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Comment by DaveKitson posted on Autumn scene ....advice sought at 22/11/2013 - 16:20
I've been taking photographs for a long time and am usually (almost invariably) disappointed with the results.
I'm 10 years retired from an exclusively technical career and think I'm a reasonable camera technician but a lousy photographer.
I've read books, trawled the web etc. but have decided to put a few images up here to see if I can get more direct criticism of my efforts.
This is a shot from yesterday..
Looking through the viewfinder I was thinking wow! Reality is something less than that.
I'm reasonably thick-skinned and am looking for any constructive criticism.
How can I improve this shot? Is it even the right shot? or have I made as good a stab as could reasonably be expected of this scene.
davek
I'm 10 years retired from an exclusively technical career and think I'm a reasonable camera technician but a lousy photographer.
I've read books, trawled the web etc. but have decided to put a few images up here to see if I can get more direct criticism of my efforts.
This is a shot from yesterday..
Looking through the viewfinder I was thinking wow! Reality is something less than that.
I'm reasonably thick-skinned and am looking for any constructive criticism.
How can I improve this shot? Is it even the right shot? or have I made as good a stab as could reasonably be expected of this scene.
davek
Comment by DaveKitson posted on Autumn scene ....advice sought at 22/11/2013 - 13:15
.. and a man handed me a parcel containing a D-BG5 (in a good old-fashioned Pentax box).
Been on order for a while, but it came out of the blue, I wasn't aware that they were shipping. So a nice surprise.
dave k
Been on order for a while, but it came out of the blue, I wasn't aware that they were shipping. So a nice surprise.
dave k
Comment by DaveKitson posted on Just had a knock on the door at 19/11/2013 - 11:21
Nice shots Stuey..
I actually like the Coniston shot best..
dave k
I actually like the Coniston shot best..
dave k
Comment by DaveKitson posted on Lake District early November at 17/11/2013 - 21:54
I'm interested, subject to the usual caveats...
What part of the peak are you thinking of?
The crispy white 'White Peak' or the crispy white 'Dark Peak'?
Dave k
What part of the peak are you thinking of?
The crispy white 'White Peak' or the crispy white 'Dark Peak'?
Dave k
Comment by DaveKitson posted on Peak District II version II! at 17/11/2013 - 21:50
JAK wrote:
Pleasure. Are you intending to point that out to the author, or do you reckon its the data that's wrong?
John K
John,Pleasure. Are you intending to point that out to the author, or do you reckon its the data that's wrong?
John K
I think that exiftool is OK, it shows the expected results on K5 images.
davek
Comment by DaveKitson posted on K3 SR Exifdata at 13/11/2013 - 12:14
JAK wrote:
Right. Have installed ExifTool and taken a fresh image making sure it has stabilized and can confirm that Exiftook confirms that while shake reduction is active it indicates it isn't stabilized even though it was.
John K
Thanks for doing that . I appreciate it.Right. Have installed ExifTool and taken a fresh image making sure it has stabilized and can confirm that Exiftook confirms that while shake reduction is active it indicates it isn't stabilized even though it was.
John K
davek
Comment by DaveKitson posted on K3 SR Exifdata at 13/11/2013 - 12:05
JAK wrote:
I've opened up an image in the new Digital Camera Utility 5 that came on the CD with the K3 and that does have a 'shake reduction' field showing either on of off.
John K
I believe that that just shows whether or not SR was switched on, not what the result was.I've opened up an image in the new Digital Camera Utility 5 that came on the CD with the K3 and that does have a 'shake reduction' field showing either on of off.
John K
JAK wrote:
That lost me a bit!
John K
It just means that some programs may have to be updated to show K3 Makernotes. It's a pity, but Photome seems to be no longer maintained.That lost me a bit!
John K
If you want to see the K3 Makernotes (there is a lot of it), exiftool has already been updated. Exiftool and a Graphical User Interface are available here. It's all freeware.
davek
Comment by DaveKitson posted on K3 SR Exifdata at 13/11/2013 - 11:06
JAK wrote:
Looking in Photome at a K5 image, the stabilization field shows up in the manufacturers notes section of the data. On the K3, that section doesn't seem to appear at all! Something for Ricoh to sort out.
John K
Ricoh have changed the Makernotes header: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/52505987 Looking in Photome at a K5 image, the stabilization field shows up in the manufacturers notes section of the data. On the K3, that section doesn't seem to appear at all! Something for Ricoh to sort out.
John K
davek
Comment by DaveKitson posted on K3 SR Exifdata at 13/11/2013 - 10:11
Whilst looking for something else in the Exifdata (Iknow, I must get a life, and get out more :roll, I noticed that none of my images had recorded 'stabilized' as the SR Result in the Exif Makernotes. All 200+ images where SR was on, had recorded 'not ready' or 'not stabilized' as the result.
I did a few tests with different lenses, making sure that the green hand symbol in the viewfinder was on, but cannot achieve 'stabilized' as a result. I looked at some web images that had full Exif info, and the only images that I found that had SR=On and SR Result=stabilized were the original samples posted by Ricoh after the Launch.
Looking at my images, the effect of SR is plain to see, so SR is definitely active.
I would appreciate it, if someone else could check their Exifinfo to see if this is specific to my camera, or a quirk of the K3.
BTW. I used Exiftool 9.40 to examine the Exifinfo.
Thanks
davek
I did a few tests with different lenses, making sure that the green hand symbol in the viewfinder was on, but cannot achieve 'stabilized' as a result. I looked at some web images that had full Exif info, and the only images that I found that had SR=On and SR Result=stabilized were the original samples posted by Ricoh after the Launch.
Looking at my images, the effect of SR is plain to see, so SR is definitely active.
I would appreciate it, if someone else could check their Exifinfo to see if this is specific to my camera, or a quirk of the K3.
BTW. I used Exiftool 9.40 to examine the Exifinfo.
Thanks
davek
Comment by DaveKitson posted on K3 SR Exifdata at 13/11/2013 - 09:52
In this case, I'd say that there's no particular subject. The foreground and background are both very leafy, giving an overall over-busy effect with nothing really to look at. In particular, when you try to look into the background, it's all more of the same.
Whereas when you're there, you can look around the scene and admire different aspects of it - much harder with a 2D representation.
Would this be a situation where, as I've heard some do, to use a telephoto lens within a landscape type shot? To look beyond the immediate foreground we can see here? There appears to be some nice reflections of trees from the far bank. In terms of cutting out clutter as ChrisA has mentioned?
A quick edit.
Firstly I would recrop at 16/9.
Then look at dynamic range to create more depth,
Thanks for the feedback. These are exactly the sort of comments that I had hoped for, and have given me food for thought
Glowingblue, to be sure I understand, when you say "look at dynamic range" do you mean increase contrast?
dave k