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Morning everybody
A big thankyou for all yesterdays comments on my upload "Promises Promises" Very much appreciated
There kind of was method in my reason for that upload because today's is a first for me, and something some of you have been "Nagging" (In the nicest possible way) to do for a good while and that is what I have finally gone and done..................... I have purchased a tripod!
And here is one of my first attempts........................... Yesterdays been a pre tripod flower............., I uploaded a similar image as this one but in pink called "Sticking My Neck Out" a few weeks ago too. I will be very pleased of your opinions and comparisons if you have time. Dont worry if you think it not that sharp yet, still practicing and lots more avenues to go down with the tripod, only trialing at the moment. I set a two second timer for this shot...........if there is any movement its the bloomin plant that wouldn't stay still
| Brand: | FUJIFILM |
| Camera: | Fujifilm FinePix S8100fd |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 25 Jun 2012 - 2:02 PM |
| Focal Length: | 9.8mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/2.8 |
| Aperture: | f/6.3 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/34sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -0.67 |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| Title: | Have I Got News For You! |
| Username: | 
Fefe |
| Uploaded: | 26 Jun 2012 - 7:37 AM |
| Tags: | Close-up / macro, Flowers & plants, Orchid., Wildlife / nature |
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I have one but find it a faff to get it out to use ..... so good luck and perserverance will be needed.
this looks almost human to me ..
A remote release is next on the list, Diane. You can then take the shot in a lull in the wind! Lovely abstract of a flower.
Dave
Hi Diane! HORAHHHHH, she has a tripod, the next thing is use it all the time, and you will not want to be without it, when shooting macros use manual focus, if you use auto focus you get a focus shift when pressing the shutter button that leads to unsharp pics, a cheap remote lead helps a great deal, and if you have the facility use the mirror up function, to keep the flower from moving I use several methods, wooden meat skewers stuck in the ground tied with black cotton is a cheap method, then there are the purpose built clamps that attach to the tripod one end and the other clamps on the flower, your upload is dark on the stamen if you go back on some of my flower shots you will see that I photographed the same flower, the stamens on these were dark like yours! To get around this I use the adjustment brush in Camera Raw, it is a fantastic tool, you just brush over the dark area and use the sliders to get correct exposure on just the part you have brushed over, it takes a few attempts to get used to it, but a fantastic tool to use.
This is a bit long winded but hope it helps.
Regards
Trev.
Tripods are essential to take your photography to the next level! This image is very well constructed and as others have said it holds a mask-like 'face'. I think now you have a tripod it would have benefitted from a longer exposure to brighten it up (check your histogram) or push up the exposure in RAW editor. It may burn out some of the background but the central important part would be brighter. You could always make 2 versions in RAW editor then blend them together for central and peripheral exposure. Keep up the good work!
Al
Quote: Hi Diane! HORAHHHHH, she has a tripod, the next thing is use it all the time, and you will not want to be without it, when shooting macros use manual focus, if you use auto focus you get a focus shift when pressing the shutter button that leads to unsharp pics, a cheap remote lead helps a great deal, and if you have the facility use the mirror up function, to keep the flower from moving I use several methods, wooden meat skewers stuck in the ground tied with black cotton is a cheap method, then there are the purpose built clamps that attach to the tripod one end and the other clamps on the flower, your upload is dark on the stamen if you go back on some of my flower shots you will see that I photographed the same flower, the stamens on these were dark like yours! To get around this I use the adjustment brush in Camera Raw, it is a fantastic tool, you just brush over the dark area and use the sliders to get correct exposure on just the part you have brushed over, it takes a few attempts to get used to it, but a fantastic tool to use.
This is a bit long winded but hope it helps.
Regards
Trev.
Hello Trev Thought you would be pleased I finally got round to the tripod............ I am enjoying playing but one step at a time.... It is fiddley and takes a bit of getting used to especially composition wise and exposure wise too, move something and you have to reset it all When I get used to moving it around without falling over it or poking someone in the eye with one of the legs I will start to play with other stuff, shutter speed is something I have not gotten to grips with yet also, going to have a good old play at the weekend, taking the tripod and will have lots of time to have a rumage through the settings.
Just taken a look at my original of this image and the original is much lighter in the dark areas, this is something I have done in the processing, Should I have left it light do you think? Saw your flowers the other day but off to take another peek
Thanks Trev
Diane
Hi Diane, always expose for the lightest part of the image to avoid blown highlights as you have done for this, then there are several ways that have been mentioned to bring back detail in the shadow area, as I said I use the adjustment brush tool in Camera Raw! I find this does the trick, in Photoshop the shadow and highlight feature also works very well, I will not go into split conversions as I think this would be to advanced for you at the moment, just take it one step at a time.
Regards
Trev.
Quote: Hi Diane, always expose for the lightest part of the image to avoid blown highlights as you have done for this, then there are several ways that have been mentioned to bring back detail in the shadow area, as I said I use the adjustment brush tool in Camera Raw! I find this does the trick, in Photoshop the shadow and highlight feature also works very well, I will not go into split conversions as I think this would be to advanced for you at the moment, just take it one step at a time.
Regards
Trev.
Thanks Trev
Diane
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