The Photography Thread

[Gen.Libeb]

@aadi007 - The SBI shot is pretty cool. The flower shots are decent but none really stand out. What camera?

Nothing special here. Just wanted to see what I get if I left the camera facing the sky with a longer exposure. Some of this could be noise ?

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9373&d=1362943657

 

[aadi007]

thanks everyone for your feedback.

I was just experimenting with my new canon 600D.

@pranav - buddy, thanks a lot. I will try a few flower shots this weekend and upload here. Will try out the technique you mentioned. What do you mean by straightening - "use picasa to straighten the image a tiny bit"?
@ithehappy - I was in Kolkata for the last week. I do not stay here but it is my home town
@Gen.Libeb - thanks buddy.

The SBI shot was taken from a moving boat on the Ganges in handheld at ISO 1600 and shutter speed of 1/20 or something. The IS seems to be good.

 

[marvelousprashant]

nice shot pranav

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sunset by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Yellow n Pink Hibiscus by marvelprash, on Flickr

 

[CyberKID]

After long time, Prashant. Those two are marvelous shots as always. I think, if you had taken a front shot of the hibiscus, that would have been simply awesome.

 

[marvelousprashant]

After long time, Prashant. Those two are marvelous shots as always. I think, if you had taken a front shot of the hibiscus, that would have been simply awesome.

thanks. Took some shots from front too but they were not properly focused as it was dark. The plant was taller than me and I was taking blind shots without looking at viewfinder

 

[sujoyp]

hey guys anybody tried self portrait using timer....I took some shots but none of them came good....how do i focus my eyes when i cant see the viewfinder....any ideas

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[marvelousprashant]

Set camera to Cont AF and take multiple shots with timer (intervalometer) This way camera will focus after taking each shot and only 1st image will be out of focus.

 

[Gen.Libeb]

@ marvelousprashant The 1st shot is cool, the colours are great. The 2nd shot.. not so much for me, the light on the flower doesn't go well with the blue background, the wires on the left top don't help either.

 

[pranav0091]

@ aadi: I meant that you could try using picasa to set the horizon to be parallel to the photo-frame... But it could be just my eyes tricking me that the photo appears tilted...

@ prashant: very nice first pic

@sujoy: I'm not able to access the pic buddy...

 

[Gen.Libeb]

Quick question guys : Is there any advantage shooting RAW with a point and shoot camera ? I post process most of my photos with photoshop & I really like what I can do with layers, I tried a little with Adobe camera raw (new with this) & I liked the White balance fix but everything else I can do with jpegs plus no layers with RAW files .

 

[sujoyp]

@adi you can check this link for the image The eye got totally out of focus body is in focus although

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prashant ur idea will not work for eye...i got the body in focus...check the pic


@gen.libeb RAW is good if u r really ok with all that hassle of converting,and manually procesing....i find it very boring and shoot only jpegs

 

[pranav0091]

How about taking a trial shot at the desired pose, and then manually setting the AF point to focus there (face/eye) for the next shot?

 

[sujoyp]

@pranav ....yes I tried that too..i tried it with back lcd screen and set a 10 sec timer soo I can settle...but focus on eye is too difficult

 

[nac]

Prashant, First one is good, but WB can be little more warmer...

Sujoy, I have tried some with my compact. Since it has more DOF than DSLRs, I get sharp (I don't have the luxury of focusing on a small thing like eye with my cam) images. I turn on the face recognition option when I take self portrait.

I watched a self portrait video a few months ago, you can try this...

If you have mask (or you can make one, like a celebrity masks). Hang it in a place where you want it, focus in the eye with the help of AF (you can use AF lock or switch to MF from AF after focusing the eye). Set 10 seconds or more, so that you don't have to rush... Remove the mask, and pose for your self portrait.

Write back if it works...

 

[sujoyp]

Hmm the mask idea is good...I can try that

BTW guys what do you think if I set f11-f16 on my cam I am sure everything will be in focus...soo maybe eye will also be in focus...just like nac said what he did with his P&S

 

[Gen.Libeb]

Please critique

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9472&d=1363496168

 

[anmolksharma]

A camera and a dream can take you anywhere

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625417_298573970270153_2077882425_n by anmolksharma, on Flickr

 

[marvelousprashant]

Hmm the mask idea is good...I can try that

BTW guys what do you think if I set f11-f16 on my cam I am sure everything will be in focus...soo maybe eye will also be in focus...just like nac said what he did with his P&S

That would be nice. Remove the background and add some bokeh later on probably

 

[lm2k]

@marvelousprashant - u cud hav got rid of the cable in the hibiscus shot . first one is nice BTW.


tried a portrait
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kamera- canon sx150is.exposure program - Av, F5.6 for 1/100 sec at 200iso from 336mm focal length(35mm eq) software -LR

n some flowers , recently brot from nursery.

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kamera- canon sx150is.exposure program - Av, F3.4 for 1/320 sec at 80iso from 28mm focal length(35mm eq) software -LR

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8383/8547221267_3037198efc_z.jpg
kamera- camon sx150is.exposure program - Av, F3.4 for 1/450 sec at 80iso from 28mm focal length(35mm eq) software -LR

any coments or critics r welcome

 

[marvelousprashant]

I like the cat. Last shot has too many shadows