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Heres a few of my favorite pics (all from the eastern sierras):



























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Lake Mead 100ft low
 
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Lake Meade, that brings back memories!!!  River Rat!!!
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Shutter speed seems a little slow.  Lots of blur.  I'd look at how your exposure meter settings are set up.  My best guess is that there may be to much stuff set to auto and average. The airplane should have been extra sharp.  You have stoped everything but the prop even on an overcast day. Otherwise the camera may write too slow.
 
Composition varied from great to un-focused.  Good use of the rule of thirds in most cases.  Depth of field was lacking. That may also be from to many auto settings.  The use of a mono pod may help.  You need to learn to twist your body to get compounded angles.  A lot of the stuff was shot dead straight.  When you shoot stuff like the waterfalls, try a vertical shot, same with the eagle and the swan shots.
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Originally posted by Dogger Dogger wrote:

Very nice Steph.  Eagle is impressive - long lens for that one?
 
Here is another pic I took of the Eagle.
 
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That is a beauty!
 
Queenstown Harbour Sunset
 
 
 
 
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Yes. Alot of the stuff on the camera are preset still learning how to twick it. I hope to take a few classes and learn what my camera can really do! I tried to keep the different angels in my mind and sometime I forget all about it because I'm wanting that perfect shot! Thanks for the pointers and I will try to remember them. The airplane picture was hard for me since I was trying to keep up with him which can be very tricky.
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Originally posted by Stephanie Stephanie wrote:

Yes. Alot of the stuff on the camera are preset still learning how to twick it. I hope to take a few classes and learn what my camera can really do! I tried to keep the different angels in my mind and sometime I forget all about it because I'm wanting that perfect shot! Thanks for the pointers and I will try to remember them. The airplane picture was hard for me since I was trying to keep up with him which can be very tricky.
 
Why wait for the prefect shot? It is not waiting for you...  You have to plan how to trap a shot.  You have a normal reation time of about a quarter of a second. You have to learn  where things should be a quarter of a second before hand. 
 
IF the thing has more than one auto focus box start to use them.   They are normally some where in the rule of thirds spots. Get the camera off as many auto settings as possable that will speed it up. 
 
ISO unless you are doing night sports shooting should be 160 to 400.  You have extra light to what I have and may be able to go down to 125.  If you set the camera for 320 or 400, you may over range in daylight depending on the shutter speed. 160 or 200 is a nice setting that produces high quality pictures.  Light balance should be either daylight or flash normally. Unless you are doing indoor sports.   Most of the auto mode set the shutter to fast and do not get you the depth of field. Depth of field is your friend and covers many focusing errors.  IF you use program mode then you may be able to adjust your shutter speed to give you depth of field.  I like a normal apeture setting of f/8 or f/11 or more most of the time. Your shutter speed should be above whatever lenght your lense is.. so if the thing has a 120mm lens your shutter should not be below 125.    
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All very well done !!

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Great pictures, Stephanie!  And I like the camera.  I have been thinking about upgrading mine, and I think the one you have is a great choice.
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This pic is magnificent!!
 
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Here is an Internet photo of one of my cameras....a Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B from like 1965.  I have two of these. Superb cameras, but a little slow to use.  They are fine if you are leisurely taking landscapes. 
 
I also have another German camera-- a Praktica BX 20--from like 1989.  Praktica is ( was ) Carl Zeiss Jena.  A very nice outfit, on the order of a Nikon FE. 
 
     
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Great photos should look like you just walked up on the scene and captured it however they often require lots of advanced planning. There are general rules like the rule of thirds where one draws two verticle lines  and two horizontal lines equal distances apart on the image and the points of impact are where the lines cross. The general rule is that a subject should have more space ahead of them than behind. While the biplane breaks the rule it is still the better choice to do so.  Many a photo is cropped after the fact for best presentation.  As far as use of verticle rather than horizontal photos - some things are built up and down and you get more of them in the image if you turn the camera 90 degrees and shoot verticle.  The angle doesn't always have to represent the true horizon it can be canted to one side or the other for effect or to gain a different perspespective.  The angle of view can also be altered shooting from up high or from down low. Try not to cut off things like the top of a  head or the top of something of interest in the background. A good photo should have foreground subject and background.  To eliminate distracting elements in the foreground one can get down low and use some other object like a bed of flower to cover over a distracting object  while leaving the subject higher in the photo. Depth of field (low shutter speed high F stop for increased depth of field and wide angle lens for added depth of field.)  When photographing practice both shooting from down low inches off the ground and up high on a ladder or whatever you can find to alter perspective and play with it so you know what unique looks you can get.  Coordinated clothing color can help with portraits.  All white clothing on a beach.  For portraits no stripes no distracting designs. Blue and Green clothing tend to allow the cool colors to recede and the warm skin tones to advance in a portrait. Eliminate as much of the sky as possible in most  photos as film does not have sufficient latitude to capture it but digital may be able to.   Working with studio lights and reflectors can be lots of fun also for both product shots and portraits.  When you advance enough to start shooting models and fine art nudes let me know I  can make other suggestions on the business aspects.  I did professional photography for about 15 yrs. 

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote RONK Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April/04/2009 at 10:17
 Great thread,  Miz Stephanie, Ma'am!
 
Lots of great advice and awesome photography.
I have a Minolta X-370 film camera with a couple pretty decent lenses. I have thought about digging it out and trying to get back into semi-serious photography again , but I wonder if film is going obsolete with all the great new digital cameras out there.
 
 Will film always be available or is it on the way out? Anybody care to share any thoughts on the prospective future of film vs. digital?  
 Can I get a digital camera that would be compatible with my old lenses?
 My best one is a 70-300 zoom which I believe cost around $300 some twenty-three years ago.
 I've taken some good photos with it in the past and hate the idea of it collecting dust in the closet.
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I think film will be around for awhile.....only for enthusiasts and old fossils, however.  SOMEONE, Somewhere, will even cut film stock and load it into film "rolls" for people who have obselete cameras from the Olden Days.....like Crown Graphics, etc.....[ I have an old , beautiful Crown Graphic....that I don't even know how to use....]
 
But, yes.........Digital has, effectively killed film for the masses.  Nowadays, film is just for Pros and ...............old geezers!!............Shocked 
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Gezzers and art freaks are sticking with film.  Oddly many university schools like journalism still only teach film to students.  They are to vested in the old ways.

Pros use digital.  It is a savings in time and improvement in quality. You don't have the hassel of chemicals; no mixing, getting old, or EPA.  You skip a whole level of problems and get sharper pictures.  Many of the point and shoots can produce a better image than a medium format film camera (I still have one).

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Sad isnt it. 

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