Brain freeze- Snaphappy playing & learning
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FINALLY Hummingbird showed up but I'd been chasing a big bumblebee in the sun so settings all had to be reset and hummingbird so little my auto focus wouldn't focus on it so switched to manual and I didn't quite get it right. Darn guess I'll have to keep practicing
If I'd put on my ND filter would it have helped the blown out sunlight coming through the trees? or would it have just darkened up my subject more?
If I'd put on my ND filter would it have helped the blown out sunlight coming through the trees? or would it have just darkened up my subject more?
FINALLY Hummingbird showed up but I'd been chasing a big bumblebee in the sun so settings all had to be reset and hummingbird so little my auto focus wouldn't focus on it so switched to manual and I didn't quite get it right. Darn guess I'll have to keep practicing
If I'd put on my ND filter would it have helped the blown out sunlight coming through the trees? or would it have just darkened up my subject more?
Good try! I like the last one. I've only seen one hummingbird in the wild and it was gone before I could focus.
Well I'm pretty behind in pics but putting up the hummingbird feeder has been a great challenge for me this week. Lighting so I can get high enough shutter speeds is interesting and focussing on the teeny tiny little birds is a serious challenge! Auto focus never seems to be able to find them and manually focusing has got me practicing LOTS. Great fun and trying silhouettes was fun.
shutter 800 still not enough and 1000 wasn't much better
red neck against white blooms looked great so sad I messed up focus
Any tips for focussing on the teeny tiny little guys??
shutter 800 still not enough and 1000 wasn't much better
red neck against white blooms looked great so sad I messed up focus
Any tips for focussing on the teeny tiny little guys??
Had a great time teaching hubby to use my camera last night
Storm clouds in front of us and bright setting sun behind us makes everything golden
After the first rainbow faded with the setting sun it reappeared and got brighter
Hubby captured the lightening not me. I set up camera for him and then couldn't wrestle my camera back as he checked out his shutter clicking reflexes
"M" no longer has me beat YEAH!
Storm clouds in front of us and bright setting sun behind us makes everything golden
After the first rainbow faded with the setting sun it reappeared and got brighter
Hubby captured the lightening not me. I set up camera for him and then couldn't wrestle my camera back as he checked out his shutter clicking reflexes
"M" no longer has me beat YEAH!
Thanx Roy the trick for me was in learning what the light meter is and what it's telling me. Once I figured out it was telling me something it suddenly everything started being alot less intimidating. Seems simple I know.
I was using "A" and "S" because I was reading everyones posts and understanding choosing the right aperture or shutter for what I wanted and allowing the camera to choose the other 2 settings in my triangle. Choosing all 3 on my own without understanding the light meter was EXTREMELY frustrating.
I didn't get much chance to shoot in my photography class but I did learn what the light meter is. I have learned that a speedlight makes a HUGE difference so I no longer avoid indoor pics. I have also watched her critique what feels like millions of wedding and family photos and watched her in another class actually use models and fiddle and adjust the girls forever while her assistant patiently waited and took portraits. I know that portrait photography as a job is not for me.
I was using "A" and "S" because I was reading everyones posts and understanding choosing the right aperture or shutter for what I wanted and allowing the camera to choose the other 2 settings in my triangle. Choosing all 3 on my own without understanding the light meter was EXTREMELY frustrating.
I didn't get much chance to shoot in my photography class but I did learn what the light meter is. I have learned that a speedlight makes a HUGE difference so I no longer avoid indoor pics. I have also watched her critique what feels like millions of wedding and family photos and watched her in another class actually use models and fiddle and adjust the girls forever while her assistant patiently waited and took portraits. I know that portrait photography as a job is not for me.
Michael J.
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Great shots - It is a pleasure looking to your photos.
Thanx Jeff I appreciate it. 4mnths ago when I started I'd never used an SLR before it was completely new, overwhelming but exciting because I'm snaphappy and love taking pics. I just finished an 8wk course at the college and although we didn't get to use our cameras and she is mostly doing portraits she had ALOT of info (just got her 3rd bar of her international masters) and I soaked it all up Just learning what teh light meter was telling me got me using M all the time now and got me realizing teh creativity it opens up for me. I am truly enjoying my camera now and making "images" but yes still snapphappy but at least some are much better and I made them not Auto or P
Just learning what teh light meter was telling me got me using M all the time now and got me realizing teh creativity it opens up for me. I am truly enjoying my camera now and making "images" but yes still snapphappy but at least some are much better and I made them not Auto or P I will try to expand your knowledge just a wee bit more but maybe she already taught you this...
Go find a black on black background subject and meter it and then shoot...you will be surprised! hahaha
This will show you how the meter can be fooled.
What happens is the camera will overexpose everything attempting to make the scene middle grey. The solution is to underexpose the shot.
Meters are great tools but just like everything else in this photography business they are convoluted too!
Something very similar happens with white on white too.
Go find a black on black background subject and meter it and then shoot...you will be surprised! hahaha
This will show you how the meter can be fooled.
What happens is the camera will overexpose everything attempting to make the scene middle grey. The solution is to underexpose the shot.
Meters are great tools but just like everything else in this photography business they are convoluted too!
Something very similar happens with white on white too.