Aplmac Posted October 16, 2008 #126 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Nice shot(s) ... really captured that "pubby" atmosphere. Thanks! Glad you like it. Here's another low-light shot I did, in Civitavecchia harbour last month hand-holding the D60 at something ridiculous like about 1/6th. of a second. :eek: Luckily with the focal length set at 18mm., any camera movement was minimised It's not terribly sharp, but hopefully the lighting and mood make up for that shortcoming. Civitavecchia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinelyCruising Posted October 23, 2008 #127 Share Posted October 23, 2008 ...The little $100 or so Panasonic Lumix I like so much! Needs to be brightened a bit to see the animal pattern in the rug...but otherwise I really just love this camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boeckli Posted November 7, 2008 #128 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Better late than never, they say .... From our recent stay in Hong Kong - Thanks to my Gorillapod and very clean hotel windows :D The "streaker" is SuperStar Virgo which we boarded a few days later to sail to Singapore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted November 7, 2008 Author #129 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Better late than never, they say .... From our recent stay in Hong Kong - Thanks to my Gorillapod and very clean hotel windows :D The "streaker" is SuperStar Virgo which we boarded a few days later to sail to Singapore Nice! You folks are really hitting a lot of interesting places! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boeckli Posted November 8, 2008 #130 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Nice! You folks are really hitting a lot of interesting places! Dave Thanks, Dave. Hong Kong definitely has a WOW factor :) - took LOTS of photos (and video too). Still busy picking ones to upload to my Picasa web albums, should be ready in a few days (also visited Sanya, China and Ho Chi Minh City). More interesting places to come next year :D Special request, Dave - can you please explain to me the concept of exposure compensation which is one of the very few selectable items on my little Dimage X (it can do +/- 2EV in 1/3 increments)? Have not got my head around that and I know that you can explain things so well .... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted November 8, 2008 Author #131 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Thanks, Dave. Hong Kong definitely has a WOW factor :) - took LOTS of photos (and video too). Still busy picking ones to upload to my Picasa web albums, should be ready in a few days (also visited Sanya, China and Ho Chi Minh City). More interesting places to come next year :D Special request, Dave - can you please explain to me the concept of exposure compensation which is one of the very few selectable items on my little Dimage X (it can do +/- 2EV in 1/3 increments)? Have not got my head around that and I know that you can explain things so well .... ;) Sure! You picked an easy one! :D When you camera automatically sets the exposure, it picks the best setting for the available light (available light = Exposure Value or EV) based on the measurements it takes from many different sections of the image. It's goal is to average the exposure to where it would be if you were shooting a picture of a medium-grey card (a light meter and an 18% grey card were used as a guide to set exposure for decades before auto-exposure was available) This is fine and good if the target is evenly lit without a lot of contrast. If, however, you have a very bright area or a very dark area in the scene, it can fool the auto-exposure and make the whole scene come out over- or under-exposed. For example: Let's assume that you are taking a picture of a sunset. The sky and setting sun are pretty bright and the foreground up to the horizon is pretty dark. The picture comes out with a muddy foreground and an over-exposed sky because the metering caculated the "average". If you want the sky to be detailed and have those saturated oranges and yellows, you need to force the metering to under-expose the scene by setting the compensation to -.5, -1.0 or even -2.0. If you want the darker foreground properly exposed, you need to force the metering to over-expose the scene by setting the compensation to +.5, +1.0 or more. To get them both at the same time is a whole other chapter!:D Hope that helped. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boeckli Posted November 8, 2008 #132 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Thanks, Dave :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted November 25, 2008 #133 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Having seen and enjoyed the "clubby" photos previously posted, when I boarded the ship on our recent voyage, I headed down to capture my renditions. The Connoisseur Club: From the lobby, the Luxe always casts an intriguing violet glow from behind the curtains: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted November 26, 2008 #134 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Looking up the back end of Caribbean Princess Bridgetown Port, BARBADOS l. to r: Ocean Village - Emerald Princess - Caribbean Princess _________________________________________ Nikon D60 set on Auto (I can't be bothered to fiddle with settings!) lens is the new 18-105 mm. Nikkor zoom. Yes..a tripod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin7 Posted November 26, 2008 #135 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I was a little disappointed with these. I did the one in Auckland from our balcony with a gorrilla pod and our little Canon SD 400 Digital Elph. The Sydney one I shot through our hotel room window with our Canon 40D. I rested it on top of some books and used the timed shutter release to decrease shake. I didn't realize how hard it is to get the focus correct! (I also found out that when my husband dropped our camera on an excursion that he broke the manual focus on our favorite lens. :mad:) The focus looked fine through the viewfinder, but I when I got home and looked at these on the computer, most of them are blurry. How do you know if you get the focus correct or not??? Robin Auckland Sydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted December 1, 2008 #136 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Not a technically good or interesting photo, the following is of some astronomical interest. It is the conjunction of the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter. (Venus is the brighter of the two "stars".) It was taken with my P&S, and there was a bit of vog this evening. The conjunction is supposed to be at it peak tomorrow nite (Monday). Maybe one of you with a high-end slr and tele lens can capture a good rendition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARBORGUY Posted December 1, 2008 #137 Share Posted December 1, 2008 ROBIN 7 I liked your photo of Auckland Auckland took the liberty to make some adjustments to it...hope you don't mind!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARBORGUY Posted December 1, 2008 #138 Share Posted December 1, 2008 BOECKLI, Ithink we stayed in the same hotel...used to be the REGENT... I took the liberty to also do some post processing on your shots...thanks for the opportunity!! + Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boeckli Posted December 2, 2008 #139 Share Posted December 2, 2008 BOECKLI,Ithink we stayed in the same hotel...used to be the REGENT... These shots were taken from the 13th floor of the Salisbury YMCA Hotel (i.e. not same hotel). To be honest, for my liking you have 'processed' too much colour into not only my but also Robin 7's Auckland shot - but that's obviously personal preference ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMHussey Posted December 14, 2008 #140 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin7 Posted December 21, 2008 #141 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Trying low light again. Going to call this "Merry Christmas, From Our House to Yours". Heh. It was 13 degrees when we were out there taking this! Brrrrrrrrrrr. Can someone please tell me the steps to straighten it in PhotoShop Elements 4.0??? Thanks. (I still haven't got my viewfinder screen-thingy installed, and I'm still horizontally challenged.) Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted December 21, 2008 Author #142 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Trying low light again. Going to call this "Merry Christmas, From Our House to Yours". Heh. It was 13 degrees when we were out there taking this! Brrrrrrrrrrr. Can someone please tell me the steps to straighten it in PhotoShop Elements 4.0??? Thanks. (I still haven't got my viewfinder screen-thingy installed, and I'm still horizontally challenged.) Robin Layer from background > Free transform and rotate it. Increase size to cover edges. Nice addition to the thread for the holidays! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin7 Posted December 22, 2008 #143 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Layer from background > Free transform and rotate it. Increase size to cover edges. Nice addition to the thread for the holidays! Thank you! Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRoff Posted December 23, 2008 #144 Share Posted December 23, 2008 More in the Christmas spirit. An old but always fun trick with low light. Zoom lens, camera on a tripod, small aperture, long exposure, and zoom while the shutter is open. With a telephoto. And then with a wide angle. Have a great holiday season! Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted December 23, 2008 #145 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Here's a local island house, all lit up for Christmas Exposures hand-held at about 1/6th. - 1/8th. of a second Nikon D60 with 18-105 lens set at 18,mostly. _______________________________________ - and a grand-dau's Sweet 16 party with UV lighting! the only light on the DJ at lower right is provided by her computer screen! Most all other light is UltraViolet except for some incandescent in the far upper right corner All hand-held. In my head, I pretend I'm a tripod!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMCruzzin Posted December 23, 2008 #146 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Very cool Larry!! :) I'll have to try that!......I'm sure my delete key will take a work out :rolleyes: ....but always fun to try! What fun and great pictures!!!:D In my head, I pretend I'm a tripod!:D LOL!! Now that I can relate too!! :p:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingbooboo Posted December 24, 2008 #147 Share Posted December 24, 2008 very cool....what were you focused on? More in the Christmas spirit. An old but always fun trick with low light. Zoom lens, camera on a tripod, small aperture, long exposure, and zoom while the shutter is open. With a telephoto. And then with a wide angle. Have a great holiday season! Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRoff Posted December 24, 2008 #148 Share Posted December 24, 2008 very cool....what were you focused on? Just pick out a spot on the tree. Looking at the results I would try to get a light bulb in the center of the view finder next time. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nordicus Posted January 28, 2009 #149 Share Posted January 28, 2009 A couple from the ice show on Navigator of the seas Photo1: Photo2: Photo3: Photo4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWJs Posted January 28, 2009 #150 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Very, very nice pictures of the skaters!:) I'm impressed. I think you were using a Nikon D300. Hope I can get some pictures like that someday with my Nikon D60! Noticed that your Webshot pictures are large and not the small size I post from Webshots. How did you get the large pictures posted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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