April 2009 Photo Thread

[miss_petepie]

So get goin!

[siddr20]

So get goin!

Yes mum!!

My first attempt at moon shots.. Not that happy with them, but its a start!!

Wish i had more reach.

Edited April 2, 2009 by siddr20

[Silver_R34_GT-T]

This picture shits me, i took a few of them, but none made me happy with the result...

how do i make it look better,,?? like crisper and sharper.... should i be using photoshop or doing it before pressing the button..

any tips would be great guys

[Brockas]

Try increasing your f-stop a couple of steps and give it another shot. Also, shoot in RAW mode, then convert in Photoshop with CameraRAW later, will be much more crisp.

Here's one from the SAU display at the F1 on the weekend:

[siddr20]

This picture shits me, i took a few of them, but none made me happy with the result...

how do i make it look better,,?? like crisper and sharper.... should i be using photoshop or doing it before pressing the button..

any tips would be great guys

The image looks alright to me tho..

Isolate the subject. You got distracting items in the back. Your main focus is on that glass right? Or did you want the other glasses to be seen too?

Make yourself a small light box

This one took me 2mins to make:

Put your glass in there.. shine some lights from both sides of the box.. Choose whatever background you want and have some fun.. Its like a mini studio

oh the image below is just zoomed out to show how the box looks like etc..

What camera you use?

If its just a digi cam then step back a tad and perhaps use that macro function.

If you do have a slr you will have a lot more flexibility in terms of taking the image and processing it after on the computer.

Also remember when you resize an image the sharpness decreases.

Edited April 2, 2009 by siddr20

[Sl!m]

also for anyone else wanting to get some moon shots.. http://www.stardate.org/nightsky/moon/ to see when your can get full moon shot's etc..

also info for stars too

[siddr20]

also for anyone else wanting to get some moon shots.. http://www.stardate.org/nightsky/moon/ to see when your can get full moon shot's etc..

also info for stars too

Thanks slim

Yay its a full moon on my bday

[Sl!m]

np's

what lens did you use for your moon shots Sidd?

[NoFX_Hardcore]

The image looks alright to me tho..

Isolate the subject. You got distracting items in the back. Your main focus is on that glass right? Or did you want the other glasses to be seen too?

Make yourself a small light box

This one took me 2mins to make:

Put your glass in there.. shine some lights from both sides of the box.. Choose whatever background you want and have some fun.. Its like a mini studio

oh the image below is just zoomed out to show how the box looks like etc..

What camera you use?

If its just a digi cam then step back a tad and perhaps use that macro function.

If you do have a slr you will have a lot more flexibility in terms of taking the image and processing it after on the computer.

Also remember when you resize an image the sharpness decreases.

It's a point and shoot.

Agree with siddr20, find a better backdrop and it will look much better. Picture quality is pretty good though.

[siddr20]

np's

what lens did you use for your moon shots Sidd?

used my 70-200 lens.

I will try again soon when the full moon is out

[siddr20]

Half moon (03/04/09)

Which image looks better?? 1st or 2nd. They are both seperate images. Just different white balance.

OR

ta

[Sl!m]

i like first better.

[NoFX_Hardcore]

I personally like the 1st better.

[siddr20]

Cheers..

[Mr Cali]

AAAARGHHH !!!! went to do a shoot on my car and before I could get some good shots I found that every shot I took had green marks in the pic, anyone know what it is? It's one of my fav lens

[siddr20]

Thats a weird one uh.. Maybe a bit of flare?? Dirty lens?

[siddr20]

06/04/2009:

[Mr Cali]

Thats a weird one uh.. Maybe a bit of flare?? Dirty lens?

Definately not flare, and I thought it maybe a dirty lens but I cleaned it and it was still there, put on a diff lens and its gone.

I did noticed that when I took it off and then put it back on the green spots moved.. I'm puzzled

[ZENNON]

wow im gonna have to try and get some moon shots!

[Sl!m]

cleaned both ends of the lens?`