 19:07
1st pre wedding shoot...
Definitely clone the light spot away and I agree with Tim take some of the colour out. Have you got the focus spot on? One fingernail looks sharper than the ring to me. Nice idea and shot. I assume you could do something similar with the groom?
Posted by mikew on 31/05/2010 - 19:42
1st pre wedding shoot...
Thanks mikew, with regards to focus, i dont think i have coz i used the manual 50mm 1.7, the 3 main stones are not in focus as such. I shot this handheld so...... I have considered the groom for this type of shot but unfortunately he was half asleep last night when we were at my mum's house...... I ...
Posted by shanegeach on 31/05/2010 - 19:49
1st pre wedding shoot...
I find that at close range hand held if I sway a little then the focus goes way off and you've got double trouble as the bride could move too. Just a thought.
Posted by mikew on 31/05/2010 - 19:55
1st pre wedding shoot...
Definitely worth working on and waking the groom up :) You could get her to lean back against a wall and use a tripod?
Posted by mikew on 31/05/2010 - 20:03
1st pre wedding shoot...
Nice shot Shane, I agree with Mike the focus needs a little work. perhaps a slightly longer DOF to include both the ring and the tips of her fingers.
Posted by thoughton on 01/06/2010 - 11:47
