The Official non-auto Image thread

maxbhp · 6th April 2007, 10:55

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Originally Posted by samurai

maxbhp, you should try to get either the moon or the tree in sharp focus. Both out of focus won't do any good.

No samurai , What am talking about grains. Is there any way we can reduce it ?

Samurai · 6th April 2007, 11:00

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Originally Posted by maxbhp

No samurai , What am talking about grains. Is there any way we can reduce it ?

Do you see grains in my pic? Use lower ISO like 100 while shooting at night, no grains to worry about. In other words, always use tripod for nightshots. That's like free-flow for your camera.

Samurai · 6th April 2007, 15:36

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Originally Posted by navin_bhp

Luv your pic Samurai sir

Thanks Navin, but it was no chance shot. Took me one hour of hard work, first 45 minutes were spent on experimenting on various settings, switching lenses, tripod repositionings and different composition. All the good snaps came in the last 15 minutes. You should crank up the ISO only for handheld nightshots, or else stick with ISO 100 and tripod.

rjstyles69 · 6th April 2007, 18:59

Samurai , the tree in focus is simply exceptional and outstanding

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Hats off Monsieur !!! Patience pays off and thats seen in the pic.

Samurai · 6th April 2007, 19:51

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Originally Posted by rjstyles69

Samurai , the tree in focus is simply exceptional and outstanding

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Hats off Monsieur !!! Patience pays off and thats seen in the pic.

Thanks RJ, then you might like a few variations too. I've posted this before at #431 on this same thread. Here is a link, it even has EXIF info.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/shifti...tml#post228126

HellwratH · 9th April 2007, 16:53

Just a try, off my mobile cam. Will take a few more pics from the digi cam and then post it here. Tried editing this pic with Ulead photoimpact 12...err, I know its bad. But it's ok, I have to post it to get feedback.

Samurai · 9th April 2007, 18:56

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Originally Posted by HellwratH

I know its bad. But it's ok, I have to post it to get feedback.

Man, what do you expect here. Well, the inside of the room and the window itself is completely under exposed, the scene outside the window is well overexposed. You should try to get at least one of them correctly exposed in images like this where you have such variation in lighting (sunlit objects vs internal ambient light).

Samurai · 9th April 2007, 19:06

If you look at this image, the inside is properly exposed, and I don't worry about what's outside the window which is fully overexposed.

navdeep · 9th April 2007, 21:35

Busy with the business..

HellwratH · 10th April 2007, 11:47

Well, Samurai thanks a lot for the feedback. And thanks for giving me a new perception to lighting. Anyways, here are the two pics I took of my P & S. Please let me know what I could have done better. And, the one where I have the coconut trees, how do I crop the buildings? Hmm, guess I should have been careful while taking the pic itself.

Samurai · 10th April 2007, 15:27

The first one can be recomposed, I made one attempt, I also made it little warmer, and added some shadows. I also moved the main tree off-center.

The second one I couldn't see any artistic merit, two dead bugs next to a deodorant can, may be Rudra can breath some life into it. But both pics are exposed quite well.

Although I have to say you caught on pretty fast about how to expose well. What kind of metering did you use? The most difficult to use is spot metering, if you can figure that out, you will become very comfortable in exposing the objects correctly.

HellwratH · 10th April 2007, 17:10

Wow, that was nice and a different perspective. Uh..I have just started taking pictures and reading about various things like aperture, shutter speed and things. But havent yet practiced tweakin those on my camera. I bought a Canon Powershot A530 last saturday, so I need to explore the features. Metering, err, I don't know much about it and I need to figure out if my camera supports it. The tree pic was taken by setting the mode to Auto. Hmm, will take more pictures this week and try improving on the perspective and different angles. Ye, Two dead insects and also the background isn't clean enough. Need to work on them. Thanks once again Samurai.

rjstyles69 · 10th April 2007, 18:22

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The second one I couldn't see any artistic merit, two dead bugs next to a deodorant can

I noticed that only now.

Shot this off Nandi Hills early morning.Taken off the Auto mode no uummphh as such

. There was a mild overcast and ended up with this.

gt_bhp · 10th April 2007, 19:08

My first post and ironically its nowhere related to automobiles....

well let me correct this a bit.....Here's one connected to automobiles

HellwratH · 11th April 2007, 11:07

Here are two pics, one is the original and the other recomposed one. Do tell me if the recomposition was on the right track (I read about this method where you change the levels of light i.e, red, green and blue and I applied that here). Exif: F5.0 1/250sec. I used the Evaluative Metering. One thing I couldn't figure out was that a part of the top most flower is not shown as the sun's rays are directly on it. How do I get the complete flower? Any ideas, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

6th April 2007, 18:59	#859
rjstyles69 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bengalooru.. Posts: 4,343 Thanked: 842 Times View My Garage	Samurai , the tree in focus is simply exceptional and outstanding .. Hats off Monsieur !!! Patience pays off and thats seen in the pic. Last edited by rjstyles69 : 6th April 2007 at 19:00.

10th April 2007, 15:27	#866
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore/Udupi Posts: 25,813 Thanked: 45,439 Times View My Garage	The first one can be recomposed, I made one attempt, I also made it little warmer, and added some shadows. I also moved the main tree off-center. The second one I couldn't see any artistic merit, two dead bugs next to a deodorant can, may be Rudra can breath some life into it. But both pics are exposed quite well. Although I have to say you caught on pretty fast about how to expose well. What kind of metering did you use? The most difficult to use is spot metering, if you can figure that out, you will become very comfortable in exposing the objects correctly. Last edited by Samurai : 10th April 2007 at 15:28.

10th April 2007, 19:08	#869
gt_bhp BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 122 Thanked: 11 Times View My Garage	My first post and ironically its nowhere related to automobiles.... well let me correct this a bit.....Here's one connected to automobiles Last edited by Samurai : 10th April 2007 at 21:02. Reason: It is an image, not url.

11th April 2007, 11:07	#870
HellwratH BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 115 Thanked: 57 Times	Here are two pics, one is the original and the other recomposed one. Do tell me if the recomposition was on the right track (I read about this method where you change the levels of light i.e, red, green and blue and I applied that here). Exif: F5.0 1/250sec. I used the Evaluative Metering. One thing I couldn't figure out was that a part of the top most flower is not shown as the sun's rays are directly on it. How do I get the complete flower? Any ideas, please let me know. Thanks in advance. Last edited by Rehaan : 17th April 2007 at 02:18.

9th April 2007, 16:53	#861
HellwratH BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 115 Thanked: 57 Times	Just a try, off my mobile cam. Will take a few more pics from the digi cam and then post it here. Tried editing this pic with Ulead photoimpact 12...err, I know its bad. But it's ok, I have to post it to get feedback.

9th April 2007, 19:06	#863
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore/Udupi Posts: 25,813 Thanked: 45,439 Times View My Garage	If you look at this image, the inside is properly exposed, and I don't worry about what's outside the window which is fully overexposed.

9th April 2007, 21:35	#864
navdeep BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 892 Thanked: 4 Times	Busy with the business..

10th April 2007, 11:47	#865
HellwratH BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 115 Thanked: 57 Times	Well, Samurai thanks a lot for the feedback. And thanks for giving me a new perception to lighting. Anyways, here are the two pics I took of my P & S. Please let me know what I could have done better. And, the one where I have the coconut trees, how do I crop the buildings? Hmm, guess I should have been careful while taking the pic itself.

10th April 2007, 17:10	#867
HellwratH BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 115 Thanked: 57 Times	Wow, that was nice and a different perspective. Uh..I have just started taking pictures and reading about various things like aperture, shutter speed and things. But havent yet practiced tweakin those on my camera. I bought a Canon Powershot A530 last saturday, so I need to explore the features. Metering, err, I don't know much about it and I need to figure out if my camera supports it. The tree pic was taken by setting the mode to Auto. Hmm, will take more pictures this week and try improving on the perspective and different angles. Ye, Two dead insects and also the background isn't clean enough. Need to work on them. Thanks once again Samurai.