Hi,

Learning shots. Please comment for my improvement. Thanks.



umm...

shld i have:-

1. use direct sunligh wb..to give a warmer look...

2. tighten the pic by not having too much space above the bear head?

3. any other comment?

thanks...

This post has been edited by buffalowings: Aug 30 2007, 11:03 AM

well, 1st of all do read the manual for better understanding the camera settings.. and regarding sharpness and colours of photos, i'm sure there are many options u can play with to get the desired result.. try setting low ISO, small aperture and adequate shutter speed to prevent blur..

i read the manual...doesnt say much except for how to set the settings....

do you mean my pics are not sharp or the colours are not vivid because of blur?

saw ur pics..colours look so good....i wonder to get good colours...does it depends on sunlight...or can i adjust iso..wb..shutter...and i will get good colours?

Well, by reading the manual i mean was u have to understand the basic meaning of those setting, i.e ISO is for what, Aperture is for what, bla bla.. but if u already know that, than that's good..

Then from that knowledge, try to think what setting u need to do to get the colours right.. But since u said that the problem is getting vivid colours, i guess it is a matter of:
1. try not to shoot subject while ur lens is facing the sun (make it on ur back)
2. reducing glare by install UV filter or lens hood, or a CPL
3. A little bit of post-editing to tweak the colours

And yes, natural light is 1000 times better than a DAMN BIG external flash unit with some white s**t sticking on it...

do you use spot metering? what mode do you noramlly use? thanks again diwant.

Just dropping some bears for u too

wow ur bears more attractive..u use direct sunlight white balance?

[quote=ora-ito,May 6 2007, 09:22 PM]Just dropping some bears for u too

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Added on May 6, 2007, 11:29 pmafter seeing ur (oriato) shots i tried this....



its uder expose and blur though...so i tried with sb400 90 degree bounce....now look to over expose....hehehe...dont understand exposure...yet



and i dunno y my colours are not as vivid as oraito bears....need editing?

This post has been edited by buffalowings: May 7 2007, 12:49 AM

a bit overexposure i guess.... edit it to make the colour a bit darker should solve the problem.

y not try it on a tripod with errr.....flash....and lower shutter speed??
not sure will give u any thing u desire or not...just guessing only ya...

lol..lens cap again..why have to include that cap anyway..
it doesnt fit with the teddy at all

you need to work on your compo..dont la cut their hands and legs..compo properly and include everything

your picture are a bit blur and noisy

This post has been edited by VincC454: May 7 2007, 09:59 AM

ya lor...my pics are bluri was taking the shot in bedroom...not so bright...so use iso 1600....maybe i try with tripod....i still dont understand exposure....

about cut hands.......i thot get the teddy to fill the screen as such no choice but to cut teddy hands...else be like first pic got empty space..i try follow oraito teddy pics.....

thanks for the tips...plese keep them coming......

heheh...i tot compulsory for beginner to include lens claps....

This post has been edited by buffalowings: May 7 2007, 10:41 AM

i almost shot the Nandos' with Lens Cap also yesterday

i got nandos bottle yesterday..
no caps..lol

ya..will try tripod....the third pic with flash.....

dunno why cant get crisp pics like oraito and shin chan shots...

hheeh....i very darn newbie....far far to go

i believe kit lens should not be this lousy...must be my skills lau ya....

so more tips please....tq.tq

lol..d40 and d80..
there s a reason why one is more cheaper than the other one..

say what others wanna says..but expensive camera is expensive for a reason..dont care your skill godlike or not..

umm...i tot editing is cheating...

umm do the ppl in this forum normally edit their photo to get better colours.....???

if that is true..then......must learn to edit... photoshop???

and from where you got such thing??!!

almost 90% poeple here or even PK and PM edit their picture one la
all PS PS PS

umm...who using d80??? i think oriato using d40 also...unless u mean shinchan....i better search hsi thread for lens caps

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Added on May 7, 2007, 11:05 amcehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

ok lar....i was trying so hard to get crisp pics....maybe no photoshop skill....kekekek

This post has been edited by buffalowings: May 7 2007, 11:06 AM

post editing the picture is a rather common thing that is found. sometimes you got some REALLY nice moment but bad exposure; got some REALLY nice timing with bad framing, so editing the picture will gives us the picture that we desire. plus, editing is not cheating. it is just enhancing.

Lens Cappie....

Nikon Idol



try not to use flash... most of my shots 98% no flash.. but i bet SB400 can be used as a good bounce flash. maybe its just some settings u need to play around to get it rite...