Just my first attempt at sharing some of my pics from my D40 . Hope to receive some comments.

Pic 1.


Pic 2.

u pp-ed the 1st pic? look like water colour..

Haha yes I overexposed it by overcompensating for my +4 close up filter. And I think I overcompensated again trying to correct it.

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Added on June 5, 2008, 2:19 pmAnyway this is the original :


This post has been edited by project-o: Jun 5 2008, 02:19 PM

Wow, thats the original? The colors looks so artificial. Seems to be like... popping out of the background.

Over-saturated?


Just my 2 cents. I'm still learning also.

This post has been edited by ReaperSHD: Jun 5 2008, 04:22 PM

flare or glare for the first pic?maybe other sifoo here can comment more

Not sure whether it is because of overexposure + distortion from my +4 Close up filter. Anyway both taken with 55-200VR lens 2nd taken with ND X4 filter attached.

The second shot looks underexposed to me. Did you really need the ND filter for the flower shots?

Both the flowers are centred so you might want to play with your composition. Try different angles

it looks artificial because image sensors are least sensitive to red color. thus, if you take photos of red objects, very few details will be produced.

Wanted to get some that kind of a look to put more emphasis on the flower not the surroundings. Yes... agree.. should change angle sometimes.. but I normally use the centre focus b'cos it is the fastest to lock on and easier to adjust the DOF.

y u use ND filter ?

ND filter only used when you wanna make the sky exposed properly if i am not wrong... you gotta use a CPL to take photos of flower and stuff to enchance the colors...

The main problem with CPL is I never seem to get the position right. Not sure where to turn it.

you only need to turn it when there is reflection..when there is no reflection, the other use of a CPL is to increase the contrast. No need to adjust the filter...

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f=106&t=712864

the first shot would be a good example of a very much richer contrast with CPL on...

no#1 go closer to the flower,btw the colour is so SHARp...........

taken with olympus stylus 710i


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