Digital is at it's best when dealing with large, uniform expanses such as the blue of the jellyfish tanks; the noise from high-ISO film shows up rather too much for my liking.
On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 07:02:11AM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Hi John, > > Thanks for your input. I believe that I can make better photos than the > fellow who put up that gallery, and that I'll be able to get better shots, > and better quality shots. Nothing like a little hubris first thing in the > AM, eh <LOL> > > Do you think digital would have helped you get better results? In what way? > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: John Francis < > > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:53:24PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > I'm going to try to take some time off and head down to the Monterey Bay > > > Aquarium for some R n R. Photographing the jellyfish exhibit has been > on > > > my "to do" list for a while. Has anyone photographed the exhibit - any > > > suggestions? > > > > > > I found these pics, but boy, are they poor quality .... > > > > > > http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/monterey-aquarium-jellyfish.html > > > > If you think those are poor quality, then you're probably not going > > to get anything you like. While I'm not too impressed by the first > > few images in that gallery, I find the later ones (especially 4 & 7) > > to be pretty good. They're certainly better than anything that I > > managed to get. Admittedly that was before I had the digital body, > > so I was probably shooting Portra 800 with a 50mm/f1.4 lens, using > > a monopod to get exposure times down around 1/4 of a second. >
