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David's Shutter Bug Club
underdown:
--- Quote from: Kerry on January 10, 2008, 06:43:07 pm ---So, Rob, you've not seen David Williamson's play, "Emerald City," set in Sydney? I think it was later made into a film. I recall Sydney being referred to as the Emerald City long before Williamson wrote his play, however.
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Huh ?
Who ?
Crikey (quote),
I spend too long at my desk.
No wonder I don't have many photos of Sydney.
Aaaah, but, this weekend, all that will change !
underdown:
--- Quote from: David on January 10, 2008, 08:19:44 pm ---I really don't Jess. At least not enough to offer tips and give suggestions. I goof around with Canon's editing software a little, and I own copy of ArcSoft Camera Suite, but that's about it. I know Milli is quite experienced with photo editing. Maybe we could persuade her to come over here and teach us a few things. :)
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Actually, (blowing my bags here) I don't know much about cameras, and all that technical stuff is making my head spin, but I have several photo editing packages that I use quite a lot, 'though they are not top end, expensive ones. I think photo editing is just as important and as much fun as taking the photo in the first place.
I like that example of lightening in stages of a dark photo, David.
One reason I don't bother much with flash. It can make a photo look too stark, and shadows can be a problem unless you use a slave flash. It's easier to use editing software to make the light corrections. Noise can be a problem, of course, but there are ways to correct that, too. And, of course, flash isn't much help for anything at a distance.
It is quite amazing what one can do with editing software. I don't use morphing or image distortion (where fat can become thin - and no I don't do that), but even the basic tools can be fascinating to experiment with. The reason I use a few packages is that not all have every feature or the same quality of particular tools. One is good for balance, one for touch-up, another for cropping, etc. It is an inexpensive way to play around with digital photos. There is some quite good software for free on the net, albeit fairly basic.
Ummm ... I don't want the job of editing expert, because I'm not, but I'll just do my best to help if I can.
:)
David In Indy:
There you go Jess! It looks like Rob is a good person to ask your photo editing questions! And I might tug on his ear too with some questions of my own. :D
underdown:
--- Quote from: David on January 10, 2008, 07:10:14 pm ---.... it's cute. You can really see Cody's personality in this photo.
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Awwwww. He is, too. I love dogs. And they are so photogenic !!
Another favourite subject ... they almost invariably look cute in some way.
Do you think we could have a Pets Corner ?
I have a few of puppies and horses etc.
(even spiders and snakes, but they are in another thread already) :D
David In Indy:
August Eclipse
Actually I rather like the way these pictures turned out. These are pictures from the lunar eclipse last August. The eclipse was very difficult to see in my part of the world. It was very faint. They warned us of this beforehand, but I figured I would go out and try to photograph it anyway. The camera picked up the colors and the light much better than I thought it would. The pictures show the moon in much brighter colors than was visible to the naked eye. I achieved this by using a very slow shutter speed, a high exposure value, a mid range aperture and ISO setting, switching on my noise reduction system in my camera and manually white balancing my camera with a gray card in the acual shooting conditions. Fortunately the eclipse took place in the opposite direction of downtown, otherwise the moon would not have been visible at all.
I shot these pictures with my Sony CyberShot, and I think my Canon G9 would have done an even better job. Unfortunately the eclipse occured several weeks before I purchased my G9.
I didn't have my tripod handy (I broke it a few days earlier) so I used a fence post to stabilize the camera and tilted it up towards the moon. So, this is why I am pleased with these moon pictures. :D
Conditions: Dark / Very dim moon light
Camera Equipment: Sony CyberShot F-717
Camera Mode: Manual
Aperture: f/5.0
Shutter Speed: 4 seconds
White Balance: Manual / Custom
Light Meter: Spot
Exposure Compensation Value: +2
ISO: 400
Flash: Off
Other: Noise reduction system ON
The eclipse started with the moon disappearing behind the earth's shadow....
.... until it nearly disappeared.
Then, at the height of the eclipse, the moon turned dark red and remained like this for about 10 minutes before reappearing from the shadows.
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