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Comment by JoeHarryJames posted on pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn at 15/01/2009 - 01:42
http://picasaweb.google.com/joehellojoe2253/136_1108?feat=directlink
This is the link to the picasso website where I have uploaded 3 photos. One of the photos is from the balcony looking down onto the ground floor and the other two are images of my daughter and her friend. The girls in each photo seem to be slightly blurred/out of focus?
I've noticed the above hyperlink does not change to the shape of a hand hopefuly copying and pasting into the url will do the trick.
No there is nothing wrong with the link I have just tested and it works.
This is the link to the picasso website where I have uploaded 3 photos. One of the photos is from the balcony looking down onto the ground floor and the other two are images of my daughter and her friend. The girls in each photo seem to be slightly blurred/out of focus?
I've noticed the above hyperlink does not change to the shape of a hand hopefuly copying and pasting into the url will do the trick.
No there is nothing wrong with the link I have just tested and it works.
Comment by JoeHarryJames posted on pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn at 11/01/2009 - 02:42
Well I certainly managed to upload 2 photos onto flicker, I thought I titled the photos two pink dresses and balcony photos. I then tried to do a search under those names to see if I could locate it but I couldnt there were a lot of photos with the same title.
I will have another go and upload the same photos with an unusal title.
I will have another go and upload the same photos with an unusal title.
Comment by JoeHarryJames posted on pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn at 07/01/2009 - 01:31
Thanks guys for all this information, i will attempt to post the photo(s) one of the sites mentioned. I have looked at the link to high pass filter and I will have to give it a try.
Comment by JoeHarryJames posted on pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn at 01/01/2009 - 17:52
Anvh and impotent spider thank you for your advice & thoughts, I would like to send this outof focus picture but I have never sent a photo to a forum. Could either of your explain how I get my photo(s) to this particular forum never mind getting it to this pentax website.
jhj
jhj
Comment by JoeHarryJames posted on pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn at 31/12/2008 - 18:58
scottthehat wrote:
The spot meter is used when the photographer wants to get exactly what he or she is looking for. With all other metering systems, when photographing a complex (more than one tone) subject, one can never be sure of the exact outcome. Other metering systems lend themselves to subjects that are of average contrast (short tonal range). In cases if a person is in a hurry, for the average subject, the camera's "normal exposure" generally is close enough to the correct exposure, the less-demanding photographer will and can settle for this exposure.
Spot Metering is ideal if the subject has a long tonal range (high Subject Brightness Range or high SBR), if the subject's background is much brighter than the foreground, if the overall feel of the subject is too bright or too dark, if the photographer is looking for the "desired exposure" rather than the correct exposure (Silhouette), or in the case of a subject with a long tonal range, where the brightness range of the subject exceeds the contrast range of the film and the photographer has to compromise and to favor one part of the subject over another.
Thanks Scott I am realising this K20d behemoth is a demanding beast which despite my nightly reading of the manual is no ordinary camera.The spot meter is used when the photographer wants to get exactly what he or she is looking for. With all other metering systems, when photographing a complex (more than one tone) subject, one can never be sure of the exact outcome. Other metering systems lend themselves to subjects that are of average contrast (short tonal range). In cases if a person is in a hurry, for the average subject, the camera's "normal exposure" generally is close enough to the correct exposure, the less-demanding photographer will and can settle for this exposure.
Spot Metering is ideal if the subject has a long tonal range (high Subject Brightness Range or high SBR), if the subject's background is much brighter than the foreground, if the overall feel of the subject is too bright or too dark, if the photographer is looking for the "desired exposure" rather than the correct exposure (Silhouette), or in the case of a subject with a long tonal range, where the brightness range of the subject exceeds the contrast range of the film and the photographer has to compromise and to favor one part of the subject over another.
with hindsight I probably would have been better off using centre metering mode.
Scott what I meant by cropping the out of focus image was to crop and then delete that image ( it would be outside the area to be saved).
Comment by JoeHarryJames posted on pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn at 31/12/2008 - 18:33
RR wrote:
Not sure if I'm on the right track here, but here goes:
1. I think you are zooming in on the picture when viewing it in photoshop & not actually editing the image. If you want the image to be like what you see on screen when zooming then you need to crop the image (search google for cropping with photoshop)
2. If you've missed focus then it's too late - you can sharpen the image using unsharp mask (again google will help here) but this can only help to a small degree.
R.R Thank you for your response, I would agree with you that I am zooming in on the image and not actually editing it. I cant see cropping making a difference but as I dont have an answer and as my wife is expecting some decent pics I will try what you have said.Not sure if I'm on the right track here, but here goes:
1. I think you are zooming in on the picture when viewing it in photoshop & not actually editing the image. If you want the image to be like what you see on screen when zooming then you need to crop the image (search google for cropping with photoshop)
2. If you've missed focus then it's too late - you can sharpen the image using unsharp mask (again google will help here) but this can only help to a small degree.
as for the the 2nd point I did guess that I probably would not be able to do much for the person standing next to the main subject in terms of unfocusing. I guess I will have to crop that person out cos it will make an unsightly picture having the portrait subject in focus and the person next to her out of focus. Hopefully I can learn not to be reliant on spot metering when two people are in the frame.
Comment by JoeHarryJames posted on pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn at 30/12/2008 - 23:49
This weekend I went to a fancy dress party held in a former church. After taking some potraits with the K20d. I went to the first floor on the balcony and started shooting images of partygoers on the groundfloor. I dont know why but my camera was in TV mode, the metering mode was on spot mode which I think accounts for the pinhead image faces produced on the LCD.
I was using a 28-105mm lens. The camera setting was F6 @1/6sec with an iso 400 which was clear and visible.
When the images were viewed in Photoshop I was able to use navigator to increase the image to about 40%. This gave me decent size face images. I tried saving this magnified image at 40% but found when I opened it again it was pinhead faces. My questions:
1. How can I save the images at 40% magnification for constant viewing
2. some of the potraits came out slightly out of focus because they were adjacent to the subject of the potrait. what can I do in Photoshop to unfocus those images ?
I was using a 28-105mm lens. The camera setting was F6 @1/6sec with an iso 400 which was clear and visible.
When the images were viewed in Photoshop I was able to use navigator to increase the image to about 40%. This gave me decent size face images. I tried saving this magnified image at 40% but found when I opened it again it was pinhead faces. My questions:
1. How can I save the images at 40% magnification for constant viewing
2. some of the potraits came out slightly out of focus because they were adjacent to the subject of the potrait. what can I do in Photoshop to unfocus those images ?
Comment by JoeHarryJames posted on pinhead faces wont stay at 40% magn at 30/12/2008 - 21:55
petercf wrote:
According to the Sunday Times Business section, Jessops are trading debt for equity and forecast is for a difficult cash position in 1H '09.
May mean more bargains to be had.
Peter
Petercf I am waiting for you to mention that one word SALE!According to the Sunday Times Business section, Jessops are trading debt for equity and forecast is for a difficult cash position in 1H '09.
May mean more bargains to be had.
Peter
Comment by JoeHarryJames posted on Jessops - possibly not long for this planet at 30/12/2008 - 19:36
I thought I would take my camera to a festive fancy dress party which was
held in what used to be a church. Bearing in mind i am still relatively new to the K20D behemoth I thought I would take some pics up on the first floor balcony at the assembled crowd gathered on the ground floor. I took several shots and viewed them. They were in TV mode( cant remember the logic of that normally I go for AV or SV). The photos were of half of one side of the hall in pinsize proportion. I think this was due to the fact that the setting was on spot metering from doing some potrait shots earlier.
back home in Photoshop I used the navigator to expand the images and at 30% plus normal faces of people could be seen. Can anyone offer me an explanation for pinhead size faces and what can I do to keep the images at 30%plus viewing. I did try saving the image at 40% magnification but when I viewed it later it had gone back to being pin head size.
I would like to add these shots were all at ISO 400 with good lighting on the photos, they were shot at F4 @ 1/6 , F4.5 @1/6 and F5.6 @1/6.
held in what used to be a church. Bearing in mind i am still relatively new to the K20D behemoth I thought I would take some pics up on the first floor balcony at the assembled crowd gathered on the ground floor. I took several shots and viewed them. They were in TV mode( cant remember the logic of that normally I go for AV or SV). The photos were of half of one side of the hall in pinsize proportion. I think this was due to the fact that the setting was on spot metering from doing some potrait shots earlier.
back home in Photoshop I used the navigator to expand the images and at 30% plus normal faces of people could be seen. Can anyone offer me an explanation for pinhead size faces and what can I do to keep the images at 30%plus viewing. I did try saving the image at 40% magnification but when I viewed it later it had gone back to being pin head size.
I would like to add these shots were all at ISO 400 with good lighting on the photos, they were shot at F4 @ 1/6 , F4.5 @1/6 and F5.6 @1/6.
Comment by JoeHarryJames posted on Cannot see images at 30/12/2008 - 01:21
The pictures of the girls looked ok thru the view finder when I took it but I guess it must be camera shake.
Mattmatic at the time the photos were taken the girls were stood still and the images were infocus. I can only conclude it was camera shake. I have tried to get faster shutter speeds by rotating the dials but they seem to be in two digits no matter how hard I try. If I can get the faster shutter speeds this will be a real help.
Guys your suggestions have been printed off and will be carried out on my next shoot when ever that is.
Thank you all.