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04/20/2006 07:32:39 AM |
Melissa, I saw your posting in the forum and thought I would check out some of your images. I wanted to make a comment that would hopefully help you out a bit.
The photographs that I have seen seem to be very low in resoultion. When you are shooting these photographs for a competition, it is best to shoot at the highest resolution that the camera can afford; this will ensure that the most information is available to compose the proper exposure. Also, check to make sure that you are not using "Digital zoom", if your camera has such a function... Digital zoom is different from Optical zoom in that it uses software to bring the subject closer as opposed to optics that physically change the distance of the lens elements to produce a clear image close to the subject.
On to aperature and shutter... I don't know what the shutter speed was that you used for this particular picture, but your aperature is high, probably all the way up in number, which means less light enters through the lens, which also means the shutter must compensate to produce a decent picture. When shooting landscapes, we often want the smallest aperature possible, biggest F number, but in the case of this photo, too much of the background is in focus... If the aperature were smaller, this background might be more out of focus which would then allow more attention on the subject you are photographing.
If I were to take this shot, I think I would probably set my camera to Shutter priority, or TV, and then put the setting at something like 1/20 of a second. 1/20 is a decent "action" speed that will allow a certain amount of motion into the picture and can also have the subject of that motion be in focus at a single moment. Furthermore, using a flash, perhaps on the second curtain sync, would create a clear image of the subject when it has risen with a trail of "motion", for lack of a better word, behind the subject. Also, I think if you moved closer to the subject, and used less zoom, if you used any at all, you will be able to excersise the lowest possible aperature that your lens will allow.
Well, these are the major things that could be done to correct this issue. There are other things, but don't worry about those until you have a chance to capture the image properly. I sincerely hopes this helps you, and I encourage you to try this same shot over and over again until you get the result that can put the subject in focus and create that motion effect, with a clear subject at some point in the picture. |
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03/14/2006 08:14:44 AM |
| something has to be in focus to me. |
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03/13/2006 06:57:13 PM |
| a great idea, but the resolution of hte picture is too poor. |
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03/13/2006 01:24:51 PM |
| I'm not too sure on this one. I do like the setting but just don't get the figure and concept. Sorry! (5) |
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03/12/2006 04:23:17 PM |
| Interesting presentation, and I can see where you were going with this, but the overall composition does not do a lot for me. |
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03/10/2006 04:24:00 PM |
| a little bit too out of focus on the whole scheme of things. Betcha the people under you would roll in their graves to see yah do that ;-) |
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03/10/2006 03:39:10 PM |
| what a weird mind you must have, a good one though. |
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03/09/2006 07:13:36 PM |
| If there was a 0 rating, this would surely deserve it. |
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03/09/2006 02:59:13 PM |
| Neat idea. If the surrounding pieces of this image were in focus it would work (in otherwords - motion on the body, nowhere else). Did you use a tripod? My guess is this is a hand-held shot. Exposure on the leaves is hot and the sky in the background is blown-out. If it was possible a higher angle would have helped to isolate the subject and the headstones, eliminating the sky bg. 4 from me. Good luck in the challenge. |
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03/09/2006 11:38:00 AM |
| way out of focus in the background... |
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03/09/2006 11:34:56 AM |
| Blurred (not just the person). Perhaps this was handheld? |
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03/09/2006 06:29:27 AM |
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03/08/2006 06:11:35 PM |
| ????? I dont know what I think of it...... Ummmm I think I'll come back to it then vote on it. |
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03/08/2006 05:53:42 PM |
| Color not so good. Not crisp, blown out. |
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