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Cowboybillybob1

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fotojack

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So....what exactly do you need help with? I can see no EXIF data for this shot, so don't know what settings were used.

Personally, I would have used a different background, without all that clutter.......but other than that, seems like a nice shot.
 
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Cowboybillybob1

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fotojack said:
So....what exactly do you need help with? I can see no EXIF data for this shot, so don't know what settings were used.

Personally, I would have used a different background, without all that clutter.......but other than that, seems like a nice shot.
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How do I post photo's with the EXIF data. I put them on Photobucket as a jpeg. Thats where I must lose the data. After tweaking it in Lightroom 4 how should I save the file?
 
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Cochese

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Cowboybillybob1 said:
How do I post photo's with the EXIF data. I put them on Photobucket as a jpeg. Thats where I must lose the data. After tweaking it in Lightroom 4 how should I save the file?
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Photobucket doesn't pass along any EXIF data that I've found. You'll have to publish to another host that does, such as Flickr. Or save and upload here, a browser extension should be able to fetch it.

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Robert Mitchell

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The neck of the guitar is creating leading lines that direct the eye to the background, which I agree is cluttered and unnecessary. The symmetry and relatively flat lighting make it an ok shot if it were for a catalog or product shot but doesn't really do much for the guitar itself.
 
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piperbarb

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Are you shooting in RAW and then converting to jpeg or changing the jpeg quality? If so, be sure to have your conversion settings set up so that EXIF data is preserved. Some software, like, ViewNX2 have the default set so that the data is NOT preserved.
 
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piperbarb

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As for the photo itself, I would have had a much less cluttered background where the guitar pegs are, and I am not a fan of vignetting, so I would not have done it. My eye went right to the top of the photo and then I noticed the guitar which, I am assuming, is the subject.

Good try, though. You do not know how it will look until you try it.
 
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Carroll

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Paul, what software program do you use to transfer your photos from your D3200 to your computer? Perhaps if we know this, we can be of help to get your EXIF information for your Guitar image...

And, you are not a pest!

Every single person on this forum did not know what they know now.....and we all had to learn, just like you are learning.

If my life depended on playing a tune on a Guitar, I would be a dead man...LOL
 
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Carroll

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Instead of shooting the entire Guitar, you might think about just showing the bottom half, in a "close-up" shot, so that the beautiful wood is shown in detail. This would put the emphasis on the wood grain and the finish as well as the hardware. The 3200 would do a really good job of this. You might want to think about using the 18-55 for the close-up, or crop down to a close view of the wood. Getting the right angle with the flash, as you know, would be important. A shot outside on a nice day would do justice to the wood for an image...might be worth a try.

It looks like you used the 50 1.8 for this, F8, ISO 200, 1/60 (with onboard flash?), in Aperture mode. To a a rookie like me, that all looks like it should work. As noted, if you would have isolated the Guitar from everything else, it would have emphasized the Guitar more. Possibly, if the Guitar was raised up at the top end a little more, you might be able to see the wood better. I think the image is pretty good, considering.

Keep in mind, this is only my opinion.

It is obvious you have a beautiful instrument, and I don't even know anything about Guitars!

You have an excellent camera, as you know. I will look forward to seeing more of your pictures.
 
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