The Photography Thread

[sujoyp]

@arian the saw flight pic is nice

@anish ...ok now u know that u can go this close...now the next step is to focus it correctly on the insect...ideally focus should be on eyes which u have missed completely

also try to put more light...if this is the capacity of ur flash then try a led torch along with flash not kidding i click with hands and put a torch in mouth sometimes

 

[abhidev]

abhidev bhai we IT guys know that but those facebook people dont...they will say wow kya superb kheencha hai...and not photoshopped hai...thats the reason i told u dont overdo it...thoda sa chalta hai

hehehehe...true that

 

[marvelousprashant]

@nac ur bird pic is good...

u have not used the GND option correctly it seems...GND is used to get the sky underexposed a bit so that it comes blue and clouds come clear rather then sky becoming white...
but what u did is kept the sky same and brighten the ground

I am not expert in this but I have edited the pic and it should work like that

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J1hjN1rmALE/T8LxOsCCkQI/AAAAAAAAHV4/cc4mLBwF1dU/s800/img4903g.jpg

Don't exactly know what are you guys trying to do but I edited the same getting proper exposure?
*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GlF6nHwGS68/T8R1eyv27MI/AAAAAAAAA5s/POlIYb-x8C0/s640/img4903g.jpg

Here are some of my images
(Canon A3200, ISO80)

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cDYDvKx0RkU/T8J7BpReJlI/AAAAAAAAA3A/4KUWsOZlCEo/s800/IMG_0393.jpg

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oZWr8lAsDrc/T8J7QHag-MI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/tMpcKKfUrBs/s640/IMG_0399.jpg

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mHkMI0VVcd8/T8J7vuI99CI/AAAAAAAAA3w/cQtBa2tQU88/s640/IMG_0616.jpg

First image : untouched
2nd : Clarity (+40) and sharpening (+20)
3rd : Lots of editing.

 

[abhidev]

^ last pic looks good...

 

[sujoyp]

@marvelousprashant last one is good

what I was doing is adding GND effect which will make the sky blue without effecting the exposure of ground...but due to that the coconut tree became under exposed

 

[Anish]

@Sujoyp: Dude, the spider got away before I could take the headshot
Here is another macro of a housefly. Its really astonishing that the house fly didnt flyaway and was starring at the lens
*fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/150/7/3/musca_domestica___macro_by_thinkanish-d51m656.jpg

 

[nac]

Marvelous, Your sunset/rise is marvelous

Your editing of my picture is also much better than any of us.

Anish, Good one.

 

[marvelousprashant]

@sujoyp and @abhidev Thanks

@Anish Nice... A fly is something you cannot wait to compose your shot but would have been better if it was sitting facing the camera. BTW which cam?

Tried some more close up. Still learning

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7230/7248017422_9371811d66_b.jpg
Tulsi by marvelprash, on Flickr

Marvelous, Your sunset/rise is marvelous

Your editing of my picture is also much better than any of us.

Anish, Good one.

Thanks
I used Lightroom to edit. It is a very powerful yet simple to use tool. Give it a try. With full res image results will be much better

 

[Anish]

Marvelous, Your sunset/rise is marvelous

Your editing of my picture is also much better than any of us.

Anish, Good one.

Thankyou nac

@Anish Nice... A fly is something you cannot wait to compose your shot but would have been better if it was sitting facing the camera. BTW which cam?

I took a shot facing the cam. But got blurred! my mistake. Then it flew away.
Camera = Canon Powershot SX130IS.
I wish I could use a slr one day.

 

[abhidev]

its the Kovallam beach, Kerala

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0067.jpg

 

[nac]

I wish I could use a slr one day.

Yeah??? Since I don't any one personally who have DSLR, I visited twice to reliance digital just to get a hold of one I couldn't try much as the sales persons are around all the time.

Abhi, Sun is toooooo bright here. If you have taken little later/earlier (sunset/rise) you could have gotten a nice disk shape sun.

 

[Anish]

Yeah??? Since I don't any one personally who have DSLR, I visited twice to reliance digital just to get a hold of one I couldn't try much as the sales persons are around all the time.

Dude, you too have the same cam... :cheers:
In my case, in any of our relative wedding, I ll catch hold of the camera man...
will atleast try 2 to three shots
Most of the times, the cameramen comming to weddings use Nikon D90 with kit lens!!!!

 

[quan chi]

i need some guidance here guys.Now i have changed my batteries and somewhat it seems ok now.But still at video recording i get low batt message.

At night in low light areas the display is smooth for video recording. Now the problem is in the same situation when i switch to photo mode lags can be observed in the display while moving it.
again when i go to well lit areas the lag disappears. i mean is it normal.

Btw i dont have much knowledge in manual controls a little help is required here.

 

[abhidev]

Abhi, Sun is toooooo bright here. If you have taken little later/earlier (sunset/rise) you could have gotten a nice disk shape sun.

yea...but the colors were awesome....and the water is good too...couldn't resist taking a dip and hence missed some awesome shots

here are some unedited pics

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0071.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0054.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0053.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0052.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0051.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0030.jpg

 

[theserpent]

Guys all these pics.I.e the housefly one can you take them with a normal camera?(under 8k ones)?

 

[marvelousprashant]

Guys all these pics.I.e the housefly one can you take them with a normal camera?(under 8k ones)?

With some amount of effort YES. A3200 lets you get fairly close (all my mics with that only). For that fly pic, you might need to crop the image

@abhidev Sun is too bright... underexpose to get a round sun and better colors. Add some clarity/sharpness to waves. And a crimson sky maybe... Just my thoughts

 

[theserpent]

Ill probably be getting a camera from my cousin.Which ever they get

 

[nac]

Quanchi,
If you just started with new NiMH batteries, it will take few recharge cycle to get the full effectiveness. Yesterday, I checked the battery life. One set of recharged batteries shoots about 73 minutes at full resolution. Since it has time control of 10 min, there was time gap between videos. But that total 73 minutes video has been shot in about 3 hours.

About the focus, SX130 struggles a little to get the right focus while zooming and moving when you are shooting video. In low light, image mode sometimes it struggles a little but when you press the shutter button half way most of the time focus locks well.

 

[Anish]

Guys all these pics.I.e the housefly one can you take them with a normal camera?(under 8k ones)?

take the shot in a good res camera and crop.
Cropping serves well dude.. I too cropped the image to 1280x800 (the housefly one)
original size was 4000x3000

Quanchi,
If you just started with new NiMH batteries, it will take few recharge cycle to get the full effectiveness.

This. I too experienced this. I had godrej 2050mAh NiMH battries. At first, it frequently showed low battery, but now it stablized!

@nac: Dude, when I use duracel for my cam, the cam wont last for 20 shots! and tells to change the batteries. But the batteries are still good and can work on other goodies like mouse etc. why is this so with the sx130?

 

[quan chi]

About the focus, SX130 struggles a little to get the right focus while zooming and moving when you are shooting video. In low light, image mode sometimes it struggles a little but when you press the shutter button half way most of the time focus locks well.

yes after pressing the shutter button it becomes ok.But i am confused because i think when i had used it for the first time i didnt encountered any stutter at low light areas.I thought i might have changed some settings by mistake or due to some other reasons this problem showed up.