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luv2fly
28th of February 2006 (Tue), 00:17
Yup it's raining outside... This is my first time playing around with shots like this. Sure did cure the boredom!
George Chew
28th of February 2006 (Tue), 00:40
Greetings,
The first has a better composition and place of the cross and the necklace. But, it lacks contrast. I think a different color cloth will bring out the subject more. Also, a slightly less depth of field will do this other wise very good photo more justice. Enjoy...
luv2fly
28th of February 2006 (Tue), 01:00
Greetings,
The first has a better composition and place of the cross and the necklace. But, it lacks contrast. I think a different color cloth will bring out the subject more. Also, a slightly less depth of field will do this other wise very good photo more justice. Enjoy...

Thank you for your comments! The first one I edited and changed the colors. I will try for more contrast with a different color of cloth next time. The shots came out kinda "orangy," I used 2 candles for lighting and since I don't have a tripod (yet) I set the camera on my table to avoid blur... Now, about depth of field???? How do I control it???? Sorry, I'm a learnin'. I have a Canon Powershot A520 so I'm not sure if I have that ability or not. Guess I'll have to read up. :)
George Chew
28th of February 2006 (Tue), 02:19
Thank you for your comments! The first one I edited and changed the colors. I will try for more contrast with a different color of cloth next time. The shots came out kinda "orangy," I used 2 candles for lighting and since I don't have a tripod (yet) I set the camera on my table to avoid blur... Now, about depth of field???? How do I control it???? Sorry, I'm a learnin'. I have a Canon Powershot A520 so I'm not sure if I have that ability or not. Guess I'll have to read up. :)
Greetings,
Too bad, a point and shoot camera will never give you the control of depth of field a slr gives. I don't how about the feature of your camera. However, if it has aperture setting, set it as wide as possible (smallest f/stop number). Review and adjust the aperture until you are satisfy. Enjoy...
luv2fly
28th of February 2006 (Tue), 09:55
Greetings,
Too bad, a point and shoot camera will never give you the control of depth of field a slr gives. I don't how about the feature of your camera. However, if it has aperture setting, set it as wide as possible (smallest f/stop number). Review and adjust the aperture until you are satisfy. Enjoy...

Ok, I should be able to do that because I can adjust shutter speed and aperture. I just didn't realize aperture was related to depth of field. I was only using a longer shutter speed to take these but left the aperture on auto. Cool! Thank you so much I will be reaing up on all of this so I can get better :)
Rich Brown Photography
28th of February 2006 (Tue), 10:38
if you shoot at a large f-stop number such as 22 that will result in increased depth of field but will force you to use a longer shutter speed because less light will hit your sensor. on the other hand if you shoot at a small f-stop number such as 2.8 that will result in much less depth of field. Both have advantages in different situations. In a lot of cases lanscape shots benefit from increased depth of field and this shot might benefit from less. Also the focal length you shoot at is another variable in controlling depth of field, generally the longer the focal length such as 200mm will have less depth of field than shooting at 18mm. hope that helps