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Complete newbie when it comes to my new Pentax K-5 and Photoshop. I've a long way to go.

Mixture of shots from the weekend.

1. Helen

Helen B&W by Richard_Hurst, on Flickr

2. Bicycles

Bikes by Richard_Hurst, on Flickr

3. Starfish

Starfish1 by Richard_Hurst, on Flickr

4. Waterfall

Waterfall by Richard_Hurst, on Flickr

5. Attempted Long Exposure

Man Of Way Bay by Richard_Hurst, on Flickr

Comment by richardhurst posted on Mixed bag from the weekend at 31/05/2011 - 22:07

Thanks guy's. Yes I think it was some kind of broken link icon. Have reinstalled elements and things appear to be ok again.

Comment by richardhurst posted on Photoshop symbol?? at 31/05/2011 - 10:12

Hi Guy's/Girls

As a beginner to photoshop Elements 9 I foolishy went and deleted the photo's out of my Pictures folder on my mac thinking they were not needed. realised then that they were when i went to try and open a picture in the organizer and it could not find it. So I just deleted my photo library in the organizer and have just started again.

Uploaded some pics tonight but when i edit them and then either "save as" or just "save" to the same pictures folder the original pic changes to the symbo; below. whats going wrong??

photo by Richard_Hurst, on Flickr

Comment by richardhurst posted on Photoshop symbol?? at 30/05/2011 - 21:49

cardiff_gareth wrote:
Do the test again but put it on a tripod with a cable release, infra red release or self timer and redo the test. Then you have conclusive evidence whats going on. If it is back focusing then you can adjust for that in the menus so its all good

Question - if all 11 focus points are selected and the subject is dead centre eg pic 1. Set at f1.4 should if focus on that 1st pen like that?

Comment by richardhurst posted on My 15 minute challenge at 27/05/2011 - 09:34

cardiff_gareth wrote:
Was the test conducted on a tripod? With the last shot it appears to have back focused

no it was handheld 3-4 foot away from subject. Yes on the last shot I set the camera to 1 centre focus point and aimed at the back pen and it focused on that. 1st shot was aimed dead centre with all 11 focus points set.

Comment by richardhurst posted on My 15 minute challenge at 27/05/2011 - 09:22

Smeggypants wrote:
Set the lens to F/1.4 and auto focus on something at an angle. take a picture. you can then see if it's front focussing or back focussing. Then adjust accordingly in parameter #26 ( last page of menu system.

I normally take several shots of a few different things to double check

Right I set the camera to 1.4 and set 3 pens up on the table - both shots taken from approx 3-4 away.

1. Standard 11 point focus on and aimed into centre of picture produced this

Pen by Richard_Hurst, on Flickr

2. Set focus to single selective centre point and pointed it at back pen produced this

Pen2 by Richard_Hurst, on Flickr

Comment by richardhurst posted on My 15 minute challenge at 27/05/2011 - 08:39

Smeggypants wrote:

richardhurst wrote:

Smeggypants wrote:
Door handle is the way the best shot IMO. but it also looks way out of focus.

Looking at it again it does seem way out of focus, hmmm was using the 55mm f1.4 and think i was just a bit to close and wobbly

What aperture did you use ( no EXIF ) ?

Have you calibrated the AF on the camera for that lens?. You can't see the DOF of f1.4 in your viewfinder.

I use Contrast focus through live view for for critical shallow DOF shots these days, as I don't trust Phase AF even when the lens is calibrated

I'll have to check exif data on my camera tomorrow as i've gone and left it at work, I would have checked the details in Elements 9 but like a complete prat i've just deleted all the photo's from my pictures album thinking they would still be in elements and of course it does not work like that so now i've got to find someway of restoring them from my emptied trash bin in mac osx!!

As I'm a complete newb can you please tell me in simple terms how i would calibrate the AF on the camera for that lens. it's the smc da 55mm f1.4

Comment by richardhurst posted on My 15 minute challenge at 26/05/2011 - 19:01

Does this look sharper to you??

5759569138_a64ce1b0dc_o 1.psd by Richard_Hurst, on Flickr

Comment by richardhurst posted on My 15 minute challenge at 26/05/2011 - 14:03

Smeggypants wrote:
Door handle is the way the best shot IMO. but it also looks way out of focus.

Looking at it again it does seem way out of focus, hmmm was using the 55mm f1.4 and think i was just a bit to close and wobbly

Comment by richardhurst posted on My 15 minute challenge at 26/05/2011 - 06:33

Girlfriend challenged me to photograph as many things as possible in our local church yard that I regarded as pure in 15 minutes came us with these but the door handle was just for fun.

1. Church