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David's Shutter Bug Club
David In Indy:
Thanks Lee! I love to photograph glowing objects. I have a light bulb with a neon flamingo and palm tree inside it. It glows pink and green colors when I turn it on. I'll take a picture of it sometime and post it. :)
injest:
--- Quote from: David on January 06, 2008, 02:55:14 am ---That's a beautiful kitty picture Jess!! I love how you took the picture from the animal's level, rather than hover above him and aim the camera down. Too many people take pictures of their pets like that. Coming down to eye level with the pet allows people to feel a part of the pet's world.
First curtain sync is the default flash setting of most cameras, even if the manufacturer doesn't refer to it as "first curtain". First curtain simply means the flash fires immediately after the shutter opens. Some cameras come with a second curtain setting. Second curtain sets the flash to fire just before the shutter closes. Second curtain works well as a fill flash because most of the image has already been exposed before the flash fires. Second curtain will help to eliminate shadowing (at medium or full burst) or some shadowing (at low burst) when taking pictures in bright situations. I often use second curtain during the daytime to rid the photo of unwanted shadows. The next time you photograph your animals indoors, or outdoors during the daytime, you may wish to play around with first and second curtain sync. Second curtain will also produce interesting effects at night too.
This is a beautiful picture of your cat Jess. I love black cats. Their eyes always seem to glow against their dark fur. How did you get the animal to look slightly away from the camera? Did you hold the camera out to the side? Or was the cat simply not interested? Thanks for posting the pic!! :)
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she was interested in the first thirty pics...then she got bored...LOL!!!
Shasta542:
--- Quote ---That's a beautiful kitty picture Jess!! I love how you took the picture from the animal's level, rather than hover above him and aim the camera down. Too many people take pictures of their pets like that. Coming down to eye level with the pet allows people to feel a part of the pet's world.
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That is a beautiful cat! I love the picture of Cody too! I rarely get good pet pictures. I'll have to try to get eye level -- but I think I'll get licked and knocked over. LOL. Some of my dogs look away or look down anytime I get the camera near them. I guess it intimidates them. Others run away, oblivious.
The cat was always a better subject -- nothing intimidated
her. :P ;D
I'm enjoying the pictures and the tips. I don't think my camera has all the different settings. But I'll keep practicing and discovering!
injest:
ok I have been playing with the macro this morning...
first I had the flash on
WOW!! Look at the detail! You can see every hair!
but! I wanted to see his eyes and the flash was hurting him being that close SOOOOO...I tried
Tv (Shutter Speed) 15
Av (Aperture Value) 5.6
ISO Speed 80
with flash off...
(ok David already knows what is gonna happen huh? :P )
He moved!! the ?shutter? was open too long, right?
sooooo...I tried changing it:
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1
Av (Aperture Value) 2.6
ISO Speed 200
(but I accidently left the flash on!!)
:-\
ARGH!!
so I turned OFF the flash and tried again:
but it is still blurry!! >:(
I AM happy with this picture though (although the composition is not good...I was looking at trying to focus)
so! wrap up is....I liked the macro with the flash as far as the detail but I wouldn't want to use it so close to his sweet face....so what settings should I have used do you think or is this just a bad situation to be trying to take a picture and I should wait til he is somewhere there is more light?
David In Indy:
Actually Jess, I think the picture of the paw is very cute. I like it! :D
Regarding your second picture (the blurred one), I think you found out exactly what I was talking about when I posted the pic of my dog Cody. When photographing pets and small children, you really do need a fast shutter speed just in case they decide to make a sudden move. A shutter speed of 1/125 or faster is best. Many cameras will automatically set the shutter speed to 1/60 when the flash is used, but this could change depending on the lighting conditions. If your flash is startling the animal, you could try turning on some lights in the room, or moving the cat under a overhead light. Perhaps then you could turn off your flash and possibly even use a faster shutter speed. 1/60 is generally too slow for photographing animals, unless the animal is asleep when you take the picture. It looks like you were using shutter speeds even slower than this in your pictures. You had your camera's ISO set to 80. Perhaps bumping it up to 200 or even 400 would have allowed you to set your shutter speed higher. What mode was your camera in when you took these pictures (IE Auto, Program, Manual, Aperture Priority, etc.)?
I really like the first picture of your cat. He's a beautiful animal too. I hope the flash didn't hurt his eyes too much.
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