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Comment by techno-terminator posted on Silly beginner Qs again at 09/02/2010 - 11:51
OK - thanks - that's making good sense - that's the sort of answer I was hoping to get .
I love this K-x and I'm getting some great pics from it , and I'm surprising myself at times as to just how I'm improving.
I love this K-x and I'm getting some great pics from it , and I'm surprising myself at times as to just how I'm improving.
Comment by techno-terminator posted on Silly beginner Qs again at 09/02/2010 - 10:17
As a result of last night's class I've some silly nOObie questions.
I'm happy enough now stating to make decisions rather than leaving the camera to do it for me
BUT
How do you decide when not to have your aperture wide open ? I realise the relationship between aperture and shutter speed but just how do you decide which fstop you should be using ? I'm sure this is something that comes with experience but I'd like to make that decision NOW - looking at my recent pics they are all with the aperture as wide open as I can get it and I'm sure that I should be starting to shut it down a bit
I'm happy enough now stating to make decisions rather than leaving the camera to do it for me
BUT
How do you decide when not to have your aperture wide open ? I realise the relationship between aperture and shutter speed but just how do you decide which fstop you should be using ? I'm sure this is something that comes with experience but I'd like to make that decision NOW - looking at my recent pics they are all with the aperture as wide open as I can get it and I'm sure that I should be starting to shut it down a bit
Comment by techno-terminator posted on Silly beginner Qs again at 09/02/2010 - 10:03
Welcome and believe it or not we do have a few non-Pentaxians here and they are welcome
Hope you enjoy being here
Hope you enjoy being here
Comment by techno-terminator posted on YANM (Yet Another New Member) at 09/02/2010 - 08:27
A beer would be welcome as long as you buy decent British or Belgian stuff
I refuse to drink BUD again
Oh and for everyone's amusement it was a Yank who introduced me to Belgian beers
I refuse to drink BUD again
Oh and for everyone's amusement it was a Yank who introduced me to Belgian beers
Comment by techno-terminator posted on WOW! at 09/02/2010 - 08:14
well - the pics [ and the ones from my classwork last week ] got the seal of approval.
He suggested the seated statue should be left as it is - but see if it was possible to remove the dratted fire extinguisher - he commented that something red seems to get in pics far too often - a car in a street , a woman in a red coat - that sort of thing 'cos the red colour stands out like a sore thumb.
He wondered about cropping the heads - and I've just tried it the way he suggested .
[IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/Anhelyna/IMGP0518_2.jpg[/IMG]
No Class next week - College Mid Term - so we have 2 weeks for the next challenge - symmetry - and he warned us is is very very picky about this. If you are aiming for symmetry then it has to be spot on - even to the last millimetre So far not a single thought about this - and I need 4 different examples
He suggested the seated statue should be left as it is - but see if it was possible to remove the dratted fire extinguisher - he commented that something red seems to get in pics far too often - a car in a street , a woman in a red coat - that sort of thing 'cos the red colour stands out like a sore thumb.
He wondered about cropping the heads - and I've just tried it the way he suggested .
[IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/Anhelyna/IMGP0518_2.jpg[/IMG]
No Class next week - College Mid Term - so we have 2 weeks for the next challenge - symmetry - and he warned us is is very very picky about this. If you are aiming for symmetry then it has to be spot on - even to the last millimetre So far not a single thought about this - and I need 4 different examples
Comment by techno-terminator posted on Homework at 08/02/2010 - 22:21
OK - what was it ? Hmm hard to describe
The class the night before had been a practical one - we went over to the brand new College main building - full of curves and odd angles and curved windows and bright colours and told to get what we could - we were supposed to be using Tripods , but since I don't expect to be using one I opted out of this I got some amazing shots there plus some rather abstract ones as well - there were about 50 taken in an hour !
Our homework was to find an interesting building or Park and do the same sort of exercise - so i went walkabout in the museum and just enjoyed myself .
The pics you see are straight out of the camera - we are expected to show him them in that state - though I'll admit to having straightened a couple in the series - I didn't realise how badly out of true they were till I saw them [ I'll confess to them ]
I'll agree about the tipping up of the camera - as I liked the way the light in the roof recesses affected things . The fire extinguisher - yes - well it does spoil things but once i've got PSE and Bridge set up properly I'll duplicate the pic and have a go and see if I can get it out .
The disembodied heads are fascinating - I've got about 4 shots of them - with different colours The uplighting changes every few minutes and the differences between the lights is very striking.
The course is great - though I have realised that what we get every week is not what he told us the week before what we would be doing . This week we are supposed to be talking about use of Flash so we are to take our flashes in with us - change of bag tonight so I can .
His avowed intent is to get us enjoying taking pictures - and I've gained a huge amount already . I've gone from the K-x being always on Auto to it now being 90% or more on Av and I'll change to Tv if I feel it necessary.
So far on the course I've taken 2.72GB of jpegs !! and there's 5 more classes to come
I welcome constructive criticism - but with it there must be a reason given - so I can think about it . Till now I've done very little 'tweaking' after the shot - I like to try and think about it first - but many of my best ones have been opportunistic and you really just have to point , try and set it up and grab it while the going is good
The class the night before had been a practical one - we went over to the brand new College main building - full of curves and odd angles and curved windows and bright colours and told to get what we could - we were supposed to be using Tripods , but since I don't expect to be using one I opted out of this I got some amazing shots there plus some rather abstract ones as well - there were about 50 taken in an hour !
Our homework was to find an interesting building or Park and do the same sort of exercise - so i went walkabout in the museum and just enjoyed myself .
The pics you see are straight out of the camera - we are expected to show him them in that state - though I'll admit to having straightened a couple in the series - I didn't realise how badly out of true they were till I saw them [ I'll confess to them ]
I'll agree about the tipping up of the camera - as I liked the way the light in the roof recesses affected things . The fire extinguisher - yes - well it does spoil things but once i've got PSE and Bridge set up properly I'll duplicate the pic and have a go and see if I can get it out .
The disembodied heads are fascinating - I've got about 4 shots of them - with different colours The uplighting changes every few minutes and the differences between the lights is very striking.
The course is great - though I have realised that what we get every week is not what he told us the week before what we would be doing . This week we are supposed to be talking about use of Flash so we are to take our flashes in with us - change of bag tonight so I can .
His avowed intent is to get us enjoying taking pictures - and I've gained a huge amount already . I've gone from the K-x being always on Auto to it now being 90% or more on Av and I'll change to Tv if I feel it necessary.
So far on the course I've taken 2.72GB of jpegs !! and there's 5 more classes to come
I welcome constructive criticism - but with it there must be a reason given - so I can think about it . Till now I've done very little 'tweaking' after the shot - I like to try and think about it first - but many of my best ones have been opportunistic and you really just have to point , try and set it up and grab it while the going is good
Comment by techno-terminator posted on Homework at 08/02/2010 - 11:30
two pics from this weeks homework
[IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/Anhelyna/IMGP0518.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/Anhelyna/IMGP0512.jpg[/IMG]
Actually I'm not sure if this is what he wanted - but they appealed to me Just 2 out of the 80 I shot .
[IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/Anhelyna/IMGP0518.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/Anhelyna/IMGP0512.jpg[/IMG]
Actually I'm not sure if this is what he wanted - but they appealed to me Just 2 out of the 80 I shot .
Comment by techno-terminator posted on Homework at 08/02/2010 - 10:26
Just had a nice bottle of Kriek tonight - with my piece of steak .
Went down very well
Went down very well
Comment by techno-terminator posted on BEER! at 07/02/2010 - 21:07
Stefan
you said
you said
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ps. why does zippers turn out to be a spellings mistake, do you Brits have a different word for it
Do you mean zips - the things with teeth that you have a slider to mesh them together as you close the opening ?ps. why does zippers turn out to be a spellings mistake, do you Brits have a different word for it
Comment by techno-terminator posted on UV or not UV at 06/02/2010 - 22:57
I've enough to contend with thinking about shutter speed and aperture yet - that's still not coming without effort as yet