Today in pictures - Page 713

Turtle · 17-02-2015, 23:58

I love these shots - I can't pick a favourite. It's so good to see colour in winter

Accyexplorer · 18-02-2015, 00:12

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Originally Posted by davemac

When you say messing with exposures, what is it that you are doing ?

Nothing special,more learning the shutter speeds and exposure settings because I bought a tripod.I could never hold it still enough for the pictures not to be blurred beforehand.

davemac · 18-02-2015, 10:14

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Originally Posted by Turtle

I love these shots - I can't pick a favourite. It's so good to see colour in winter

It was a nice day, the sun was shining, it was one of those outings that I enjoyed more than some others despite all that scrambling up and down the slopes.

davemac · 18-02-2015, 10:14

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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

Nothing special,more learning the shutter speeds and exposure settings because I bought a tripod.I could never hold it still enough for the pictures not to be blurred beforehand.

you must be getting serious if you have bought a tripod.

Gremlin · 18-02-2015, 10:37

I found that carting a tripod around was a bit too much like hard work so I bought a monopod which can double as a walking pole.
A tip for accyexplorer regarding playing around with exposure or shutter speeds. Have a look at the camera instruction book to see how to set it up for bracketing, that way you can compare three or five pictures taken at the same time with one press of the shutter each with slightly different exposures.

Hope I'm not teaching my granny to suck eggs !

Eric · 18-02-2015, 13:32

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Originally Posted by Turtle

It's so good to see colour in winter

What! White isn't good enuff for your?

Turtle · 18-02-2015, 14:18

Well, it is wearing a bit thin, for me. Just glad I don't live on the East Coast, poor devils

maxthecollie · 18-02-2015, 15:16

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I've just been playing around with some bird pics taken over the last year

Accyexplorer · 18-02-2015, 17:26

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Originally Posted by Gremlin

I found that carting a tripod around was a bit too much like hard work so I bought a monopod which can double as a walking pole.
A tip for accyexplorer regarding playing around with exposure or shutter speeds. Have a look at the camera instruction book to see how to set it up for bracketing, that way you can compare three or five pictures taken at the same time with one press of the shutter each with slightly different exposures.

Hope I'm not teaching my granny to suck eggs !

Not at all G, as a greenhorn, any and all advice Re photography is much appreciated.

I think I've got the hang of it now,if it's dark when taking a pic the iso needs to be higher and vice versa. However, it would be good to be able to choose from a set of different exposures rather than having to take seperate shots.
I'm not sure if my (bridge) camera is fancy enough to have that feature though I'll have to have a read later....cheers

Gremlin · 18-02-2015, 20:15

These photographs are a very simple example of bracketing. One click, five photographs all slightly different exposures.
I set it on a low setting but I could have had the same photo range from dark to very bright.
The middle photo was the one I set the camera for and the others were two over and two under exposed.
The plate was given to my mother in 1938 by her mother. My mum died in 1948 and is one of only two things of hers I posses, apart from lots of photos.

Accyexplorer · 18-02-2015, 20:30

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Originally Posted by Gremlin

These photographs are a very simple example of bracketing. One click, five photographs all slightly different exposures.
I set it on a low setting but I could have had the same photo range from dark to very bright.
The middle photo was the one I set the camera for and the others were two over and two under exposed.
The plate was given to my mother in 1938 by her mother. My mum died in 1948 and is one of only two things of hers I posses, apart from lots of photos.

Nice vintage plate, is it converted to be wall mounted?
fruit was on everything from wallpaper to plates in that era.
I want to get experience in "light trails/painting" as I've come across quite a few amazing pics using this technique with burning wire wool being a particular favourite of mine.