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White flower
I was hoping to have a few shots to upload from our walk up to Nothe Fort but this is the only one good enough to post.
Today I managed not to underexpose as I have been lately, but I have a lot to learn about depth of field, focus, all that stuff. I got some decent shots off, I was aiming for some bokeh and capturing the light and shade, but I got all the focal points wrong and the really crisp detail was in all the wrong places.
My dad found an old photography book when he visited my grandparents this week - my grandad was a keen photographer. And while it pre-dates DSLRs by about twenty years or so I'm guessing the fundamentals aren't going to have changed so I'm going to have a read and see what I can get out of it.
Maybe I should stick to the promise I made myself when I first got the D50 and manually focus? At least I'd have control over what the camera was doing then.
Well, back to the plot. I like this shot, it's more naturey crap (which seems to be sneaking into my stream lately), but it's nice-looking naturey crap! I applied a Lightrom preset to it, did a bit of adjusting of my own and this is what I got.
I did try a few crops out but decided I liked the full frame image best.
White flower
I was hoping to have a few shots to upload from our walk up to Nothe Fort but this is the only one good enough to post.
Today I managed not to underexpose as I have been lately, but I have a lot to learn about depth of field, focus, all that stuff. I got some decent shots off, I was aiming for some bokeh and capturing the light and shade, but I got all the focal points wrong and the really crisp detail was in all the wrong places.
My dad found an old photography book when he visited my grandparents this week - my grandad was a keen photographer. And while it pre-dates DSLRs by about twenty years or so I'm guessing the fundamentals aren't going to have changed so I'm going to have a read and see what I can get out of it.
Maybe I should stick to the promise I made myself when I first got the D50 and manually focus? At least I'd have control over what the camera was doing then.
Well, back to the plot. I like this shot, it's more naturey crap (which seems to be sneaking into my stream lately), but it's nice-looking naturey crap! I applied a Lightrom preset to it, did a bit of adjusting of my own and this is what I got.
I did try a few crops out but decided I liked the full frame image best.