**Photography Chat** Version 1.0

kenchan

nitex- nice picts.. yah, wat he heck is that thing? good question. lol at green crab posing naked.


so i took snaps of my piano keybed yesterday only to find quite obvious dust on the keys. i didnt even see it while taking the snaps. i need to dust it off and re-take. doh...

Parkerman

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I generally shoot it how I want it, but leave myself enough room to play with the crop if I need to. Also if you crop something to tight, and then want it in an 8x10, you're out of luck.

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Nick911sc

This is really how I would go about doing it. If you can get the composition right on the fly then perfect. If you have to do a little cropping that's ok too. But posting pictures on the internet and printing are TOTALLY different as far as image quality goes.

Parkerman

I used a wrong word there, I should have said if you frame something to tight, then you are out of luck if you want to print an 8x10. It use to happen to me a good bit when I first started taking pictures, I would frame something up in the viewfinder exactly how I wanted it, not thinking that if someone wanted an 8x10 of it... it would have to be cropped in on each side.

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phelan

i take a ton of shots because i typically get a few that are blurred b/c i'm tensing up when i press the shutter button.

i know, i know, for a really sharp pic i should use a tripod, but when i'm vacationing, i'm not lugging that thing around with me!

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Parkerman

Aslong as you are using a reasonable shutter, there is no need for a tripod. Its only when you get into slower shutter speeds that you should start to worry about that.

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phelan

i am into taking shots of food, but when i was on vacation i took a lot of active shots as well.

SPEAKING OF WHICH - anybody have suggestions on how to take really good food photos?

parker - my shutter speeds, in hindsight, were typically pretty slow as i took a lot of lowlight. during the day, yeah, no problem, but closer to twilight...yeesh.

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Parkerman

Do you ever bump your iso up?

Something I was told once was its better to have a grainy pictures than a blurry pictures.

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phelan

yes, i bumped up my iso, especially when i tried to take pictures out of a moving car at night...that was ridiculous.

i agree, i'd rather grainy than blurry, at least i can run some noise reduction filters!

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Alchemy

my daily visuals...

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Nitex

^ Alchemy, your shots always come out with such vibrant color. Im not sure if im doing something wrong with my cam/software. Or if your just using a better camera than I.

Great job though

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Alchemy

Thanks Nitex. Like I have stated, Im no pro. A lot of trial and error goes into a lot of my shots, though both of the ones I just posted were the first and only shots I took of those subjects Both shots are very mildly edited. My pc has been down forever so my edits come via gf's pc, in Picasa, which is VERY limited to say the least. It really is time to splurge on that new power charger for my HP.

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kenchan

Nice pict alchemy! CPL and a touch of saturation on the software ?

Alchemy

I actually had a CPL and NEVER shot w it until recently seeing people talking bout it on here, now I have been trying it out. Excited to try car shots midday! Yes just a touch of saturation, thats basically all Picasa can do lol.

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kenchan

Cool! Those yo JDM picts on the other thread by that blogger is definitely using CPL.