oh gosh, I'm going to go crawl under a rock now... rg2
On 9/10/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depth of field. > > Rebekah wrote: > > DOF? > > > > > > rg2 > > > > > > On 9/10/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Rebekah, to me on the ibook screen, the hilites are pretty loud. Try > >> and tone those down a bit and maybe, just a tad, more DOF. Not much, > >> just a tad. > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> On 9/10/07, Rebekah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks Bruce :) I'll try again. I actually have a whole roll of film > >>> i used taking pictures of those flowers. I appreciate all the advice, > >>> it helps me learn so much faster. > >>> > >>> rg2 > >>> > >>> On 9/10/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> No, I think I would go back and shoot some more - you should try many > >>>> things to see what is going to work best. If you are only taking a > >>>> shot or two, then you are not exploring the subject to it's fullest. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> Bruce > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Monday, September 10, 2007, 1:31:59 PM, you wrote: > >>>> > >>>> R> Thanks guys. I see what you mean, I hadn't looked at it that way, and > >>>> R> it's good to know. Do you think this picture would lend itself to one > >>>> R> flower being colored, like this? > >>>> > >>>> R> > >>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/rg2pdml/PESO/photo?authkey=W1C-i05p28o#5108675641377599890 > >>>> > >>>> R> Or should I just go back and take a better picture? :o) > >>>> > >>>> R> Thanks for taking the time to comment! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> R> rg2 > >>>> > >>>> R> On 9/10/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>> Hello Rebekah, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I like the color better. This is a real difficult shot to execute > >>>>>> because of the DOF issue. You will not be able to get all of the > >>>>>> flowers in focus, so picking the focus point is crucial. As > >>>>>> presented, the focus point doesn't jump out at me - it looks more > >>>>>> towards the middle. This causes my eyes to jump back and forth to > >>>>>> settle on the middle and wonder why there are so many other roses in > >>>>>> the composition. Hopefully you see what I am getting at. Perhaps > >>>>>> focus on the front flowers with the OOF slowly receding would be > >>>>>> better - or fewer flowers - or much increased DOF, meaning tripod and > >>>>>> stopped way down. Right now it just feels to busy without my eye > >>>>>> comfortably settling on a subject. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Bruce > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Monday, September 10, 2007, 12:21:41 PM, you wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> R> So last week I was playing with my camera, a flashlight and some > >>>>>> R> flowers. This picture's my favorite, but I'm undecided (as usual) > >>>>>> if > >>>>>> R> I like it in color or B&W. I cropped it down a little bit too. All > >>>>>> R> comments and advice welcome ? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> R> http://picasaweb.google.com/rg2pdml/PESO?authkey=W1C-i05p28o > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> R> rg2 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> R> -- > >>>>>> R> "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its > >>>>>> composition" > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> R> -- > >>>> R> "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its > >>>> composition" > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> Equine Photography > >> www.caughtinmotion.com > >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > >> Ontario Canada > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Remember, it's pillage then burn. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
