The Official non-auto Image thread

Samurai · 2nd July 2007, 22:50

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Originally Posted by trance_nut

Nice pic there of the lapwing, although i feel that it has been slightly oversharpened. You use the Olympus SLR with a 2.0 crop factor, right?

Right Nitin, but the SLR crop factor has nothing to do with it. I have blown up 1/10 of the original image and then sharpened it.

trance_nut · 3rd July 2007, 10:52

Of course the crop factor has nothing to do with it.

, my framing of the sentence was'nt correct.

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Originally Posted by Samurai

Right Nitin, but the SLR crop factor has nothing to do with it. I have blown up 1/10 of the original image and then sharpened it.

shazikon · 3rd July 2007, 11:05

Wow nice pics there trance_nut.. esp the leapods look.. nice to see PAAI ians here..heating up the thread!

Sks_Biker · 3rd July 2007, 12:17

This is a photo taken from Sigma 70-300 'not so expensive lens'

last weekend.

HellwratH · 3rd July 2007, 12:25

wow sks_biker..nice shot there mate!

sinner · 3rd July 2007, 16:57

One more from my side.

Shot with DMC-FZ7 at 2007-07-03

Samurai · 3rd July 2007, 17:16

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Originally Posted by Sks_Biker

This is a photo taken from Sigma 70-300 'not so expensive lens'

last weekend.

That is really good. Excellent composition too. Can be mistaken for a macro shot.

CrAzY dRiVeR · 3rd July 2007, 20:58

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Originally Posted by Sks_Biker

This is a photo taken from Sigma 70-300 'not so expensive lens'

last weekend.

Got a new wallpaper.

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Originally Posted by Samurai

That is really good. Excellent composition too. Can be mistaken for a macro shot.

Pardon my ignorance. Can someone explain me what a macro shot is?

Also, how do you guys get the focus on the object itself and the rest not in focus?

Mayavi · 3rd July 2007, 22:21

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Originally Posted by CrAzY dRiVeR

Also, how do you guys get the focus on the object itself and the rest not in focus?

When you use a very high aperture value, the background would be blurred and only the objects in focal plane will be clear. So use high Av for Portraits or wildlife and low Av for scenery/landscape.

Sks_Biker · 4th July 2007, 07:52

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Originally Posted by Mayavi

When you use a very high aperture value, the background would be blurred and only the objects in focal plane will be clear. So use high Av for Portraits or wildlife and low Av for scenery/landscape.

Correct. And in cameras the Av would be in terms of f-stop. So the lower number would indicate a bigger aperture. And if you have a control on the subject try to compose in a way that the background is at the farthest from the main subject so you'll get more 'out of focus' are

@all: Thanks for the compliments.

@crazy_driver: Refer this for details of macro/close-up photography:
Macro photography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Even though the lens I used had macro mode (magnification 1:2) I still was about a meter away from the subject.

maxbhp · 4th July 2007, 09:24

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Originally Posted by trance_nut

Thought will share a few more pics.

India Gate

Awesome pics there !

gkrishn · 4th July 2007, 09:33

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Originally Posted by trance_nut

Thought will share a few more pics.

India Gate

Canon 20D + 18-55 at f/10, 10sec, ISO 100 (tripod)

Thats a cleeeeaaaaan pic. I have tried these kind of long night exposure. What i ended up with is not good at all. But then they were all with film(elan2e, evaluative). I was not sure about gk vale's mass film developing process.
Anyway, coming back to this image, how you exactly you decide on the amount of exposure??

trance_nut · 4th July 2007, 14:41

Thanks gkrishn, for such shots usually start with 0 exposure compensation, and then move towards the -ve ev (i like my night shots to show more detail rather than the halo of bright light around it).
For this shot, f10 was good enough to get the DOF (because of the distance i was shooting from), and then clicked a few shots by adjusting the shutter speed to get different -ve exposure bias values.

Nitin

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Originally Posted by gkrishn

Thats a cleeeeaaaaan pic. I have tried these kind of long night exposure. What i ended up with is not good at all. But then they were all with film(elan2e, evaluative). I was not sure about gk vale's mass film developing process.
Anyway, coming back to this image, how you exactly you decide on the amount of exposure??

gkrishn · 4th July 2007, 16:26

What about WB? With too many different type of light source.
Do you switch it off and correct that in PS? Having a proper WB will help a lot in getting such a clean shot i guess.

hkanitkar · 5th July 2007, 12:28

After seein so many moon-shots posted here, i was inspired for some. Let the comments fly in..

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hkanitkar BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: pune Posts: 670 Thanked: 111 Times View My Garage	After seein so many moon-shots posted here, i was inspired for some. Let the comments fly in.. Last edited by Samurai : 5th July 2007 at 12:34. Reason: show the image

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shazikon BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 391 Thanked: 26 Times View My Garage	Wow nice pics there trance_nut.. esp the leapods look.. nice to see PAAI ians here..heating up the thread!

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Sks_Biker BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bangalore, India Posts: 112 Thanked: 48 Times	This is a photo taken from Sigma 70-300 'not so expensive lens' last weekend.

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HellwratH BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 115 Thanked: 57 Times	wow sks_biker..nice shot there mate!

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sinner BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Thane - Mumbai Posts: 433 Thanked: 77 Times View My Garage	One more from my side. Shot with DMC-FZ7 at 2007-07-03

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gkrishn BHPian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 650 Thanked: 149 Times View My Garage	What about WB? With too many different type of light source. Do you switch it off and correct that in PS? Having a proper WB will help a lot in getting such a clean shot i guess.