Official Photography Thread: Vol. ICan'tFindTheLastOne

^thanks!
this is my favorite thread and i've learned a lot from here. i get some information in here that i don't get from school. there are a lot amazing shotsin this thread.

as for the carousel shot. it's kinda overexposed because it was a super bright afternoon. i used a low ISO, slowed the shutter speed just a little to showthe motion... BUT i forgot to adjust it to a smaller f-stop at the time
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what mode do you guys recommend for an indoor dim restaurant atmosphere? no fancy shots just some group/people pics at the part. these pictures were takenat my friends bday dinner. all shots were on "auto". anyway to improve these shots?

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RELEVANT SX - i assume you are using a 50mm f/1.8 lens? i like your first shot,but try not to center things too much, it makes the picture a bit more interesting if the focus is slightly to the side. the thing about shooting at supershallow DoF (f/1.
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is that it can make normal mundane things into more interesting objects...however if you always place things where they "should"belong, it undermines that whole purpose, if you know what i mean. however the second photo is perfect for centering, althought it seems to have too much inthe background for a shallow DoF. try increasing that to f/11-13 to get the rest of the 3-4 inches of the board in the photo to show up clearly. the last photocan be worked on, there is that bisecting line in the middle cutting up the blue and the green, both of which are uninteresting subject matters. there are noclouds, and the grass doesn't have interesting textures. you may want to zoom in on a more specific part of the picture or try changing some WB settings toget better color variations.

Seattle206 - indoor shooting is tough with P&S cameras. if you can, try raisingthe ISO, i'm not sure how it'll turn out for P&S cameras since they have higher ISO settings than dslr's but try playing around with it so youget to as high a setting as you can without having grainy textures. then of course raise the shutter speed, small f-stop. otherwise you can invest in a highquality external flash, which can bounce light off the ceiling to create a more natural light. other alternatives include using PS to increase thelighting/contrast, which will give you an extra 4-6 stops depending on your photo quality and image saturation. last alternative is the normal flash on yourcamera - the best way to use it is to have objects you want in the photo to be about 5-7 feet away, so the flash doesn't come on too strong and the photodoesn't come out too dark.
 
and here's a photo from last week. it's shot at digital 18mm with the main subject being that bird/dragonfly object formed by the clouds in the sky,taken in seattle at gasworks park:
 
Originally Posted by yamakazi18

RELEVANT SX - i assume you are using a 50mm f/1.8 lens? i like your first shot, but try not to center things too much, it makes the picture a bit more interesting if the focus is slightly to the side. the thing about shooting at super shallow DoF (f/1.
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is that it can make normal mundane things into more interesting objects...however if you always place things where they "should" belong, it undermines that whole purpose, if you know what i mean. however the second photo is perfect for centering, althought it seems to have too much in the background for a shallow DoF. try increasing that to f/11-13 to get the rest of the 3-4 inches of the board in the photo to show up clearly. the last photo can be worked on, there is that bisecting line in the middle cutting up the blue and the green, both of which are uninteresting subject matters. there are no clouds, and the grass doesn't have interesting textures. you may want to zoom in on a more specific part of the picture or try changing some WB settings to get better color variations.

yes i am using that lens.. i have a different variation of the first pic but i went w/ the posted one bc i liked it more for some reason.. but here'sthe other pic:



and i think the bisecting line that you mentioned was thetrack (my backyard is the local middle school's track and field) also, that shot was my first night shot and i was just wingin it..as for the wb, theselected wb was the best looking one that i found.. maybe i can try doing the same night shot in the future if i get a good zoom lens.. on the other hand, bigthanks yamakazi18
 
Yami: I was using a canon dslr. i was trying to figure out how to take pictures of people without the blurriness from their movement. i totally forgot aboutshutter priority mode and stayed in auto. stupid me. since seattle had some nice weather(for the most part) i went out and took some pics.

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RELEVANT SX - i think if you moved the focus overslightly to the left, as opposed to the right (like you did on the second photo) then it may be a bit better, since there won't be that distracting lug onthe right side.

Seattle206 - in dark places, like most restaurantsaround seattle (namely, cheesecake factory), the shutter priority will be basically the same as manual, since the aperture will stay as wide as possible thewhole time...if you want an inexpensive but really good investment, you may want to purchase something like relevant sx has, a wide aperture lens f/1.8 whichwill let you go up 3-4 shutter speeds. i can't speak for canon, but for nikon said lens is about $100, branded from nikon/nikkor and not a third partylens. other than that you can also try attaching a piece of thin tissue paper to your flash, which will diffuse the light a little bit so that the flashisn't so strong and apparent in your photos. i like your new photos posted, keep up the good work
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very nice photos everyone. also i am learning a lot from this thread.
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after seeing the previous photos. i figure i would experiment with the long exposure. so i used my remote and my phone.
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Comments/Critique Welcome.

Everyone is dropping some serious knowledge into this post. Much appreciated.
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Originally Posted by SaNTi0321

Comments/Critique Welcome.

i think in the last photo you should decrease the aperture, somewhere around f/6-8, so you have all 3 of the cars in focus. i think it looks weird withjust 2 on the side in focus, unless they have some precedence and meaning in the way it's set up.
 
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