| Author | Thread |
|
|
12/06/2002 01:26:36 AM · #1 |
do these look overly out of focus for a D60, or any other high end digital camera?
all input welcome
blurry? out of focus?
aperature 11 on 2 boys and 5.6 on family speed 1/125 with 2 flashes with umbrellas
Message edited by author 2002-12-06 01:41:39. |
|
|
|
12/06/2002 01:38:47 AM · #2 |
I was just looking at your pictures. You have a high end Cam. Experiment with it. I am learning portaits now and from right here I would say play with your Apperture. Depending on the background, you might want to have a better depth of field. Remember the more zoom you use the less depth of field you will have to play with. You want to be far enough away to get enough depth of field so that the nose, cheekbones, eyes, and ears are in focus. I suggest the book, Portrait Photographer's Handbook by Bill Hurter. I am reading this now and it has opened my world up. Your pictures look fine. Enjoy. Hope I answered your question.
Message edited by author 2002-12-06 01:48:10. |
|
|
|
12/06/2002 01:40:27 AM · #3 |
On the family shot, it's weird because the (your?) woman's (wife's) face seems the only thing that isn't as in-focus as it should be. The rest of the picture really looks like it was taken by a professional. The DOF is beautiful in the shot, as is the focus on all three of the other people.
Drew |
|
|
|
12/06/2002 08:14:35 AM · #4 |
comments 4 u:
the pic of the boys is underexposed. as shown by pulling into photoshop and looking at the histogram in levels.
it also seems to need a little bit of sharpening. Nearly all digicam pix need some post processing sharpening applied (that includes setting your sharpness in camera, if you prefer not to do it in an image editor after the fact) to restore lost accutance brought about by inter-pixel interpolation.
the pic of your family is good but i would say the background is overly busy. if you want to have such a busy bg, you should use a smaller DOF to blur it out some, and it wouldnt hurt to either darken it, or brighten it greatly, but right now it's too close to the same values as the people and competes for attention with them. i think the wife looks like she moved at the last second or something.
hth,
kollin
|
|
|
|
12/06/2002 10:40:58 AM · #5 |
so with the levels in photoshop do you drag the arrow to the left under the highest histogram to correct exposure? do you think I need to send the camera in to be fixed or is it just me?
|
|
|
|
12/06/2002 11:27:32 AM · #6 |
Your camera is just great but you could do a bit more post processing. For instance, on the family portrait i suggest you also straighten out the vertical lines by rotating. If this portrait has a lot of meaning to you, you could isolate the background in Photoshop and give it some gaussian blur to make it compete less with the subjects. Similarly, the background behind the two boys looks less than professional and would give that a blur as well.
On levels: I use the eyedroppers, to determine the highlight and the shadow. The gamma slider, the slider in the middle, is to correct the midtones. On the gamma slider, don't go below 94 or above 106 because you will introduce posterization. I never use Auto Levels or Auto Curves. This is just a quick tip (one could write a book about levels and curves).
Message edited by author 2002-12-06 11:31:08. |
|
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 08/26/2025 04:35:34 PM EDT.
