Photography Thread
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More interesting weather today... but still no rain to speak of.
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3rd one is really nice!
Shame the rainbow isn't as bright as could be.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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Yeah, it would have been a stunner if it had done what it oughta.pblakeney said:3rd one is really nice!
Shame the rainbow isn't as bright as could be.0 -
I’m getting worried about my eyesight now. I can’t see any sign of a rainbow or, in the previous post, a bird!0
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Managed to find both now after fully zooming in on my phone.0
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Certainly no sunsets about, but cloudy in a good way.
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Much better than flat grey, for sure.briantrumpet said:Yes, good clouds today. shapes, colours, light.
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I do like moody shots!The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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Still Pembs. Abereiddy looking west towards Whitesands.Pross said:0 -
Good idea, but I'm not sure HDR was invented when the camera was made.briantrumpet said:
Maybe should have tripod/bracketed, but that would mean too much processing for my liking.0 -
Or at least I'd try, and see whether I liked it, @masjer. It's always a tricky one in contrasty light to compensate for the amazing processing our eyes do, and then trying to get the same effect (if that's what we are aiming for) in a photo. I always feel that at least if you've preserved some detail in the lightest and darkest parts of the photo, you've left yourself more options.1
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Both cameras I use don't have HDR function. One seems to cope quite well when using RAW. This is where my problems grow, the other has RAW, but I can't process the files on a Chromebook, so that one is more challenging.0
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Can you talk me through how you took the first photo? I'm assuming more was involved than using auto and getting the bird timing spot on. You always have amazing depth to the colours even on an overcast day like that.masjer said:Certainly no sunsets about, but cloudy in a good way.
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My method it to shoot RAW and expose for the highlights. You will be amazed at what can be pulled from the shadows. An example - my archway one from above as shot.masjer said:
Good idea, but I'm not sure HDR was invented when the camera was made.briantrumpet said:
Maybe should have tripod/bracketed, but that would mean too much processing for my liking.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Auto can work just fine, but I tend to use aperture priority 90% of the time. The sharpest part of the lens can be selected this way (maybe around f8 but depends on lens) and is used to control depth of field.TheBigBean said:
Can you talk me through how you took the first photo? I'm assuming more was involved than using auto and getting the bird timing spot on. You always have amazing depth to the colours even on an overcast day like that.masjer said:Certainly no sunsets about, but cloudy in a good way.
As for the colour (this may be controversial) it’s an older dslr with a Kodak CCD sensor which some aficionados claim capture richer colours at the cost of lower megapixels and worse low light performance. The colours always seem good from the camera.
If you’re wanting to include a bird, you’d have to select a fast(ish) shutter speed (Maybe 1/250 sec. Faster the closer it is and not a problem if it’s far away).
I didn't, but you could use burst mode to capture multiple pictures in quick secession, increasing your chance of capturing a fast moving object.
Try to keep ISO low, especially on an older camera- this reduces noise.
A large part could come down to how you process the picture. I use a Chromebook, so post processing choice is limited, but I use Lightroom free. It’s basic, but good enough for what I do.
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Just to add, weather conditions and certainly the time of day will have a large impact on your pictures.0
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That's odd. 🤔pinno said:
I've pointed my camera at rainbows that to the eye are bright but the camera hardly sees.pblakeney said:3rd one is really nice!
Shame the rainbow isn't as bright as could be.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.4 -
Are you being a smart alec PB?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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No. Just confused as to why your camera won't see rainbows while mine do, even my phone.pinno said:Are you being a smart alec PB?
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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First step of the learning curve in photography. No film or sensor can see what the human eye can in bright high contrast scenes (yet). The reverse is true when very dark.pinno said:The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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It looked like promising sunset weather, then suddenly clouded over on the horizon. I managed to find a droplet instead. I'm quite pleased with the focusing.
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As a change from flat grey we've got grey and white this morning
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I tried ctrl+ to magnify it to see if I could see the reflection and what you look like but all I saw was a pixelated Minecraftesue image.masjer said:It looked like promising sunset weather, then suddenly clouded over on the horizon. I managed to find a droplet instead. I'm quite pleased with the focusing.
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