Assignment 4 - which one to post?

[sailorgirlie]

hi all,

i thought i'd ask u which one of these to post for assignment 4... are they ok to post at all

your feedback is greatly appreciated

http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/data/734/thumbs/P5091263.JPG (http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/14371) http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/data/734/thumbs/P5091262.JPG (http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/14370)

http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/data/734/thumbs/P5061077.JPG (http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/14333) http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/data/734/thumbs/P5061076.JPG (http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/14332)

i like these better but the lighting was really horrid
http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/data/734/thumbs/P5061074.JPG (http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/14331) http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/data/734/thumbs/P5061073.JPG (http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/14330)

http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/data/734/thumbs/P5061072.JPG (http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/14329) http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/data/734/thumbs/P5061071.JPG (http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/14328)

i haven't edited any of them... maybe i should have...
the day i shot these was very cloudy, almost looked like it could come down cats and dogs any time so the auto iso didn't do much justice to them unfortunately so i suppose it'd be down to post production to brighten them up?

thanks very much for your input

orsi

[sandrac]

I spent some time looking through old post for assignment 4. I seen a couple that was really good - I should of marked them some how to send to you the best was wrote in 2007 yes I took some time.
This is what the meat of the note was.
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I am happy to have been able to offer an idea, Janine.

Don't give up, no one said it would come out on the first try.

I've gone through some concepts now 5 or 6 times and am JUST now starting to get a little better. It all takes time and practice. Good thing that it's all so much fun!

Try this as an idea:

Make sure this is done in a nice and very bright room... using perhaps a table thats close to a window and the sun is shining on it.

Place 2 objects closer to you at the edge of a table and make sure they are about 6-10 inches apart (an apple and orange come to mind... lol). Now take the object on the left, and move it straight back about 2-3 feet. If you have a lens that lets you get about 2 feet from the FRONT object, place yourself there. If you need to go further back for the lens to focus, do that. Now set your camera's aperture to the widest (numerically lowest number). Focus on the CLOSER object and take a picture. The rear object should be blurred.

Now you are about to take almost the same picture again, but this time, close the aperture (numerically higher) to something between F/8 to F/16. Again, focus on the FRONT object and take the same picture. The rear object should be a LOT less blurred or perfectly clear, depending on you and your camera.

It helps to have the camera on a tripod if you have one, but its not mandatory.

Now, let's see how it comes out this time for you!
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"I know that if I throw enough crap against the wall... SOMETHING has to stick!"
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I'm going to try it after church today hopefully and I will post my results when get a chance to.
From the pict that was posted on acouple fo these the blurring should be very noticable
Helped me - hope this helps you
good luck